The problem with PDFs is that when you get a form online, it’s seldom editable, which means that you’ll have to print it out, fill it in, scan it back to your computer before e-mailing it back.
Formulate is a neat freeware that solves this problem. You load in a PDF, type what you want in a little text field at the bottom of the page and then click on the PDF where you want the text to appear and voila, instant neatness.
[via FreeMacWare]
Yes! I managed to get Quicktime’s Sequence Grabber working in my application. It’s not rocket science, but coming from someone who has no formal programming training, I’m mighty proud of myself. Right now, it works only in preview mode and draws the video input of the firewire camera to an NSQuickDrawView in my Cocoa application. The next step is to figure out how to save the movie as well as implement some sort of dialog box to control the input source. I don’t think I can access the Quicktime settings dialog box from Cocoa so I’ll probably have to do some more reading up on Carbon event handling.
Programming is more fun when you actually get somewhere.
An acquaintance broadcasted her birthday party invitation on MSN. Theme parties seem to be the rage and hers was called “Orientals and Niggers”. Maybe for the MTV generation, the N word no longer carries the loaded meaning it used to have. In fact, this word has probably been appropriated by the African American community just like how Queer has been reclaimed by the gay community. However, shouldn’t we at least try to be equally hip and use Chink, Gook, FOB or Slant-eyed instead of Oriental?