DRM Round-up: Q2 2019

Another day, another migraine.

—Squidward, SpongeBob SquarePants: The Broadway Musical

Let's see what's happened since March.

I have a policy of refusing to purchase any eBooks encumbered with DRM, which I observe strictly. My frustration has grown so immense that I have begun cataloguing

The 2019 Tony Awards opening highlights everything wrong with the Broadway industry

James Corden's opening number to the 73rd annual Tony Awards is an exhilirating visual spectacle, a love letter in song and dance to the magic of Broadway theatre. It's obviously been a lot of fun for the performers to put on, and extremely well-received by… »

Australian Road Rules: Indicating left when exiting a roundabout

Consider the situation in the following diagram:

Car A is approaching a roundabout and wishes to exit the roundabout at the third exit.

Question. What indicators should the driver use in this situation?

Answer. Indicate right when entering the intersection, continue indicating right until approaching… »

Snippet: Converting SVG with embedded CSS fonts to PDF

This is a snippet of Python code that can be used as a framework for converting SVG files with embedded CSS fonts (@font-face) to PDF, maintaining the font embedding.

import base64
import os
import re
import subprocess
import uuid

#from fontTools.ttLib import TTFont