Inkscape at Webspinners
Last weekend I gave a Inkscape presentation at LA Webspinners. It was fun. I think one of the most interesting things to me is that it was a presentation to people who were less familiar with Open Source. Typically I present at LUGs and other Linux related events. I answered lots of questions about open source in general, which was also good.
posted on Mon, 14 Aug 2006 at 02:16 | permanent link
Have a good one
An exit greeting that seems to be gaining popularity is 'Have a good one.' I hate this. Is it really that hard to keep track of the time enough to say 'Have a good morning' or 'Have a good evening'? Suggesting 'Have a good weekend' would be simply crazy talk. 'One' is just so ambiguous; so mediocre; so boring. I feel like replying "Oh, how did you know I was having a colonoscopy today?" as 'colonoscopy' is as viable of a replacement for 'one' as 'morning' is. But, alas, I'm sure these people wouldn't get it. They can't even tell what time of day it is.
posted on Fri, 11 Aug 2006 at 19:13 | permanent link
Inkscape WPG
Tobias Jakobs posted a link to Ariya's blog talking about libwpg progress on the Inkscape mailing list. I read it, got curious, and looked at the source code in their CVS repository. It turns out they have a simple little utility to convert WPG files into SVG. I stole it and converted it into an Inkscape extension.
There are some limitations, and the library is still young. In fact, they still don't have a release. But, it is worth looking into and seeing if any of those WPG files you have from back in "the day" will no work easily with Inkscape.
posted on Tue, 01 Aug 2006 at 02:08 | permanent link