Django, Python 2.5 and memory usage

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After reading that in Python 2.5 some big memory leaks are fixed, I just switched a Django site from Python 2.4 to Python 2.5. I wasn't disappointed -- the combined memory usage of my Apache processes (which are using mod_python) went from 100Mb to 60Mb. So, for anyone else wanted to conserve memory, this is the first thing I'd suggest!

Gutsy woes

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I upgraded to Gutsy RC last week, and I've really had nothing but trouble, and submitted lots of bugs...

Jordan - part 1

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I don't normally do really personal blog posts, but thought I'd make an exception to update family and so on about what I've been doing Jordan recently

Facebook broken in Konqueror

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At the end of the day, contrary to what many web developers and browser writers would like you to believe, quality and standards compliance mean nothing. The only thing that matters is market share.

Sharing internet connection to chroot

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How to share an internet connection to a chroot'ed system (or, using Knoppix to get into another Linux system which you can't boot directly for some reason).