Just an idea, using a cool Inkscape/SVG trick AndyFitz taught at LGM last May 
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update: wrote some python to do the updating, just not sure how to proceed now.
Just an idea, using a cool Inkscape/SVG trick AndyFitz taught at LGM last May
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update: wrote some python to do the updating, just not sure how to proceed now.
oohh. i likey
That is nice one. but if you can post some tangy bluesh background and if this can be PUT at Fedora main-page, Would rock
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And if there is nice embed script for users to put it on blogs/sites (where it will change days automagically) would rock.
Just some thoughts.
Happy Fedora user,
Anshuman.
linuxtruthiness.blogspot.com
Posted by Anonymous | October 21, 2007, 8:19 amGood idea !
Good idea… We are to add it on fedora-fr.org website. How are you going to manage it? Are you planning to update it every day, then pointing to it, nobody but you would have to update it?
Then, isn’t Fedora8 supposed to be released on November the 8th ?
Cheers,
MrTom
Posted by Anonymous | October 21, 2007, 9:38 amsvg file
Can you give a link to the svg file.
I can’t get it through the mailman archive.
Posted by Anonymous | October 21, 2007, 11:58 amI love it!
Posted by jkeating | October 21, 2007, 12:13 pmit’s tw2113
So “Werewolf” won for codename voting? I heard kvass did originally
Posted by Anonymous | October 21, 2007, 4:15 pmAh-ooooo, werewolves of Fedora
I saw a werewolf with a Compviz menu in his hand
Walking through the streets of Boston in the rain
He was looking for a place called Fed Ho Ro’s
Going to get a big dish of packages Yum mein
Ah-ooooo, werewolves of Fedora
Ah-ooooo
Ah-ooooo, werewolves of Fedora
Ah-ooooo
If you hear him howling around your Server door
You better not let him in
Little old admin got mutilated late last night
Werewolves of Fedora again
{Refrain}
Their the hairy-faced gents who ran amok in Swansea,
Lately they’ve been overheard in Raleigh
You better stay away from them
They’ll rip your deb’s out, Mark
Ha, I’d like to meet his lawyer
{Refrain}
Well, I saw David Jones walking with the DVD
Doing the werewolves of Fedora
I saw Jesse Keating walking with the DVD
Doing the werewolves of Fedora
I saw a werewolf making a Respin at Trader Vic’s
His LiveCD was perfect
Ah-ooooo, werewolves of London
Ah-ooooo, werewolves of London
Original Lyrics by LeRoy Marinell, Waddy Wachtel, and Warren Zevon
Mutilated as a Parody by Stephen Smoogen
Posted by Anonymous | October 21, 2007, 6:07 pmRe: Ah-ooooo, werewolves of Fedora
Smooge is my hero.
Posted by mmcgrath | October 28, 2007, 3:29 amI have to type it in by hand? Lame!
And not only do I have to type it in by hand, *and* run a script, I have to do it *every day*. Screw that. The whole reason I got into computers is because I’m exceptionally lazy.
Change the > that closes your <svg> tag into this, and open it in Firefox:
onload="init()"> <script><![CDATA[ function init() { var ship = new Date(2007, 10, 8); var today = new Date(); var diff_ms = ship.getTime() - today.getTime(); var diff = Math.ceil(diff_ms/(1000*60*60*24)); document.getElementById("count-text").childNodes.item(0).nodeValue = diff; } ]]>Laziness maintained: no more work for weeks!
Posted by Anonymous | October 22, 2007, 1:12 amRe: I have to type it in by hand? Lame!
um, no, you don’t have to type it by hand. if you looked at the link i gave in the original post you would see that i meant for a python script to modify the value. my idea was to have a cron script that at midnight every night would update the value and use the inkex library to export a new png using inkscape. sites that wanted to display the counter could simply use the image from the host where the script was running.
the problem with embedding a script in the svg is that this svg has features that firefox can’ render (eg the blur) so it’ll look funky, plus it relies on fonts that most people won’t have…
Posted by mairin | October 22, 2007, 2:40 amRe: I have to type it in by hand? Lame!
any link we can use on our homepages referring to an up2date image?
Posted by Anonymous | October 23, 2007, 2:26 pm