Greg Gaughan has put together a rather clever Python script that can take a pipe created and hosted on Yahoo! Pipes into a Python module. The resulting file allows you to run your pipe directly from your computer as opposed to relying on Yahoo! servers. Gaughan has also built a tool on Google App Engine that allows you to host and run your pipe on Google servers.
Running Yahoo! Pipes on Google App Engine » Wordloosed
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Version 3.0
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After lots of hard work, some swearing, and lots of patience on the part of my wife, Version 3.0 of this site is now live. It’s been a long journey, but getting it done has been very satisfying.
Easier custom Model Manager Chaining
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Via Simon Willison:
This is a really convenient way to add custom functions to model managers in Django. Way easier than defining custom managers each time you need extra functionality.
Quick Post: Tweaking Feeds
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Just a short post to say that I’m altering the Everything feed1 for this site. Previously, it contained all the blog posts, links and photos that appear here. However, as I am piping this feed into several external sites, notably Google Buzz, and until services like Buzz allow me to specify particular feeds for import, as opposed to using auto-discovery, I risk flooding my activity stream every time I do a mass upload to my Flickr account.