Posted in Miscellaneous on December 31st, 2012 1 Comment »
Does anyone know of a relatively easy way to watermark a multi-page PDF via PHP at the time of download? I'll do my usual research, but if anyone knows of a quick way that works, I'd love to hear it. 🙂
Posted in Recreation on December 30th, 2012 No Comments »
Posted in Technology on December 29th, 2012 3 Comments »
I'm working on a site for a tech-unsavvy friend, and I'd like to let him look at the site. Normally (as I do on my machines) I'd have the guy set the non-www. domain name in his hosts file to point to the new IP address, but he's unable to do that. So what are […]
Posted in Computing on December 28th, 2012 2 Comments »
The APC Back-UPS RS 1500VA LCD that I got in July, 2008 (product page) has served me well. It's an 865 Watt, 1500 VA unit that gives me around 18 minutes or so of battery powered backup when it's new. A few weeks ago we lost power, and my computer didn't last very long. When […]
Posted in Blogging on December 27th, 2012 No Comments »
Ugh, the modern world of forums is a real pain in the rear. I'm looking to start a new (small) forum for disc golf technique and instruction. XenForo (I use this elsewhere) hasn't seen an update since March. phpBB and MyBB are small and have hideous themes. Vanilla Forum charges a lot and their host-it-yourself […]
Posted in Blogging on December 26th, 2012 No Comments »
I'm developing a small site for someone and I've already hacked together a custom widget to show recent posts on every page of the site (the "blog" is more of a "news" thing while the main site uses pages), but I haven't yet found a good solution for an "Upcoming Events" widget. If it were […]
Posted in Miscellaneous on December 25th, 2012 No Comments »
That is all. The bulk of our day was spent watching some guy who shouts "Live action!" every four minutes.
Posted in Apple on December 24th, 2012 No Comments »
Turn crossfading off. You might even be able to turn it on again after you quit and re-launch iTunes ((It worked here for me doing that.)), but turning it off fixed the problems right away. Weird bug. P.S. I have an "Unrated/Unplayed" smart playlist that contains songs I haven't played OR haven't rated, and it […]
Posted in Miscellaneous on December 23rd, 2012 No Comments »
I only see loser's here. I award 72 :doh:s to LongHorn Steakhouse.
Posted in Software Development on December 22nd, 2012 3 Comments »
Found this GIF while cleaning up my Downloads folder. It's interesting how many little changes took what was the first icon (inspired by actual pulp fiction) to the final icon. PulpFiction and its replacement Cyndicate remain two of my most favorite applications I've developed (including some I've never released but which I use weekly). Ho […]
Posted in Miscellaneous on December 21st, 2012 1 Comment »
Posted in Miscellaneous on December 20th, 2012 No Comments »
The traction drive spring for the Husqvarna 10530 SBE is part #532180926.
Posted in Miscellaneous on December 19th, 2012 No Comments »
I heard this trivia question while on hold: What King became President of the United States of America? Gerald Ford, who was born Leslie Lynch King, Jr. before being semi-adopted and changing his name on December 3, 1935.
Posted in Miscellaneous on December 18th, 2012 1 Comment »
2012's Worst Words - I'm so glad I didn't hear of many of them. 2012's Top Tech Fails. Spoiler: Apple's Maps wins. Meh, whatever. I've never had a problem with them. I'd have voted for how freaking useless and slow Siri turned out to be. Artisanal Water - Yeah, people apparently buy it. Gun nuts […]
Posted in Apple on December 18th, 2012 No Comments »
I mentioned in the comments on this post that I'd write this up, so here goes. What follows is an AppleScript I activate via FastScripts with the keyboard shortcut cmd-opt-f. It scrapes the page, filters the text, builds a list of URLs to click from the "new post" links (often an image is linked), and […]