Comments for Dr. Ivan's Blog http://blog.dr-ivan.com Where you will find my thoughts and reflections on medicine, music, art and technology Mon, 12 Oct 2009 17:54:56 +0200 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 hourly 1 Comment on Tips & Tricks: Converting PDF-s to pictures in Linux by Donnieboy http://blog.dr-ivan.com/2009/06/28/tips-tricks-converting-pdf-s-to-pictures-in-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-457 Donnieboy Mon, 12 Oct 2009 17:54:56 +0000 http://blog.dr-ivan.com/?p=223#comment-457 Just wanted to drop you a line to say, I enjoy reading your site. I thought about starting a blog myself but don't have the time. Oh well maybe one day.... <a HREF="http://fedora-commons.org/confluence/display/~susanbrooks" rel="nofollow"> :)</A> Just wanted to drop you a line to say, I enjoy reading your site. I thought about starting a blog myself but don’t have the time.
Oh well maybe one day…. :)

]]> Comment on First impression: Opera Unite by kempozone http://blog.dr-ivan.com/2009/06/16/first-impression-opera-unite/comment-page-1/#comment-450 kempozone Sun, 11 Oct 2009 13:57:53 +0000 http://blog.dr-ivan.com/?p=13#comment-450 I<a HREF="http://fedora-commons.org/confluence/display/~billtinsley1971" rel="nofollow">'</A>m sure many of you are like me and one of the first things you do in the morning is head here and check out the new post. Along with seeing the new posts, I'm also always checking out the blog roll rss feed and watching them grow, or shrink sometimes. In one of my past ...but all in all excellent site. Keep it up! I‘m sure many of you are like me and one of the first things you do in the morning is head here and check out the new post. Along with seeing the new posts, I’m also always checking out the blog roll rss feed and watching them grow, or shrink sometimes. In one of my past …but all in all excellent site. Keep it up!

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]]> Comment on First impression: Opera Unite by Dr. Ivan http://blog.dr-ivan.com/2009/06/16/first-impression-opera-unite/comment-page-1/#comment-53 Dr. Ivan Mon, 06 Jul 2009 19:47:46 +0000 http://blog.dr-ivan.com/?p=13#comment-53 Thank you for taking time to comment! <strong><em>@vinaya surya:</em></strong> That is a valid point, although I am not sure why we need such platform. The only positive side of this that I can see is the fact that it will be a little easier to install and manage games that way. But besides that, it all yet again begs the question of: Why? Will this new dev platform give you any other advantages over traditional game design? I think that the only new aspect it will introduce is a new form of overhead which will pretty much prevent you running anything but simple games resembling casual flash games. That's fine - there is definitely an audience for simple easy-to-pick-up games out there; but again, there is nothing revolutionary about that. We've seen many casual games up until now, without any need for Opera Unite. If you want to play something off the net, why not pick up one of the billions of games already available and coded in Flash? Certainly Unite can't compete with that. Also, I still fail to see why p2p games should be integrated into browsers at this point at all. <strong><em>@KonstantinMiller:</em></strong> Absolutely! I already have a couple of apps and some hardware I wish to express my feelings about. I do have to admit that I have a very busy schedule. Nonetheless, the reviews are coming - so stay tuned! Thank you for taking time to comment!

@vinaya surya: That is a valid point, although I am not sure why we need such platform. The only positive side of this that I can see is the fact that it will be a little easier to install and manage games that way.

But besides that, it all yet again begs the question of: Why? Will this new dev platform give you any other advantages over traditional game design? I think that the only new aspect it will introduce is a new form of overhead which will pretty much prevent you running anything but simple games resembling casual flash games. That’s fine – there is definitely an audience for simple easy-to-pick-up games out there; but again, there is nothing revolutionary about that. We’ve seen many casual games up until now, without any need for Opera Unite. If you want to play something off the net, why not pick up one of the billions of games already available and coded in Flash? Certainly Unite can’t compete with that. Also, I still fail to see why p2p games should be integrated into browsers at this point at all.

@KonstantinMiller: Absolutely! I already have a couple of apps and some hardware I wish to express my feelings about. I do have to admit that I have a very busy schedule. Nonetheless, the reviews are coming – so stay tuned!

