Posts from May 2018

• LibreOffice custom “Set numbering”/“Restart numbering from” macro

  20 May 2018 | guide libreoffice openoffice basic opendocument numbering | Comment

  Sub RestartNumbering
  	Dim cursor   As Object
  	cursor = ThisComponent.CurrentController.ViewCursor
  	
  	Dim startFrom As Integer
  	startFrom = CInt(InputBox("Restart numbering from:"))
  	
  	cursor.NumberingStartValue = startFrom
  End Sub
  

• Model Standing Orders (Australia/UK meeting procedure)

  19 May 2018 (updated 14 September 2019) | parliamentary procedure meeting procedure | Comment

  Some model Standing Orders for general meetings, committee meetings and so on of organisations using Australia/UK meeting procedure. Based on John Rigg's How to Conduct a Meeting: Standing Orders and Rules of Debate, and the Standing Orders of MUMUS Inc.

  Licensed under the Creative… »

• I'd just like to interject for a moment

  16 May 2018 | dank meme | Comment

  I’d just like to interject for a moment. What you’re referring to as Liberal, is in fact, Liberal/National, or as I’ve recently taken to calling it, Liberal plus National. Liberal is not a stable government unto itself, but rather another political component of a fully… »

• GIF scrolling text marquee with ImageMagick (or: DIY X'trapolis PIDs)

  12 May 2018 | guide gif animation marquee scroll imagemagick linux | Comment

  

  #!/bin/bash
  
  IMWIDTH=336
  IMHEIGHT=24
  STEP=2 #pixels per frame
  FRAMERATE=50 #frames per second
  
  OUTPUT="scroll.gif"
  FONT_PATH=/usr/share/fonts/TTF/LiberationSans-Bold.ttf
  
  MESSAGE="Hello World!"
  
  BACKGROUND="#000000"
  FILL="#ff9c10"
  
  # Make a "unique" prefix for this run
  PREFIX=

  … »