Update 2016. I still use these scripts to process photos. Summary Below are three small perl scripts that makes use of the exiv2 application to manipulate EXIF data in a JPG file. They are single loops that can change the value of the meta data associated with a JPG file (the data about camera, shutter…
Updated 2015-08, Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS. Apache 2.4.7, PHP 5.5.9, MySQL 5.5.14 Summary I wanted a local copy of Joomla to experiment with. It is not a simple thing. You need to have Apache, PHP, and MySQL installed first. Here is the offical list of Joomla Requirements. One shortcut might be to use Xampp. If you don’t want…
Created 2015-08. Xubuntu 14.04.2. Update 2023 I think this page is deprecated, at least for anyone using a Ubuntu-based Linux distribution. Sometime in the last few years, the automatic software updater started to add a second round of updates after the kernel files were updated. It appears after the restart and shows a window of…
Created 2014-10. This currently works in Joomla 3. Summary I was researching using Joomla to manage my existing website. I was wondering how you managed having both the Joomla-created pages and my existing pages side-by-side during the transition. Like many things in a program that does almost everything for you, the solution is very easy…
Update: 2012-07-12 Note on Audio Software: I have only gotten this method to work using the ALSA sound system. The last time it worked in Ubuntu was 8.04. I have successfully repeated the process using Debian 6.0. Background This page contains notes on making a simple digital mp3 recording from an analog cassette. The method would be…
NOTE: Publish Date = 2008. PROBABLY DEPRECATED. I think this is included with the Ubuntu Linux installation now as long as you check the “Include extra software” box, for access to non-free Windows drivers. Summary: Support for wireless networking is rapidly improving for all linux distributions. This is a description of how you may be able to…