BenDog

a long time ago: lipstick vogue

2012-06-18T08:09:23Z

a long time ago one of my LJ friends posted this video, I have forgotten everything about her except that she was awesome and she sent me a link to it years later.

i wish i could remember who she was and i wish we were still in contact.

i doubt she'll ever read this.

Mac OSX 10.6 server DHCP static address reservations getting ignored

2011-05-17T04:45:01Z

took a bit of mucking about, but i finally got the OSX 10.6 Server to work with DHCP and static reservations the tricks are to enable bootp and to enable dhcp_ignore_client_identifier this is how it should look in your config.

<key>bootp_enabled</key>
<true/>
<key>dhcp_enabled</key>
<array>
<string>en0</string>
</array>
<key>dhcp_ignore_client_identifier</key>
<true/>

python file rename batch script

2010-10-05T05:40:06Z

there has to be a quicker way of doing this.

python script to mass rewrite files based on the non-case-sensitive search term

>>> import os
>>> from glob import glob
>>> for fname in filelist:
...     flow = fname.lower()
...     fsplit,fext = flow.split('.')
...     fsplit = fsplit.split('-')
...     if fsplit[1] == 'main':
...             os.rename(fname,fsplit[0]+'.orig.'+fext)
...             print fname,'::',fsplit[0]+'.orig.'+fext
...

it goes full circle

2010-07-29T14:16:43Z

piggy surprise
Originally uploaded by landon hannah

i saw this image ages ago on somebody's weheartit account.
i just found the original.

After the Diggers Cup Yacht Race

2010-06-11T01:02:15Z

After the Diggers Cup Yacht Race
Originally uploaded by Ben Dog

I was just sent forward this image by my father (man on the left), this was taken at the RPYC closing day after the Diggers Cup race, a few months ago.

smoking.

2010-04-27T15:50:14Z

Originally uploaded by GU!

semiotic.

I can see why this man doesn't need to work

2010-04-10T02:09:41Z

I can see why this man doesn't need to work
Originally uploaded by Joffley

rosie

2010-04-07T03:15:45Z

rosie
Originally uploaded by leonryan.com

awesome.

words

2010-03-28T15:14:35Z

photo 2.jpg
Originally uploaded by rigelbot

i tend to ignore.

IMG_3645

2010-03-20T16:11:12Z

IMG_3645
Originally uploaded by Ben Dog

look at this douchbag.

1951 - Jean Patchett

2009-11-13T06:45:53Z

1951 - Jean Patchett
Originally uploaded by myvintagevogue

this is for janelle

Sports Tracker Love

2009-10-28T10:29:14Z

Sports Tracker Love
Originally uploaded by lu_lu

this shit is cute as fucking bunnies

sailing

2009-10-26T06:30:29Z

IMG_2444
Originally uploaded by Ben Dog

i've recently started sailing competitively,
my body is pretty damn sore due to it, seems every week i find a new muscle that i haven't used in years, and a few layers of skin strangely absent.

but its been a fair amount of fun and it's about time i did something other than lazing about and getting fat.

this is an old picture, but i like it.

getting my head around the Magento API - part 1

2009-10-22T07:30:10Z

So, i've been tasked to create an upload script for automating Magento updates. the script will take a csv and chop it up... i'm not going to talk about that here.

so, XMLRPC on Python and accessing Magento's API, this is all new to me, so lets see how it works.

firstly lets get the server connected.

amelie:~ bendog$ python
Python 2.5.1 (r251:54863, Feb  6 2009, 19:02:12) 
[GCC 4.0.1 (Apple Inc. build 5465)] on darwin
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> from xmlrpclib import *
>>> server = Server('http://magento.server.address/api/xmlrpc')

next we authenticate our API login

>>> session = server.login('username','pass')

i found this webpage, which explains how to do it with PHP & SOAP, but since i'm using Python and XMLRPC, things are going to be a bit different, so here i go pulling it apart.

first we have to define what our new product looks like.
this is my first attempt at building a simple dict object to define the product, all values are hard coded just to prove that it works.

