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Extracting images from PDFs

Sam — Sun, 16 Aug 2026 06:33:54 GMT

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	The trailing slash is required, otherwise the resulting images will be in the current directory with {{code\|images}} as a prefix.		The trailing slash is required, otherwise the resulting images will be in the current directory with {{code\|images}} as a prefix.

			-all : equivalent to -png -tiff -j -jp2 -jbig2 -ccitt
			-p : include page numbers in output file names

	Note that extracting to the current directory, with a single dot {{code\|.}} (instead of {{code\|images}}) can be confusing, because the images will be written there — but they'll start with a dot and so will be hidden (e.g. {{code\|.-001-000.jpg}}, {{code\|.-001-001.jpg}}, etc.).		Note that extracting to the current directory, with a single dot {{code\|.}} (instead of {{code\|images}}) can be confusing, because the images will be written there — but they'll start with a dot and so will be hidden (e.g. {{code\|.-001-000.jpg}}, {{code\|.-001-001.jpg}}, etc.).

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Form:Photo

Sam — Wed, 12 Aug 2026 00:39:22 GMT

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	\| Date and time: \|\| {{{field \|date_taken \|default={{CURRENTYEAR}}-{{CURRENTMONTH}}-{{CURRENTDAY2}} {{CURRENTTIME}} }}} In UTC.		\| Date and time: \|\| {{{field \|date_taken \|default={{CURRENTYEAR}}-{{CURRENTMONTH}}-{{CURRENTDAY2}} {{CURRENTTIME}} }}} In UTC.
	\|-		\|-
	\| Precision: \|\| {{{field \|date_taken_precision ~~\|default=exact~~ \|input type=radiobutton \|values=exact,day,month,year,circa ~~\|default=exact~~ \|mandatory }}}		\| Precision: \|\| {{{field \|date_taken_precision \|input type=radiobutton \|default=exact \|values=exact,day,month,year,circa \|mandatory }}}
	\|-		\|-
	\| Timezone: \|\| {{{field \|date_taken_timezone }}}		\| Timezone: \|\| {{{field \|date_taken_timezone }}}

File:SAM09259.JPG

Sam — Wed, 12 Aug 2026 00:39:21 GMT

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	{{photo}}		{{photo
			\|date_taken_precision=exact
			\|coordinates_blank=no
			\|coordinates=-32.05361, 115.7491
			\|keywords=Newman Court; Fremantle; streets
			}}

Friday evening in Freo

Sam — Wed, 12 Aug 2026 00:27:26 GMT

Created page with "{{post | date = 2026-08-12 00:18Z | location = Fremantle | timezone = +8 | keywords = Fremantle }} I wandered through Freo to the pub, getting some piccies for the wikis: <gallery> File:SAM09257.JPG File:SAM09258.JPG File:SAM09259.JPG File:SAM09260.JPG File:SAM09261.JPG File:SAM09262.JPG </gallery> And then on to the PSAS gallery: <gallery> File:SAM09265.JPG File:SAM09266.JPG </gallery> {{post footer}}"

New page

{{post
| date = 2026-08-12 00:18Z
| location = Fremantle
| timezone = +8
| keywords = Fremantle
}}

I wandered through Freo to the pub, getting some piccies for the wikis:

<gallery>
File:SAM09257.JPG
File:SAM09258.JPG
File:SAM09259.JPG
File:SAM09260.JPG
File:SAM09261.JPG
File:SAM09262.JPG
</gallery>

And then on to the PSAS gallery:

