ImageMagick book
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Sat, 29 Dec 2001
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30 December 2001
My knee hurts. It would probably be more comfortable if it had some skin on it...
Whilst not being able to do much because of my knee, and in the calm of the post Christmas Mikal, I have been able to get a fair bit done, which is good. I have put out a new version of the comp.text.pdf FAQ document, I have worked on the groff2db converter, and I have done the clothes washing...
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30 December 2001
My knee hurts. It would probably be more comfortable if it had some skin on it...
Whilst not being able to do much because of my knee, and in the calm of the post Christmas Mikal, I have been able to get a fair bit done, which is good. I have put out a new version of the comp.text.pdf FAQ document, I have worked on the groff2db converter, and I have done the clothes washing...
Felt like some geek movieage, so watched Enemy of the State again...
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Fri, 28 Dec 2001
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29 December 2001
Semi productive day yesterday -- I worked on the comp.text.pdf FAQ, and then even did some work at work!
Skinned by knee riding my bike this morning. It hurts.
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Thu, 27 Dec 2001
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comp.text.pdf FAQ 2001-05 (24 Aug 2001 12:46:24 GMT)
There have been some big changes in the comp.text.pdf FAQ recently. The latest version is available in three formats: Docbook SGML, PDF, and Postscript.
There have been a whole bunch more questions, and answers added, and development work is still ongoing on the output generation.
As a point of interest, the FAQ is now generated by a script which stores the source information in a mysql database. The code to generate the script will be released real soon now.
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comp.text.pdf FAQ 2001-05 (24 Aug 2001 12:46:24 GMT)
There have been some big changes in the comp.text.pdf FAQ recently. The latest version is available in three formats: Docbook SGML, PDF, and Postscript.
There have been a whole bunch more questions, and answers added, and development work is still ongoing on the output generation.
As a point of interest, the FAQ is now generated by a script which stores the source information in a mysql database. The code to generate the script will be released real soon now.
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comp.text.pdf FAQ 2001-05 (24 Aug 2001 12:46:24 GMT) Update
There have been some big changes in the comp.text.pdf FAQ recently. The latest version is available in three formats: Docbook SGML, PDF, and Postscript.
There is also a new version of the PDF version of the FAQ submitted by a reader. This version includes hyperlinks, and bookmarks. It can be downloaded here. There have also been some reports of people having trouble viewing the original version of the PDF. This version should fix this...
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comp.text.pdf FAQ 2001-05 (24 Aug 2001 12:46:24 GMT) Update
There have been some big changes in the comp.text.pdf FAQ recently. The latest version is available in three formats: Docbook SGML, PDF, and Postscript.
There is also a new version of the PDF version of the FAQ submitted by a reader. This version includes hyperlinks, and bookmarks. It can be downloaded here. There have also been some reports of people having trouble viewing the original version of the PDF. This version should fix this...
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Sat, 15 Dec 2001
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mysqlvi 0.2 released
The latest version of mysqlvi, a little ditty to edit values of cells in SQL tables is available... This version fixes some bugs and also accepts some fairly braindead command line arguements.
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mysqlvi 0.2 released
The latest version of mysqlvi, a little ditty to edit values of cells in SQL tables is available... This version fixes some bugs and also accepts some fairly braindead command line arguements.
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16 December 2001
Finally started not feeling sick again... My stomache is still doing pyrotechnics at the moment though, so I am not getting too much done. Hopefully Catherine wont get this sickness off me -- I don't want to make her or the baby ill.
Managed to find the energy to have a look at groff2db for Greg again... He has sent a list of bugs that he wants looked at. I will try to get onto them sometime soon. I am also very aware that I need to get going with the comp.text.pdf FAQ. I had a brainwave though (the rainwaves are what slows it down), and the next version will be in a PDF. The PDF will come from docbook SGML, which will make it easy to target at a variety of different outputs later on if the mood comes upon me...
Anyway, I think I might have a lie down now.
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groff2db 0.3 Release
The new version of the script has been released. It addresses a number of bugs reported by Greg and O'Reilley. Check it out here.
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groff2db 0.3 Release
The new version of the script has been released. It addresses a number of bugs reported by Greg and O'Reilley. Check it out here.
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Thu, 13 Dec 2001
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14 December 2001
I have been sick for the last couple of days, which has been a bit of a downer. It has also meant that I have got very little work done.
On the baby front, it would appear that Eric the Feotus has dropped, which I am told means that Catherine is about 4 weeks away from giving birth. This means that the baby would appear mid January, which is good because I don't want a Christmas baby. It still means that we have to get the baby through the local summer without it melting though...
