summary = models.TextField(help_text="Use raw HTML.  Unlike in the press release model, this summary is not included at the beginning of the body when the entry is displayed.")

    body = models.TextField(help_text="Use raw HTML.  Include the full body of the post.")

    pub_date = models.DateTimeField()

    author = models.ForeignKey(Person)

    tags = models.ManyToManyField(EntryTag, null=True, blank=True)

    date_created = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)

    date_last_modified = models.DateTimeField(auto_now=True)

    class Meta:

        db_table = 'techblog_entries' # legacy

        verbose_name_plural = 'entries'

        ordering = ('-pub_date',)

        get_latest_by = 'pub_date'

    def __unicode__(self):

        return self.headline

    def get_absolute_url(self):

        return (u"/blog/%s/%s/"

                % (self.pub_date.strftime("%Y/%b/%d").lower(),

                   self.slug))

    def is_recent(self):

        # question: does datetime.now() do a syscall each time is it called?

    # Ping google blogs and technorati.  Taken from

    # http://blog.foozia.com/blog/2007/apr/21/ping-technorati-your-django-blog-using-xml-rpc/

    def save(self):

        if settings.CONSERVANCY_DEVEL or True: # "or True" means it is disabled always

            super(Entry, self).save()

            return

        blog_name = 'Software Freedom Law Center Blog'

        blog_url =  'http://www.softwarefreedom.org/blog/'

        post_url = ('http://www.softwarefreedom.org'

                    + self.get_absolute_url())

        import xmlrpclib

        # Ping Technorati

        j = xmlrpclib.Server('http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping')

        reply = j.weblogUpdates.ping(blog_name, blog_url)

        # Ping Google Blog Search

        j = xmlrpclib.Server('http://blogsearch.google.com/ping/RPC2')

        reply = j.weblogUpdates.ping(blog_name, blog_url, post_url)