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bobdc.blogBob DuCharme's weblog, mostly on technology for representing and linking information. |
June 12, 2016
March 20, 2016
Adding custom menus to Google docs
Using Google Apps Script, but unfortunately not in Google apps.
November 21, 2011
Javascript from the command line
In Linux and Windows. (Goodbye Cscript!)
May 26, 2010
Writing applications for 2G phones
Not fancy apps, but they'll work with billions of phones.
February 26, 2009
Restoring context to shortened URLs in Twitter
Giving me a better idea what tweets are pointing at.
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January 17, 2009
Displaying a message box from the Windows command line
With no special software or compiling; just a little scripting.
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November 12, 2008
Compress those podcasts!
A simple step that podcasters can take to make their work easier to listen to.
May 1, 2008
My favorite bookmarklets
Bookmarklets to search a website, navigate it, and see what links to it.
April 22, 2008
Windows command line text processing with Javascript
Or, technically, with JScript.
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April 9, 2008
Two-side printing on a one-sided printer
Use less paper, carry around less paper.
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March 3, 2008
Batch processing of image files
For free, with ImageMagick.
February 25, 2008
Simple flowcharts in Excel
And OpenOffice Calc.
December 16, 2007
Stopping phone spam
In the U.S., at least.
October 19, 2007
Command line from Windows Explorer and vice versa
And an Xubuntu equivalent.
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September 28, 2007
Converting an XML document's encoding
With a very brief XSLT stylesheet.
September 14, 2007
Using Word for command line conversion of DOC files to XML
Or to RTF, or to whatever.
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August 16, 2007
How to tell if a forwarded email is a hoax
Important warning! Please forward to everyone you know!
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August 14, 2007
Getting started with Subversion
The basics of the popular version control system.
June 18, 2007
Emacs: good (and how to create a foreign characters menu)
Foreign to me, at least.
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December 29, 2006
Generating a single, globally unique ID
One that's XML-compliant and not too long.
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September 20, 2006
w2k batch file programming
Windows batch files have come a long way since I last paid attention.
September 8, 2006
A great feature in AltaVista, alltheweb, and Ask.com, but not in Google
June 20, 2006
A nice Windows alternative to Acrobat Reader
A recent Adobe Acrobat Reader Acrobat upgrade gave me a little too much extra time for Adobe's own good.
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May 16, 2006
Download as spreadsheet
A one-line text file tells your web server to send a directory's HTML files as "spreadsheets".
May 12, 2006
Minor new email
A mail productivity trick.
April 14, 2006
Large eBay items without the shipping cost
And, look them over before bidding on them. Some patience required.
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March 3, 2006
Easy, professional-looking websites with open source CSS
And, they work well with straightforward XHTML.
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February 20, 2006
Making hot sauce
Learning a new technology.