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Sun, 09 Dec 2001
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10 December 2001
There's been a lot of pressure at work to produce the next version of TRIM at something approaching on time. This has meant that I haven't had much time for open source recently... When I haven't been working I have been sleeping and getting ready for Catherine to have a baby.
There should be more time once the baby is born, but apparently those are famous last words... I guess we'll have to wait and see.
This diary is one year old today. I should try to get back into making more regular entries... I am working on putting some photos up as things get more interesting again.
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Wed, 28 Nov 2001
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groff2db 0.2 Release
Version 0.2 of the script is now available, it fixes bugs in the conversion and starts implementing conversion of tables.
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groff2db 0.2 Release
Version 0.2 of the script is now available, it fixes bugs in the conversion and starts implementing conversion of tables.
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29 November 2001
More work on groff2db is help Greg... Meta cartpal...
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Tue, 27 Nov 2001
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Groff2db 0.2 on it's way...
A bunch of bug fixes have been applied to groff2db in the last few days. These will be released here soon...
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28 November 2001
Hmmmm. A busy few couple of days. We keep pushing for the deadline at work, so much code is being had by all. I spent 12 hours at work today looking into document index building problems... I then came home to discover that the script I wrote to convert groff to docbook (groff2db) had caused a whole bunch of email from the people who are using it... I looked into this a bit until eye strain told me it was time to go to bed.
Second wedding anniversary last night, and Catherine got served parmisan cheese with cheese wevils in it. Hmmmmm...
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Sat, 24 Nov 2001
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25 November 2001
My laptop arrived yesterday -- two days after having been paid for. Well done IBM... It is nearly setup properly.
North at a place called the Entrance visiting my grandfather. I should put some photos of the place here.
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Wed, 21 Nov 2001
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mysqlvi 0.1 released
This is the first release of mysqlvi, and editor for tables values within mysql. It is covered by the terms of the GNU Public License, version 2. Get it here.
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22 November 2001
I have the flu and no new laptop yet. The first cut of mysqlvi is ready.
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mysqlvi 0.1 released
This is the first release of mysqlvi, and editor for tables values within mysql. It is covered by the terms of the GNU Public License, version 2. Get it here.
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Tue, 20 Nov 2001
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21 November 2001
My new laptop arrives sometime this week!
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Sat, 17 Nov 2001
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18 November 2001
One of those fdays when you are home for about a waking hour -- church, a house warming, afternoon tea with the inlaws and a birthday all in one day. No coding got done, but a least my wrists got a rest...
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Fri, 16 Nov 2001
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17 November 2001
Neil and Rachel's wedding today. Aint love grand?
Feeling a bit mata carpal today, so I am taking it easy for a bit. I have the wrist barces on and everything. I might try to knock off the faq though because that has been on the todo list for quite some time and I am very behind.
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Thu, 15 Nov 2001
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16 November 2001
I don't feel amazingly well, a bad headache which is probably related to my ridiculous caffeine levels at work is the worst. Oh well, better soldier on and just not drink too much tonight at the company drinks.
Ironing out the last few formatting errors in the next version of the comp.text.pdf FAQ.
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Wed, 14 Nov 2001
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Announcing groff2db
groff2db is a groff_mm to docbook sgml conversion script. It was originally developed by Michael Still for Greg Lehey, and was targetted at the conversion of the source code for The complete FreeBSD at that time. It is developed in Perl, and is available under the terms of the GNU Public License (version 2).
Note that the output produced by groff2db is completely the property of the person who uses the script, and no claim is made over it by Michael Still...
Checkout the groff2db page for more information.
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An update online!
I finally got around to updating the site...
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15 November 2001
Well, another long gap between diary entries. I have been battling ODMA, ISYS searching, Windows threading and a whole bunch of other issues at work recently which have left me a little distracted. I did however find the time to come up with the first cut of groff2db, mainly as part of that bet with Greg Lehey...
Working on finishing off the next release of the comp.text.pdf FAQ. Will be there soon hopefully.
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Tue, 16 Oct 2001
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AUUG Winter Conference 2001 presentation
I have finally gotten around to making my AUUG 2001 presentation available online. The slides can be found here. The talk covers how to use Panda and PandaLex
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AUUG Winter Conference 2001 presentation
I have finally gotten around to making my AUUG 2001 presentation available online. The slides can be found here. The talk covers how to use Panda and PandaLex
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AUUG Winter Conference 2001 presentation
I have finally gotten around to making my AUUG 2001 presentation available online. The slides can be found here. The talk covers how to use Panda and PandaLex
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16 October 2001
Getting close to finishing a whole bunch of things that I have been working on. These include
- The implementation of the groff to docbook conversion for Greg Lehey (it will be released here when finished)
- The conversion of the comp.text.pdf FAQ generator to using a mysql backend -- this means that the FAQ works much better now, and that I can continue updating the questions and answers.
