We all use gzip-ped tar achrives (.tar.gz) like mad. Sometimes, though, we need to check if the file is in the archive without extracting the whole damn thing on to the poor hard disk :)
Year: 2004
Temporary backup of a few files
Now, calm down, we are not talking about tar(1) or cpio(1) backups. Sometimes, there is a need to make a temporary copy of a few files and then copy them back to original filenames. Let’s say you have a directory with few config files and you want to copy each config file to filename.orig, and then, later, restore it to the original name. Here is how you can do it… Continue reading Temporary backup of a few files
Resizing or rotating a banch of images
It is very often that one has a need to rotate a bunch of images by 90 or 180 degrees clockwise or otherwise, or resize the same bunch of images to a certain size. Read more to learn how you can do it.
First Post!
This is the first blog entry after I’ve installed Nucleus. I am enjoying it mostly so far. Few things are not yet to my liking, but I am working on it. :)
As you might have already noticed, I’ve imported all my previous blog entries starting from October 2001(!!!). Due to the fact that my formatting was rather simplistic, most entries have posting date as their subject. This will change from now on, but I couldn’t have bothered going through all the old ones and change titles. Just a few that are on the same page.
Another great addition is the ability to add images. You can scroll down for the few I’ve made my tests with.
There are also categories for different blog entries. Currently I don’t have much, but that should also change. Movie reviews will now get thicker and better, I hope. :)
El Gusto and bowling with Hazard’s family
Visit to El Gusto with Olga, Hazard and his parents. Very nice meal and, generally, a rather long session. Afterwards we proceeded to bowling. Actually, I haven’t bowl for a few month, but still managed to keep the highest score in both games. :) Good for me. Hazard was also doing very well. He was well above his average and even had a strike or two. :)
During the second game I’ve made a bunch of photos, but most of them, unfortunately, went to the recycle bin. Being slightly drunk I was slow to respond to historgram hints. “Use the fill flash” it was telling me. There was a lot of light directed at the lanes, so being in the spectator area my subjects were all backlit. Whatever. Next time I’ll get them. Practice makes perfect, they say. :)