<gallery>
File:SAM09265.JPG
File:SAM09266.JPG
</gallery>

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File:SAM09266.JPG

Sam — Wed, 12 Aug 2026 00:20:18 GMT

Sam uploaded File:SAM09266.JPG {{photo}}

New page

File:SAM09265.JPG

Sam — Wed, 12 Aug 2026 00:20:12 GMT

Sam uploaded File:SAM09265.JPG {{photo}}

New page

File:SAM09262.JPG

Sam — Wed, 12 Aug 2026 00:20:07 GMT

Sam uploaded File:SAM09262.JPG {{photo}}

New page

File:SAM09261.JPG

Sam — Wed, 12 Aug 2026 00:19:58 GMT

Sam uploaded File:SAM09261.JPG {{photo}}

New page

File:SAM09260.JPG

Sam — Wed, 12 Aug 2026 00:19:50 GMT

Sam uploaded File:SAM09260.JPG {{photo}}

New page

File:SAM09259.JPG

Sam — Wed, 12 Aug 2026 00:19:42 GMT

Sam uploaded File:SAM09259.JPG {{photo}}

New page

File:SAM09258.JPG

Sam — Wed, 12 Aug 2026 00:19:27 GMT

Sam uploaded File:SAM09258.JPG {{photo}}

New page

File:SAM09257.JPG

Sam — Wed, 12 Aug 2026 00:19:19 GMT

Sam uploaded File:SAM09257.JPG {{photo}}

New page

S12

Sam — Wed, 12 Aug 2026 00:18:43 GMT

Sam moved page Achieving a unified data model with Cargo and Page Forms to Achieving a unified data model with Cargo and Page Forms

New page

{{status update
| date = 2018-04-05 05:58 +0000
| timezone = +8
| text = Defining structured data in MediaWiki just using templates with Cargo, this is a good video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6wKXPVuBTU
}}

Module:Chronology

Sam — Wed, 12 Aug 2026 00:14:21 GMT

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	local lang = mw.language.getContentLanguage()		local lang = mw.language.getContentLanguage()
	local cargo = mw.ext.cargo		local cargo = mw.ext.cargo
			local p = {}

	function getPostsList( year )		function getPostsList( year )
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	local post = posts[r]		local post = posts[r]
	if post['_pageName'] ~= year .. ' archive' then		if post['_pageName'] ~= year .. ' archive' then
	out = out .. '* ' .. post['date'] .. ' [[' .. post['_pageName'] .. ']]\n'		out = out .. '* ' .. p.postDateAndTime( post['date'], post['timezone'] ) .. ' [[' .. post['_pageName'] .. ']]\n'
	end		end
	end		end
	return out		return out
			end

			function p.postDateAndTime( date, timezone )
			local lang = mw.language.getContentLanguage()
			local timestamp = string.sub( lang:formatDate( 'YmU', date ), 7 )
			if timezone ~= nil and timezone ~= '' then
			timestamp = timestamp + ( tonumber( timezone ) * 60 * 60 )
			end
			local format = 'F j, h:i'
			return lang:formatDate( format, '@' .. timestamp )
	end		end

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	return out		return out
	end		end

	~~local p = {}~~

	p.main = function ( frame )		p.main = function ( frame )

MediaWiki 1.45

Sam — Tue, 11 Aug 2026 23:18:53 GMT

Created page with "{{post | date = 2026-08-11 23:03Z | location = Fremantle | timezone = +8 | keywords = MediaWiki; upgrades }} I've upgraded Freopedia and ArchivesWiki (and some other wikis on the same server) to MediaWiki 1.45. Everything seems fine so far. {{post footer}}"

New page

{{post
| date = 2026-08-11 23:03Z
| location = Fremantle
| timezone = +8
| keywords = MediaWiki; upgrades
}}

I've upgraded Freopedia and ArchivesWiki (and some other wikis on the same server) to MediaWiki 1.45. Everything seems fine so far.

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An amble to the station

Sam — Tue, 11 Aug 2026 22:56:57 GMT

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	\| timezone = +8		\| timezone = +8
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	}}		}}

Attaching wooden boards to bindings.

