If you’ve noticed this blog acting slightly erratic (on second thoughts, nobody would) it is because I have been stung by yet another IE bug. It makes a change; this time it isn’t directly down to CSS, and instead is a bug in the way the rendering engine handles italics. The problem starts when the…
Fed up with the .dll overheads of wxPython and Python, I’m using gtkmm as my standard GUI toolkit from now on. I’ve got all the libraries installed on Windows XP and Slackware using the gtkmm documentation, so I’m looking forward to nice portable apps. There was one slight problem that had me stumped: on Windows…
There’s a readily available Gtkmm development package for Windows, but the following could come in handy for those who don’t own Windows, or want to escape the inconvenience of setting up and booting into another environment. A basic understanding of using the console is required and though I’m using Ubuntu, the steps are easily transferable….
Just before the start of the consumer electronics show CES 2014 Las Vegas Corning has introduced a new manufacturing technology for Gorilla glass. With the “3D glass-forming” technology it should be possible to produce curved Gorilla glass. To do so, Corning collaborates with the Taiwanese manufacturer of G-Tech optoelectronics. I am more familiar with the…