Archive for August, 2010
Converting multiple PDFs to plain text in GNU/Linux
Yesterday, I wanted to convert over a hundered PDFs to plain text to allow for easier and quicker copying and pasting during product updates for a client. After a short while searching I found a nice and effective way to go about it, and I’m very pleased with how it handles line breaks and paragraphs.
Google, please don’t let the Wave die out
Update: there is a campaign to save Google wave at http://www.savegooglewave.com/ Google Wave really struck me with its potential when I first saw what it was about. Adding the persistence of email to the real-time nature of instant messaging in an environment open to multiple participants was one of those things that now seems so [...]