Recover Lost Admin Password in Django

./manage.py changepassword <username>

Run this in your project directory.

AirDroid - Manage your Android from your Computer Browser

http://youtu.be/WfNnQxpw7Uw

I need to transfer some video files from my Ubuntu computer to my Nexus 7. I couldn't get MTP via USB to work right.

Luckily, I found this nice Android application (free - no ads) that gives you a simple virtual desktop of your Android in your browser. I was able to upload my videos over WiFi in just a few seconds.

You can get AirDroid in the Google Play Store

Quick YubiKey PAM Bash Installer

Quick YubiKey PAM Bash Installer

A quick and easy way to install YubiKey PAM for Ubuntu.  There is also a Bash installer for Debian in the same GitHub repo.

MySQL FOUND_ROWS() and OpenBD

We recently switched to OpenBD on a production website and it uses MySQL FOUND_ROWS().  There a couple of things to ensure it works properly on OpenBD.

You need to add this setting to the "Connection Settings" in the datasource

useDynamicCharsetInfo=false

The queries need to be in a cftransaction block otherwise they will use a different MySQL connection.   It would look something like:

<cftransaction>
  <cfquery name="foo" datasource="foo">
    SELECT SQL_CALC_FOUND_ROWS * FROM foo 
    WHERE id > 2 LIMIT 2
  </cfquery>
  <cfquery name="bar" datasource="foo">
    SELECT FOUND_ROWS() AS numRows
  </cfquery>
</cftransaction>

Twitter Needs to Add Two-Factor Authentication

After the account of @BurgerKing hacked at Twitter, when is Twitter going to add two-factor authentication? Google and Facebook both have done it.

Excited for PyCon 2013 - Live Blogging It!

PyCon 2013 is the first conference since 2007 that I will be attending and not speaking at the conference itself.  So I actually feel like I can focus on being an attendee instead of a speaker.  So this is going to be a different experience for me and I'm already planning what I want to do at the conference.

I've decided I'm going to live blog the sessions that I attend at PyCon using Google Drive.  This means you'll be able to even watch me take my notes as the session goes on.  So I'll be blogging the live Google Doc links in a future blog post.  I'm so excited!  Watch this space...

pyMNtos - February Meeting Agenda - David Goodger on The Zen of Python Revisited and 3 Lightning Talks

Our next meeting on Thursday 2/21 (pizza at 7p / meeting at 7:30p -- Please RSVP) includes three Lightning Talks:

• MyHDL -- Chris Felton
• Docopt -- Andrew Carter
• Building Web UIs with Twitter Bootstrap -- Peter Farrell

David Goodger will be presenting a longer talk on The Zen of Python Revisited -- A fresh look at the meaning of Python's Zen. Does it mean what you think it means?

David is best known in the Python world for Docutils / reStructuredText and for chairing the 2008 & 2009 PyCons in Chicago.

We might broadcast this as a Google+ Hangout for those interested in attending remotely or out of state.  Let me know if you are interested as I don't want to setup all the mics and camera if nobody is going to come.