Making AJAX Calls in Django Using Dojo

I recently ran into a situation helping someone figure out how to execute a Python script and display the contents within a Django template. While his initial thought was to embed the entire script as Python code in an HTML template, a more elegant solution would be to simply run the script server-side and display the results using AJAX.

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Performing Accurate String Comparisons In Python

I'm currently working on a website for a music company, which includes a full blown web application that will be accessible to members and assist in music distribution.

In order to make this happen, I have to be able to organize the tracks by genre. But keep in mind, this is a music company... they won't have anything but a huge library of music, so doing it manually is simply out of the question. Here's the other problem: Not all mp3s have ID3 tags (the tags that cause track details to appear on your player's display), and those that do may or may not fit in perfectly with your pre-defined items.

I wrote this in Python, so I wanted to share how I worked around this problem with calculating string similarity, rather than attempting to match strings or perform complex regular expressions to produce a possibly mediocre result.

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Unofficial Google Music Chrome Extension Now Available

Looks like the guys over at Level 2 Studios have developed a small, unofficial Chrome extension for Google Music Beta. After downloading and using it, it's nothing gradiose like what you would see from an official extension, but it works. The Better Music Beta for Google Music Chrome extension allows you to control your music by play/pause, previous, next, repeat and shuffle controls. Unfortunately, if you want to choose a song or start your playlist, you will be redirected to the Google Music Beta webpage.

I wrote an article earlier outlining the

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Sprint HTC EVO 3D Allows Bloatware Removal... Android Robot Loses Weight

I have never been so happy to be proven wrong. Apparently with the new Sprint HTC EVO 3D, you will be able to take all of the bloatware that comes with the phone (except for Sprint ID) and REMOVE IT. That's right.

I wrote an article not too long ago regarding the significant amount of bloatware shipping with this phone, and complained (naturally). However, my complaints turn

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Google Music Needs An API

I know I'm probably jumping the gun here, but now that Google Music Beta has launched and many people have been lucky enough to receive an invite and subsequently upload their music libraries into Google's cloud, I want more. I want more, and I think Google can benefit quickly from doing it.

With Apple and Amazon both recently making strong offerings in the "cloud music" arena, Google needs what any company stepping into an industry needs

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The HTC Evo 3D (And Accompanying Bloat) Is Almost Here!

Sprint recently stated that the HTC Evo 3D, Sprint's first dual-core phone and (more notably) the first 3D phone, will be released in the summer (sources point to late June). RadioShack and Best Buy are accepting pre-orders for the Evo 3D in addition to Sprint.

However, as with all new smartphones, the HTC Evo 3D is not without

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