Exiftool is awesome
Posted: 2012/01/17 Filed under: Computer, Photography | Tags: example, exiftool, forum, online, output 2 Comments »Using exiftool, you can get the exif data you want from a image pretty quickly in a text format for online use.
Using this command on a bunch of jpg’s in a folder,
exiftool -model -LensModel -ExposureProgram -WhiteBalance -ExposureTime -FNumber -ISO -FocalLength -FocalLengthIn35mmFormat ./*.jpg >> exif.txt
Produces this output, almost ready to use in a forum or wherever you need it!
======== ./DSC_2140-2.jpg
Camera Model Name : NIKON D7000
Lens Model : 35.0 mm f/1.8
Exposure Program : Aperture-priority AE
White Balance : Auto
Exposure Time : 1/1250
F Number : 4.0
ISO : 100
Focal Length : 35.0 mm
Focal Length In 35mm Format : 52 mm
======== ./DSC_2140.jpg
Camera Model Name : NIKON D7000
Lens Model : 35.0 mm f/1.8
Exposure Program : Aperture-priority AE
White Balance : Auto
Exposure Time : 1/1250
F Number : 4.0
ISO : 100
Focal Length : 35.0 mm
Focal Length In 35mm Format : 52 mm
Exiftool has a huge amount of tags (the -somethinghere in the command above) you can use to customize the output. Use exiftool -list -EXIF:All to see them all.
To install exiftool on Mac, get the installer bundle from Pil Harveys’ website http://owl.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/
Mac Not Going To Sleep
Posted: 2011/09/30 Filed under: Computer | Tags: Lion, Mac, Not, Sleep, Unable 2 Comments »Unknown to me, my Mac wasn’t going to sleep anymore for several days or weeks, until I finally noticed it one weekend. NOT a good thing when the computer is on and stuck in a drawer!
Here’s how I finally found out what was keeping it awake.
Open Terminal and type: pmset -g
Look for the line that says “sleep” In my case it said sleep 0 (imposed by 1733) (Normally when everything is hunky-dory, it will just say sleep 0)
What that means, is that process ID 1733 was keeping my Mac from sleeping.
So grabbing that ID and sticking it into this command: ps -ef | grep -e 1733
Gave me this: 0 1733 1 0 8:39pm ?? 0:00.04 /usr/libexec/InternetSharing (It will also spit out a bunch of other stuff but you can see that this was the only relevent item that matched our ID of 1733.)
AHA! So internet sharing was to blame!
Since I don’t need it I have no idea why it was on, but there it was. Turning it off from the Sharing preference pane made my Mac a happy sleeper again.
Apple Preview PDFs Invisible in Adobe Acrobat
Posted: 2011/09/18 Filed under: Linked | Tags: Acrobat, Adobe, Invisible, Preview, Text Leave a comment »
Okay, so I don’t have to research the web for 1 hour again I’m posting this here!!
Correcting PDF Form Field Appearances after Saving with Preview on the Mac.
Text2Link :: Add-ons for Firefox
Posted: 2011/07/17 Filed under: Linked | Tags: Firefox, Mac Leave a comment »Text2Link :: Add-ons for Firefox.
Camera Lens Codes
Posted: 2011/07/10 Filed under: Photography | Tags: Code, Lenses, Name Leave a comment »http://www.mamma-razzi.com/2011/05/lens-model-decrypted-nikon/
http://www.mamma-razzi.com/2011/05/lens-codes-decrypted-canon/
http://www.mamma-razzi.com/2011/05/lens-codes-decrypted-other-brands/
Mac Spamware Companies.
Posted: 2011/06/21 Filed under: Internet, Linked 3 Comments »4Easysoft
4Media
4Videosoft
AirproSoft
Aimersoft
Aiseesoft
AppleXsoft
Aunsoft
AVAide
AVCWare
Brorsoft
Cucusoft
Daniusoft
Doremisoft
iFuniai
ImTOO Software
Studio
iSkysoft
Joboshare
Mac DVD Ripper Soft
Pavtube
Topmediasoft
Wondershare
Xilisoft
What are they? One of the great number of Chinese companies that produce massive amounts of spam. For a great read about these spammers and scammers, have a read of a Macworld editorial.
http://www.macworld.com/article/153685/2010/08/speaking_spammers.html
The Vancouver hockey riot
Posted: 2011/06/16 Filed under: Linked | Tags: Canada, Riot, Vancouver Leave a comment »The riots in Vancouver this past day have everybody shaking their heads, however most people seem to be missing something.
I doubt that the people who started this were Canucks fans, I believe they they were a group of “terrorists” that pre-planned this.
Other people agree with this,
I know Vancouver well. These were NOT hockey fans. They are malcontents and anarchists who wreak havoc randomly. This was pre-planned for this night, regardless of the game’s result. -honsey @ hotair.com
They were seen on a subway drinking heavily before the game, they brought fire extinguishers, Molotov cocktails, gasoline containers, and wore masks and dark hoodies, clearly up to no good.
Quite a handy guide!
Posted: 2011/06/6 Filed under: Linked | Tags: Buyers Guide, iPad, iPod, Mac Leave a comment »Mac Buyer’s Guide: Know When to Buy Your Mac, iPod or iPhone.
Cement in Mail box
Posted: 2011/06/3 Filed under: Internet | Tags: IRC, Mac-Forums Leave a comment »21:43 +BrianLachoreVPI: brb – My neighbour is complaining about cement in his mail box.
21:43 +McYukon: WHAT?
21:44 +McYukon: LOOOOL
21:44 @schweb: uh
21:44 @schweb: ….
21:44 @vansmith: what?
21:44 @vansmith: lol
21:44 @schweb: Maybe it’s a mafia thing
21:44 +dysfuncti0n: nah
21:44 +dysfuncti0n: it’s just a Maryland thing
Irssistats
Posted: 2011/06/2 Filed under: Internet | Tags: Irssistats, Unix Leave a comment »Woot, got Irssistats (IRC log converter) working!
Here’s what it spits out from the irssi logs it reads, http://mcyukon.bzextreme.com/irssistats/mac-forums.html
Cool huh?
