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Security Working From Home

Working from home challenges–My Internet Provider suddenly blocked access.

Dale May 21, 2020 0 Comments

Everything was going along fine, then it wasn’t.Access to my work network was suddenly blocked, and the last thing I expected was for my Internet Provider to “improve my security”…

Windows Working From Home

Working from home challenges–My computer clock is fast.

Dale May 9, 2020 0 Comments

We have most of our workforce currently working from home due to the COVID-19 pandemic.Some of our customers have reported this:My (Windows 10) computer clock is about 5 minutes fast,…

Bunnies

S004AGS0750030 replacement power supply

Dale May 7, 2020 0 Comments

for the Telstra T-Voice 503 handset.I have house rabbits who think “Spicy Hay” is a thing.And so I end up with this:(power supply with bitten off lead)I could get a…

Fire

Open Fireplace–Firebacks.

Dale May 5, 2020 0 Comments

Random notes on Firebacks …Steel is better than cast iron, as it is better at reflecting heat into the room.Cast iron is better than Steel, as Cast Iron Firebacks will…

Photography

ImageMagicK throwing a “convert: Invalid SOS parameters for sequential JPEG” warning

Dale May 4, 2020 0 Comments

C:\Pictures>"magick convert -border 3024x! old.jpg new.jpg convert: Invalid SOS parameters for sequential JPEG ‘old.jpg’ @ warning/jpeg.c/JPEGWarningHandler/398. In this case, caused by a bug with how a Samsung phone writes jpeg…

Photography

How to avoid photo cropping by adding a border

Dale April 30, 2020 0 Comments

So in Notes on ImageMagick’s –border option, I mentioned that I had photos that don’t fit on 6x4 photo paper.Here’s an example which I uploaded to the photo printing website:The…

Photography

Notes on ImageMagick’s –border option

Dale April 30, 2020 0 Comments

I have photos whose aspect ration are not 1.5, which means they will be cropped when I use 6:4 photography paper.The important thing to remember is that ImageMagick will keep…

Photography Utilities

A quick way to get the dimensions for a bunch of digital photo images.

Dale April 28, 2020 0 Comments

This SourceFile ImageSize adipiscing.jpg 2400x2400 dolor.jpg 1920x2400 sit.jpg 1602x2400 ipsum.jpg 1731x2400 consectetuer.jpg 1602x2400 Lorem.jpg 1602x2400 Maecenas.jpg 2400x720 elit.jpg 2400x613 in other words. ExifTool will do that for you: exiftool -csv…

Security

Email file extension blocking

Dale April 28, 2020 0 Comments

Wow, it was over 11 years ago when I wrote Email file extensions I recommend blocking in email. We migrated off Lotus Notes years ago and I never revisited the…

Photography Utilities

Stamping a photo with a watermark

Dale April 27, 2020 0 Comments

So I wanted to stamp a large number of photos with a watermark, so I could share printed copies with people.ie.I did it by using FastStone Image Viewer “Tools\Batch Convert…

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