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Opensource Barcode Generator in Pure Postscript
Update March 2015: It appears that Scribus' support for bwipp is now broken the control characters you need to insert correctly formatted barcodes now seem to be ignored. So I can't get a valid GS1-128 barcode by using Code-128 and inserting the correct Symbol start...
Using netcat to Provide a Network Endpoint During Development
I'm in the process of creating a Perl script that sends configuration commands to a SATO printer via a Moxa networked serial port. My problem with the development process is the Moxa and SATO Printer is in a Tin Shed that climbs to 35° C plus. It's not much fun...
jQuery Version Shuffle
Today I tried to run the following javascript using jQuery 1.4.2 on IE8 under Windows XP Pro SP3: // returns 'pallet' tabname var tab = get_tab(); // returns 'pallet-item' text input field var target_field = get_target_field(tab); // works in firefox and chrome but...
Going Virtual with VMWare and Dell – Part 1
In the Beginning I have been employed in my current role since 2004. When I started, there was a generic PC running Netware 3.11 Server the files on which were soon transfered over to SBS2003 running on a noname server with IDE disks. Within a year I had imaged and...
Notes on The Magic of Part-Time by Jim Rohn
A lot of the Jim Rohn video's on youtube are 1-7minute sound bites but this one over an hour. Here are some notes I made on the the "The Magic of Part-Time by Jim Rohn" Correct the errors of the past and pick up new disciplines for the future. 1. Law of averages...
Rough Dia Shapes for 19″ Optical Fibre Patch Panels
Dia the opensource diagramming programming program. Has a lot of shapes. However I always seem to use ones that aren't in the standard or diashapes repository. So I've created a 2 new shapes for myself using the howto here This is a good site for more technical...