(or how I spent my Saturday morning while Missus-Oso was away…)
Tidying up the new mini-apps I have been building and I realized Oso-this and Oso-that might become a bit confusing over time. And really what was I trying to accomplish? The apps I am building, primarily for myself and to refresh my Python ‘skills’, are meant to be simple, few featured and easy to run. Basically the apps get out of my face when not in use and don’t take a Masters in CompSci to run. They are ‘Just’ apps.
So name changes and a few updates on the apps:
- OsoWrites becomes Just-Write with some tweaking of the default template when creating a new text document (removed a labelling bug in the template and added in the author line at the top)
- OsoCode becomes Just-Code with similar tweaking to the default template to include the above and a date reference line.
- OsoTrack becomes Just-Connect, which has been converted to ttkbootstrap to ‘prettify’ it and I have added the options to export your time entries from SQLite3 to either csv or json formats (look out Jira-Tempo here I come!)
And in case my wife is reading this, yes, the laundry is in the dryer and I have booked Para to boxing for tomorrow already. 🙂
Cheers,
Mark
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So a wee explanation of what ‘Oso’ is all about…
Many moons ago, my partner in crime (of sorts) and I decided to build a mobile DJ service to raise funds for necessary improvements to our local military mess. My partner, somewhat resembling a rabbit, was nicknamed… Rabbit. I of course, was nicknamed ‘Bear’ due to my ability to grow body hair at will. So the ‘Bear & Rabbit’ DJ service was born. It did quite well, in fact, until the camp supply sergeant recognized a couple of Bose speakers that had gone ‘missing’ from the supply depot (but that is a whole other story…).
Fast forward a bazillion years (lots of animals in this story) and I worked on some projects with a crazy Mexican fellow named Gerardo, who due to his genetics had a voice that sounded like a duck. Ergo his nickname was El Pato (he actually relished in the name!). And since he spoke Spanish ‘Bear’ became… ‘El Oso’.
So now you know where ‘Oso’ comes from. I also answer to ‘Bear’ if Spanish is not your strong suit.