Sam — Tue, 04 Aug 2026 02:12:59 GMT

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	{{blog post \|date=2004-04-01T16:56:12+00:00}}		{{blog post \|date=2004-04-01T16:56:12+00:00
			\| keywords = bookbinding; reading
			}}

	The earliest period from which many bindings with wooden boards are extant is the twelfth/thirteenth century. These often have boards of around half an inch – “in some cases the book is thinner than the combined thickness of the two boards.”<~~sup~~>~~<a href="~~#~~1">1</a>~~</~~sup~~> Early boards had square edges but after the 13th they often were beveled, acute or obtuse variously. Inside edges beveled also, especially in German bindings. The inside back edge would be beveled “so that it follows the swelling in the spine”.		The earliest period from which many bindings with wooden boards are extant is the twelfth/thirteenth century. These often have boards of around half an inch – “in some cases the book is thinner than the combined thickness of the two boards.”<ref>All quotes in this post from Bernard C. Middleton classic work “A History of English Craft Bookbinding Technique”, The Holland Press, 1988, ISBN 0 946 323 135. DDC call #: 686.3MID</ref> Early boards had square edges but after the 13th they often were beveled, acute or obtuse variously. Inside edges beveled also, especially in German bindings. The inside back edge would be beveled “so that it follows the swelling in the spine”.

	'''‘Lacing in’:'''		'''‘Lacing in’:'''

	~~<ul>~~		The ''Stonyhurst Gospel''. [Four holes in each of boards and signatures, designated A through to D from top to bottom.]
	~~<li><p>~~The ''Stonyhurst Gospel''. [Four holes in each of boards and signatures, designated A through to D from top to bottom.]~~</p>~~
	<blockquote>“At the start, the threads were twice laced through holes A and C near the back edges of the boards, which were then threaded into the first section, out again at the next holes (B and D) and through the corresponding holes in the boards. The threads were then passed into the second section, along and out again at the starting points where kettle-stiches were made to catch up the first section. This was continued until all the sections were sewn, when the second board was fastened in the same manner as the first. … Grooves were cut in the faces of the boards to accommodate the threads, and V-shaped slots were cut in the backs of the sections to take the stiches.” –p.10
	~~</p></blockquote></li>~~
	<li>All this reading at dinnertime in the library is to decide me on a binding style to begin experimenting with tomorrow. Here it is: I shall sew the signatures on to leather thongs with linen (after the modern style that I learnt at Pritchards<sup><a href="#2">2</a></sup>). Then I shall lace the leather to the ~½in. thich boards using either the ‘tunnel’ method or the ‘over the outside edge’ method (sketches of these to be added when I get near a scanner). That sound okay?</li>
	<li><p>Here is the sketch! [http://samwilson.id.au/wp-content/uploads/2006/11/lacing-in.jpg <img id="image113" src="http://samwilson.id.au/wp-content/uploads/2006/11/lacing-in.jpg" alt="lacing-in.jpg" style="width:95%" />]</p></li></ul>

	_		{{quotation\|At the start, the threads were twice laced through holes A and C near the back edges of the boards, which were then threaded into the first section, out again at the next holes (B and D) and through the corresponding holes in the boards. The threads were then passed into the second section, along and out again at the starting points where kettle-stiches were made to catch up the first section. This was continued until all the sections were sewn, when the second board was fastened in the same manner as the first. … Grooves were cut in the faces of the boards to accommodate the threads, and V-shaped slots were cut in the backs of the sections to take the stiches.}}–p.10

	~~<a name="1">1:</a>~~ All ~~quotes~~ in ~~this post from Bernard C~~. ~~Middleton classic work “A History of English Craft Bookbinding Technique”, The Holland Press, 1988, ISBN 0 946 323 135. DDC call #~~: ~~686.3MID~~		All this reading at dinnertime in the library is to decide me on a binding style to begin experimenting with tomorrow. Here it is: I shall sew the signatures on to leather thongs with linen (after the modern style that I learnt at Pritchards<ref>Which, by the way, seems to no longer exist.</ref>). Then I shall lace the leather to the ~½in. thich boards using either the ‘tunnel’ method or the ‘over the outside edge’ method (sketches of these to be added when I get near a scanner). That sound okay?
	~~</p>~~
	<~~a name="2">2:</a~~> Which, by the way, seems to no longer exist.</em>

	~~[[Category:Miscellaneous]]~~		Here is the sketch!

