FlickrUploadr is a Flickr upload tool written in Python and Gtk.
It runs on Linux and probably any platform that are supported by Python and Gtk which is most of the popular ones!
I haven’t tried it yet but have to admit I don’t mind the email uploader. Attach a load of photos and click Send. Simple.
(Thanks Donal!)
Tag Archives: Linux
RAW files thumbnailing
There are 3 ways of creating thumbnails of RAW image files in Nautilus, the Gnome file browser.
Not having thumbnails is very annoying so I’ll try some of these later. The Gnome RAW Thumbnailer looks like the best bet!
Ubuntu: back on the scene
I installed Ubuntu ages ago but never got around to configuring it:
- Firefox didn’t like my .mozilla or .firefox directories. It complained that my default profile was already in use.
- Thunderbird didn’t work either but I can’t remember why. Could have been the same reason.
- Mplayer had to be installed from source. I didn’t want to go through the hassle of installing a compiler and associated development libraries.
This morning I rebooted my Debian desktop, only to discover that it wouldn’t boot again. It complained about needing an old version of modutils. Arrggghhh! Wasn’t this the perfect time to try Ubuntu again?
I rebooted, and managed to massage Firefox and Thunderbird enough that they worked.
Mplayer was still a problem but after looking around a bit here’s the easy way to install Mplayer:
Add this line to /etc/apt/sources.list
deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu hoary multiverse
Do an “apt-get update” and “apt-cache search mplayer” to find the right Mplayer for your CPU.
OOoAuthors.org – OOo as gaeilge
CP Hennessy posted a screenshot of what is the first build of Open Offfice.org as gaeilge (or in Irish for everyone else!)
This is quite exciting because it may help spread the use of Free Software in Irish speaking areas.
Partition Logic
Partition Logic – Partition Magic clone.
Kmymoney – financial tracking software
Screensaver vs Movies
If you use mplayer to play your movies then add this line to ~/.mplayer/config to turn off Xscreensaver. Much better than hitting CTRL every few minutes!
# Write your default config options here!
stop-xscreensaver=1
Squeakland – computing for kids
Niall, who should know, says Squeakland is “incredible”. I haven’t tried it myself, but it’s described as “media authoring tool” and is available for Windows, Mac OS, Linux and Unix! Check the “What is Squek?” page for more.
30 years ago this was a fantasy about how children would learn science and math some day on their own notebook personal “Dynabooks”. After many years of building and testing these ideas, today this scenario is real.
Google Talk on Linux
Google Talk works fine with a Jabber compatible IM client such as GAIM but out of curiousity I tried to install the Windows client so I could use the voice function. Alas, my version of Wine isn’t up to the task. No matter what path I enter in the second dialog the INSTALL button is always greyed out! Others have had more luck installing, but the application doesn’t run yet. (Thanks Feedster!)
How to convert from WMA to MP3
Converting Windows Media Audio files into MP3 format is rather easy with mplayer and lame. My car stereo plays MP3s, so WMA is of no use to me!
This code is based on this script but I have to wonder why they overwrote the wma file?
Piping the output of mplayer into lame is left as an easy lesson for the reader!
for i in *.wma ; do mplayer -vo null -vc dummy -af resample=44100 -ao pcm -waveheader "$i" && lame -m j -h --vbr-new -b 160 audiodump.wav -o "`basename "$i" .wma`.mp3"; done; rm -f audiodump.wav