In a system I’m developing that handles scheduling, I had a need to add some additional data to a report group header. I tried a few different approaches but nothing worked until I created a custom method on the model I was reporting on. This worked and got the needed data on the report, but…
I’ve come to enjoy and rely on AnyDesk since working from home under the CoViD-19 pandemic. But one thing was eluding me… Printing. During the installation of AnyDesk you are prompted to install the AnyDesk Printer. Even doing so does NOT work for Windows 7. According to the AnyDesk webiste you need to manually install…
I had to hunt the internet sideways for an answer to this one, but came up empty handed. I attempted to update 10.0.2, but was only prompted with an advertisement for Workstation 15. The Solution I logged in to my VMWare account and downloaded Workstation version 10.0.7. Installed that updated version and now the MKS…
Just a quick little tip. It took me quite a bit to time to stumble across this, as the Django documentation does not mention it. If you have a ‘related_name’ set for a ForeignKey field on a model, USE that related_name as the MODELCHILD_SET name when trying to access related objects. Working Example Based on…
How to Scroll Around in Loupe View WHILE USING Tools I’ve always found using the Adjustment Brush and Spot Removal Tools to be a real pain in the ass when trying to maneuver around a large image while zoomed in. I lost my mind with this irritation and broke down and googled it — you…
I finally finished Michael Kennedy‘s awesome course “Python Jumpstart by Building 10 Apps“. As a listener of both Talk Python To Me and PythonBytes podcasts, I’ve come to respect and appreciate Michael’s depth of knowledge and easy going approach to Python. I started this course about three or four months ago diving in head first…
I was hunting around for a simple method of customizing fonts on this site and came across Easy Google Fonts. This literally lets you create sets of CSS tags to apply custom Google fonts as well as system and theme fonts. Just create a font set, then set all of the available properties via your…
So, I’ve swapped from Libretto to FullWidther since I just wanted a wider main content area. What I really should do is dig in and make a child theme based on the attributes of both themes that I really like. Libretto has LOVELY typography, like seriously, really classy damned text, but its very narrow content…