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In Search of Random
MTPhotogallery (cron job can update randoms)
My goal is to take some of these plug-ins and techniques and have the mac.fiveforks.com home page be dyanmic, interesting, and a summary of new things on everyone’s blogs.
Combining the OtherBlogs plug-in with the Recent Entries code, I can have summaries of recent comments from all blogs. In this way, people leaving comments get some recognition and comments are more likely to be found.
Thumbnails On The Fly
MovableType’s manual mentions supporting thumbnail creation when uploading pictures if ImageMagick is installed.
A google on ImageMagick lead to this entry by Scott Hacker: birdhouse.org: ImageMagick. That saved me a lot of time, because it pointed to a Mac OS X install version. Now all Fiveforks bloggers can do this…
… upload an image file into their blog, create a thumbnail size, and have the thumbnail zoom open to the larger photo. Thanks to ImageMagick! (Kind of like installing a gorilla to swat a fly.)
Random Rotating Images
Random Image Rotation: A List Apart
Create a folder full of images and include the php script above in the folder and you get random rotating images. (Hit the refresh button and the picture below will change.) Now if I can figure out how to make them links that pop up larger versions of the images…
I chose a bunch of photos and exported them with iPhoto using a constraint of 300 x 300 max. In that way all random photos are the same size by either width or height.
Amazon Searches Inside Books
Amazon has announced a new search capability… inside books! The results of my search for “snowdens of yesteryear”…
TimeCopy for Palm
My Palm’s clock gets out of synch by several minutes each month. I attend a lot more conference call meetings than physical meetings which requires more precision (and shorter reminders.)
I did not like ClockFix’s auto-adjust approach (and it cost $6.95.) I prefer TimeCopy’s synching approach better. TimeCopy installs a conduit and synchs up the Palm with your PC’s clock. (My PC synchs up with an atomic clock time server.)
For the correct time visit www.time.gov.
Giant Odorless Bubbles
I think Maggie felt compelled to include the odorless adjective…
Yahoo! News – Methane Bubbles Could Sink Ships, Scientists Find
Bloglines
A web-based way to keep up with many blogs or any site supporting RSS. This is what the “Syndicate this site” link is all about on MovableType blogs.
Disable Image Toolbar
This tip explains how to get rid of the Image Toolbar that pops up over graphics in IE 6 by default. This can be a confusing feature when a customer sees a toolbar float over a product image.
Disabling the Image Toolbar in IE 6 for Your Site (thesitewizard.com)
Terminal Commands
Use mac-oriented ditto instead of cp.
ditto = copy files and directories
ls = list directory
cd = change directory
store shell scripts in ~/bin
set a script to be executable with +x
chmod +x ~/bin/backup.sh