Recently, I solved a small (seriously, really small) issue with one of my favorite Greasemonkey scripts “Smilies and other tools“.
Kris de Curtis was nice enough to point people to my site for the solution that I came up with. On top of lending people a helping hand, he’s a good Photographer too, check out his flickr site.
😉
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Posted in Personal
Tagged Greasemonkey, helpful, Nice
Barely 7 months after getting my Sony headphones and they snap when I put then on yesterday. Sony has an exchange program for $25 and shipping, but I can get a new one for $33 and shipping from Amazon.
Probably the Sony Store at Tanger outlet has them for a similar price and I was thinking of getting a Sony photo printer (old one won’t work with Vista 64)…
Decisions, decisions…
Music I’m listening to now:
Nothing at the moment
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Tagged Amazon, Sony, Sony Noise Canceling
It’s been years since I did any Javascript programing, but I had a simple problem and decided to dive into it.
Like many of the little programs I write, I had a “problem” and wanted to solve it. I wanted a convenient link on the photo page to cut and paste the short URL of FLickr Images. Look at this URL for a nice photo my wife took:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/s_d/3665619548/
As a URL goes, not too bad, but suppose you wanted to insert the link in
Twitter or Facebook? It’s a little verbose. Wouldn’t this be better?
Yep, I think so too and so does Flickr:
http://www.flickr.com/services/api/misc.urls.html#short
http://www.flickr.com/groups/api/discuss/72157616713786392/
This thread showed how to do it: http://www.flickr.com/groups/api/discuss/72157616713786392/
The FlickrBase58 function in the script was written entirely by ‘Xenocryst @ Antares Scorpii’
http://www.flickr.com/people/antares/
Other than reformating, taken verbatim from link here
http://www.flickr.com/groups/api/discuss/72157616713786392/72157620673064673/
The Original way *I* wrote it was to retrieve the HTML, Parse it for
<link rev=”canonical” type=”text/html” src=”//flic.kr/p/6zVfZ3″ >
And use that link. While fun to write, that’s the wrong way to do it so I rewrote it to use the function written by ‘Xenocryst @ Antares Scorpii’ . When installed on Firefox running the Greasemonkey extension, it will insert a link on the page on the right side just under “Flag your photo” that says:
The Flic.kr link is: http://flic.kr/p/6zVfZ3
This will allow you to right click the URL, copy it and paste into Twitter or Facebook.
Here is the script.
NOTE: I’m pretty certain it’s harmless, but use at your own risk. It’s hardly great programming and I’m sure someone else would have done it too, if not better.
Music I’m listening to right Now:
“Paralyzer ” by Finger Eleven from the “Them VS. You VS. Me” Album.
It seems famous people DO pass away in threes. Two are, sadly, not a surprise. Ed McMahon and Farrah Fawcett were both known to be ill, but Michael Jackson was a complete shock. I’m not particularly a fan of Michael Jackson (make no mistake, I’m sorry all three passed away) but he was a talented artist and had a great impact on pop music.
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Posted in Asides, Current Issues, Different
Tagged Ed McMahon, Farrah Fawcett, Michael Jackson, News, odd
Lots going on lately and I’ve been neglecting my blog…
The most pressing item I’ve been reading about is the aftermath of the election in Iran. To put it mildly, the news is stunning. First, you have the apparent theft of the election (Does ANYONE know who really won???), then, the protests (a right we take for granted), and now the crackdown by the Gov’t. You can read updates here at The Huffington Post and all related posts here.
The people want change and the Gov’t and their supporters are oppressing them. The Gov’t is trying to control info that comes and goes from the people. Between phone and the Internet, the Gov’t (thankfully!) doesn’t seem to be having much luck blocking the info. What info does get out, paints a stark picture and makes our issues seem trivial. Here in the U.S., next time you see a protest and complain about it, thank your lucky stars that people here CAN protest and that you can complain about it. Not everyone is as fortunate.
I have no idea how far this will go, but I think the world should pay close attention as, one way or another, history is happening now.
On a much lighter note: I’m trying to get out to take photos again with varying success. I’m reading Joe McNally’s “The Hot Shoe Diaries: Big Light from Small Flashes” and getting a lot of tips and inspiration from it. It has a lot of good info, is well written, and entertaining too. I highly recommend it.
I’m also brushing up on Photoshop Elements. Between magazine articles and a book or two, I’m adding to my limited skill set.
Work is the good. Things are stable and the occasional late night call is happening less frequently.
Music I’m listening to now:
Nothing at the moment.
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Posted in Current Issues, News, TV
Tagged Iran Election, Life, News, Photography
Ok, It’s been quite a while since I updated my blog, so here is a rundown:
In summary, life is pretty good.
Music I’m listening to now:
Nothing at the moment.
Saw this on Ngee Khiong’s site (great site); It’s the HGUC version of the Hi Nu Gundam. Prior to making the HGUC Nu Gundam and Sazabi, I would not have gotten this, but I’m really impressed by the level of detail and flexibility of the recent HGUC line by Bandai.
When it comes out, I’ll probably just walk down to Image Anime on 30th street and just get it.
Music I’m listening to now:
Nothing at the moment.
Very weird, I’m getting bombarded with over 50 messages a day to “subscribe” to various Magazines? It’s so bad, I’m auto deleting anything with certain magazine names…
One of the more annoying things about assembling Gundam Models (in this case a MG Kämpfer) is getting the gun to stay in it’s hands.
The hands are meant to look cool, not hold the gun properly. I finally came upon a simple solution: DAP BLUESTIK Reusable Adhesive Putty. It’s the sticky clay like stuff that used to be used in place of thumbtacks. Unlike glue, it is not permanent but holds pretty well.
I used just a bit about the size of the tip of a pen and the gun stays where I put it. It only cost me a couple of dollars and makes life a lot easier.
Music I’m listening to right Now:
“I Hate This Part” by the Pussycat Dolls from the “Doll Domination” Album.
Gothamist Feed NY Times Feed
Firefox 3.5rc2 and “Flickr Comment Tools”
“Flickr Comment Tools” is a great Greasemonkey script that I use everyday but under Firefox 3.5, it would not insert emoticons. Finally fixed it, It was a simple change that was driving me nuts… As I posted here:
Got it.
Change this:
[javascript]
ifrm.contentDocument.execCommand(‘inserthtml’,false,'<a title="Smilies" style="background:white !important;" href="http://www.ts0.com/flickrcommenttools/"><img align="absmiddle" style="vertical-align:middle;" src="’+this.url+’" border="0"></a>’);
[/javascript]
to:
[javascript]
ifrm.contentDocument.execCommand(‘inserthtml’,false,'<a title="Smilies" style="background:white !important;" href="http://www.ts0.com/flickrcommenttools/"><img align="absmiddle" style="vertical-align:middle;" src="’+this.src+’" border="0"></a>’);
[/javascript]
Music I’m listening to now:
Nothing at the moment
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Posted in Cool Stuff, Different
Tagged Flickr, Flickr Comment Tools, Greasemonkey