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Cairo Pango Widget

Posted by Colonel Patch on May 25, 2011

Here is a little demo I did to help get my head around using cairo and pango as I wanted to have a base for a flexible widget. It uses scaling ,translation and animation to bounce an image around the screen. There is also a routine for detecting mouse clicks so you can "tickle" the head!

 

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Sony Vaio touchpad fix on Open Suse Linux

Posted by Colonel Patch on March 22, 2011

How to fix non functioning alps touchpad on a Sony Vaio F12

 

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Installing Python26 and PyGTK on XP

Posted by T800 on December 31, 2010

Installing PyGTK can be frustrating if you have the wrong file set or downloaded from yet another incomplete source. This is a quick install guide, an easy walk through with the links to install PyGTK into Python26 complete with the Glade Editor.

 

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Python - XML parsing using Beautiful Soup

Posted by Colonel Patch on December 14, 2010

Parsing using Beautiful Soup, Example of using the Beautiful Soup html / xml parser


Python example - Are you Human?

Posted by T800 on December 13, 2010

An example of using the Python Imaging Library or PIL to produce Captcha style pictures from a given text.

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Gigabyte GA890GPA-UD3H - "Raid Degraded" error

Posted by T800 on December 10, 2010

This is a mirrored RAID or RAID1 configuration on the Gigabyte GA890GPA-UD3H motherboard using the GSATA (as its a Dual). Bootup the machine, BIOS reports "Raid degraded" error. Rebuild the raid using the BIOS or win util. Reboots with the same problem or after a few cold restarts... CMOS error!

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PyGTK Example - Big Green Clock

Posted by T800 on December 9, 2010

The Big Green Clock is a PyGTK example or GTK used in Python. Its a simple 7 segment style real time clock. Here I will walk you through the python elements that makes this clock really tick.

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Installing Python25 and PyGTK on XP

Posted by admin on December 7, 2010

Installing PyGTK can be frustrating if you have the wrong file set or downloaded from yet another incomplete source. This is a quick install guide, an easy walk through with the links to install PyGTK into Python25 complete with the Glade Editor.


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