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For the organised (or unorganised) packrat, Yojimbo is just one of those tools that you have and 99% of the time it’s in the background, ie. I just throw stuff into it and know it’s there safely in the background where I may need it, one day, like say, tax time.

Sometime ago I was working on a project that required me to store PDF’s in a backend database, but, during the import I needed to extract some key meta data from the file and present it in a sidebar info panel about the document being worked on.

Anyway things went well - we used a variety of sample PDF’s in our testing, everything from client provided Windows MS Office PDFs, Acrobat PDFs and a few from Mac OS X’s “Print PDF” function. Of course on day 1 of the update going on trial we got a user report that the system has thrown up an error and wouldn’t import a PDF.

Well Yojimbo just did the same thing to me, and it turned out to be the same sort of problem.

Just a quick note to advise you all that our EasyTable component has been approved by the Joomla Extension Directory Yay!

Today I’d like to introduce EasyTable for Joomla, which can be found on the (temporary) See People Software website. If you don’t want to read my waffle, then click on the EasyTable link and download the component. Please bear in mind this is not the official release, it should only be used for testing at this point in time. Sometime after JoomlaDay Sydney I’ll endeavour to release the 1.0 production ready version for public consumption.

Well to start the week off on a high our spam pot for Tuesday 17 March is more that $40 Million US dollars!

This is just spam that makes it through the ISP's filters and into the Junk folder of Mail, no one really knows how much money I'm really missing out on.

For your edification and enjoyment copies of the promissory notes are included after the jump.

Webkit, for the uninformed, is the Open Source engine at the heart of Apple's Safari for Macs & Windows and Apple's Mobile Safari for the iPhone. Now for the non-Apple fan before you start ragging on a great piece of OSS bear in mind that WebKit is also at the heart of Google's Chrome and a range of other browsers and pieces of software, including a range of new mobile phones from the likes of Nokia and Samsung.

Wow, 8 years ago The Onion proved it's prophetic abilities with this fictional piece about GW's Inauguration speech.

Bush: 'Our Long National Nightmare Of Peace And Prosperity Is Finally Over'

[From Bush: 'Our Long National Nightmare Of Peace And Prosperity Is Finally Over' | The Onion - America's Finest News Source]

Can't wait for a similarly prophetic piece on Obama! Even Clinton's work to eliminate the US deficit by 2012 has gone out the window.

I'm not sure where John Gruber get's the time to find all of the items he posts but damm, some of them just need to passed along.

Balloon Animals Getting It On ★
Possible NSFW. Definitely awesome.

(Via Mikey-san.)

[From Daring Fireball]

Well it's now a week since we got news of another massive security hole in Microsofts Internet Explorer and the only thing that MS have done is confirm that it's worse than originally believed.

TechNet Security

[From Microsoft Security Advisory (961051): Vulnerability in Internet Explorer Could Allow Remote Code Execution]

Well it's that time of year again - Movember!