>>> newprod = dict({'name':'test name', 'websites':[1], 'short_description':'short desc', 'description':'desc', 'price':69.99})

name = name of the product
websites = websites to be update with this product, this value seems to work for the default.(i'm not sure yet what this is all about, really just trying to get a working test going first)
everything else is pretty self descriptive.

this next call gets the current set of product attributes, we will need to pull the set_id out of this later.
(i'm not entirely sure why, will need to look into this)

>>> currset = server.call(session, 'product_attribute_set.list')

now the actual update call to the API

>>> update = server.call(session, 'product.create', ['simple', currset[0].get('set_id'), '101', newprod])

session = API session ID
'product.create' = the module we're calling from the API
Data Passed
- 'simple' = product type (simple, grouped, configurable, virtual, bundle, downloadable (i assume))
- currset[0].get('set_id') = this gets the set_id from the previous call to the product attribute set list
- '101' = Magento's SKU for the prodcut, this would be the item code or product code for the product in the existing system
newprod = this refers to the dict object defined above for the product to be added.

so thats the very basic (just working) run down of Magento and XMLRPC

Jazz Age Fall 2009

2009-10-12T08:18:47Z

Jazz Age Fall 2009
Originally uploaded by Anna Fischer

i want to be this guy.

hands off my porn, kev

2009-09-23T03:24:19Z

hands off my porn, kev
Originally uploaded by mugley

hands off my porn, kev

The Australian government has been promising a high speed national broadband network for a while. And now we know why - we'll need the extra capacity when the proposed mandatory net censorship cripples our access speeds.

If you don't want a slow, broken, censored internet experience, give our sorry excuse for a leader - and the monkey he put in charge of communications - a piece of your mind.

Keep your slimy hands off my porn, Kev!

Uploaded by mugley on 1 Nov 08, 1.51PM WST.

i'm sorry

2009-09-11T04:42:31Z

i just don't seem to find the time to update you anymore livejournal.

Melbourne

2009-07-27T02:53:59Z

So, melbourne.

So far I have spent a great deal of it in bed,
Anne fell ill on the first night here, mostly due to lack of sleep,
So I'm using her sickness as my excuse to sleep away the day.

Saturday was nice, slept most of the day, as we arrived at 6am.
Woke at Midday and had breakfast at a place called Las Chicas,
There are some photos on Flickr.
Most notable was the staffy in a hoodie, sitting quite close to us, she looked so uncomfotable, poor rough dog in girly outfit.
Food was great.

We walked back via stores and such.

Got back to the house, changed into a suit to get ready for the show.

More later

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l'Arc-de-Trouser

2009-07-11T14:53:52Z

l'Arc-de-Trouser
Originally uploaded by leonryan.com

some people are just born with inspiration.

if i were a woman...

2009-07-07T15:12:51Z

if i were a woman...
Originally uploaded by Ben Dog

x-posted

WWIII Propaganda: Loose Tweets Sink Fleets

2009-07-07T02:09:30Z

WWIII Propaganda: Loose Tweets Sink Fleets
Originally uploaded by Brian Lane Winfield Moore

@bendog

mardi

2009-06-23T06:53:22Z

IMG_4135
Originally uploaded by Ben Dog

my grandmother is in hospital,
i wanted to visit her a few weeks ago, but i was sick, so i stayed away.
i think i missed my last chance.

i don't like today.

butterflynet

2009-06-14T04:29:07Z

butterflynet
Originally uploaded by xstuntkidx

i think i just pooped myself from the amount of cute in this image.

contrasts.

2009-06-13T09:40:51Z

Nicotine Fetish 1
Originally uploaded by Richard Kadrey/Kaos Beauty Klinik

awesome.
i want to take photos like this.

three on a rug

2009-06-10T10:36:41Z

Originally uploaded by M Melanie

art imitating cats