This is the source code for the imwizard application demonstrated in Chapter 10 of ImageMagick, the Definitive Guide. This is a small Ruby script which demonstrates how to build an interactive program which builds a list of commands to apply to images, and then applies those commands to many images as specified by a regular…
Author: mikal
Water, wheels, tyres (tires?) and computers
Random updates on cycling… Water: apparently water is wet. Specifically, I hadn’t realised how wet fog was until I rode to work yesterday… Visibility was down to about 150 meters, and I ended up having to take my glasses off to ride so that I could see where I was going. When I got to…
Do I look sexy in these?
After years of resisting Lycra, I’ve given in and bought my first pair of bike shorts. I know I can get pairs that look like real shorts, but I figured that given the reason that I wanted to change was because of fabric rubbing, I should go with something which isn’t likely to move around…
More commuting to work
I’ve done the commute three times now (it’s been really wet the last couple of weeks), and now have the ride down to 21 minutes, which is nice.
Proposed road trip: Santa Cruz
I’m thinking of going on a road trip with the family to Santa Cruz this weekend. The drive doesn’t look too bad: Mountain View to Santa Cruz. There seems to be a fair bit to do there. Been to Santa Cruz? Want to suggest something I should do while there that perhaps kids would like…
Python DNS modules
My first python script involves doing some DNS lookups (for TXT records if that matters), and I am currently working through using the pydns module for this. Is this really the best DNS module to use for python though? For a start, it was last released in May 2002, and the documentation is somewhat sparse…
Figures from chapter 1 of ImageMagick, the definitive guide
Here are the thumbnails for the figures from chapter 1 of ImageMagick, the Definitive Guide: Figure 1-1 Figure 1-2 Figure 1-3 Figure 1-4 Figure 1-5 Figure 1-6 Figure 1-7 Figure 1-8 Figure 1-9 Figure 1-10 Figure 1-11 Figure 1-12 Figure 1-13 Figure 1-14 Figure 1-15 Figure 1-16 Figure 1-17 Figure 1-18 Figure 1-19
Figures from chapter 2 of ImageMagick, the definitive guide
Here are the thumbnails for the figures from chapter 2 of ImageMagick, the Definitive Guide: Figure 2-1 Figure 2-2 Figure 2-3 Figure 2-4 Figure 2-5 Figure 2-6 Figure 2-7 Figure 2-8 Figure 2-9 Figure 2-10 Figure 2-11 Figure 2-12 Figure 2-13 Figure 2-14 Figure 2-15 Figure 2-16
Figures from chapter 3 of ImageMagick, the definitive guide
Here are the thumbnails for the figures from chapter 3 of ImageMagick, the Definitive Guide: Figure 3-1 Figure 3-2 Figure 3-3 Figure 3-4 Figure 3-5 Figure 3-6 Figure 3-7 Figure 3-8 Figure 3-9 Figure 3-10 Figure 3-11 Figure 3-12 Figure 3-13 Figure 3-14
Figures from chapter 4 of ImageMagick, the definitive guide
Here are the thumbnails for the figures from chapter 4 of ImageMagick, the Definitive Guide: Figure 4-1 Figure 4-2 Figure 4-3 Figure 4-4 Figure 4-5 Figure 4-6 Figure 4-7 Figure 4-8 Figure 4-9 Figure 4-10 Figure 4-11 Figure 4-12 Figure 4-13 Figure 4-14(Click to see all the images) Figure 4-15 Figure 4-16 Figure 4-17 Figure…