A very common problem in Ubuntu is "how the heck do I change the first day of week to Monday?". One can google and find a lot of solutions with locales "hacking". Is there a simpler way to do that?

It's been a while since I wrote the first ^[1] part of this guide. I'm happy to introduce you the second part of the tutorial. This part continues the story about applet-only techniques. Even if you're skilled in PyGTK, you're adviced to read this part.

Programming is an art.
To be more specific, it's an everlasting art. There is no program that could completely satisfy a user. And I doubt that there is a program that could completely satisfy a programmer.

I spend hours in front of my computer. Of course that is very unhealthy for the eyes. I wanted to create a simple reminder applet - an eyes icon that changes to "bloody" eyes - indicating that it's time to relax.

This was my first GNOME applet, my first GTK and more or less serious Python experience and I'd like too share it with everyone, who deals with his or her first GNOME applet.

I hope, this tutorial will help you.