diff --git a/images/not_this_shit_again.jpg b/images/not_this_shit_again.jpg new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d3a24df Binary files /dev/null and b/images/not_this_shit_again.jpg differ diff --git a/papers/docx.mdwn b/papers/docx.mdwn index be212a6..5e37024 100644 --- a/papers/docx.mdwn +++ b/papers/docx.mdwn @@ -23,3 +23,6 @@ looks like this: unzip -qc "$1" word/document.xml | sed 's##\n\n#g;s#<[^>]*>##g' +There are other, probably more powerful, docx to text converters on the +Internet. The advantage of mine is simplicity, when all you want to do +is read the text and move on with your life. diff --git a/src/photobob/index.mdwn b/src/photobob/index.mdwn deleted file mode 100644 index 86810ad..0000000 --- a/src/photobob/index.mdwn +++ /dev/null @@ -1,59 +0,0 @@ -Title: Photobob: Web photo albums - -I don't have a lot to say about photobob. It's the 7th or so photo -album package I've written, and probably the best. You just put -pictures and movies in a directory, and away you go. This works -really well with [an automated digicam photo sucking -thing](/~neale/blog/2006-10-18.The_automatic_camera_suck_script/). - -Like all web applications I write, photobob does not use tables for -layout, and will change layout depending on your browser's width. It -uses CSS but still looks passable in non-CSS browsers. There is no -database back-end because it doesn't need one. It's just files in -directories. - -Motivation ----------- - -I want my photo albums to survive longer than the software that serves -them up. My grandparents have shoeboxes full of photos, categorized by -date and event. This is nice because it doesn't require any additional -tools to determine the categorization. - -All the web-based photo albums I've run across require some way to store -metadata. In one extreme example (PHP Gallery), all the images are -stored in one flat directory. Should the metadata ever become corrupted -or disappear, or should you decide to switch programs, you're left with -a huge mess and your categorization work is lost. - -Photobob uses the file system as its categorization. You put photos in -directories, and attach comments to the photos themselves (using the -JFIF comment field). This makes it easy to press CDs or DVDs of your -photo albums and still preserve the categorization and narration you've -done. Should you decide to quit using Photobob, your photos will still -be tucked away in their directories, with no droppings from the album -software. - -Photobob also takes advantage of a special property of JPEG files: size -reductions by powers of two (½, ¼, 1/8, etc.) are a very inexpensive -operation when done at decoding time. Additionally, many digital -cameras write small "thumbnail" images in the JFIF headers. Photobob -takes advantage of both of these properties to serve up scaled images -quickly and without needing to write anything to the hard drive. - - -Getting it ----------- - -It's not really packaged up for distribution, but that's only because I -doubt anyone will want it. If you're interested in trying it out on -your site, email me and I'll be glad to help you set it up. - -You can check out the [woozle albums](http://woozle.org/albums) -for a live demo. - -To get your own copy, run - - git clone http://woozle.org/~neale/repos/photobob - -Or you can do a [download the latest commit as a tarball](http://woozle.org/~neale/gitweb.cgi?p=photobob;a=snapshot;h=HEAD).