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title: Obscure features of JPEG title: Obscure features of JPEG
author: Chris Hodapp author: Chris Hodapp
date: November 24, 2011 date: November 24, 2011
tags: Technobabble, jpeg, image_compression
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*(This is a modified version of what I wrote up at work when I saw *(This is a modified version of what I wrote up at work when I saw

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layout: post title: Hello, World (from Jekyll) (then from Hakyll)
title: Hello, World (from Jekyll) author: Chris Hodapp
date: June 4, 2016
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Here goes another migration of my sparse content from the past 8 years. This time, I'm giving up my Wordpress instance that I've migrated around 3 or 4 times (from wordpress.com, then Dreamhost, then Linode, then tortois.es), and completely failed to migrate this time (I neglected to back up Wordpress' MySQL tables). I still have an old XML backup, but it's such a crufty mess at this point that I'd rather start fresh and import in some old content. I started this post in February 2014. Actually, I might have started
it in July 2013 (while sitting in a Bruegger's Bagels on the same day
that I met up with two people from Urbanalta in what would later
become my full-time job, to be precise). I really don't remember.
Wordpress is a fine platform and it produces some beautiful results. However, I feel like it is very heavy and complex for what I need, and I have gotten got myself into many train-wrecks and rabbit-holes trying to manage aspects of its layout and behavior and media handling. Here goes another migration of my sparse content from the past 8
(er... 10) years. This time, I'm giving up my Wordpress instance that
I've migrated around 3 or 4 times (from wordpress.com, then Dreamhost,
then Linode, then tortois.es), and completely failed to migrate this
time (I neglected to back up Wordpress' MySQL tables). I still have
an old XML backup, but it's such a crufty mess at this point that I'd
rather start fresh and import in some old content.
My nose is already buried in Emacs for most else that I write. It's the editor I work most quickly in. I'm already somewhat familiar with git. So, I am giving [Jekyll](http://jekyllrb.com/) a try. Having a static site pre-generated from Markdown just seems like it would fit my workflow better, and not require me to switch to a web-based editor. I'm going to have to learn some HTML and CSS anyway. Wordpress is a fine platform and it produces some beautiful results.
However, I feel like it is very heavy and complex for what I need, and
I have gotten got myself into many train-wrecks and rabbit-holes
trying to manage aspects of its layout and behavior and media
handling.
(I phrase this as if it were a brilliant flash of insight on my part. No, it's something I started in July and then procrastinated on until now, when my Wordpress has been down for months.) My nose is already buried in Emacs for most else that I write. It's
the editor I work most quickly in. I'm already somewhat familiar with
git. So, I am giving [Jekyll](http://jekyllrb.com/) a try *(later
note: now using [Hakyll](https://jaspervdj.be/hakyll/) instead.)*.
Having a static site pre-generated from Markdown just seems like it
would fit my workflow better, and not require me to switch to a
web-based editor. I'm going to have to learn some HTML and CSS
anyway.
A vaguely relevant [issue](https://github.com/joyent/smartos-live/issues/275) just steered me to the existence of [TRAMP](https://www.gnu.org/software/tramp/) which allows me to edit remote files in Emacs. I just did *C-x C-f* `/ssh:username@whatever.com:/home/username` from a stock Emacs installation, and now I'm happily editing this Markdown file, which is on my VPS, from my local Emacs. For some reason, I find this incredibly awesome, even though things like remote X, NX, RDP, and sshfs have been around for quite some time now. (When stuff starts screwing up, M-x tramp-clean-up-all-connection seems to help a bit.) (I phrase this as if it were a brilliant flash of insight on my part.
No, it's something I started in July and then procrastinated on until
now, when my Wordpress has been down for months.)
I collect lots of notes and I enjoy writing and explaining, so why don't I maintain a blog where I actually post more often than once every 18 months? I don't really have a good answer. I just know that this crosses my mind about once a week. But okay, Steve Yegge, you get [your wish](https://sites.google.com/site/steveyegge2/you-should-write-blogs) but only because I found [what you wrote](https://sites.google.com/site/steveyegge2/tour-de-babel#TOC-C-) about C++ to be both funny and appropriate. *(And then procrastinated another 2 years for good measure.)*
Here's a script I was using to convert links from some other failed-Markdown-conversion from earlier: A vaguely relevant
{% highlight python %} [issue](https://github.com/joyent/smartos-live/issues/275) just
import re, sys steered me to the existence of
[TRAMP](https://www.gnu.org/software/tramp/) which allows me to edit
remote files in Emacs. I just did *C-x C-f*
`/ssh:username@whatever.com:/home/username` from a stock Emacs
installation, and now I'm happily editing this Markdown file, which is
on my VPS, from my local Emacs. For some reason, I find this
incredibly awesome, even though things like remote X, NX, RDP, and
sshfs have been around for quite some time now. (When stuff starts
screwing up, M-x tramp-clean-up-all-connection seems to help a bit.)
def repl(m): I collect lots of notes and I enjoy writing and explaining, so why
return "[%s](%s)" % (m.group(2), m.group(1)) don't I maintain a blog where I actually post more often than once
every 18 months? I don't really have a good answer. I just know that
urlRe = re.compile(r'<a href="([^"]+)">([^<]+)</a>') this crosses my mind about once a week. But okay, Steve Yegge, you
for line in sys.stdin: get
n = 1 [your wish](https://sites.google.com/site/steveyegge2/you-should-write-blogs)
while (n > 0): (line, n) = urlRe.subn(repl, line) but only because I found
sys.stdout.write(line) [what you wrote](https://sites.google.com/site/steveyegge2/tour-de-babel#TOC-C-)
{% endhighlight %} about C++ to be both funny and appropriate.
It mostly just turns HTML links to Markdown ones. Simple, but I find it useful. Someone else probably knows a Python one-liner to do it. Whatever.
Test code stuff:
{% gist 8874941 %}
To-do list items:
- Learn some freaking CSS. (Or [SASS](http://sass-lang.com/)?)
- Read [Building a Blog with Jekyll](http://flippinawesome.org/2013/10/28/building-a-blog-with-jekyll/)
- Install markdown mode for Emacs.
- Figure out how to sensibly get image thumbnails. (Or, [do it from Flickr](http://blog.pixarea.com/2012/07/fetch-images-from-flickr-to-show-in-octopress-slash-jekyll)? Or [here](http://www.marran.com/tech/integrating-flickr-and-jekyll/))