I tend to get Visio diagrams from people every once in a while. Most of the time it's the vsd type, not even the xvsd (or xml based) version. Even if I had the xvsd, I'm not sure what exactly I could do with it.
Visio does have the capabilities of exporting to SVG (at least the latest release does) but I find that they don't import properly into Inkscape. It's strange but they seem to display properly elsewhere.
The answer to this issue? Another intermediate step -- use PDF. Visio can also export to PDF directly. (Or maybe you need a plugin?)
This PDF renders correctly and when you import it into Inkscape it shows up correctly too.
Now to test another file type... Visio can export into Autocad format!!!
I just recently discovered that you can convert DWG to SVG. I haven't tried the Cad2SVG tool yet, but I'm hopeful it will also provide an SVG that's usable in Inkscape.
By the way, if you're wondering why I'm so eager to go with SVG? It's simple -- it looks good and you can zoom without losing detail (very handy with an iPhone!) And if you don't believe that there's a lot of SVG out there, check out http://svg.startpagina.nl/.
-P
Monday, 2 November 2009
Saturday, 31 October 2009
Ubuntu 9.10 on MacBook Pro
So Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) is out and in the usual way, I went ahead and did the upgrade from 9.04. Did I have any issues? Not really, the servers were a little slower than I'm use to which I'd expect.
After the upgrade I discovered that my O2 USB data card (a Novatel Ovation) wouldn't work. However, I manged to get it working after a reboot. (Not sure why.)
Wifi works, keyboard + multitouch pad worked, bluetooth keyboard + mouse worked, sound worked. What seems to not work? Well, when I put the machine to sleep and it comes up, I ALWAYS get a crash report which says that there was a kernel crash of sorts and that the system would be unstable.
Does this annoy me? Yes. Does it stop me from still using the system (i.e. is it really unstable?) No.
I haven't finished trying out all the usual apps that I use, but so far, I'm happy with the result.
Now, I can't wait to upgrade my Myth Server at home! I have seen there are a LOT of really cool things in that arena!
-P
After the upgrade I discovered that my O2 USB data card (a Novatel Ovation) wouldn't work. However, I manged to get it working after a reboot. (Not sure why.)
Wifi works, keyboard + multitouch pad worked, bluetooth keyboard + mouse worked, sound worked. What seems to not work? Well, when I put the machine to sleep and it comes up, I ALWAYS get a crash report which says that there was a kernel crash of sorts and that the system would be unstable.
Does this annoy me? Yes. Does it stop me from still using the system (i.e. is it really unstable?) No.
I haven't finished trying out all the usual apps that I use, but so far, I'm happy with the result.
Now, I can't wait to upgrade my Myth Server at home! I have seen there are a LOT of really cool things in that arena!
-P
Organising when you don't have time...
Do you seem to not have enough time in the day to do everything you need? I know I do and it's a pain to try to juggle everything, prioritize, and then do the things you CAN do and leaving those things you can't for another day.
That's one reason I wish I could have a clone... or a mini-me! :-)
But, it seems that there's another way.
You can use a service like My Home Personal Assistant to help you do the tasks you don't have time to do. It may sound lazy, but I've started with the ironing. I also know my car needs to get serviced soon and that means I don't have to take a day to do that too. What else is there?
-P
P.S. Cloning myself would be a bad idea, I'd probably argue over which one of me would get to do what! We'd fight over going on vacation, and we all would have to eat too, imagine the food bill.
That's one reason I wish I could have a clone... or a mini-me! :-)
But, it seems that there's another way.
You can use a service like My Home Personal Assistant to help you do the tasks you don't have time to do. It may sound lazy, but I've started with the ironing. I also know my car needs to get serviced soon and that means I don't have to take a day to do that too. What else is there?
-P
P.S. Cloning myself would be a bad idea, I'd probably argue over which one of me would get to do what! We'd fight over going on vacation, and we all would have to eat too, imagine the food bill.
Friday, 16 October 2009
Amazing headphones; amazing service
As a requirement for work we wanted to get some headphones.
After looking around we found some: Sennheiser PC166.
They seemed decent, had good review and so the search for a reseller began. I look at the usual places, Amazon, Froogle, etc. and ended going to http://www.best4headsets.co.uk/
The order was placed for 1 to test and to my amazement, we had them the next day!
We then "tested" them and found the headphones to be really good. Excellent!
We're now going to purchase 8 more. ;-)
It's nice when things go smoothly.
-P
After looking around we found some: Sennheiser PC166.
They seemed decent, had good review and so the search for a reseller began. I look at the usual places, Amazon, Froogle, etc. and ended going to http://www.best4headsets.co.uk/
The order was placed for 1 to test and to my amazement, we had them the next day!
We then "tested" them and found the headphones to be really good. Excellent!
We're now going to purchase 8 more. ;-)
It's nice when things go smoothly.
-P
Thursday, 24 September 2009
New TV Season starting
The new TV Season has started and with it there's a lot of shows continuing (Yay, Heroes!) and some new ones that I'll have to check out.
Ah, if I only had enough time in a day.
However, I'm thinking of getting the episodes for my iphone and watch it while travelling.
;-)
-P
Ah, if I only had enough time in a day.
However, I'm thinking of getting the episodes for my iphone and watch it while travelling.
;-)
-P
Restarting a Polycom (and others) from within Asterisk
It's been a while...
Useful tidbit in Asterisk to reload a phone without going to it to restart it manually.
This allows you to make any changes to the phone system and then have the phones pick up that change after hours or anything like that.
Cool!
-P
Useful tidbit in Asterisk to reload a phone without going to it to restart it manually.
sip notify polycom-check-cfg user1[user2 ...]
This allows you to make any changes to the phone system and then have the phones pick up that change after hours or anything like that.
Cool!
-P
Friday, 19 June 2009
IPhone OS 3.5?
The iPhone OS 3.0 came out and I managed to upgrade within 30 minutes of the release. I'm happy with the extra functionality, but there's some stuff I wish would have been included.
So what are the things that should be included in the next release?
How about RSS feed subscription and updates? I don't want to sync with iTunes just to get podcast updates! I want to be able to download them by just clicking on "Refresh" in the podcast window instead of having to go to the "iTunes Store."
How about uploading your pictures to Flickr or Picassa from the photo app?
Anything else you can think of?
Yes, I know you can buy separate apps for these but it would be nice if it were all included.
I guess someone has to make a living by making things people want or need?
-P
So what are the things that should be included in the next release?
How about RSS feed subscription and updates? I don't want to sync with iTunes just to get podcast updates! I want to be able to download them by just clicking on "Refresh" in the podcast window instead of having to go to the "iTunes Store."
How about uploading your pictures to Flickr or Picassa from the photo app?
Anything else you can think of?
Yes, I know you can buy separate apps for these but it would be nice if it were all included.
I guess someone has to make a living by making things people want or need?
-P
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