Archive for Quick&Dirty

Quick&Dirty: Exif data

I wanted to rename a bunch of pictures based on the date they were shot, but they got all the same creation date when transferring them to another PC.

Exiv2 saved my life, with the following simple command:

exiv2 -T /pic/name

which simple sets the file timestamp to the date contained in the Exif data. So great!

Quick&Dirty: Firefox GoogleBar

This thing has annoyed me for months now! When typing a keyword in the default GoogleBar in Firefox, my results were displayed using the google.com page.

Living in Belgium, I’ve looked many times in Firefox preferences and in about:config for a parameter to change that option… No way!

Finally, I found this website allowing you to add about any search engine you want, google.be included: mycroft.mozdev.org. Simply add your parameters (country, language, … ) and click on the desired engine to add it to the list. Then select it and start searching!

In my particular case, I had the choice among those search engines.

Quick&Dirty: howto add fonts in Ubuntu

To add fonts (ttf, … ) simply open the file browser, type CTRL+L, type fonts:// in the dialog window, drag&drop your fonts files in that directory and you’re done!

TIP: a good resource for fonts: 1001fonts.com