For the Love of Suffering
ways to suffer, and not
- A proposed enhancement to Kobo EReaders to support book tracking (2026-11-04)
- Converting a Microsoft Access MDB file to SQLite (2025-06-12)
- Extracting Data from PDF Forms into CSV Files (2021-05-24)
- Using Github Actions to Build and Push Images to Google Container Registry (2020-02-11)
- Plotting Functions for Kids (and Adults) on an Apple Computer (2019-03-24)
This describes a potential Kobo integration that is generic with respect to book logging services; the burden of integration and support is on the book logging service, not Rakuten.
There are probably a few MSAccess MDB files left in the world, let’s convert them to something open and sustainable!
My friend has a cool job helping people stay out of jail in Washtenaw County, Michigan, USA. That lofty mission, like so many these days, is underpinned by the lowly PDF form. I wanted to make her job easier by automating the extraction of data from those forms into a summary spreadsheet.
Even personal projects that make use of Google Cloud Run to minimize costs deserve CI. And they can get it!
To plot functions on the computer, you need to install a program
called gnuplot. See the section below called Installing gnuplot for
how to do that.
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