Tag Archives: tips

Subclass ’em Functions

Posted on Monday 13 February 2012 by J. D. Bartlett

Quick Summary I’ve got a simple Python helper class, in the talljosh package, that lets you write things that behave as functions but can be extended by subclassing. But Why? Consider the following Python function, found in json/encoder.py in the … Continue reading →

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Again: Broadcom Wireless BCM43224, Ubuntu

Posted on Monday 6 February 2012 by J. D. Bartlett

Update 2013-02-27: This solution on Ask Ubuntu is much better, because it includes properly packaged things that should update when you upgrade Ubuntu. Update 2012-10-24: The patch is no longer available on Broadcom’s website, but it can be found here. … Continue reading →

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Unity Launcher/Sidebar Missing on Ubuntu 11.10

Posted on Monday 7 November 2011 by J. D. Bartlett

As I mentioned previously, I recently installed Ubuntu 11.10 on a new laptop. Then Unity stopped working. And so did Unity 2D. This is a problem, since those are the only two desktop sessions installed by default with the latest … Continue reading →

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Pygtk: reparented windows responding to size allocations

Posted on Monday 25 April 2011 by J. D. Bartlett

Today’s post is an obscure technical one that I imagine will be completely irrelevant to all of my normal readers at the time I write this. I write to save someone in the future from the hours of debugging and … Continue reading →

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Using Mercurial instead of Drop Box

Posted on Monday 15 November 2010 by J. D. Bartlett

Recently I’ve had a number of friends telling me how fantastic Drop Box is for synchronising files and how they don’t understand that I don’t use it.  Drop Box has one very good argument in its favour: you can use … Continue reading →

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