Comments for David North http://www.dnorth.net The scribblings of an Oxford-based geek Tue, 23 Nov 2010 22:31:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 Comment on Converting Word documents to PDF with OpenOffice and Python by David North http://www.dnorth.net/2010/08/29/converting-word-documents-to-pdf-with-openoffice-and-python/#comment-24 David North Tue, 23 Nov 2010 22:31:48 +0000 http://www.dnorth.net/?p=265#comment-24 How very true. Sadly three-quarters of the people in the world don't (yet) understand that such is the correct thing to do with a Word document, and I occasionally have to communicate with them :-) How very true. Sadly three-quarters of the people in the world don’t (yet) understand that such is the correct thing to do with a Word document, and I occasionally have to communicate with them :-)

]]> Comment on Converting Word documents to PDF with OpenOffice and Python by timocharis http://www.dnorth.net/2010/08/29/converting-word-documents-to-pdf-with-openoffice-and-python/#comment-23 timocharis Tue, 23 Nov 2010 22:25:15 +0000 http://www.dnorth.net/?p=265#comment-23 Okay, we have a lot of common ground, such as: the same name. I have a server running lenny. I adored the VB IDE -- especially the debugger -- regardless the shortcomings of the language. My wife worked at Netscape on what became Firefox and Tbird (and certainly would sympathize and agree with your comments. And for that matter, ran Seamonkey Cam for those with an eye toward history). We're both python addicts. But the idea that a .doc _should_ be converted to PDF and even weirder, be published, is simply beyond the pale. It _should_ be deleted immediately without compunction. Respectfully, David North Okay, we have a lot of common ground, such as: the same name. I have a server running lenny. I adored the VB IDE — especially the debugger — regardless the shortcomings of the language. My wife worked at Netscape on what became Firefox and Tbird (and certainly would sympathize and agree with your comments. And for that matter, ran Seamonkey Cam for those with an eye toward history). We’re both python addicts. But the idea that a .doc _should_ be converted to PDF and even weirder, be published, is simply beyond the pale. It _should_ be deleted immediately without compunction.

Respectfully,

David North

]]> Comment on Groupwise maximum by Returning the entire row of maximum value for each group (Group-wise Maximum in SQL / MySQL ) - logon2 Blog - Better use of the web for everybody http://www.dnorth.net/2007/07/28/groupwise-maximum/#comment-2 Returning the entire row of maximum value for each group (Group-wise Maximum in SQL / MySQL ) - logon2 Blog - Better use of the web for everybody Thu, 08 Jul 2010 02:08:43 +0000 http://www.dnorth.net/2007/07/28/groupwise-maximum/#comment-2 [...] linked me to a post about Groupwise Maximum queries on David North’s blog, which was about exactly the same problem as mine. However, the solution there didn’t to work [...] [...] linked me to a post about Groupwise Maximum queries on David North’s blog, which was about exactly the same problem as mine. However, the solution there didn’t to work [...]

]]> Comment on SysAdmin stuff by David North http://www.dnorth.net/2010/04/25/sysadmin-stuff/#comment-22 David North Thu, 10 Jun 2010 12:31:21 +0000 http://www.dnorth.net/?p=231#comment-22 Ah, fair point, I didn't realise that capability was there. In my case I like being able to see the backed-up data without having to decompress or decrypt it first - I keep it all on an encrypted drive but think the encryption should be transparent to the backup process. Duplicity also terrifies me slightly as the versions in Debian are a bit out of date and buggy compared to the latest and greatest. Ah, fair point, I didn’t realise that capability was there. In my case I like being able to see the backed-up data without having to decompress or decrypt it first – I keep it all on an encrypted drive but think the encryption should be transparent to the backup process. Duplicity also terrifies me slightly as the versions in Debian are a bit out of date and buggy compared to the latest and greatest.

]]> Comment on SysAdmin stuff by google.com/accounts/o8… http://www.dnorth.net/2010/04/25/sysadmin-stuff/#comment-21 google.com/accounts/o8… Thu, 10 Jun 2010 09:21:33 +0000 http://www.dnorth.net/?p=231#comment-21 Just figured I'd point out -- backupninja uses duplicity for remote backup; which is nicely based on librsync and includes rdiffdir. So far it supports ssh/scp, local file access, rsync, ftp, HSI, WebDAV, and Amazon S3. Kinda wish it supported rackspace cloudspace, maybe *I'll* have to submit a patch if it bothers me that much... :) Just figured I’d point out — backupninja uses duplicity for remote backup; which is nicely based on librsync and includes rdiffdir. So far it supports ssh/scp, local file access, rsync, ftp, HSI, WebDAV, and Amazon S3. Kinda wish it supported rackspace cloudspace, maybe *I’ll* have to submit a patch if it bothers me that much… :)

]]> Comment on HowTo: svn+ssh on Windows by fijiaaron.wordpress.com/ http://www.dnorth.net/2007/09/08/svn-ssh-on-windows/#comment-4 fijiaaron.wordpress.com/ Fri, 19 Feb 2010 18:11:10 +0000 http://www.dnorth.net/2007/09/08/how-to-get-svnssh-working-on-windows/#comment-4 Thanks that worked for me (I also used Git (1.6.5.1) ssh). The trick is editing the svn config file. Thanks that worked for me (I also used Git (1.6.5.1) ssh). The trick is editing the svn config file.

]]> Comment on We all love miniturization by David North http://www.dnorth.net/2009/07/28/we-all-love-miniturization/#comment-20 David North Thu, 30 Jul 2009 07:38:32 +0000 http://www.dnorth.net/?p=171#comment-20 That is indeed a 20p, sadly with a date on it. That is indeed a 20p, sadly with a date on it.

]]> Comment on We all love miniturization by akenyon http://www.dnorth.net/2009/07/28/we-all-love-miniturization/#comment-19 akenyon Wed, 29 Jul 2009 23:31:57 +0000 http://www.dnorth.net/?p=171#comment-19 Is that a 20p? Is that a 20p?

]]> Comment on HowTo: svn+ssh on Windows by dandv.livejournal.com/ http://www.dnorth.net/2007/09/08/svn-ssh-on-windows/#comment-3 dandv.livejournal.com/ Tue, 28 Jul 2009 22:42:57 +0000 http://www.dnorth.net/2007/09/08/how-to-get-svnssh-working-on-windows/#comment-3 I never managed to get Subversion to work with PuTTY either, but I found a way to have it work with the SSH client that ships with Git, which I already use anyway. This is nice because you won't have to install Cygwin or the openssh package. http://wiki.dandascalescu.com/howtos/subversion/subversion_access_through_ssh_on_windows I never managed to get Subversion to work with PuTTY either, but I found a way to have it work with the SSH client that ships with Git, which I already use anyway. This is nice because you won’t have to install Cygwin or the openssh package.

http://wiki.dandascalescu.com/howtos/subversion/subversion_access_through_ssh_on_windows

]]> Comment on OpenID by David North http://www.dnorth.net/2009/05/05/openid/#comment-18 David North Wed, 06 May 2009 13:10:30 +0000 http://www.dnorth.net/?p=129#comment-18 <a href="#comment-16" rel="nofollow">@michaelhowe.org/</a> I believe it was indeed you who urged me to do this some time in 2007...apologies for the delay, but better late than never :) @michaelhowe.org/
I believe it was indeed you who urged me to do this some time in 2007…apologies for the delay, but better late than never :)

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