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If you want to post some JPEG pictures but you’re worried that they might have metadata like location embedded in them, here’s how to strip that data out. First, install exiftool using this command: sudo apt-get install libimage-exiftool-perl Then, go into the directory with the JPEG files. If you want to remove metadata from every [...]
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When the Kinect launched, Adafruit Industries ran a contest for the first person who released open-source code to extract video and depth from the Kinect. Adafruit also ended up donating to the EFF after the contest was over. When I was in grad school, I would have loved to have a device like the Kinect. [...]
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I’m starting a contest for people that do cool things with a Kinect. See the details below. Before I joined Google, I was a grad student interested in topics like computer vision, motion self-tracking, laser scanners–basically any neat or unusual sensing device. That’s why I was so excited to hear about the Kinect, which is [...]
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If you’re on Linux (say Ubuntu 10.04, also known as Lucid Lynx), you can switch between the developer (dev) and beta channels of Chrome like this:
Switch from Beta to Dev:
sudo apt-get install google-chrome-unstable
Switch from Dev to Beta:
sudo apt-get install google-chrome-beta
That’s easier for me than going back for the .deb file and doing something with it.
Also, [...]
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