convore.json/groups/django-community/been-out-of-the-game-a-while-what-to-tinker-with/messages.json

[{"user_id": 13213, "stars": [{"date_created": 1299476444.662514, "user_id": 5734}, {"date_created": 1299996836.0840471, "user_id": 21166}], "topic_id": 11101, "date_created": 1299422342.7483821, "message": "You can try Pinax - http://pinaxproject.com/ - It has a lot of default projects and a minimum of documentation to get started", "group_id": 81, "id": 280174}, {"user_id": 5778, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11101, "date_created": 1299419950.241297, "message": "so I figured I'd try to take whatever time I can to tinker with the neat technologies and projects that have popped up in the past year or so", "group_id": 81, "id": 280121}, {"user_id": 5778, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11101, "date_created": 1299419870.8388109, "message": "hey all, it's been a while since I really had an opportunity to play with Django or web projects in general", "group_id": 81, "id": 280117}, {"user_id": 5778, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11101, "date_created": 1299420030.6747999, "message": "web-related or not", "group_id": 81, "id": 280132}, {"user_id": 5778, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11101, "date_created": 1299420013.885807, "message": "what projects should I play with?", "group_id": 81, "id": 280130}, {"user_id": 5778, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11101, "date_created": 1299420026.0597939, "message": "I'm open to all sorts of suggestions", "group_id": 81, "id": 280131}, {"user_id": 5778, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11101, "date_created": 1299419894.584646, "message": "the day job has been very busy, and things finally seem to be cooling down a little bit", "group_id": 81, "id": 280119}, {"user_id": 5778, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11101, "date_created": 1299419987.9931259, "message": "the problem is that I haven't even been able to keep up with the things that would be worth playing with", "group_id": 81, "id": 280124}, {"user_id": 5778, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11101, "date_created": 1299419996.3461001, "message": "so I'm asking for your help...", "group_id": 81, "id": 280127}, {"user_id": 5778, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11101, "date_created": 1299419962.1611159, "message": "before our identical twins arrive in August", "group_id": 81, "id": 280122}, {"user_id": 5778, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11101, "date_created": 1299420060.2385521, "message": "thanks :)", "group_id": 81, "id": 280136}, {"user_id": 719, "stars": [{"date_created": 1299423504.3769791, "user_id": 5778}, {"date_created": 1299996828.5327051, "user_id": 21166}], "topic_id": 11101, "date_created": 1299421345.514128, "message": "Hey, how long was \"a while\"? 6 months - a year? You could probably check out http://djangodose.com/podcasts/", "group_id": 81, "id": 280154}, {"user_id": 5778, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11101, "date_created": 1299423685.047894, "message": "@micrypt thanks for the reminder about Django Dose ;)", "group_id": 81, "id": 280220}, {"user_id": 5778, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11101, "date_created": 1299423575.191627, "message": "@micrypt The last Django project I started was in June", "group_id": 81, "id": 280210}, {"user_id": 5778, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11101, "date_created": 1299423579.251863, "message": "2010", "group_id": 81, "id": 280212}, {"user_id": 5778, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11101, "date_created": 1299423616.2768641, "message": "but I haven't really been keeping up with the Django/web development scene since I got my current job back in Sept 2009", "group_id": 81, "id": 280216}, {"user_id": 18347, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11101, "date_created": 1299424463.825665, "message": "@micrypt looks like it's dead?", "group_id": 81, "id": 280272}, {"user_id": 719, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11101, "date_created": 1299425326.148427, "message": "@jamespaxi I think the hosts have just been *really* busy. \u00ac\u00ac @ericflo", "group_id": 81, "id": 280342}, {"user_id": 18347, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11101, "date_created": 1299426294.5415311, "message": "@micrypt yeah, I guess :)", "group_id": 81, "id": 280430}, {"user_id": 5778, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11101, "date_created": 1299427110.981132, "message": "@micrypt hmmm.. seems that Django Dose hasn't been active for a while... last podcast was before Christmas? I know there's more going on in Djangoland than that!!!", "group_id": 81, "id": 280511}, {"user_id": 719, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11101, "date_created": 1299427418.0316491, "message": "@codekoala Yes, you are right. People just don't seem to blog as much these days. You could also take a look at http://djangopackages.com/", "group_id": 81, "id": 280540}, {"user_id": 719, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11101, "date_created": 1299427557.087635, "message": "That's a pretty comprehensive look at the reusable apps ecosystem. I've been largely relying on tracking trunk, mailing lists & IRC for news.", "group_id": 81, "id": 280556}, {"user_id": 209, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11101, "date_created": 1299432349.1703639, "message": "DjangoDose's last couple of episodes though are pretty great, and covered Djangocon, tons of stuff happened/announced there: Things that have happened since then.  1.3 RC1 is big news.  Lots of new changes: Highlights - Class Based Views, Staticfiles, TemplateResponse, thousands of closed tickets.\n\nIn other news, see Django Hosting Explosion Thread.  