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I am brian. This is my tumblog. Things I am interested in are web development, general programming, python, django, business, marketing, htown rockets, music, the web. Email me at bwbrowning _at_ gmail
April 29
The Technology Secrets of Cocaine Inc.
April 28

Experimenting with Google AppEngine

I finally got my invite to AppEngine (Google’s new webhosting service)… I get to make 3 apps during the BETA period. My first app is at http://blingsearch.appspot.com

 It basically puts your myspace theme colors, fonts, and backgrounds onto google search. Here is some random persons theme for an example…… http://blingsearch.appspot.com/heatheralexus

 The development process on AppEngine was overrall really great

 Things I LOVE about Appengine:

  1. Django support ( was up and running in 10 mins )
  2. Ease of Deployment ( 1 command syncs up production and my pc instantly
  3. Dashboard ( built in stats and monitoring )

Things I do not LOVE about Appengine:

  1. No session support in django ( it needs a db backend )
  2. No admin pages in django ( ditto )
  3. Dashboard is not as great as goog analytics
  4. Getting a domain name seems confusing 
April 24
“ It’s my fault a couple people in the stands ordered Heinekens and they got Budweiser. It’s my fault. I’m sorry. Rockets’ T-Mac says blame piles on him in playoffs | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle
March 26

my Quotably.com Firefox Extension

Here is an extension Ive been using to make looking up twitter convos on quotably easier and quicker. Props to the quotably guy. The service is freakin fantastic!

 If you right click a twitter link, and click ‘quotably them!’ or just press q. it will open up the quotably page for that user in a seperate tab

 Its pretty untested, but it works for me. Send me any bugs or problems!

Link to the extension for installation 

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“ The California Association of Realtors reports median prices fell 27.2% from year-ago levels in the hard-hit Inland Empire east of Los Angeles, 30.9% in Sacramento, and 39.1% in Santa Barbara County. L.A. - ouch
March 23
“ Called the Fourth of July Burger, it was tested last summer at seven locations by the West Coast fast-food chain Carl’s Jr. and consisted of a huge beef patty topped with pickles, ketchup, mustard, potato chips, and a hot dog. Stacked high and loaded with fat and calories, it was the food equivalent of the national anthem played through a sousaphone, a perfect distillation of a peculiarly American form of balls-out CKE Hardees Profile - National Business News - Portfolio.com
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radiohead

Is there any better music to work to?

March 20
Yahoo! Finance on rich people
March 19
“ index ur colums noob
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jasonstallings:

Reasons not to put comments on your tumblr blog:

People who read your blog from the dashboard will never comment.

Most people read your blog from the dashboard.

To non tumblr users your blog looks very unpopular. (Even though it might be.)

 aren’t reblogs just like comments? but cooler

March 18
SummerOfCode - PythonInfo - cool python projects to contribute to
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Google Code - Summer of Code - lots of cool projects and ideas
March 14

New Orleans ETA: 9 hours