This is a very quick script to resize all files of type jpg to 1024x1024 (longest edge becomes 1024 pixels) and name them "1024-originalfile name.jpg" using ImageMagick for Windows Open a command prompt and cd into the folder containing your jpg's and run the...
James McDonald
Save Energy Go Green
I was reading some Dell promo stuff talking about intel vPro technology which gives the ability to boot a remote computer which has been shutdown as long as it's got a network connection and power to the motherboard. Amazing stuff. And having it would mean you can...
Subversion has it’s uses, and a good Git tutorial
I have just returned to using subversion for my work related documentation. The reasons: subversion in comparison to git allows you to easily check out 1 directory in the repository and then re-commit that back as needed. (because each directory in a subversion...
Finally – Plans submitted to Council
After many months of fretting I have mustered up the courage to submit my plans to council.... Hopefully in 4 to 6 weeks I will get approval and be able to proceed. 4/09/2009
Checking your DSL Speed on a Cisco 877 Router
If you are churning from one DSL supplier to another with a line speed change make sure you are getting the new line speed. I failed to check that I had indeed gotten the requested line speed change and only discovered it due to complaints of slowness. Shows you what...
Owner Builder Exam Passed!
Just passed my Owner-builder exam online at http://www.ozob.com.au. Now I have to go to the office of fair trading and get an Owner-builders certificate. I am so not good at digesting regulations and understanding what needs doing. Funny how some things you do, other...
Ubuntu 9.04 Intel Video Fix
Since installing Ubuntu Jaunty 9.04 I have had a problem with my Intel embedded graphics card not being able to play video. Mplayer Error Message: "X11 error: BadAlloc (insufficient resources for operation)" Discover your Video Chipset: lspci -nn | grep VGA My Video...
imapsync – Migrating to Google Apps or Google Mail
Get the imapsync utility at https://fedorahosted.org/imapsync/ This was a successful attempt to copy all my email from my old dovecot powered server up to gmail using imapsync imapsync --host1 10.11.12.13 \ --authmech1 LOGIN \ --port1 993 \ --ssl1 \ --user1...
Website Design for Small Business
My sister is running a web design business. The reason I'm doing a post is that she is using Joomla as the CMS and leveraging many OSS plugins. It's amazing how good Opensource Software has become in the last year or so. Professional results for minimal outlay and no...
Simple Squid Proxy Check
Squid outage fail-over If you run wccp through a Cisco router and your Squid Cache falls over the router will fail over to serving pages directly. Seamless fail-over is good but So you may never notice that your Squid proxy has stopped responding. So you lose the...
