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@lkraider
lkraider / gs-resample.sh
Created March 7, 2017 20:06
Ghostscript PDF quality downsample
#!/bin/sh
# It seems it's very hard to set resample output quality with Ghostscript.
# So instead rely on `prepress` preset parameter to select a good /QFactor
# and override the options we don't want from there.
gs \
-o resampled.pdf \
-sDEVICE=pdfwrite \
-dPDFSETTINGS=/prepress \
@nachivpn
nachivpn / unzip.ps1
Created February 25, 2016 05:01
Unzip a file in powershell by overwriting existing files
function Unzip($zipfile, $outdir)
{
Add-Type -AssemblyName System.IO.Compression.FileSystem
$archive = [System.IO.Compression.ZipFile]::OpenRead($zipfile)
foreach ($entry in $archive.Entries)
{
$entryTargetFilePath = [System.IO.Path]::Combine($outdir, $entry.FullName)
$entryDir = [System.IO.Path]::GetDirectoryName($entryTargetFilePath)
#Ensure the directory of the archive entry exists
@zeroseis
zeroseis / disable-auto-android-file-transfer.md
Created September 14, 2015 17:28
Disable auto start for Android File Transfer
  • Close Android File Transfer
  • Open Activity Monitor and kill “Android File Transfer Agent”
  • Go to where you installed “Android File Transfer.app” (I have it under /Applications)
  • Ctrl+click –> “Show package contents”
  • Go to Contents/Resources
  • Rename “Android File Transfer Agent” to e.g. “Android File Transfer Agent_DISABLED”
  • Then go to “/Users/username/Library/Application Support/Google/Android File Transfer” and again rename the Agent app.
@grantcarthew
grantcarthew / Get-ActiveIP.ps1
Created October 16, 2013 00:16
Determine the active IP address on a Windows machine with PowerShell. http://uglygizmo.blogspot.com.au/
<#
.Synopsis
Returns IPv4 address details for the local machine.
Information is gathered from the active interface being used by the default route.
#>
[CmdletBinding()]
[OutputType([string])]
Param ()
Write-Verbose -Message ("Begin: " + $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Path)
@naveedmurtuza
naveedmurtuza / TextToImage.java
Created July 11, 2013 11:40
Converting text to transparent image
package org.almuallim.utils;
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Font;
import java.awt.Graphics2D;
import java.awt.RenderingHints;
import java.awt.font.FontRenderContext;
import java.awt.font.LineBreakMeasurer;
import java.awt.font.TextAttribute;
import java.awt.font.TextLayout;