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Command line conversion of svg to png

Here’s a little gem when you install Inkscape: /Applications/Inkscape.app/Contents/Resources/bin/inkscape –export-png output.png -w 100 -h 100 noun_project_9206.svg

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Adding a jar to Eclipse for Android

Importing a jar in Eclipse for my Android project gave me a little headache so I’ll copy/paste the instructions here below so others may not have to suffer the same. Credits go to stackoverflow.

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SeaMap US Released for iPad and IPhone

What is Sea Map? Sea Map is a map viewer that supports NOAA (www.noaa.gov) maps for planning and light navigation purposes. The maps can be downloaded from the NOAA servers bringing you the freshest maps of the US waters to

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Becoming an Cocoa guru

Here’s an interesting site that offers courses in Cocoa for iOS development. They are quite comprehensive and offer great examples to go with.

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Bash: processing filenames with white spaces

It is often necessary to read a file with bash, and act upon the entire line. There are many different ways to do this, but I’ll outline one of the simpler methods, both suitable for stacking on a single command

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Custom overlays coming to SeaMap

News flash: you can now add geo-referenced images to SeaMap, just send in your maps as mercator images and they will be added to the next release.

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Add your address to your TomTom in one click

I just discovered a neat way to add an address to my TomTom device. Using the wizard at the website. Neat! Related Articles TomTom GO 2405 And GO 2505 GPS Navigator Overview (mydigitallife.info) TomTom Go Live 1005 satnav (go.theregister.com) TomTom

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Ajax Upload for multiple files

Here is a neat little script that allows you to upload multiple files at once, without resorting to flash.  http://valums.com/ajax-upload/ and here:  http://digitarald.de/project/fancyupload/3-0/showcase/attach-a-file/ Related Articles Ajax Upload; A file upload script with progress-bar, drag-and-drop. (valums.com)

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Which process is using my port ? (OS X)

Oh on linux you just run netstat -p but that won’t work on OS X. There is another path to take: lsof -i | grep LISTEN  

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Ignoring the build dir in Xcode

I decided to move some of my code to Project Locker, but found that the build dir is always listed by SVN like: oehoeboeroe:artemis aqua$ svn status M      . ?       build M      

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