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Author Archives: Dae
SmoothMouse does not work in macOS Sierra
Do not install macOS Sierra if your productivity depends on SmoothMouse, currently it does not work on it. We’ll be investigating the problem soon. Update: sorry, we won’t support Sierra.
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Run Django dev server with Gulp
This is basically an extract from this excellent article by Caktus Group’s Calvin Spealman.
About the author
My name is Eugene, but on the Internet I often go by Dae. Welcome to my personal technical blog. I’m an IT professional, web developer, and producer/investor who works with small teams and SMEs in Europe in various roles involving … Continue reading
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Django: add i18n template tag to built-ins
Django 1.9 allows you to load template tags globally, i.e. without having to include {% load %} statements at the top of each template. The new option is called builtins and you can set it in your settings.py like so … Continue reading
librsvg 2.40.11 breaks resizing in rsvg-convert
rsvg-convert 2.40.11 calculates SVG bounds incorrectly resulting in an empty or cropped image. (See my comment in Homebrew repository and the bug report).
Magnific Popup + HTML5 History API (demo)
A demo of Magnific Popup with unique URLs and browser Back/Forward button support, using HTML5 History API via History.js. GitHub.
SmoothMouse works again in El Capitan DP3
Thanks to Apple for addressing the problem. Hope they don’t break anything else before the release.
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SmoothMouse broken under El Capitan DP2
Do not install El Capitan DP2 if your productivity depends on SmoothMouse. SM won’t work on it. Apple has broken the API for pointer movement that SmoothMouse (as well as Wacom driver) relies on. This is also the reason why Wacom driver … Continue reading
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Watermark images like a pro using Python + Wand + librsvg
This is a Python 2.7 code recipe for applying a semi-transparent vector (SVG) watermark with overlay blending like so: What’s special about it:
Using Python’s urllib2 or Requests with a SOCKS5 proxy
Just a Python 2.7 code sample showing how to make requests using Python’s urllib2 or Requests through a SOCKS proxy.