I feel I must explain the title of my previous blog entry! I was using Aggdraw to update the Mood News charts - a trend and a Pie Chart. Hope that makes some sense now. Most of the work on the new version is done. Just a case of tidying up and pulling out the AJAX stuff which never really made much sense.

Keeping on the Python theme, I finally got round to playing with the latest version of PythonCard and boy is it good. I am especially impressed with the new Layout Editor. Comes just at the right time as I want to update my LateDecemberBackup program which should be open source eventually.

Finally, thanks to the IronPython team at Microsoft. I reported a bug yesterday PM and the fix was checked in TODAY - they do 'get' OSS . I am hoping to get Kirbybase up and running on .Net - I need to remove the use of cModules and get the aforementioned fix but it should not be too hard apart from Client/Server mode which relies on pickles. A mode I could live without!!

Posted by Davy Mitchell on 2006-06-30 21:50:48.
Categories: MoodNews, Python Tags : IronPython Pythoncard Bugfix bug microsoft kirbybase
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Aggdraw is another gem from the people who brought you PIL. It is everything a graphics library should be. Easy to use with high quality output. Also very fast though I have only tried simple things with it so far.

The aggdraw Module ::: www.effbot.org(Link) ''An AGG-based drawing interface. The aggdraw module implements the basic WCK 2D Drawing Interface on top of the AGG library. This library supports anti-aliasing and alpha compositing, but is otherwise fully compatible with the WCK renderer.''

Posted by Davy Mitchell on 2006-06-26 22:28:40.
Categories: MoodNews, Python Tags : Graphics Library WCK effbot PIL
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Dundee has recently seen two windmills go up to power the Michelin factory. They look great and I look forward to my roof mountable domestic version

This blog post covers the details and the economics very well. Lyvvie's Limelight: What a lot of hot air.(Link) ''I cannot believe all the recent controversy over wind turbines and wind farms in Scotland. Have people no idea how wonderful these things are for the environment? ''

Posted by Davy Mitchell on 2006-06-25 13:02:19.
Categories: Energy, Angus Tags : Dundee Windmill Michelin Scotland Limelight farms environment
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A Strange Loss of Face, More Than Embarrassing - New York Times(Link) ''LOS ANGELES, June 23 Philip K. Dick has gone missing, and now Hollywood finds itself an android short. An actual android. The Philip K. Dick android in happier days, back when he had his head on straight.''

Posted by Davy Mitchell on 2006-06-25 12:45:32.
Categories: Fun, General Tags : PhilipKDick android holywood head
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