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Oh yes! Program done! November 4, 2006 4:32 pm

Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Daily Life, PHP, Programming, Technology , 1 comment so far

I now have successfully written a PHP program that goes to another website, downloads any number of tif files (one test used 48), combines them into a single tif file, converts the tiff to a single pdf file (48 tiffs become a 48 page pdf), and presents the new single pdf and single tif to the enduser for downloading or viewing. This was a nightmare and has cost me dearly. It is done and I can move on.

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Doogie Howser is ghey November 4, 2006 1:13 pm

Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Announcements, Of Interest, TV / Movies , add a comment

Well now..How are Harold and Kumar going to feel out the love stains in the backseat of their car now?!

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Neil Patrick Harris is gay and wants to quell any rumors to the contrary. “(I) am quite proud to say that I am a very content gay man living my life to the fullest,” Harris tells People magazine’s Web site. [Source]

hehe. Apparently "White Castle" is only in America. The Canadian title is "Harold et Kumar chassent le burger" and the UK title is "Harold & Kumar Get the Munchies" Fans may be happy to hear that scheduled for 2007 is "Harold and Kumar Go to Amsterdam." Color me skeptical.

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How to post del.icio.us daily links automatically to WordPress November 4, 2006 11:09 am

Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Blog, Of Interest, Publishing , add a comment

If you want the del.icio.us daily blog post to work in WordPress, your settings should look like the settings below. To get to these, log into del.icio.us, click "settings" and find the "dialy blog post" link. Finally click "Add new thingy."


job_name: DailyDelicious {doesn't really matter}
out_name: {wordpress user here must have at least author privileges or it won't work}
out_pass: {wordpress user password - will be displayed in plain text}
out_url: http://domainname.com/xmlrpc.php
out_time: 23 {military time}
out_blog_id: {leave this blank}
out_cat_id: 17 {number of the category id for the post - get the number under Manage->Categories}

I have decided to turn this off. Instead I have a link in my sidebar that reveals my del.icio.us tag cloud and below the cloud my most recent links.

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This Big Small World November 4, 2006 10:59 am

Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Announcements, Daily Life, Of Interest, Touchy Subjects , 3comments

Six years ago Cathy and I walked through West Town Mall. We had a wonderful store called The World of Knowledge. Outside an employee was playing with devil sticks. I borrowed them, showed off, and gave some advice. Apparently she remembered, because six years later we met again at Atomic Tumor’s party and she pointed saying, "ow ow ow! I know you!". It was a good moment. Now she is in the hospital and holding onto life by a thread.

nurses are telling me that her vitals can’t support life for long, that I told my 9 year old son as lightly as I could that his mother might die, that, despite HOW HARD I TRY NOT TO I can’t help figureing out how I’d word her obiturary on this stupid web page because I might just need to, I start to break down. [Source]

Head over to AtomicTumor, give a shout in the chat box found in the sidebar, leave some supportive comments, and say some prayers, send some positive energy, and think good thoughts.

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Del.icio.us link dumps - stay or go? November 4, 2006 8:56 am

Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Blog, Publishing , add a comment

Are the del.icio.us link dumps doing anything for anyone? I link seeing the links come up but I think it clutters the site. My del.icio.us tag cloud and recent links are available in the sidebar. Keep the link dumps or lose them?

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Trapped in the United States November 4, 2006 8:52 am

Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Politics, Touchy Subjects, United States , add a comment

Homeland Security is working on rules to go into effect January 14, 2007 that would require anyone entering or leaving the country to have Homeland Security’s permission.

The U.S. Supreme Court has long recognized there is a constitutional right to travel internationally. Indeed, it has declared that the right to travel is "a virtually unconditional personal right." The United States has also signed treaties guaranteeing "freedom of travel." So if these regulations do go into effect, you can expect a lengthy court battle, both nationally and internationally. … Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union are two countries in recent history
that didn’t allow their citizens to travel abroad without permission.
If these regulations go into effect, you can add the United States to
this list. [Source]

On September 11, 2001, terrorists made an effort to change the United States. With unnecessary, controlling policies like what Homeland Security is proposing, we do nothing to increase security while removing our liberties (liberty being the ability to exercise our freedoms). The terrorists won. While considering this, take a look at the future of air travel.

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From the mouths of babes November 4, 2006 7:46 am

Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Amy, Daily Life, Family, From the mouths of babes , add a comment

Amy: "Dad. I’ve really been wanting to go to the beach for days."

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