Category Archives: scripting

mp3 id3 tag whatsit

August 22, 2007 – 2:38 pm

I bought a few mp3s from mp3sparks (formerly allofmp3) and was annoyed that the mp3s were not tagged with their track numbers but they were in the filename.
I had a quick look to see if I could fix this somehow. I found id3-py which I used to write a python script that fixes this and [...]

By philroche | Also posted in General, music, open source, projects, python | Comments (3)

Ajax header image rotation

March 30, 2007 – 12:05 pm

Previously on Philroche.net, the header images were populated from a PHP Array which generated a ul with javascript links to change the header image. Not nice as it relied on javascript. After some ajaxian fun, the list is now generated from an XML playlist and the list is fully accessible with click events attached to [...]

By philroche | Also posted in css, javascript, software | Comments (6)

Extend Your Browser

February 9, 2007 – 3:40 pm

Tuesday 6th (the day of my presentation) eventually rolled around. Due to a crazy machine rebuild and re-install fest, I only finished writing the presentation at 1:30pm on the day. It went really well, some very good questions at the end. As I mentioned in my previous entry – the description of the presentation was [...]

By philroche | Also posted in Linux, Ubuntu, firefox, javascript, open source, rss, xml | Comments (1)

Extend your browser – ITWales

January 30, 2007 – 10:25 am

Last year I gave a presentation to the ITWales group on Content Syndication. I have been bullied into giving another presentation next Tuesday. I have entitled it “Extending your browser”. Directly from the flyer -
Firefox and the Gecko family of browsers are not simply web browsers, they can be extended to provide custom functionality, and [...]

By philroche | Also posted in Techie, firefox, javascript, open source, rss, xslt | Comments (2)

Halfviking get’s videos (ffmpeg, convert, flvmdi, flvplayer)

January 26, 2007 – 1:22 pm

I’ve always wanted my online gallery export script to handle videos and last weekend, I bit the bullet and wrote it. I used quite a few Open source projects to accomplish this which means that PEAExport has a few dependencies but I think it’s worth it. My Canon Ixus takes AVI movies. The sizes of [...]

By philroche | Also posted in halfviking, pea, photos, projects, python | Comments (9)

Aggreg8 lives

December 11, 2006 – 8:37 pm

This weekend I have gone on an all out Open Source offensive. I have released a new version of ACR (Automatically Create Rewriterules) with some bug fixes and faster processing of sites. I have released an updated version of PEA (Photoshop Elements Album Export) with improved accessibility and more options in the python script header.
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By philroche | Also posted in Aggreg8, firefox, javascript, open source, projects, rss, xml | Comments (1)

Windows PowerShell

November 17, 2006 – 9:58 am

Windows PowerShell
Microsoft Windows PowerShell command line shell and scripting language helps IT Professionals achieve greater productivity. Using a new admin-focused scripting language, more than 130 standard command line tools, and consistent syntax and utilities, Windows PowerShell allows IT Professionals to more easily control system administration and accelerate automation. Windows PowerShell is easy to adopt, learn, [...]

By philroche | Also posted in windows | Comments (2)