January 2010

Snow photos as I promised

Submitted by pwnell on Sun, 01/10/2010 - 13:24

A couple of weeks ago I mentioned it started snowing in Vancouver (Surrey). Well I never got around to post some pictures, so here goes. These are from two separate days.

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My second coffee table book just arrived

Submitted by pwnell on Sun, 01/10/2010 - 14:06

Before I show our book, first some background.

We had a couple of issues with the Apple book service. Using iPhoto to create the book is as simple as you can expect it to be. However, usually with simplicity comes a lack of power features. Some layout techniques are just not possible, and your options are quite limited. That being said, it was good enough for my first attempt at creating a coffee table book.

So when the book finally arrived, there were a couple of things that put me off and some things I liked.

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    New Photo Blog

    Submitted by pwnell on Sun, 01/10/2010 - 14:24

    Whenever I feel the need to post an image that I want to comment on, I will do so here. Check back regularly for updates.

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    How to remove a file in unix with a leading dash in it's name?

    Submitted by pwnell on Sun, 01/17/2010 - 10:33

    That was the question I asked myself recently when I had a file called --exclude in the root of my filesystem. These commands all failed:

    rm --exclude
rm "--exclude"
rm \-\-exclude
rm ??exclude

    So I found the solution - so simple it embarrassed me. Just add the full path:

    rm /--exclude

    or tell the command line parser to stop interpreting options:

    rm -- --exclude

    Easy!

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