Re: Upper Valley Meetup

RIP DSLUG Greg Rundlett On Wed, Mar 6, 2024 at 10:09 AM Ben Kallus < benjamin.p.kallus...@dartmouth.edu> wrote: > LUGgers, > > The DLSLUG kicked the bucket earlier this year :( > > However, a few months ago, Doug Madory started a monthly meetup that > covers a lot of the same ground. >

Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving to all in the free software community! On Nov 25, 2015 5:22 PM, "Joshua Judson Rosen" wrote: > Whoever's got the "Ubuntu" NH vanity plate: I just passed you in > Connecticut. > > Happy Thanksgiving, all (and a safe journey for everyone else whose >

Re: OpenOffice question

On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 10:00 AM, Susan Cragin susancra...@earthlink.netwrote: OpenOffice has the same feature. I use it all the time to print booklets. And I use it to make paper inserts for my Franklin Planner. Here's what you do. Tools / Options / OOo Writer / Print Check Brochure

Re: office multi-function printer recommendations

On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 3:32 PM, Tom Buskey t...@buskey.name wrote: On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 2:45 PM, Benjamin Scott dragonh...@gmail.comwrote: On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 1:55 PM, Greg Rundlett (freephile) g...@freephile.com wrote: I'm searching for a color printer/scanner/copier/fax ...

Re: Report on files by type

I came across a java app called jdiskreport. It scans a file tree and can saves the result. It displays a pie that you can drill down. Size, number of files, file type, modification time. It's also cross platform on java. Cool, that's what I was looking for. Greg Rundlett

Re: Report on files by type

Indeed it does take a while to run file on tens of thousands of files. I came across this, http://www.pldaniels.com/filetype/ which is interesting in case somebody else is looking for a library. For my immediate needs, the one-liner or script like Ben wrote is sufficient. Thanks, Greg Rundlett

Re: Using xmlstarlet and OpenOffice

On Sun, Feb 28, 2010 at 6:03 PM, Bruce Dawson j...@codemeta.com wrote: Has anyone used xmlstarlet (a command-line xml parser) to get data from content.xml (OpenOffice) files? I had not heard of it before, so thanks for pointing it out. (Note to general readers: on my Ubuntu system I had to

Re: Using xmlstarlet and OpenOffice

:36 PM, G Rundlett greg.rundl...@gmail.com wrote: For example: xml select -N :1.0' -N table='urn:... To borrow from JWZ: Some people, when confronted with a problem, think 'I know, I'll use XML.” Now they have two problems. ;-) -- Ben

Re: The MySQL petition

While we're debating which language is best, I thought I'd share this pictorial argument: http://www.bootup.io/img/auximg/developers-as-seen-by.jpg plus, an update for haskell http://i.imgur.com/hF6mS.jpg update for C# / .net http://jakemcgraw.com/imgs/langs.jpg Greg Rundlett nbpt 978-225-8302

Re: Gaming... for three-year-olds...

On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 11:31 PM, Ken D'Ambrosio k...@jots.org wrote: Okay.  Kenette 2.0 is approx. 3.5 years in age.  She's currently getting into games on her laptop, a Fisher Price doohickey that even has a mouse.  Anyway, suggestions on games that might run on a somewhat more open

Re: landscape architecture software

On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 6:21 AM, Cole Tuininga co...@code-energy.com wrote: Greg Rundlett (freephile) wrote: I wanted to do some modelling of my home landscaping.  Anyone know of an application that does this (Linux-compatible of course)? There are many software packages available for

Re: My router saga (with bonus features!)

Great writing Ben! You had me in tears a few times... the Blink was the best. Sorry you had all that trouble, and thanks for telling your story. ~ Greg On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 7:18 PM, Ben Scott dragonh...@gmail.com wrote:        My router saga [snip]

Re: Linux Android Phone coming to Verizon

On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 8:44 AM, Thomas Charron twaf...@gmail.com wrote: Anyone heard anything much about this 'Droid' phone? It's being toated as an open phone, but..  It's from Verizon.  Kinda makes me wonder. http://phandroid.com/motorola-droid/ Did you see the Boy Genius Report

Re: [GNHLUG] Where should the GNHLUG 15th Birthday party be?!?

On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 7:38 PM, Ben Scott dragonh...@gmail.com wrote: Who : You! Your fiends! Everybody! What : Party for GNHLUG's 15th Birthday Date : Mon 26 Oct 2009 Time : 6 PM ish to whenever Where: That's the question! I'll likely see you all there -- but don't have any suggestions

Re: I want my KDiff3

On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 4:57 PM, Tom Buskey t...@buskey.name wrote: On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 4:53 PM, Joshua Judson Rosen roz...@geekspace.com wrote: Ben Scott dragonh...@gmail.com writes: On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 3:06 PM, Greg Rundlett (freephile) g...@freephile.com wrote: Yes, I can