OSGB is the Ordnance Survey National Grid and is used for many grid references in the United Kingdom. This grid system works well for locations within the United Kingdom, but needs work if you need...

Gpx (GPS Exchange Format) is a common file format used to store exported GPS data. In this post I use the python module gpxpy to simply import the gpx coordinates from a gpx file. Python GPX Impor...

Leaflet is a powerful Javascript library for interactive maps. I’ve wanted to have a go at using Leaflet for a while, but learning Javascript for just one library seemed over the top. Thankfully I’...

Use this interactive map to find Colchester public toilets. There are some as far afield as Dedham and Mersea! Colchester Public Toilets: Python Code Data on the locations of the public toilets in...

Software Carpentry is a non-profit organisation that teaches computing, coding and programming skills to researchers using face-to-face and online courses. I’ve found Software Carpentry to be very ...

With the Firefox SQLite Manager Plugin it’s easy to view, update and export SQLite databases. It’s very easy to install Firefox SQLite Manager, but I found it wasn’t obvious how to actually use it....

In this post I show you how you can make easy notepad journal, using Notepad.exe - the default text editor for Windows. I’ll show you how you can get notepad to automatically append today’s date to...

I’ve had a lot of problems with the rendered output video when using the ogv output from RecordMyDesktop and Blender. It would jump around and not always be in-sync with the audio. I tried a few th...

In this post I show you how to extend the plot range of the fitted function in Origin, beyond that of your initial data. Origin makes it easy to fit to your data, but how to extend the fit beyond t...

How recent are the references in your thesis or dissertation? Have you only cited papers from the last few years? Or have you gone back to find dozens of pre-war publications? I thought it would be...