N900 IM style notifications from python
In the last couple of days I’ve spent several hours trawling the internet in search of an example of something I hoped would be fairly easy. How to trigger an IM/Email type notification event from python.
Advanced eclipse and Rational Team Concert (RTC) tips
I spend pretty much most days working in and around RTC, an Eclipse-based tool for development and agile project development. Many of the great features are very obvious, others are not so much, but still really very helpful.
Accepting tips
Over the last few months several people have commented, either here on my blog or via twitter, that I should accept donations or payments in some way. It’s taken me a while to get around to it, but today I added a new button it’s over there on the top right of the page.
Little vase with lid
Some time ago I bought a block of spalted beech, mainly because it seemed fairly cheap and I was on a spending spree in a wood turning suppliers.
Fixing old mistakes
I was making a little lidded box in spalted beech. All was going well enough but as I came to hollow the lid I managed a nasty catch which sent it flying and damaged the finished exterior. I gave up in frustration at having gotten so far and then irrecoverably screwed up.Or so I thought at…