Cain Manor

Download django.   It should default to your ~/Downloads folder and it should be untarred. Go into that directory (in my case, /Users/gregcain/Downloads/Django-1.2.4), and install Django.

sudo python setup.py install

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There was quite a long flight (8 and a half hours) from Auckland to Honolulu, which took us from across the international date line. Justine was very excited about gaining back her lost day which meant an extra day in Hawaii, and I was excited about getting younger. Once we got into the Honolulu airport, I started noticing things were subtly different. First, it was the airport. It was a little bit more run down than any airport I’d seen on this adventure.
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Leaving Sydney was bittersweet. The weather had changed, so it wasn’t quite like leaving paradise, and we stayed in a horrible hotel. Our flight was quite early the next morning (~7 AM), getting us into Auckland early in the afternoon. Usually you think of New Zealand as being right next to Australia (I call it Australia’s Canada), but it was a 3 hour flight. While we were flying into Auckland, I was able to see the waters below, and they were much more beautiful – clear and green – than the waters I’d seen going into Sydney, Melbourne or Perth. Coming through customs, the Customs Agent remarked upon the number of stamps in my passport, which always makes me happy (it’s happened a few times before).
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My post were sparse to begin with, but recently I’ve started catching up. But you’ll notice that there aren’t many photos. Why? Because the Internet sucks in Australia and New Zealand. When I first moved in with Tom and Felicity the connection was good, but not great. It also may have been the reason for some of Tom’s frustration.
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