Author Archives: crystalattice

For those of you tracking my book writing progress, you may be happy to know that I finally had a chance to find a file hosting site. Originally I was planning on creating a web page just for the downloads … Continue reading →

(Reprinted from my Epinion. Note that there are several different types of gel coolers on the market, such as Thermaltake, Targus, et al.) I’ve owned several fan-based laptop coolers. After going on the third one because the fans are cheap … Continue reading →

I’ve been watching a lot of the History Channel’s Gangland series and Investigation Discovery’s Gang Nation lately. One thing I’ve noticed is that much of the gang violence is due, directly or indirectly, to drugs. Well, no duh. When Prohibition … Continue reading →

First, I want to apologize to everyone who has submitted comments to the site for the last few weeks. Something happened with my email system and the notices that comments were made got sent to the spam box. I think … Continue reading →

Having recently returned from Iraq, I found out that the new service uniforms are finally available at the Navy Exchange (NEX) Uniform Shop. These new uniforms are designed to replace the office working whites (the “ice cream man” uniform) and … Continue reading →

Just wanted to let everyone know that I made it back safely from Iraq. I know that disappoints a lot of the Hawaiians who read the “Hawaii Sucks” post; I received several death threats while I was over there. Glad … Continue reading →

I was talking to my wife today about how much I hate election years. You have a bunch of idiots spewing garbage all over TV while the media falls over itself dedicating hours of airtime restating the same “news” about … Continue reading →

I just created a new blog for my upcoming ebook: Start Programming with Python. Right now it’s mostly just a place holder, though I do provide links to my current tutorials. Once I have converted the tutorials to a rough … Continue reading →

For those who care (which is probably very few), I am working on a programming tutorial book. Naturally, it will be about Python and wxPython. It’s essentially the book form of my tutorials, plus more information to fill it out. … Continue reading →

What Can wxPython Do? wxPython is a stable, mature graphical library. As such, it has widgets for nearly everything you plan on creating. Generally speaking, if you can’t do it with wxPython, you’ll probably have to create a custom GUI, … Continue reading →