Archive for October, 2008
Monday, October 27th, 2008
This function will dynamically create a jpeg from the string you provide. It even handles multi-line strings.
function str_to_jpg($str, $file) {
$lines = explode("\n", $str);
$number_lines = count($lines);
$image = imagecreate(1000, ($number_lines * 16));
$background = imagecolorallocate($image, 0, 0, 0);
$text = imagecolorallocate($image, 255, 255, 255);
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Sunday, October 19th, 2008
I took a ride to Pedestal Rock Saturday. I had heard of Pedestal Rock from a friend earlier in the week. I was surprised to hear about it, I thought I knew of all of the odd natural places around.
It was cold on Saturday morning. I had planned to leave ...
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Monday, October 13th, 2008
I acquired an Alpha LED sign in a '$1 it's broke' Ebay action. Using my undergrad EE skills, I replaced the fuse and had a working sign.
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(Also note some of my totally awesome collection of Internet Appliances)
Thing is, I have nothing to use it for. I was going to make ...
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Sunday, October 12th, 2008
I had the good idea of filming a run up St. Mary's Mountain, one of my favorite places to take a quick ride.
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The video came out horrible. My ex vibrates a lot more than the ZZR did, so much so that the video will give you a seizure if you ...
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