First of all, this isn't a topic that is bran new or which requires new documentation. I have learned a few quirks about the process for creating custom controls, panels, frames, and other elements with XRC files in wxPython and I thought I'd write up a little post. Let me point you to the two [...]

I'd be well within reason to suggest that it would be somewhat difficult to use the web without a good search. Google has been so successful that their name has become a verb in the English language that defines using their service to search for something on the web. Traditionally, search engines compile [...]

The other day, I had a conversation about putting C code onto an embedded chip. I wondered if it was possible to put C++ code on there. The gist of the conversation was that the C++ libraries had a lot of overhead and the executable size would be too large for the space [...]

I'm tired of comment spam. I guess my blog has grown to a popular enough size that I'm known by just enough bots to make things annoying. The next plugin I'll be trying out is WP-SpamFree. If you can't post a comment, use my contact form to let me know there is an issue. WP-SpamFree [...]

For fun, I participated in a programming contest. Instead of describing the process this time, I thought I'd include a function. Can you guess what it does? I'm changing some of the variable names so it isn't obvious.   unsigned short result [dim][dim]; void foo(const string& info1, const string& info2, string& ret_val) {   for (int [...]

Friends and family often ask me what laptop they ought to purchase. My answer is always the same: "It depends". Then I proceed to break down the pluses and minuses of different types of laptops and try to determine where to start looking. After that, I find out more about exactly what [...]