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Changing Dates in DokuWiki
After having switched my blog to DokuWiki, I began to import old posts of my Drupal-based blog. In doing so, I wanted to keep the creation dates of articles and comments. If you have to do something similar, here is how I did it.
Switching to DokuWiki
After having used many CMS (Drupal, Joomla, spip), wikis (DokuWiki, PmWiki, MediaWiki, MoinMoin) and blog engines (Wordpress, DotClear), I decided to extend my knowledge of DokuWiki by using it also for this blog. My motivation is to develop an expertise which is reusable in other contexts, although I will continue to use several of these.
Why especially DokuWiki? Here is my rationale in a few words. Alongside, I will give strong points of all these solutions in case it helps some to filter them for their usage.
QuickCheck-like Framework for C++
I just published a preliminary version of QuickCheck++, an attempt at bringing some of the benefits of Haskell's QuickCheck to C++.
As already said, I quite like the QuickCheck concept of specifying properties rather than a few ad-hoc test cases.
In the past, I sometimes missed QuickCheck when I was coding in some language other than Haskell. It won't be the case anymore for C++ as I just published QuickCheck++, a QuickCheck-like framework for C++.
It is a mix between imperative unit testing approaches à la JUnit, and an approach à la QuickCheck, using property specifications and randomly-generated test cases.
Yet another stupid framework or useful stuff? I have not used it seriously yet so I couldn't say. I'll keep you informed. In the meantime, why not try it for yourself and let me know what you think?
Booklet Script
Here is a script to make a booklet from a PDF document.
When I must print a document, I like to print it in booklet format, i.e. with two pages per page and reordered pages so that when printed on a duplex printer and folded, it makes a little book. These booklets allow an easy read, consume less paper, takes less space on my desk (or in my pocket) and I find them somehow cute.
Geek Comic Strip
Have a look at 0xBABAF000L and have fun with Debby, Gnut, the Dukes and the others!
