Recreating raster images as SVGs: part 2
wherein our hero manually optimizes our image to reduce it's size
When last we spoke we had just finished discussing the merits of delivering assets as SVGs instead of PNGs, or other raster formats. We found that SVGs offered greater file size savings and compressibility while simultaneously offering superior image quality. We also saw that we …
Posted by Orville Bennett on 31 January 2015
Recreating raster images as SVGs: part 1
Or, how to compress an image by 98% while getting a superior quality
Lazyweb, I'm going to share something with you today that I hope blows your mind. I'm going to show you how utterly awesome SVGs are for certain types of images. What I'll be doing is recreating an image of an owl with a chevron background. Here is the source image:
As you see, …
Posted by Orville Bennett on 27 January 2015
Git Troubleshooting
I've had the fortune of being an early adopter for Git as a version control system. A part of this early adoption involves getting bleeding edge software to work alongside older, more decrepit software. Such was the case when using git as my subversion (svn) client.
Posted by Orville Bennett on 18 January 2015
Contributions
I was just thinking about all the projects I've contributed code to in the past and thinking, "Huh. That's quite a sizeable list."
The list goes something like this:
Posted by Orville Bennett on 15 January 2015
On Installing Ubuntu 14.04 LTS on a 2011 Macbook Pro
Background
What I'll be showing you today is how to rescue your 2011 Macbook Pro by putting Linux on it. I understand you might be asking "Why would I do such a thing!?" So imagine this scenario:
Posted by Orville Bennett on 30 November 2014
Avoid tar: Removing leading `/' from member names message in backup scripts
I recently figured out how to get rid of an annoying message that came from the tar backup program that I'd like to share. I have servers that I've set up to do hosting for some clients. Since they're actually paying for this service I also perform regular backups. This would be…
Posted by Orville Bennett on 11 October 2014