admin.py

from django.contrib import admin

from whalesalad.asides import models as asides_models

class AsideAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
    date_hierarchy = 'published'
    list_display = ('title', 'published', )
    prepopulated_fields = { 'slug': ('title', ) }
    search_fields = ('title', 'slug', 'url', )
    
admin.site.register(asides_models.Aside, AsideAdmin)

models.py

from urlparse import urlparse
from django.contrib import admin
from django.contrib.admin.util import quote
from django.contrib.auth.models import User
from django.db import models
from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _

# Create your models here.
class Aside(models.Model):
    title = models.CharField(max_length=250, blank=False, null=False)
    slug = models.SlugField(unique=True, blank=True, null=False)
    published = models.DateTimeField(blank=False, null=False)
    body = models.TextField(_(u'aside body'), blank=True, null=True)
    url = models.URLField(verify_exists=True, max_length=200)
    
    class Meta:
        ordering = ('-published', )
    
    def __unicode__(self):
        return self.title

    @property
    def get_tld(self):
        return urlparse(self.url)[1]
        
    def get_admin_url(self):
        return u'/admin/asides/aside/%s/' % quote(self.id)

views.py

import datetime
from itertools import chain

from django.conf import settings
from django.db.models import Q
from django.shortcuts import render_to_response
from django.template import RequestContext

from whalesalad.blog.models import Post
from whalesalad.asides.models import Aside

def home(request, template):
    posts = Post.objects.order_by('-published')[:5]
    asides = Aside.objects.order_by('-published')[:5]
    
    items = sorted(chain(posts, asides), key=lambda instance: instance.published)
    items.reverse()
    
    return render_to_response(template, {
        'items': items
    }, context_instance=RequestContext(request))