Blog

2023

• PowerBI for Librarians 2023 16 Jul 2023

2021

• Transcribing & enriching WW1 handwritten diaries from the State Library of Victoria with AI 04 Nov 2021
• Using AI to automatically transcribe 1890s handwritten Jenkins Diaries from the State Library of Victoria 20 Sep 2021
• How to set the default shell in Linux 15 May 2021
• Introduction to PowerBI for librarians 10 Apr 2021
• VALA21 TechCamp PowerBI Workshop 09 Apr 2021
• Making audio recording accessible to people with hearing impairments. 13 Feb 2021

2020

• Benchmarking computer vision transcription of historical handwritten documents 07 Jan 2020

2017

• Australian Marraige Law data by electoral region 15 Nov 2017
• AWS RedShift - How to create a schema and grant access 08 Sep 2017
• How to create a tags and archive page in Jekyll 24 Jul 2017
• How to convert YouTube videos to MP3 audio files on Linux 22 Jul 2017
• How to pretty-print JSON in linux 21 Jul 2017
• How to find and delete files in Linux 20 Jul 2017
• How to find and delete empty folders in Linux 19 Jul 2017
• Using CSS3 attribute selectors to align images in Markdown 18 Jul 2017
• AWS RedShift DDL SQL script 17 Jul 2017
• Hacking consumer AI for Library Discovery 13 Jul 2017

2016

• Importing CSV files into MySQL from the Linux command line 05 Aug 2016

2015

• MOGA Pro controller for Android 06 Apr 2015

2014

• Moto G tempered glass screen protector review 25 Jul 2014
• Motorola grip shell for Moto G review 23 May 2014
• Cruzerlite case for Moto G review 23 May 2014

2013

• Nginx domain setup script 06 Sep 2013
• Veho bluetooth speakers for Nexus 7 04 Sep 2013
• Merge PDFs with the Zend Framework 28 Aug 2013
• Bluetooth headphones for Nexus 7 13 Aug 2013
• Nexus 7 keyboard cover 08 Aug 2013
• Google Plus photos extension for non Chromebook Pixels 26 Jun 2013
• Auto select all text with jQuery 21 Jun 2013
• URL rewriting with Nginx and Vanilla forum 19 Jun 2013
• Twitter sidebar for Octopress 19 Jun 2013
• Migrate MySQL to MariaDB in Ubuntu 12.10 19 Jun 2013
• Ubuntu Numlock 19 Apr 2013
• Simple javascript function to format the date as YYYY-MM-DD 19 Apr 2013
• How to fix Ubuntu unlock wireless/Gnome keyring issues 19 Apr 2013
• 2 decimal places in Javascript/jQuery 19 Apr 2013
• Posterous Backup 15 Apr 2013
• Commandline Dropbox client 15 Apr 2013
• PDO out of memory fix 11 Feb 2013

2012

• How to ignore changes in tracked files with Git 13 Nov 2012
• jQuery year based slider 09 Nov 2012
• How to create self signed wildcard SSL certificates for Apache 09 Nov 2012
• Trim for jQuery 27 Sep 2012
• How to check if a div exists with jQuery 27 Sep 2012
• Get the current year in Javascript 27 Sep 2012
• Ucwords for Javascript 25 Sep 2012
• Make a link unclickable with jQuery 25 Sep 2012
• Vim - Moving screen splits 06 Sep 2012
• Vi - No higlight 05 Sep 2012
• Google Calendar spam 05 Sep 2012
• Vim Lowercase 28 Aug 2012
• jQuery remove hash from URL 28 Aug 2012
• First rule of Vim - drop the arrow keys 24 Aug 2012
• Octopress theme 16 Aug 2012
• Anchor links in markdown 13 Aug 2012
• Comments in JSON 09 Aug 2012
• Google Plus comments link for Octopress 08 Aug 2012
• PHP mobile detect 07 Aug 2012
• Vim search and repeat 02 Aug 2012
• Vim remove ^M 01 Aug 2012
• Vim HTML to Markdown 01 Aug 2012
• Make broadcom wifi work perfect in ubuntu 31 Jul 2012
• PHP class autoloading 30 Jul 2012
• Detect mobile browsers with Apache 30 Jul 2012
• PHP heredocs example 29 Jul 2012
• Vim search and replace - add new line 26 Jul 2012
• Trello big edit 26 Jul 2012
• Make Chrome auto go to the first search result 04 Jul 2012
• PHP end of month plus 29 Jun 2012
• Best PHP truncate function 27 Jun 2012
• Curl JSON function for PHP 27 Jun 2012
• Autostart MySQL on Ubuntu 19 Jun 2012
• Olark.com - finally website chat plugin that delivers 18 Jun 2012
• Workaround for the MySQL concat() returns NULL if any fields are NULL problem 07 Jun 2012
• Moved from Posterous to Octopress + p.ostero.us 23 Mar 2012
• Install Git in your home directory :: How to 24 Jan 2012
• Simple PHP function to generate a random alpha-numeric code with only readable characters :: How to 22 Jan 2012
• Exclude file/directories/urls from Apache .htaccess password protection :: How to 05 Jan 2012