That's big news.", "group_id": 81, "id": 281037}, {"user_id": 209, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11101, "date_created": 1299432383.912107, "message": "also, there is a new email django weekly that has done I think 7 messages, they're a decent read as well", "group_id": 81, "id": 281041}, {"user_id": 18665, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11101, "date_created": 1299457052.60619, "message": "I'd definitely recommend going through the last 6 months worth of Django Dose, excellent stuff.", "group_id": 81, "id": 282662}, {"user_id": 5778, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11101, "date_created": 1299472633.7467999, "message": "@ryan_blunden thanks! I'll have to listen to them while I build other stuff at work :)", "group_id": 81, "id": 285242}, {"user_id": 4935, "stars": [{"date_created": 1299476499.289005, "user_id": 5734}, {"date_created": 1299476540.851459, "user_id": 5778}], "topic_id": 11101, "date_created": 1299475955.1657319, "message": "reuse is the biggest theme I see. geodjango, haystack, and celery have saved a lot of person hours!", "group_id": 81, "id": 285761}, {"user_id": 5778, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11101, "date_created": 1299476509.589833, "message": "@bat yes, it's one thing that guided me away from other alternatives", "group_id": 81, "id": 285782}, {"user_id": 5778, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11101, "date_created": 1299476521.889509, "message": "Django makes it extremely easy to reuse stuff", "group_id": 81, "id": 285784}, {"user_id": 5778, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11101, "date_created": 1299476536.7685521, "message": "I've played with each of the projects you've mentioned, and they're all pretty awesome", "group_id": 81, "id": 285785}, {"user_id": 4935, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11101, "date_created": 1299476888.3569779, "message": "I'm learning Chef to help me put those to use.", "group_id": 81, "id": 285793}, {"user_id": 19302, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11101, "date_created": 1299499084.6337481, "message": "To get caught up to Django 1.2: http://djangoadvent.com and 1.3 release notes: http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/releases/1.3/", "group_id": 81, "id": 287052}, {"user_id": 5778, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11101, "date_created": 1299514070.77442, "message": "@bat I've tried understanding what chef is, but I'm still not quite sure.  Is there a simple explanation?", "group_id": 81, "id": 288546}, {"user_id": 5778, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11101, "date_created": 1299514094.1841879, "message": "@bm Oh yes, Django Advent was awesome.  And the 1.3 release notes were my bathroom reading the other day :D", "group_id": 81, "id": 288549}, {"user_id": 214, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11101, "date_created": 1299514377.915653, "message": "@codekoala At its core, Chef lets you express, in a declarative way, \"this is how I want my server to be set up - with these services running, with this configuration\" - and then when it runs it makes sure the config matches what you've specified. If you do it right, it allows you to turn an entire server (or server farm) into something you can blow away and recreate at will.", "group_id": 81, "id": 288588}, {"user_id": 4935, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11101, "date_created": 1299523334.832123, "message": "@codekoala also most people who use chef tend to start with these cookbooks. unlike using apt by itself, when you use these recipes you have config templates that make it so you don't have to dig into a particular config syntax when making common config changes. https://github.com/opscode/cookbooks", "group_id": 81, "id": 289578}, {"user_id": 4935, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11101, "date_created": 1299523404.2811639, "message": "https://github.com/scalarium/cookbooks", "group_id": 81, "id": 289587}, {"user_id": 4935, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11101, "date_created": 1299523386.2005291, "message": "other companies have posted theirs up too: https://github.com/37signals/37s_cookbooks", "group_id": 81, "id": 289585}, {"user_id": 1736, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11101, "date_created": 1299525038.6729441, "message": "And of course if you want to tinker with Chef and Django, you can always look at Commis ;-)", "group_id": 81, "id": 289808}, {"user_id": 5778, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11101, "date_created": 1299569685.1525731, "message": "@carljm  @coderanger thanks for the advice, I'll add them to my list :D", "group_id": 81, "id": 294824}, {"user_id": 2116, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11101, "date_created": 1299574031.1593921, "message": "For the lazy - like me - https://github.com/coderanger/commis/", "group_id": 81, "id": 294989}, {"user_id": 205, "stars": [{"date_created": 1299734393.2299199, "user_id": 5778}], "topic_id": 11101, "date_created": 1299657125.4859591, "message": "Read the Docs is always looking for help. It's not something to play around with, but we're using lots of the cool tech out there :)", "group_id": 81, "id": 302545}, {"user_id": 18316, "stars": [{"date_created": 1299734394.950036, "user_id": 5778}], "topic_id": 11101, "date_created": 1299681282.0406201, "message": "Building a bit of a community around http://django-rest-framework.org - we'd always appreciate contributions...", "group_id": 81, "id": 304902}, {"user_id": 5778, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11101, "date_created": 1299734471.5843599, "message": "@ericholscher  @tomchristie what kind of \"cool tech\" are we talking about here? I like to get familiar with things on my own time (ie while laying in bed awake, surfing on my ipod)", "group_id": 81, "id": 311085}, {"user_id": 18316, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11101, "date_created": 1299767106.1216209, "message": "@codekoala Turning Web APIs from being opaque JSON and XML spewing APIs, into being properly Web browse-able, well-connected, self-describing APIs.  Having a dig around http://api.django-rest-framework.org should make it a bit more clear.  It's like Django's admin for you APIs.", "group_id": 81, "id": 313502}, {"user_id": 5778, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11101, "date_created": 1299786918.608418, "message": "@tomchristie that sounds neat :)", "group_id": 81, "id": 315825}, {"user_id": 20519, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11101, "date_created": 1299817408.1302719, "message": "Im a young programmer looking for some open source code to mess with. Could someone suggest some great code?", "group_id": 81, "id": 319287}, {"user_id": 2116, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11101, "date_created": 1299830257.0013361, "message": "Django ? http://www.djangoproject.com/", "group_id": 81, "id": 320420}, {"user_id": 719, "stars": [], "topic_id": 11101, "date_created": 1299833745.6054411, "message": "@theasoto Depends on what you're interested in/making.", "group_id": 81, "id": 320668}, {"user_id": 1736, "stars": [{"date_created": 1299968764.614836, "user_id": 5778}], "topic_id": 11101, "date_created": 1299911127.3187189, "message": "@theasoto You might want to try the Python group, this one is likely to be a bit biased ...", "group_id": 81, "id": 330469}]