Techniqal Blog - Holy Crap-Good day for Apple

A test of trackbacks from blogger

Techniqal Blog � Blog Archive � Holy Crap-Good day for Apple: "trackback"

Latest Post on Techniqal.com

Check out the latest post on my blog


http://www.techniqal.com/

Beer: Pour Faster, Better Beer

This is impressive ---This should be a fixture in every home.
It basically adjusts the flow of the beer out of the tap, so the beer is in contact with the nozzle for longer, and therefore does not strike the bottom of the glass with a hard impact.
Less impact, means less foam, less foam means faster pour, faster pour means--yummy yummy yummy!.
The 2 second pour is here.

TurboTap - Pour Faster, Better Beer


Look here for a .wmv of the turbo tap kicking some Guinness ass!

Google: Has taken over the moon!!

As if google didn't have a giant grasp on the entire planet Earth already; but now they have conquered the moon.
Using images from NASA, they have extended google maps to show you the moon, and some of the landing sites from the Apollo Missions.
I will only be impressed, if I am able to use Google Local to plan a trip to the local grocery store, with a quick stop at the landing site of Apollo 12.

Okay--this is hilarious. Zoom in all the way and see how cheesy this is!

Google Moon - Lunar Landing Sites: "Welcome to Google Moon"

Coming Soon! ---Google Ads on the Moon(beta)!- Let the whole world see your important business message!

Coming Soon!---Google Milky Way(beta)! Find directions to all of your favourite inter-galactic vacation spots.

Python:Creating a Task Bar icon in wxPython

Here is another nifty tidbit of python code that is often hard to find. If you work with Python and wxPython to build gui apps, there are number of widgets etc., that can be hard to figure out. Adding a task bar icon for your app is one of them. This simple example shows you how to add a taskbar icon, and capture events from it.

import wx

def OnTaskBarRight(event):
   app.ExitMainLoop()
#setup app
app= wx.PySimpleApp()

#setup icon object
icon = wx.Icon("favicon.ico", wx.BITMAP_TYPE_ICO)

#setup taskbar icon
tbicon = wx.TaskBarIcon()
tbicon.SetIcon(icon, "I am an Icon")

#add taskbar icon event
wx.EVT_TASKBAR_RIGHT_UP(tbicon, OnTaskBarRight)

app.MainLoop()

Check out the documentation for wxPython, for more information.

Google: New Maps API

Google has released the API for Google Maps. This api allows you to display maps on you own pages, and do things like add routes, icons, and information tabs. This is actually pretty easy to use, and all you need to do is apply for your own API key, and copy the example api code into any html page. If you need to see a working example, check the very bottom of this page, and you will see it at work(and where I work)REMOVED--Check the Google site. Pretty nifty trick. And if you are a blogger on blogspot, it is as easy as pasting the correct code into your template.

Click here for the API goodness!

QT: Trolltech QT 4.0

Trolltech has finally launched a GPL version of their software for Win32. This is great news for myself, and a lot of people out there.I for one, have never been able to install QT properly on my linux box.
There was always some missing or mis-referenced library, and I never could get it to work. I could also never seem to find the old 2.3 Win32 version that was GPL'd. Now, I can try it on my windoze box, and see if it is easier to write my Python Gui's.

Click here for the win32 download mirrors!