2011

• Simple MySQL db refresh script 29 Dec 2011
• How to: Rotate a video in linux 14 Dec 2011
• Simple Invoices 2011.1 released 25 Nov 2011
• Using page content stored in Wordpress in another PHP/HTML page : How to 17 Nov 2011
• Get the largest key in an array with PHP : How to 19 Sep 2011
• Get the number of seconds since Jan 1, 0001 in PHP : How to 18 Sep 2011
• Simple mcrypt encrypt & decrypt functions for PHP : How to 16 Sep 2011
• Simple PHP base64 encode/decode url safe functions : How to 15 Sep 2011
• Creating a simple password confirmation field with Zend_Form 01 Sep 2011
• Just got my first patch accepted in Zend Framework trunk! 27 Aug 2011
• PHP int filter, Facebook user IDs, and 32 bit servers dont mix 26 Aug 2011
• PHP: Strip null entries from an array : how to 10 Jul 2011
• Zend Frameworks $this->url() adding extra parameters - how to fix 07 Jul 2011
• Thanks HackerNews: SimpleInvoices.org finally implements HN donated design 15 Jun 2011
• simple function to remove non numeric characters from a string with PHP 12 May 2011
• How to disable the GDM pre-login 'music' in Ubuntu 11.04 01 May 2011
• SimpleInvoices at phpMelbourne 18th April 7PM 12 Apr 2011
• Ubuntu / Broadcom slow wifi issue solved 06 Jan 2011
• Find the difference between 2 dates in days with PHP 06 Jan 2011

