/misc | May 18, 2013

Ghibli Pixel Wallpaper Pack

Castle in the Sky 天空の城ラピュタ Howl's Moving Castle ハウルの動く城 Kiki's Delivery Service 魔女の宅急便 My Neighbor Totoro となりのトトロ Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind 風の谷のナウシカ Ponyo 崖の上のポニョ Princess Mononoke もののけ姫 Spirited Away 千と千尋の神隠し The Cat Returns 猫の恩返し Whisper of the Heart 耳をすませば

Ghibli Pixel Wallpaper Collection 2

Castle in the Sky 天空の城ラピュタ Howl's Moving Castle ハウルの動く城 My Neighbor Totoro となりのトトロ Princess Mononoke もののけ姫 The Cat Returns 猫の恩返し The Secret World of Arrietty 借りぐらしのアリエッティ Whisper of the Heart 耳をすませば

/misc | May 08, 2013

• "It does not require money to be neat, clean, and dignified." -- Mahatma Gandhi
• "Nothing that really helps towards perfection costs more than is within the means of every person who reads these pages. The expenses connected with daily meditation, with the building-up of mental habits, with the practice of self-control and of cheerfulness, with the enthronement of reason over the rabble of primeval instincts--these expenses are really, you know, trifling." -- Arnold Bennett
• "I am absolutely convinced that no wealth in the world can help humanity forward, even in the hands of the most devoted worker in this cause. The example of great and pure characters is the only thing that can produce fine ideas and noble deeds. Money only appeals to selfishness and always tempts its owners irresistibly to abuse it. Can anyone imagine Moses, Jesus, or Gandhi armed with the money-bags of Carnegie?" -- Albert Einstein

/misc | May 07, 2013

I searched high and low for an app that could do the same for images. The only thing I found was PixEdit, which does the job admirably, but at a cost of £1,250. ImageMagick's awesome command line tools were not well-suited to the task, as the images were highly variable.

I posted a plea for help on SuperUser that was promptly downvoted and closed, but not before ForeverWintr kindly pointed me in the right direction: ImageJ. Johannes Schindelin generously filled in the details that I was dark on. Here is the complete walkthru:

0. Open desired images in ImageJ (To enable multiple selection in the open file dialog box: Edit > Options > Input/Output... > Use JFileChooser to open/save > OK. Alternatively, simply drag and drop multiple files onto ImageJ's toolbar.)
1. Image > Stacks > Images to Stack > OK
2. Image > Stacks > Z Project... > OK
3. Click the rectangle icon in the toolbar
4. Click and drag over desired area (called a "region of interest" in ImageJ) in the Z projection
5. Click on the stack created in step 1 > Edit > Selection > Restore Selection
6. Image > Crop
7. File > Save As > Image Sequence... > choose desired image format and options > OK

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/misc | Apr 21, 2013

1. Go to https://www.google.com/contacts_v1 and login if necessary
2. Click "All Contacts"
3. Click "All" to the right of "Select"
4. Click "Delete contacts" button

/misc | Apr 04, 2013

It is better to have a spacious mind than a spacious house.

Do all that is possible within human limits and leave the rest to Heaven's will.

One who is willing to restrain a moment's anger will avoid a hundred days' sorrow.

Man does not live to a hundred years but he worries enough for a thousand.

From ABC Dictionary of Chinese Proverbs, edited by John S. Rohsenow

/misc | Feb 17, 2013

1. Loosen the two captive screws that attach the heat-sink assembly to the system board on either side of the assembly.
2. Pivot the assembly toward the back of the computer. (This will lift the heat sink off the CPU, exposing the thermal compound. Probably a good time to clean it off and apply something better.)
   
3. Disconnect the fan cable connector from the motherboard.
4. Simultaneously press the fan-release tab on one side of the fan assembly and pull the fan-release tab located on the bottom of the opposite side of the assembly upwards.
5. Slide the fan assembly toward the back of the computer and lift to remove the assembly.
   

/misc | Jan 07, 2013

• does not require installation or admin rights
• is cross-platform (Java-based)
• offers wide format support: 7z, ARJ, BZIP2, CAB, CHM, CPIO, CramFS, DEB, DMG, FAT, GZIP, HFS, ISO, LZH, LZMA, MBR, MSI, NSIS, NTFS, RAR, RPM, SquashFS, TAR, UDF, VHD, WIM, WIM, XAR, XZ, Z, ZIP

/misc | Oct 14, 2012