Make a backup of the following file:

/System/Library/CoreServices/RawCamera.bundle/Contents/Resources/Raw.plist

Find the key for the Leica D-LUX 3 (line 3316 in MacOS 10.5.1):

3316: <key>Leica D-LUX 3</key> <string>Panasonic DMC-LX2</string> <!-- 10.4.10 -->

Then insert the following line before the line showing the Leica D-LUX 3:

3316: <key>RICOH Caplio GX100</key> <string>Panasonic DMC-LX2</string>
3317: <key>Leica D-LUX 3</key> <string>Panasonic DMC-LX2</string> <!-- 10.4.10 -->

You should now be able to use the Ricoh’s RAW files in Aperture.

This is based on a previous hack (detailed here), which doesn’t apply to Leopard.

Please note that the documents within PublicAccess can only be accessed by using Internet Explorer. This is due to a limitation within the system which has been raised with the suppliers.

Not good enough. Here’s form I knocked-up in about 2 minutes that gives users of other browsers access to associated planning documents. The associated documents are things like supporting letters, photographs, a copy of the application form etc.

Enter a planning application number to view any supporting documents.

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function trim(str:String):String
{
    var stripCharCodes = {
        code_9  : true, // tab
        code_10 : true, // linefeed
        code_13 : true, // return
        code_32 : true  // space
    };
    while(stripCharCodes["code_" + str.charCodeAt(0)] == true) {
        str = str.substring(1, str.length);
    }
    while(stripCharCodes["code_" + str.charCodeAt(str.length - 1)] == true) {
        str = str.substring(0, str.length - 1);
    }
    return str;
}

The horrible "code_" prefix hack is there because I don’t think there’s a native way to search an array or object for a key or value in ActionScript.

Update: just found this function at: frogstyle.ch. This one does a similar thing, but strips more characters.

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function trim(str:String):String
{
    for(var i = 0; str.charCodeAt(i) < 33; i++);
    for(var j = str.length-1; str.charCodeAt(j) < 33; j--);
    return str.substring(i, j+1);
}

I couldn’t get the function in Pear’s Math_Statistics to work with non-numeric values, so here’s a function that does.

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<?php
 
/**
 * Calculates the frequently occuring value(s) in an array.
 *
 * @param  array $data
 * @return array
 */
function array_mode($data)
{
    if(!is_array($data)) {
        throw new Exception('First argument $data must be an array.');
    }
    $frequencys = array_count_values($data);
    // Double-check that frequencys are sorted in reverse order,
    // I think array_count_values actually returns in this format
    // already, but the manual doesn't mention it.
    arsort($frequencys);
    $isFirst = true; // Yuk
    $mode = array();
    foreach ($frequencys as $thisValue=>$thisFrequency) {
        if ($isFirst == true) {
            $isFirst = false; // Wince
            $mode[] = $thisValue;
            $modeFrequency = $thisFrequency;
            continue;
        }
        if ($modeFrequency == $thisFrequency) {
            $mode[] = $thisValue;
        }
        if ($modeFrequency > $thisFrequency) {
            break;
        }
    }
    return $mode;
}
 
var_dump(array_mode(array('a', 'a', 'b', 'c', 'd')));
/*
array(1) {
  [0]=>
  string(1) "a"
}
*/
 
var_dump(array_mode(array('a', 'a', 'b', 'b', 'c')));
/*
array(2) {
  [0]=>
  string(1) "a"
  [1]=>
  string(1) "b"
}
*/

mankners…, originally uploaded by i y e r s.

My thoughts precisely. It’s depressing how this stuff has become so popular when there’s such a variety of decent local cider producers within a 25 mile radius of Bristol.

Given the food-miles accumulated importing apples from the UK, France and the Netherlands to Ireland and shipping them back as cider, its a tad ironic that they have to import CO₂ from Poland to make it fizzy.

1. A refund to anyone that has ever paid money for .mac

That’s all.

1. Make a template file (you’ll probably want to add some styles to this).

   ~/Sites/markdown-preview/template.html

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   <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.1//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml11/DTD/xhtml11.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /> <title>Markdown Preview</title> </head> <body> ##markdown## </body> </html>

2. Make the php file, and follow the instructions in the PHP comments.

   ~/Sites/markdown-preview/index.php

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   <?php   /* * Download these and put them somewhere in your php path: * * <a href="http://www.michelf.com/projects/php-markdown/">http://www.michelf.com/projects/php-markdown/</a> * <a href="http://www.michelf.com/projects/php-smartypants/">http://www.michelf.com/projects/php-smartypants/</a> */ include_once 'markdown.php'; include_once 'smartypants.php';   /* * You'll need to change this: */ $markdownDocsDir = isset ($_SERVER['MARKDOWN_DOCS_DIR']) ? $_SERVER['MARKDOWN_DOCS_DIR'] : '/Users/username/Documents';   /* * You'll need to set up BBEdit to use something like this as the Preview Server URL: * * http://localhost/markdown-preview/?file=/ */ $file = $_GET['file']; $text = file_get_contents ($markdownDocsDir . $file); $formatted = SmartyPants(Markdown($text), '2');   /* * Display the formatted text via a simple template. */ $templateFile = './template.html'; $templateText = file_exists ($templateFile) ? file_get_contents ($templateFile) : "##markdown##"; echo (str_replace ('##markdown##', $formatted, $templateText));   ?>

I’ve just unsubscribed from the increasingly inane Lifehacker (cf. Finding-Your-Car and Coffee tips) after reading this little gem:

You’re busy. Your life is a hectic mess. How do you find time to get some exercise? Here are a few tips from Maria Gracia of GetOrganizedNow.com.

• Skip the escalator and elevator. Take the stairs.
• Park at least a block away from work or get off the bus/train a few stops early. Walk the rest of the way.
• Rather than meeting with a friend for lunch, consider going biking, roller blading or swimming together instead.
• Do some calisthenics or ride a stationary bike while watching your favorite television program.
• Do some simple stretches, while you’re on the telephone and you’re on hold.
• Schedule just 10 minutes of exercise per day on your calendar. By the time to month is over, you will have exercised over 300 minutes!

If your life was a “hectic mess”, and you were riding a stationary bike while watching your favourite television program, would you really feel any better about getting your busy hectic mess of a life under control? Well, that’s almost irrelevant because you’ve got at least 10 minutes of exercise scheduled for tomorrow and you can enjoy as many simple stretches as you’ve got minutes on-hold.