2010

• trac.wsgi for trac_env_parent_dir 21 Oct 2010
• Simple javascript mobile OS detector 11 Oct 2010
• cloudflare.com - finally a free and great DNS host!! 04 Oct 2010
• Simple Invoices for Windows 15 Sep 2010
• ack = a better grep "ignores most of the crap you don't want to search" 23 Aug 2010
• Sub-domain setup for Redmine & mod_passenger 02 Aug 2010
• Simple Invoices 2010.2 Update 1 has been released 27 Jul 2010
• .htaccess and Apache VirtualDocumentRoot 22 Jul 2010
• Connecting to an OpenVPN (untangle) network from linux: How to 22 Jul 2010
• Pinboard.in/Delicious.com -> Chrome bookmark syncing : How to 18 Jul 2010
• How to add Wikipedia as a Chrome search engine 14 Jul 2010
• Simple Invoices 2010.2 released!! 23 Jun 2010
• How to: copy file and append current date in linux/bash 23 Jun 2010
• Simple Invoices 2010.2 Beta 8 released 18 Jun 2010
• PHOTO: one more reason why google is awesome 15 Jun 2010
• Simple Invoices 2010.2 Beta 7 released! 10 Jun 2010
• Simple Invoices 2010.2 Beta 6 released! 06 Jun 2010
• How to add Pinboard.in 'Search Mine' as a Chrome search engine 20 May 2010
• Ubuntu 10.04 : how to move window buttons to the right 18 May 2010
• PHP remove trailing and leading zeros 12 May 2010
• shell script to check if ExLibris Aleph is running OK 10 May 2010
• Polaroid style theme for posterous.com 10 May 2010
• How to create a Google Chrome extension from a greasemonkey/user script 10 May 2010
• Google Chrome plugin: showPnx for Exlibris Primo 10 May 2010
• Simple Invoices 2010.2 Beta 5 released! 03 May 2010
• Google Chrome script to clean up the UI of Pinboard.in 27 Apr 2010
• Simple Invoices 2010.2 Beta 4 released 24 Apr 2010
• Google Calendar with Mozilla Lightning/Sunbird - accepting invites solution 21 Apr 2010
• Simple Invoices 2010.2 Beta 3 released 16 Apr 2010
• Simple Invoices featured in Linux User magazine 13 Apr 2010
• Simple Invoices 2010.2 Beta 2 has been released 07 Apr 2010
• Simple Invoices 2010.2 beta 1 released 05 Apr 2010
• Simple 1 page PHP/JQuery contact form 31 Mar 2010
• using svn:externals with svn propset 30 Mar 2010
• MongoDB php driver install for Ubuntu 9.10 UNR without pear/pecl 29 Mar 2010
• MongoDB install on Ubuntu 9.10 UNR 29 Mar 2010
• Mozilla Bespin + Subversion = wow! 14 Mar 2010
• Bespin + Google Code (SVN) : How to 14 Mar 2010
• How to add Google Maps as a Chrome search engine 02 Mar 2010
• How to add Google Dictionary as a Chrome search engine 02 Mar 2010
• GNU Screen: how to bind Alt + Left Arrow & Alt + Right Arrow to prev/next 27 Feb 2010
• GNU Screen and Vim: making vim tab mappings work 27 Feb 2010
• Checking your SRV records for google apps IM 18 Feb 2010
• smarty template engine and tomorrow 17 Feb 2010
• Simple bash regex example 03 Feb 2010
• simple gpg password protected file encryption example 01 Feb 2010
• Simple bash if then else example 01 Feb 2010
• How to send emails in a bash script 01 Feb 2010
• How to check if null in bash 01 Feb 2010
• How to check for if not null in bash 01 Feb 2010
• How to create a self signed ssl cert with no passphrase for your test server 31 Jan 2010
• Simple Invoices 2010.1 released 04 Jan 2010

2009

• Extract a tar file to a different directory 01 Dec 2009
• Increment a date in perl - no cpan 12 Nov 2009
• google chrome in ubuntu 9.10 05 Nov 2009
• php 5.2 (with pdo + pdo_mysql) on centos 5.3 29 Oct 2009
• installing pear beta packages 29 Oct 2009
• dropbox as an apache folder 27 Oct 2009
• ABC.net.au internet radio streams (MMS) in VLC 27 Oct 2009
• DVD, MP3, Skype, etc.. for Ubuntu 9.10 26 Oct 2009
• Simple Invoices 2009.1 update 1 released! 15 Oct 2009
• Oracle: How to auto execute a sql from commandline and save output to file 12 Oct 2009
• Perl: how check if variable is empty 05 Oct 2009
• Perl: checking command line arguments for basic sanity 05 Oct 2009
• Simple Invoices 2009.1 released!! 27 Sep 2009
• MySQL script: drop all tables in a db and import a .sql file 21 Sep 2009
• Simple Invoices blank 18 Sep 2009
• running dropbox on centos in a headless/vps setup 16 Sep 2009
• Can anyone make this sql query faster 13 Sep 2009
• Mysql logging on CentOS 5.3 09 Sep 2009
• hp mini 2140 HD + linux mint : finally a great netbook - why the freak is HP making it so hard to get one 09 Sep 2009
• Simple Invoices 2009.1 Release Candidate available 08 Sep 2009
• VPS + OpenDNS 02 Sep 2009
• linux shell: adding date to file name 30 Aug 2009
• shell script: read in values from text file 24 Aug 2009
• MySQL autostart on centos 20 Aug 2009
• installing php5.3 with xml support on centos 20 Aug 2009
• Simple Invoices 2009.1 beta 3 released 19 Feb 2009
• svn:externals 18 Feb 2009