Reminder: Don’t Hard Code It

Today’s reminder comes from the “magic number” department, where we remind you to never hard-code a magic number in your software. For example, the value for ETIMEDOUT on Linux can vary depending on your C library. glibc, for example, defines it as 110, but uClibc defines it as 145. This tends to matter when you […]

Parkzone Habu Walk Through

My new Parkzone Habu ducted fan jet arrived in the mail this week. I put it together and provide this walkthrough for the benefit of those who have not yet purchased their Habu (hint: just do it). Stay tuned for the flight report in a couple weeks. Parkzone Habu Walk Through from djsmith on Vimeo. […]

Fancy QSlider Stylesheet

Seriously. I don’t know how I ever created a Qt user interface without using stylesheets. This was, by far, the best idea Trolltech ever had. For today’s show-and-tell, I give you a nifty-looking QSlider with some nice gradient style applied to it: The handle has a nice hover effect, the bar has a moving gradient […]