Archive: November, 2007 @ Irrational Exuberance

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Title: Using PyFacebook without the Facebook middleware
Tags: Facebook PyFacebook django python
I've been working on a Facebook application with a couple of friends recently. We decided to use <a href="http://www.djangoproject.com>Django</a> and the <a href="http://code.google.com/p/pyfacebook/">PyFacebook</a> library, but there was a brief period of intense confusion on my part about how to use the PyFacebook library without the included middleware. I worked through it, though, and this article has some advice on how you can do the same.
Title: Human Error
A slight typo deleted all the images on the server... they'll be coming back soon.
Title: "You Are Beautiful At All Times" by Yppah
Tags: Yppah music review
My favorite album so far this year. Whether you call it trip-hop or electronica, its ambiguous in all the best ways, and definitely worth a listen. <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FYou-Are-Beautiful-All-Times%2Fdp%2FB000HDRABC%3Fie%3DUTF8%26s%3Dmusic%26qid%3D1194307864%26sr%3D1-1&tag=irratioexuber-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325">You Are Beautiful At All Times</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=irratioexuber-20&l=ur2&o=1" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" /> by Yppah is a gem.
Title: Context is a Parameter in Calculating Truth
Tags: Pirsig thoughts
Some thoughts about one of Pirsig's arguments in <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FZen-Art-Motorcycle-Maintenance-Inquiry%2Fdp%2F0553277472&tag=irratioexuber-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325">Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance</a><img src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=irratioexuber-20&l=ur2&o=1" width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" style="border:none !important; margin:0px !important;" />, as viewed from the eyes of a programmer. Are my thoughts valid? Correct? True? Well. That probably depends on context.
Title: Those Annoying Habits
Tags: JET japan
Series: JET: Culture and Communication
Life anywhere has its little frustrations. Normally we just get over it and move on. Sometimes the frustrations keep getting thrown back at you again and again. The best of us move on anyway. The rest of us occasionally find the intense need to dwell on it a bit.