In my previous post I described a method for eliminating duplicate SmugMug images based on MD5’s. This method does not get all the duplicates. If you uploaded the same image to different galleries, at different times, the SmugMug MD5’s may differ. I don’t know what SmugMug rolls into their MD5 ‘s but I suspect it’s more … Continue reading More on SmugMug Duplicates
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SmugMug Duplicate Image Hunting
One of the many things the developers of Thumbsplus got right was a proper normalized database schema. When I first inspected the layout of a Thumbsplus database I knew I was in good hands. In Thumbsplus image files get unique keys and image galleries are simply lists of image keys. Images can appear in any number … Continue reading SmugMug Duplicate Image Hunting
Let’s Hang Congress
As Mark Twain once rudely noted: “It could probably be shown by facts and figures that there is no distinctly native American criminal class except Congress.” Regardless of your political or sexual orientation it’s hard to disagree. The current Congress is the largest collection of brain-dead fuckwits since the previous Congress and no doubt the next … Continue reading Let’s Hang Congress
Google Earth Image Touring
In a scientific poll of one, (I sampled myself), Google Earth was voted the greatest free program on Earth. The brilliant developers at Google have managed to turn the most unlikely subject, geography, into a video game. And what a game it is! Google Earth doesn’t troll around in an adolescent make believe world. Google … Continue reading Google Earth Image Touring
Fake Programming
I have been a fake programmer for a long time. A fake programmer is someone who writes software to crush personal irritants. Fake programmers are not hackers; they don't enjoy the process of software creation; they don't work for the man and they make piss poor cubicle dwellers. Fake programmers detest industry standards and will … Continue reading Fake Programming
Analyze the Data not the Drivel 