There's a few things I'd like to jot down which are less than a full blog post so this is one of those odds and ends posts

I am working on the template for this site. Not quite there. I liked the dark gold and red but may swap for something more minimalistic for a change. Let me know. Once I am happy with the template, there will be a mini-Python site to bring together the Podcasts, Software, Firedrop2 plugins and some other new stuff.

MoodNews has had its podcasts fixed - someone had commented out the upload lines in the Python script... ooops... Also apologies if the comp.lang.python podcasts were a little big in the past few days. I am looking into it. On the topic of Usenet, I do like the look of the Google Groups beta. Big improvement though I would like to see some of the GMail keyboard shortcuts in there.

I bought the Megapack version of Movable Python and it is really good. Handy launcher with a better GUI. If I stop playing with it I may get round to writing a long-ish review of it. Though as it contains Firedrop2 I would be reviewing my own code (a bit) !!

Finally, Microsoft have released a VirtualPC image for IE6. Handy for work. Thanks guys!

Posted by Davy Mitchell on 2006-12-01 20:31:27.
Categories: Python, MoodNews, Podcast Tags : IE6 GMail Google Groups Microsoft
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Recently I started a little prototype for a future project and decided to use IronPython. I needed a transparent Label control. Unfortunately this was a little tricky as it is oddly not natively supported in the Framework.

class TransLabel(Control):
    def __init__(self):
        pass
        
    def CreateParams(self):
        cp = Label().CreateParams
        cp.ExStyle = cp.ExStyle | 0x20
        return cp
    CreateParams = property(fget=CreateParams)
        
    def OnPaintBackground(self,e):
        pass
        
    def OnPaint(self,e):
        grfx = e.Graphics
        grfx.DrawString("Hello World", self.Font, Brushes.Black, 0, 0)

A quick post to the IronPython mailing list came up with the answers. Thanks to Dino at Microsoft and also Fuzzyman.

Posted by Davy Mitchell on 2006-11-28 21:51:40.
Categories: Python, Software, IronPython Tags : IronPython Winforms dotnet subclass .net
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Some general comments before the list itself, firstly I am fairly biased against music shows. Secondly much content is re-packaged radio shows so I have slightly favoured original podcasts. I also drop shows rather quickly (otherwise I get a backlog) and I avoid shows that require any sort of registration, so I may have missed some gems. Please let me know

*Top Seven Christian Podcasts*

7. LifeSpring Hymn Stories - A short Devotional with good music and the often surprising tale behind well known hymns.

6. The Whole Truth - This daily devotional show has a short scripture reading. Well produced and just a few minutes a day.

5. Stand's To Reason - This is a radio show but the call-in format suits podcasting fairly well.

4. Zola Levitt - These are TV broadcast's of the Messianic Jew Zola Levitt which have been mixed for audio. Good recording out on location and an episode every weekday.

3. Sixty-Six Forty - Expositional teaching by Chuck Missler. 5 a week and of a small file size but 25 minutes a lesson.

2. Way Of The Master - Radio show edited for Podcasting. This is a heavy weight with around 10 hours a week of content. The street witnessing and preaching is really addictive listening.

1. LifeSpring Original Show - Also the original Christian content created for podcasting. Great production values and an entertaining host in Steve Webb.

Please send some suggestions so I can update this to a top 10.

Posted by Davy Mitchell on 2006-11-30 22:12:49.
Categories: Christian, Podcast, Internet
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