- Second semester of uni for the year
Catherine is also now over six months pregnant, which is quite cool...
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AUUG Winter Conference 2001 presentation
I have finally gotten around to making my AUUG 2001 presentation available online. The slides can be found here. The talk covers how to use Panda and PandaLex
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AUUG Winter Conference 2001 presentation
I have finally gotten around to making my AUUG 2001 presentation available online. The slides can be found here. The talk covers how to use Panda and PandaLex
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Mon, 24 Sep 2001
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Monday 24 September 2001
The second day of my third AUUG conference. My first diary entry in a long time.
Spent most of the time from the last diary entry working on settling in at my new job, which has taken a bit of effort. They're a good bunch, but it is my first major C++ piece of coding work.
Entered a bet with Greg Lehey which I might regret later (me and my big mouth). I'll let you know more later...
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Thu, 16 Aug 2001
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Wednesday 15 August 2001
Spent most of the evening battling the web based calendar package I had downloaded. I recommend that people not use CyberCalendar (I found it on Freshmeat), it caused me great pain to configure -- mainly because the author assumes that the html and image files will be in the same path as the cgi executables, which is not the way most web servers are configured.
I finally got it installed, only to discover that it is nothing special. I'll keep looking.
On the up side, I now have mysql installed...
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Fri, 10 Aug 2001
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Friday 10 August 2001
Well, I haven't posted any diary entries in some time. I have been busy handling the normal number of community comments you get after a release (in this case Panda), dealing with some memory leaks in Panda (the shame is too great!), and sorting out my computing world.
I recently resigned from IPAustralia -- on Monday of this week in fact. This is why I have been sorting out my computing environment. I have to return my laptop, as it was company issue, and this has caused a lot of distruption. It has also meant that development of things like Panda has been delayed as well. Such is life. The plan is to buy another laptop real soon now.
Maths test soon -- linear algebra, which isn't too hard. There is just a lot to cover, and not enough time, like normal.
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Mon, 30 Jul 2001
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comp.text.pdf FAQ 2001-04 (24 Jul 2001 17:08:35 GMT)
The latest release of the comp.text.pdf frequently asked questions document is now available. I am not aware of any outstanding email submissions.
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Thu, 26 Jul 2001
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Autodocbook 0.3
In one of those great misteries of life, version 0.2 of autodocbook has been skipped, and I am now releasing version 0.3. Version 0.2 did exist, but was rapidly turned into 0.3 with the addition of the handling for Freetype's formatted comments.
So anyway, check it out!
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Autodocbook 0.3
In one of those great misteries of life, version 0.2 of autodocbook has been skipped, and I am now releasing version 0.3. Version 0.2 did exist, but was rapidly turned into 0.3 with the addition of the handling for Freetype's formatted comments.
So anyway, check it out!
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Documentation for Freetype 2.0.4
A week or two ago there was a request for a man page version of the Freetype documentation. I have now modified autodocbook to handle the format used by the Freetype formatted headers.
The sample documentation (which is not yet perfect) is available as a sgml set, a man page set, a man and sgml set, and a formatted html set.
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Documentation for Freetype 2.0.4
A week or two ago there was a request for a man page version of the Freetype documentation. I have now modified autodocbook to handle the format used by the Freetype formatted headers.
The sample documentation (which is not yet perfect) is available as a sgml set, a man page set, a man and sgml set, and a formatted html set.
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Documentation for Freetype 2.0.4
A week or two ago there was a request for a man page version of the Freetype documentation. I have now modified autodocbook to handle the format used by the Freetype formatted headers.
The sample documentation (which is not yet perfect) is available as a sgml set, a man page set, a man and sgml set, and a formatted html set.
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Fri, 20 Jul 2001
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Panda 0.4 Release
Panda 0.4, the latest version of my PDF generation API is now available from the download page. New features include a whole bunch of bug fixes, better imaging, better text boxes, and legacy system support (MS Windows).
Check it out!
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Panda 0.4 Release
Panda 0.4, the latest version of my PDF generation API is now available from the download page. New features include a whole bunch of bug fixes, better imaging, better text boxes, and legacy system support (MS Windows).
Check it out!
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Mon, 02 Jul 2001
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Sunday 1 July 2001
So much done today. I entered into an IT frenzy and started finalising the church server. I also had a look at some code for work, PandaLex, and the tdb work I have been doing.
It looks like there will be a Panda release in the next week or so... The first one in a while.
