Weather Forecast GUI V1 (Python)

April 1, 2018April 1, 2018 ~ Geek_Dude

I think I’ve started to get to grips with GUI windows in Python, so I’m now going to go back and rework my weather forecast so that it uses a GUI. My first attempt takes a longitude and latitude input from the user. Currently it outputs back to the Python shell, so I’ll need to … Continue reading Weather Forecast GUI V1 (Python)

Weather Forecast V3 (Python)

March 22, 2018March 22, 2018 ~ Geek_Dude

When I started my Weather Forecast I decided that I wanted to ask the user for location and display a graphic. I’ve now accomplished this, my program asks for Longitude and Latitude and now displays a picture depending on the weather – currently cold and wet here in Manchester. —— #!/bin/python3 #geektechstuff #print weather forecast … Continue reading Weather Forecast V3 (Python)

Weather Forecast V2 (Python)

March 20, 2018 ~ Geek_Dude

Doh! I confused Kelvin units with Fahrenheit units which was totally throwing out the Celsius units. I’ve also started to modify the the first forecast to display more information, thinking of going down the “email me if the temp drops below…” route. — #!/bin/python3 #geektechstuff #print weather location for Manchester, UK #imports required modules import … Continue reading Weather Forecast V2 (Python)

Weather Forecast V1 (Python)

March 17, 2018 ~ Geek_Dude ~ 1 Comment

Last night and this morning has seen a little bit of snow across Manchester (UK), spurring me on to create my weather checker in Python. I am making use of the open API that http://openweathermap.org provides and having signed up for a free API key I’ve got straight into creating a Python program. Things to … Continue reading Weather Forecast V1 (Python)

Building A Testing Site (HTML, CSS, JavaScript)

February 21, 2021 ~ Geek_Dude

I like having this website (www.geektechstuff.com) hosted, but at times I also need a local website for testing whatever I’m looking at at the time (e.g. JavaScript). Previously I’ve just thrown a few lines of HTML down leaving a very sparse looking page that may (or may not) demonstrate the functions I’m looking at but … Continue reading Building A Testing Site (HTML, CSS, JavaScript)

Amazon Alexa Commands

November 30, 2019 ~ Geek_Dude

With the November Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals flying about some readers may be tempted to pick up an Amazon Alexa. So today I thought I would post a brief article on some of the easter egg type voice commands that you may like, after all Alexa can do more than tell you what … Continue reading Amazon Alexa Commands

UK Flood Alert / Flood Data (Python)

March 16, 2019 ~ Geek_Dude

Today I received a phone call and SMS text message that a flood alert had become active for the area I live in. After making preparations incase the alert severity increased I got to thinking; is there a better way to be warned about potential floods? One (quick) Google search later and I found that … Continue reading UK Flood Alert / Flood Data (Python)

Pollen Check V2 (Python) – Or How To Send E-Mail Via Python

June 26, 2018 ~ Geek_Dude ~ 2 Comments

Yesterday I got V1 on my Pollen Check program running, and in all honesty I managed to complete part 2 last night but didn’t get chance to write a blog post as it was getting late. V2 of the Pollen Check program doesn’t display onscreen the pollen data, instead it e-mails it. Remember the challenge … Continue reading Pollen Check V2 (Python) – Or How To Send E-Mail Via Python

Pollen Check V1 (Python)

June 25, 2018 ~ Geek_Dude ~ 2 Comments

My beautiful and amazing wife has challenged me with creating a Python program which checks the pollen count each morning and e-mails it to her. I’ve broken this task up into three parts: 1st part of Python program that gets the pollen count 2nd part of Python program handles the e-mail 3rd part will setting … Continue reading Pollen Check V1 (Python)