Things I like to add to settings.py

settings.py

import os.path

MEDIA_ROOT = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "public/static/")

TEMPLATE_DIRS = (
    os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "templates"),
)

FORCE_LOWERCASE_TAGS = True
SESSION_COOKIE_NAME = 'your_project'

try:
    from local_settings import *
except ImportError:
    pass