Nice. I would like to see Freecycle run off flogthedogs. Have you seen Freecycle? Awesome concept, hideous interface.
On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 1:20 PM, Michael Foord <fuzzy...@voidspace.org.uk>wrote: > Hey all, > > I'm trying to slim down my unneeded possessions, much of which is computer > and programming related gear (including some Python books). Ebay is useless > for "locally collected" stuff, so I've developed my own site for selling > and giving away stuff for local collection. I'm hoping that as well as > helping me get rid of my excess gear it will also be a useful resource for > other people to sell their stuff. > > The site is: http://www.flogthedogs.com/ > Computer gear (hardware, gadgets and tech books): > http://www.flogthedogs.com/category/1/ > Some XBox accessories (etc): http://www.flogthedogs.com/category/10/ > > Built with Python, Django, openstreetmap and a few other open source > tools. The site itself isn't *yet* open source because (*ahem*) the tests > are in a terrible state. It's also a young site, so I'm still adding > features to it - although all the basic functionality (including new user > registration) works fine. Probably the next step is building a json api so > that I can add in page sorting and filtering via ajax. > > There are some interesting features, like search by distance from a > postcode, which I hope to write up in some blog posts. Not *terribly* > useful until there are more items that aren't just in *my* postcode > (although I do now have six users on the site!). > > Anyway, I hope this is of interest and even potentially useful... > > All the best, > > Michael Foord > > -- > http://www.voidspace.org.uk/ > > > May you do good and not evil > May you find forgiveness for yourself and forgive others > May you share freely, never taking more than you give. > -- the sqlite blessing > http://www.sqlite.org/different.html > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > python-uk mailing list > python-uk@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-uk > -- Will McGugan http://www.willmcgugan.com
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