SpeedCrunch “Plugin”: Currency Converter

Cats: bash, linux, php

SpeedCrunch is an awesome calculator. Good history, variables and realtime calculations. Missing was currency conversion, which is available in other calculators. I was trying to find plugins for it but no go. So the strategy here is to use an … Continued

OctoPi/OctoPrint Change Webcam Resolution


You can change the webcam’s resolution via the cmd line on OctoPrint by And adding this to the file: You can get a list of the supported resolution via (may need v4l-utils installed): and then reboot the pi

Flash Custom Firmware onto Iris v7


Setup QMK environmenthttps://docs.qmk.fm/#/newbs_getting_started Iris Version 7 Version 6 (or 6a/6b e.g. for RGB colours) # Version 6a/6b (e.g. for RGB colours) sudo apt install -y git python3-pip python3 -m pip install –user qmk # may need this echo ‘PATH=”$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH”‘ >> … Continued

GIMP – Save for Web Plugin

Cats: gimp

Just linking a local copy of the Save for Web plugin. The gimp plugin registry was toasted. gimp-save-for-web-0.29.3.tar.bz2 save_for_web_0.28.6_win32.zip Originally found on the wayback machine but in case it ever goes away… https://web.archive.org/web/20160402173621/http://registry.gimp.org/files/ The source can still be found here: … Continued

PHP GD Auto Crop Image – Four Sides w/ Threshold

Cats: php

I don’t know why you can’t set the threshold for the four sides filter (IMG_CROP_SIDES) in PHP’s imagecropauto so here’s how to do it manually using the IMG_CROP_THRESHOLD filter instead.

Satellite Crown Land


Was looking for a better way to see crown land by overlaying it onto satellite maps (rather than cross referencing the CLUPA site with satellite google maps). I think this is better. It’s using ArcGIS Online and importing the opensource … Continued