A couple of days I posted a short script, that did a few very simple tasks – that was just a start, to help me get into Gimp Scripting, and help with a little job. Today’s task is quite a bit meatier. I’m doing tech for a play, and I…
I’ve just been playing with Gimp, and getting to grips with the scripting system. I’m sharing a very basic script – it only does two simple tasks: Sets the image to Grayscale Rotates 90 degrees counter-clockwise It doesn’t need any extra parameters, so I thought I’d share it as a…
Ever wanted to get Ruby talking to a serial Device? The key step is getting the Development Kit set up, which will allow you to install the serialport gem from source Download & Install Ruby. If you’re on windows, the RubyInstaller is great Download & Install the DevKit. Find the…
Here’s an issue that almost stopped this blog from going up: You’ve set up a shiny new webserver, installed php, mysql, and it all seems to be going swimmingly. You’ve even created phpinfo() file and everything seems to be working. Then you copy something into the html folder, and just…
Hi, Thanks for reading, It’s a pleasant surprise… Here’s the idea: You’re trying to work out how to do something (install/configure a bit of software, fix a laptop, etc) and you spend hours hunting through Google for the tiny nugget of data that helps you fix it. I’d like to…