I've found Renamer4Mac to be a very useful tool. I particularly like the "Regular Expression" (grep) search & replace capability. I do a lot of file processing every week which often requires renaming files. I've written Perl scripts for most of my batch jobs, but there is always something new that pops up.
Canadian XC Nationals Finish Line => Ralph Steadman’s The Winners ;-)
I attended the Canadian XC Ski Nationals at Whistler Olympic Park last Sunday to watch my niece race the 15k. She did great. It was cool to see the future Olympic site in action. The stadium concept allowed us to see a lot of skiing from a single vantage point. The Finish Line 😉 --... Continue Reading →
Wow! — Neil Gaiman Reads “Neverwhere”
This is great entertainment. It's very engrossing. It is imaginative 💡 It is scary 😯 It is weird. It has evil characters 👿 It is good. It is personal. It feels very very real. ➡ It is immensely sticky. I can't get it off me 🙂 I completely agree with the final paragraph of this... Continue Reading →
NSFIHA PeeWee’s Win BC Championship
❗ Congratulations Girls ❗ Here is a compilation of articles posted on the web. Will add more to this post as more becomes available. Tournament Summary 2008, Prince George Scores for all the games. Championship Game Radio Broadcast - West Kootenay vs North Shore, March 20, 2008 - Thanks to Telus for funding this &... Continue Reading →
Tibet: nearly 1,000 jailed in Lhasa, Dalai Lama offers to resign – Boing Boing
Boing Boing Blog has a large collection of reading on the Tibetan Protests. Here's the lead of the latest one. Tibet: nearly 1,000 jailed in Lhasa, Dalai Lama offers to resign POSTED BY XENI JARDIN, MARCH 18, 2008 8:42 AM | PERMALINK * Above: cellphone video of thousands of monks and laypeople protesting at Labrang... Continue Reading →