Index: applications/mobileblur/controllers/default.py
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--- applications/mobileblur/controllers/default.py
+++ applications/mobileblur/controllers/default.py
@@ -7,7 +7,21 @@
         for i in range(threshold, 2):
             if feed[thresholds[i]] > 0:
                 feeds[feed["feed_title"]] = feed
                 break
 
-    pprint(feeds)
     return dict(feeds=feeds, threshold=threshold)
+
+
+def login():
+    login_form = SQLFORM.factory(
+        Field("username", requires=IS_NOT_EMPTY()),
+        Field("password", "password", requires=IS_NOT_EMPTY())
+    )
+    if login_form.accepts(request):
+        results = newsblur.login(login_form.vars["username"], login_form.vars["password"])
+        response.cookies["nb_cookie"] = newsblur.cookies
+        response.cookies["nb_cookie"]["path"] = "/"
+        print "cookie =", newsblur.cookies
+        redirect(URL("index"))
+
+    return dict(login_form=login_form)

Index: applications/mobileblur/models/0_helpers.py
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--- applications/mobileblur/models/0_helpers.py
+++ applications/mobileblur/models/0_helpers.py
@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
 newsblur = local_import("newsblur")
 
 threshold = 0
 thresholds = ["nt", "ps", "ng"]  # indices -1, 0, 1 for negative, neutral, and positive intelligence filters
 
-def login(username="spiffytech"):
-    user = db(db.users.username==username).select().first()
-    if user["cookie"] is None:
-        results = newsblur.login(user["username"], user["password"])
+#import ipdb
+#ipdb.set_trace()
+print request.env.path_info
+if "nb_cookie" not in request.cookies.keys():
+    if [request.application, request.controller, request.function] != [request.application, "default", "login"]:
+        redirect(URL("default", "login", vars=dict(redirect=request.folder)))
+#else:
+#    newsblur.cookies = request.cookies["nb_cookie"]

Index: applications/mobileblur/models/db.py
==================================================================
--- applications/mobileblur/models/db.py
+++ applications/mobileblur/models/db.py
@@ -32,10 +32,11 @@
 #########################################################################
 
 from gluon.tools import Mail, Auth, Crud, Service, PluginManager, prettydate
 mail = Mail()                                  # mailer
 auth = Auth(db)                                # authentication/authorization
+
 crud = Crud(db)                                # for CRUD helpers using auth
 service = Service()                            # for json, xml, jsonrpc, xmlrpc, amfrpc
 plugins = PluginManager()                      # for configuring plugins
 
 mail.settings.server = 'logging' or 'smtp.gmail.com:587'  # your SMTP server
@@ -84,6 +85,5 @@
 db.define_table("users",
     Field("username"),
     Field("password"),
     Field("cookie")
 )
-login()