I have made a couple of small changes to the Can of Worms website to improve user anonymity.
The Google Analytics link has been removed. I really don't want to track you or anything like that. I would only glean a small amount of information while enabling Google to more …
more ...There are some great note taking applications available these days. I want to call out two that I've used within the last year.
I look for key features in a note taking application. Without these, it isn't worth using.
A powerful feature of decent CAD applications is a "block" library of symbols that can easily be inserted into a drawing. This allows you to reuse groups of objects without having to redraw them each time. If you are learning CAD, make it a priority to learn how to use …
more ...2020 was a banner year for reading since I spent a lot more time at home. I ended with a personal high of 84 books read during the year.
I am usually a big reader of science fiction. Not last year. My favorite sci-fi of the year was the Tao …
more ...I don't think the Kelvin temperature scale gets enough love and respect.
So, I've come up with a slogan for Kelvin, It's...
more ..."Kelvin: We stop at nothing".
Hurricane Sally made landfall in Gulf Shores, Alabama on September 16, 2020 as a category 2 storm with 105 mile per hour winds. As the storm moved inland, it passed over our travel trailer on its trek northeast. We went to my in-laws to have a more secure location to …
more ...The first amendment is incredibly powerful. If nothing else, please read that one. In 45 words it establishes the freedom of religion, speech, the press, and peaceful protest. Given the times we are in, I think it is worth reviewing and considering carefully.
The copy of the United States Bill …
more ...It is now four weeks (July 11) since I came down with COVID-19 and it is nine days after getting home (July 31) from my three-day stint in the wonderful Memorial Hermann Sugar Land hospital.
Here are some random thoughts.
The 16 days that I was ill before I got …
more ...I just finished listening to the audiobook version of The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. Shirer originally published in 1960. The unabridged audiobook consisted of 64 files and weighed in at 57 hours 11 minutes run time, making it the longest audiobook I've listened to …
more ...When building a slightly more complex application using PySimpleGUI, you may run into the need to store user preferences to a file. This allow persisting some information or custom settings for the next time the user runs the application.
UPDATE: 08/12/2020
Not sure how I missed this the …
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