]]> Comment on First impression: Opera Unite by KonstantinMiller http://blog.dr-ivan.com/2009/06/16/first-impression-opera-unite/comment-page-1/#comment-52 KonstantinMiller Mon, 06 Jul 2009 17:34:37 +0000 http://blog.dr-ivan.com/?p=13#comment-52 I have been looking looking around for this kind of information. Will you post some more in future? I'll be grateful if you will. I have been looking looking around for this kind of information. Will you post some more in future? I’ll be grateful if you will.

]]> Comment on Tips & Tricks: Converting PDF-s to pictures in Linux by Dr. Ivan http://blog.dr-ivan.com/2009/06/28/tips-tricks-converting-pdf-s-to-pictures-in-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-51 Dr. Ivan Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:04:18 +0000 http://blog.dr-ivan.com/?p=223#comment-51 Thank you all for your comments! <em><strong>@Howard</strong></em>: Absolutely! Although AFAIK the different pages are imported as separate layers, so you will have to save them one by one manually. Although I am sure someone has already made a script to take care of it automatically. <em><strong>@TGM</strong></em>: Yes, indeed, it is very handy. And it has a lot of other neat features which makes it perfect for usage in scripts of all sorts. <em>edit: The cloud plug-in is called WP-Cumulus btw :) </em> <em><strong>@Moma Antero<strong></em>: Haven't heard of it until now, but your app looks really handy! Thank you very much for posting it here - I'm sure it will be well-suited for those who want a GUI frontend! Thank you all for your comments!

@Howard: Absolutely! Although AFAIK the different pages are imported as separate layers, so you will have to save them one by one manually. Although I am sure someone has already made a script to take care of it automatically.

@TGM: Yes, indeed, it is very handy. And it has a lot of other neat features which makes it perfect for usage in scripts of all sorts. edit: The cloud plug-in is called WP-Cumulus btw :)

@Moma Antero: Haven’t heard of it until now, but your app looks really handy! Thank you very much for posting it here – I’m sure it will be well-suited for those who want a GUI frontend!

]]> Comment on Tips & Tricks: Converting PDF-s to pictures in Linux by Moma Antero http://blog.dr-ivan.com/2009/06/28/tips-tricks-converting-pdf-s-to-pictures-in-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-50 Moma Antero Mon, 06 Jul 2009 07:44:51 +0000 http://blog.dr-ivan.com/?p=223#comment-50 Hello, Gscreendump can help you with that task. Just drag & drop a PDF file to it and it will handle the rest. Installation instructions http://code.google.com/p/gscreendump/w/list There's also a video that shows this PDF splitting thing. http://gscreendump.googlecode.com/files/screencast-2.avi Watch and enjoy ;-) Hello,

Gscreendump can help you with that task.
Just drag & drop a PDF file to it and it will handle the rest.

Installation instructions
http://code.google.com/p/gscreendump/w/list

There’s also a video that shows this PDF splitting thing.
http://gscreendump.googlecode.com/files/screencast-2.avi

Watch and enjoy ;-)

]]> Comment on Tips & Tricks: Converting PDF-s to pictures in Linux by TGM http://blog.dr-ivan.com/2009/06/28/tips-tricks-converting-pdf-s-to-pictures-in-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-49 TGM Mon, 06 Jul 2009 06:42:29 +0000 http://blog.dr-ivan.com/?p=223#comment-49 ImageMagick ftw! I always forget about this when I want to do image/pdf manipulation... Oh and funky tag-cloud plugin... ImageMagick ftw! I always forget about this when I want to do image/pdf manipulation… Oh and funky tag-cloud plugin…

]]> Comment on Tips & Tricks: Converting PDF-s to pictures in Linux by Howard http://blog.dr-ivan.com/2009/06/28/tips-tricks-converting-pdf-s-to-pictures-in-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-48 Howard Mon, 06 Jul 2009 05:26:19 +0000 http://blog.dr-ivan.com/?p=223#comment-48 GIMP also opens PDF files and saves them as pictures (JPG). Since it is usually installed by default on most LINUX installations, you don't actually need to load anything else GIMP also opens PDF files and saves them as pictures (JPG). Since it is usually installed by default on most LINUX installations, you don’t actually need to load anything else

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