Nov 07, 2009 4:44pm GMT
Using date and time stamps as file names makes it significantly easier to manage your photos, and tools like Rapid Photo Downloader can automatically rename photos on the fly when downloading them from the camera. But what if you already have hundreds or even thousands of photos? In this case, you can rename them using a few simple command-line tools. The first one is the exiv2 package which c... more »
Creating Ebooks with SigilNov 05, 2009 7:56pm GMT
There are plenty of places on the Web where you can find ebooks in the EPUB format, but what if you need to create an ebook yourself? Sigil can help you with that. This nifty application allows you to create ebooks using the graphical interface without getting your hands dirty with coding. Despite being a relatively new application, Sigil already sports all the essential features that simplify... more »
Blogging on the Move with wpToGoOct 23, 2009 10:07pm GMT
Feel the urge to update your blog while on the move? As an Android user, you'll be pleased to learn that you can manage your WordPress blog from your device courtesy of the wpToGo application. This nifty blogging client lets you manage multiple blogs and it has a few clever features up its sleeve. On the first run, you are prompted to configure a new blog account. To do that, you have to enter... more »
Speed up Photo Transfers with Rapid Photo DownloaderOct 16, 2009 8:33pm GMT
When you need to offload photos from a digital camera onto your computer, you can do this using the default browser, a photo management application, or a dedicated tool like Rapid Photo Downloader. Despite its name, transferring photos is only one of Rapid Photo Downloader's many talents. For starters, it can simultaneously download photos from multiple sources, so if your camera has two card... more »
Five Super Simple Photo Fixes with the GIMPOct 09, 2009 7:39pm GMT
While the GIMP offers a plethora of advanced and powerful photo editing tools, it also sports a few easy-to-use features that can help you to instantly improve your photos with a minimum of effort. Most digital cameras do a good job of figuring out the correct white balance. But tricky lighting conditions or wrong white balance settings can result in a less than perfect photo. The GIMP provi... more »
Quick Tip: Upload Photos to TwitPic with cURLOct 08, 2009 10:08pm GMT
You can upload photos from your machine to TwitPic using the following command: curl -F "username=[username]" -F "password=[password]" -F "message=message" -F media=@/path/to/photo.jpg http://twitpic.com/api/uploadAndPost You need the cURL tool installed on your machine for this command to work. Since cURL is available in the software repositories of most mainstr... more »
OpenOffice.org Basic HTML Macro ReduxOct 03, 2009 10:39pm GMT
While the markup macro described in the previous post does the trick of formatting Writer documents, it has one tiny drawback: it doesn't save the formatted text in a separate file, which can come in handy in many situations. So here is an updated version of the macro that formats the currently opened Writer document and saves it as a plain text file in the same directory. Sub HTMLMarkup Di... more »
