Author Archives: Dennis

ASP.net backend implementation of YUI Image Uploader

Posted on January 13, 2010 by Dennis

Tom from mostynwebsolutions.com has created an ASP YUI Image Uploader backend. Direct Download: YuiExample.zip. The YUI Image Upload posts on this site contain details on implementing the front end and editor if you’re just getting into this. Thanks Tom.

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Handbrake can convert MTS files for Mac

Posted on January 5, 2010 by Dennis

So a while back we purchased a JVC Everio HD camcorder. I’ll skip the commentary on whether or not that is a good idea. For me, the relevant issue is: how am I supposed to copy the MTS (AVCHD H.264) … Continue reading →

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git logk

Posted on December 2, 2009 by Dennis

Do you like gitk? I find it almost invaluable in merging, branching, looking at old revisions, diffs, etc. I find it annoying that git log is hard to glean the same information. I searched a round a bit and found … Continue reading →

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Dual Master Git Repositories

Posted on November 17, 2009 by Dennis

One of the nice things about git, is the ability to work in a distributed manor. Instead of having to have a central repository for your source code, you can create a copy of your repository and do work, while … Continue reading →

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Upgrading Gentoo 2007.0 to 10.0

Posted on November 10, 2009 by Dennis

So I left all these servers running gentoo a couple years ago. Now, after all this time (and uptime!), I want to install something. Error: emerge -av portage These are the packages that would be merged, in order: Calculating dependencies … Continue reading →

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Cleaning up extracted package contents

Posted on November 4, 2009 by Dennis

I hate it when I download a source archive, uncompress it, and find that instead of creating a package directory, with the contents of the archive, the archive was created with a bunch of files at the root directory. Suppose … Continue reading →

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