Testing some things I've never used before, mostly Qt, some argument parsing, copying to clipboard etc;

get_ip_test.py

#!/usr/bin/python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

""""
Author:  Jan Harasym <jharasym@linux.com>
Website: dijit.sh

Creation Date: 30-06-2014
Last Modified: Mon 30 Jun 2014 21:40:53 BST

Description:  
Expected Use: 
"""

from optparse import OptionParser
from PySide import QtGui, QtCore
import urllib
import sys

def Get_IP():
    try:
        sock = urllib.urlopen("http://eitin.drk.sc/~dijit/ip.php")
    except:
        sock = urllib.urlopen("http://ifconfig.me")

    IP = sock.readline().rstrip()
    del sock
    return(IP)

class Small_Window(QtGui.QWidget):
    def __init__(self):
        super(Small_Window, self).__init__()
        self.IP = Get_IP()
        self.create_window()
        self.create_buttons()

    def create_window(self):
        self.resize(96, 25)
        self.center()
        self.setWindowTitle('IP Tracker in Qt/Python')

    def create_buttons(self):
        button = QtGui.QPushButton(self.IP, self)
        button.move(1, 1)
        button.clicked.connect(self.copy_clip)

    def copy_clip(self):
        clipboard = QtGui.QApplication.clipboard()
        clipboard.setText(self.IP)

    def center(self):
        qr = self.frameGeometry()
        cp = QtGui.QDesktopWidget().availableGeometry().center()
        qr.moveCenter(cp)
        self.move(qr.topLeft())

def main():
    parser = OptionParser()
    parser.add_option("-w", "--window", action="store_true", dest="windowed", default=False, help="Run in windowed mode")
    (options, args) = parser.parse_args() 
    if options.windowed == True:
        app = QtGui.QApplication(sys.argv)
        window = Small_Window()
        window.show()
        sys.exit(app.exec_())
    else:
        print(Get_IP())


if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()

I don't need QtCore, ignore that.