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Simple, yet infuriating.

A very dull but very useful post if you’re trying to use zopectl debug and need to authenticate (to add test content or change workflow states, for example). Deep in the comments on this page is the following anonymous comment which should be typed at the debugger prompt:

# replace 'admin' with the desired user id
>>> from AccessControl.SecurityManagement \\
...     import newSecurityManager
>>> user = app.portal.acl_users.getUserById('admin')
>>> user = user.__of__(app.portal.acl_users)
>>> newSecurityManager(None, user)

…I’m not the only one to misspell python pythong…

…a comedy moustache. Particularly when on a dinosaur.

A resounding win away from home. The weather played too big a part and there were far too many handling errors, but we’re third in the table (at least right now) and the pack were outstanding on a day when the backs had no part to play. Heineken Cup next year? Here’s hoping.

From news.bbc.co.uk

They’ve been a joke and and embarrassment for years… Surely it’s time to evict Zimbabwe from test cricket?

On first takes, yes. But then again, perhaps not…

Vic Marks tells it like it is. I know I’m a renowned sporting pessimist, but I think we may have to start focussing on July/August 2009 already. Winter 2006/7 looks like a painful tour.

Hansa‘s Gujarati cookbook (Claire’s pregnant again – she wants curry, but no meat), The Cook’s Thesaurus (to identify exactly what to buy when the book says “ajwan seeds” or “pigeon peas”) and Simply Spice (where you can actually buy these things).