			[[File:lacing-in.jpg]]

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Nothin’ like a Good Upgrade to Start The Day

Sam — Tue, 04 Aug 2026 02:06:54 GMT

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	Silly person.		Silly person.

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“Sirens in the night”

Sam — Tue, 04 Aug 2026 02:05:04 GMT

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	~~"Rule #1 of local blogging: If you hear fire trucks in the night, in the morning you should be able to find out where the fire was." —~~ Dave Winer, http://scripting.com/stories/2010/10/22/rule1OfLocalBlogs.html		Dave Winer, [http://scripting.com/stories/2010/10/22/rule1OfLocalBlogs.html Rule 1 of local blogs], October 22, 2010:

	~~[[Category~~:~~Reading]]~~		{{quotation\|Rule #1 of local blogging: If you hear fire trucks in the night, in the morning you should be able to find out where the fire was.}}

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Get Blogging!

Sam — Tue, 04 Aug 2026 02:03:29 GMT

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	\| timezone = +8		\| timezone = +8
			\| location = Fremantle
	\| keywords = writing; blogging		\| keywords = writing; blogging
	\| twyne = P26670		\| twyne = P26670

Get blogging

Sam — Tue, 04 Aug 2026 02:02:49 GMT

Redirected page to Get Blogging!

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	}}
	~~This is a good site to point people to when trying to explain why anyone should start a blog:~~

	~~https://getblogging.org~~

	~~{{quotation\|~~
	~~A blog is an easy way to get started writing on the web. Your voice is important: it deserves its own site. The more people add their unique perspectives to the web, the more valuable it becomes.~~
	}}

	~~{{quotation\|~~
	~~Remember that your blog is yours~~! ~~Your posts can contain exactly what you want them to: a sentence of text or a novel-length essay; photos and videos; audio; links and bookmarks. What you want to share is entirely up to you.~~
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Bentley Library

Sam — Mon, 03 Aug 2026 11:44:23 GMT

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	Interesting discussion this morning at Bentley Library about how the Wikimedia movement can fit in to the library's programmes. Thoroughly inspiring! Am looking forward to more.		Interesting discussion this morning at Bentley Library about how the Wikimedia movement can fit in to the library's programmes. Thoroughly inspiring! Am looking forward to more.

	[[File:Bently Library 'Hub' sign on wall.jpg~~\|center\|500px]]~~		<gallery>
			File:Bently Library 'Hub' sign on wall.jpg
			File:Hedley Park, Bentley.jpg
			</gallery>

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More of the bridge

Sam — Sun, 02 Aug 2026 02:41:47 GMT

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	\| keywords =		\| keywords = Fremantle Traffic Bridge; Swan River
	}}		}}

	I've come down to the river's edge to take a few more photos of the bridge. They (the engineers) said (the other day, on the tour) that they'd be starting to pull up the deck and railings already, but that's all pretty hidden behind the side beams unfortunately. The only sign of demolition so far seems to be the people putting up scaffolding underneath. A little boat was pootling around below them waiting to catch them should they fall.		I've come down to the river's edge to take a few more photos of the bridge. They (the engineers) said (the other day, on the tour) that they'd be starting to pull up the deck and railings already, but that's all pretty hidden behind the side beams unfortunately. The only sign of demolition so far seems to be the people putting up scaffolding underneath. A little boat was pootling around below them waiting to catch them should they fall.

	~~{{todo\|Pics}}~~		<gallery>
			File:SAM09419.JPG
			File:SAM09420.JPG
			File:SAM09421.JPG
			File:SAM09422.JPG
			File:SAM09423.JPG
			File:SAM09424.JPG
			File:SAM09426.JPG
			File:SAM09427.JPG
			File:SAM09429.JPG
			File:SAM09430.JPG
			</gallery>


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