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Fri, 29 Jun 2001
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Wed, 27 Jun 2001
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26 and 27 June 2001
Windows port of Panda nearly finished. I must have a bug of some form, I have felt like crap the last two afternoons and have had to come home from work early.
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Mon, 25 Jun 2001
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Saturday 23 June 2001
Production implementation from hell. Moved code across to production last night and then discovered it didn't compile because the production machine was 64 bit and the development machines are 32 bit. It would seem that libtiff doesn't compile on a 64 bit machine -- this is something I will have to put some work into. I ended up compiling the code statically on one of the 32 bit machines and then ftp'ing it across to the 64 bit machine. This meant that the binary worked in 32 bit compatibility mode, which seemed to work fine.
For reference, add the following to xlc to compile statically...
-bnoso -bI:/lib/syscalls.exp
Too much fun.
Helped a mate build a shack in his backyard -- I'll put photos here when I can.
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Monday 25 June 2001
Boring course all about an EDMS today. Didn't get much done apart from that. I have been working on a little perl script to manage the comp.text.pdf frequently asked questions document. Played with that a little while watch Blues Brothers 2000.
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Fri, 22 Jun 2001
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Friday 22 June 2001
The port of Panda to Windows continues. Basically all the functionality is there now, it is just a case of whipping up an example or two to make sure that it actually works. I have uncovered a couple of subtle bugs so far. After that, it is a case of making sure that I have done the VB bit in the most VBish way possible, which will take some extra time.
Don't buy Denon audio equipment. We have now been through about a dozen hi fi amplifiers, and have just ha dour second one smoke.
It looks like the area I am working for is being split up. More details as they come to hand.
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Thursday 21 June 2001
Course cancelled, so I wont be going to SLUG this month. Oh well...
Catherine seems to be fine, and the doctor thinks that there is nothing wrong, so we are trying to be relaxed about it all.
The shit hit the fan at work the other day and people started saying that they needed a PDF generator in house that could do PNG. The obvious choices being Raster master (the commerical library we have been using), or Panda. I got the go ahead to start looking at porting Panda this afternoon. I have been having a play tonight, and now that I have actually sat down and tried to do it, it isn't that hard.
The port isn't even that dodgy. The only bit that I think is a little bad is that I couldn't determine how to setup MS Visual C to point at extra include directories. There is a setting for it, but I couldn't get it to work. I must have been doing something wrong. In the end I just chage the <>'s to ""'s as needed.
Anyway, so I have the library compiling, it is now just a case of arranging some DLL exports. After that I will have a play in Visual Basic to make an ActiveX wrapper around it, and then use InstallShield to build a pretty little installer.
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Thu, 21 Jun 2001
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Thursday 21 June 2001
Very tired. We were worried about a possible miscarriage last night, and so I couldn't get to sleep until late. I am hoping that Catherine and little plus plus will be ok.
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Wed, 20 Jun 2001
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Wednesday 20 June 2001
One of those days. It was really quiet until the last hour of the work day, and then everything happened all at once. I think work has lost the plot -- I had to go to an interview -- just to go on a three day course. There were a bunch of Samba and library configuration issues to sort out as well. Finally, the PDF generator I recommended against three months ago has of course failed to live up to expectations, so I am thinking of a solution to that as well.
Bass lession as well. My fingers hurt.
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Tuesday 19 June 2001
Did work on getpage, and then went to dinner and a concert.
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Tue, 19 Jun 2001
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Monday 18 June 2001
At work. Nothing much of interest to mention. Had a play with pngtools this evening.
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Getpage 0.3
The new version of Getpage is now available. Features in this new version include:
- Indexing of backend data into index pages (this is not recommended at the moment as the code is still too slow)
- Better cross posting functionality
- Ongoing code cleanup
You can get the code from getpage. The commitnews script hasn't changed in this release.
It occurs to me that this stuff would be more useful with some sample config files, so these can be found here.
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Sun, 17 Jun 2001
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Sunday 17 June 2001
Woke up this morning with a most amazing headache, which is normally the result of having just finished a stressful period of life... My brain somehow feels that the best way to celebrate this is to cause my cranium to contract and force gray matter out my ears.
Had some asprin, some caffiene and a hot shower, but my head still hurts enough for me to not be willing to go and stand in a loud church.
I'm therefore staying at home. I've watched a bit of quiet TV, worked a little on the comp.text.pdf FAQ (I have been working on a perl script to maintain it all for me because I couldn't find any code out there that did what I was after). I am also thinking about having a bit of a play with Panda as well.
I have been building a machine for my local church, and I have so far had three hard disks fail of the four I was donated. I am starting to think that I should just front up the couple of hundred dollars and buy a hard disk I know is going to last for more than 30 minutes.
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