Change Windows Desktop Time Format This post shows you how to change the windows desktop time format into something a little more standard. Since I realised that it could help me keep my date-labelled files and folders in order, I’ve been a fan, supporter and advocate of ISO 8601, which sets the standard of yyyy-mm-dd.… Read More »
Python Pandas for Physics The Pandas package brings advanced data structures and data analysis tools to python. It was initially concieved for use in the world of finance, but can it be of any use to us interested in physics? For some time I’ve been trying to get to the stage that I can use… Read More »
Imagemagick is a command-line based image processing suite. It’s hugely powerful with all kinds of functions and features, and I can never quite remember how to use my favourite commands. There is a very good and comprehensive list of ‘basic‘ commands, but I find it dwarfs the selection that I actually need, so here are… Read More »
How to Plot Polygons In Python This post shows you how to plot polygons in Python. When you’re working with polygons it can be useful to be able to plot them – perhaps to check that your operation has worked as expected, or to display a final result. The process to plot polygons in python… Read More »
How to Get Around the Missing ENDEL Error in ECP Get around the GDS ENDEL Error: “GDS Error: Missing ENDEL!” in ECP by first flattening your gds file. ECP – Exposure Control Program I use the ECP CAD program to write electron beam lithography patterns. Although ECP has its own primitive pattern editor, I prefer… Read More »