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Some good Django blogs/feeds to follow?

I'm about to start working with Django and would like to familiarize myself with the community a bit. Which blogs or news sites should I follow? ...

How to create a MEME algorithm?

if you don't know what does meme mean you can read this article readwriteweb my question is how to create a meme algorithm, I have a website which aggregated thousands of blogs posts and I want to figure the most talked about stories. see this quotation from the article above "Meme aggregation attempts to cut down on the signal t...

Eastern Arabic Numerals in Wordpress

Any ideas how to configure Wordpress to get the date and page numbers in Eastern Arabic Numerals? These are 0660 up till 0669 in UTF-8. I am talking about getting those numbers ٠١٢٣٤٥٦٧٨٩ replace those 0123456789. I am using Wordpress 2.7. ...

what is the best way to keep updated on all programming blogs?

i have multiple computers and i want to keep track of all the blogs that i read without having to manually go to each to "poll" and find out if there are updates. I know my browser has local built in RSS fields but i am often on multiple computers. is there an online way to keeping track of all subscriptions of blogs so i can get alert...

JQuery resources

Are there any good resources that anyone can provide with regard to jQuery? Also, I would like to know if in-depth Javascript knowledge is required to develop with jQuery. I have heard it said the developers do not need to have any JavaScript knowledge to use it but I have not had that experience and was wondering if I was missing someth...

Blogger help with labels

Hi Guys, Just wondering whether anyone knows how to get blogger labels into "alt" tags in an image. I have tried alt="data:post.labels" to no available at all ? Doesnt anyone know how to assist with this on blogger? P.S - I know about the ‘rel=tag’ - but for the specific template i want to have the labels appear as text in the alt ta...

Is TypePad the right tool?

Hi, I'm evaluating TypePad for a web based magazine, organized as a multiple blogs network. To make a long story short, the plan is about: a blog for each channel with its own subdomain: news.magazinename.com movies.magazinename.com reviews.magazinename.com livereport.magazinename.com etc a main blog magazine.com which aggrega...

What is the rationale for document-centric systems?

I know of two famous document-centric systems: Sharepoint server and Lotus Notes. There must be others. I've heard of CouchDB, for example. What are the main implementation differences, and how do they affect: Usability Retrieval performance Search performance/quality Extensability/ integration Bonus if you can elaborate on why yo...

What makes a good programming blog post?

I have a blog and the content so far is very subjective. If my blog was a question on stackoverflow it would have been closed months ago. ;) What I want to do is write some simple tutorials or in depth examination of a programming topic or framework. Of course I know what I like in a blog post but I wanted to ask the Stackie communi...

What is the best blogging software engine for asp.net

I am building my online blog so I want to use asp.net blogging engine . I have three options : communityServer , subtext , blogengine so I want to ask which is better . ...

Dummy blog entries for Wordpress theme development

I'm developing a custom wordpress blog theme. Does anyone know if there is a dummy database of entries that I can use for development? At the moment I'm using live data from my own blog, which is okay, but I've seen themes on the wordpress database that have the same entries using all the different things that appear, forms, styled tex...

ICEFaces + CMS + Netbeans + Tutorial

Do you know any good tutorial, for making a really simple journal(blog) like web app with ICEFaces, using Netbeans (6.5.1) as an IDE? Thanks! ...

Which Android development blog has the most walkthroughs and tutorials?

I need to work on my Android development skills. Which blog has the freshest and most walkthroughs, code samples, and tutorials? ...

Does Blogging affect Job Prospects?

Would a hiring manager at a small-to-medium consulting firm/corporation consider active blogging by a candidate about Programming/software/technology as a positive? Should the candidate disclose this information during the interviews or put it on the resume? Thanks for the answers, So far the views about this topic has been.. Don't m...

Asp.NET Forum and Blog sharing Membership

I am looking to create a blog and a forum on a new website. I would like for users to register to post in the forums and post comments on the blog as well as having thier own public profile page. I have experience with BlogEngine.NET so was looking to use that. I have no experience with .NET forum software at this time so I am researchi...

Good C# focused blogs and/or podcasts?

Are there any good C# focused blogs and/or podcasts out there? ...

Good WPF focused blogs and/or podcasts?

Are there any good WPF focused blogs and/or podcasts out there? ...

What is the most enjoyable literature that is also useful for developers at a technical level?

I just spent some time at Bart de Smet's online blog and found it to be not only useful information for developers but at the same time interesting, fun, reading. The author obviously not only knows his subject matter, but has a talent for making his writing enjoyable to read: ...80 centimeters behind me lies the answer in dead tre...

How to calculate scores?

Hi, This question is more related to logic than any programming language. If the question is not apt for the forum please do let me know and I will delete this. I have to write a logic to calculate scores for blogs for a Blog Award website. A blog may be nominated for multiple award categories and is peer-reviewed or rated by a Jury on ...

How does a blog engine create blog posts?

I'm creating a blog engine as a learning exercise and one particular problem has me stumped. I'm wondering how are blog posts created in say a blog engine such as Wordpress? I'm thinking there are 2 ways you can do this: 1) Creating a new blog post called 'testPost' creates a new HTML page called www.myblog.com/testPost.html. So for eac...