I made some changes to my internet, with the result that anything that wasn’t wired in had to be reconnected to the WiFi. So I’ve just set up a link here to the instructions, so you don’t have to go hunting for it again. Pixma has a very nice step by step guide on how The full story here…
Noisy NAS Server
My old server is a bit long in the tooth. It is an old laptop which I partitioned and put Ubuntu on the second partition. It only has 500GB, and, well, it has started creaking at the seams. This last issue was the one that triggered me to find something new. New Solution Requirements I The full story here…
A Javascript Watch
The Bangle.js 2 watch is a really nice watch. It is not billed to be as good as the popular branded smart watches. But from where I’m sitting, it is every bit as good. It looks lovely. It has all the features you’d expect of a smart watch. And it is Open Source and hackable. The full story here…
Cannot Access Your Server?
Of course you first need to check there is nothing wrong with the server. If you can’t find an issue there, what else can you do to regain access? The first thing to do is always restart your computer. This – for no apparent reason – will fix a lot of issues. Do you have The full story here…
Thanks, Watchy
I loved my Watchy. It is a watch for geeks. I got a lot of fun out of it. But it has now stopped working. Probably the battery. But I made the decision not to replace the battery. In the spirit of adventure, I’ve opted for a new toy. I never took a photo of The full story here…
Pico Temperature Sensor Part 2
One year later and someone moved the project, sadly some of the wires fell out. So here is how to fix it when this happens again. Rewire the LCD The display has 4 outlets. The white on the image is physical pin 19 which we are going to connect indirectly to the Lcd pin marked The full story here…
Photo App – List Control
Now we have a spreadsheet I need to be able to show the results on the screen. Still using wxPython, going to make use of the list control. It doesn’t look great on Windows, but it’s functional and seems to have a lot of flexibility. Create a ListCtrl Add the list to the sizer This The full story here…
Photo App – Add a Module
As I start adding more code, I want to separate different functionality into different python files. In Python, you call these separate files modules. I need to learn how to use modules in Python.
wxPython User Interface
I’m not ecstatic about the 90 degree corners. The whole UI is a little bit dated. But life is too short. The background image needs tweaking, but I don’t have any colour tools on this computer so we’ll live with it for now.
wxPython Background Image Scaling
What is a user interface without a background image? Not only does it need an image, it also needs to automatically resize to fit, as the user resizes the user interface. The photo used here is my original photo. It is only for exercising the code. I don’t have any intention of using this exact The full story here…