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Guide: Convert comics to PDF without white margins

Posted on May 11, 2014September 27, 2014 by Jon Stacey

The bug bit me this afternoon in the desire to convert some comic book CBR files to PDF so that I could put them in iBooks and have everything in one place. I turned to trusty Calibre to do this, but could not find a combination of settings that wouldn’t mess with aspect ratios and…

A Look at the Value of the Original iPad

Posted on October 4, 2011October 7, 2011 by Jon Stacey

When the iPad was first announced, in January 2010, I posted an initial outlook for the new device. Nearly 2 years has passed since that article, and since then the iPad 2 has been available on the market for quite some time. The question that I asked was, “is the iPad worth it?” Now it…

5-Minute WebDAV Server for Dropbox and iPad Pages, Numbers, and Keynote

Posted on November 23, 2010July 5, 2016 by Jon Stacey

This quick guide will get you set up with a secured simple WebDAV server using Ruby and Rack. The idea is to make your Dropbox accessible through WebDAV. This enables secure saving of documents from the iPad iWork apps back into your Dropbox account.

Is the iPad Worth it? My Initial Thoughts

Posted on January 28, 2010January 28, 2010 by Jon Stacey

We can all breath a sigh of relief that nearly a decade worth of rumors can now be laid to rest in the face of an actual product announcement: the iPad. With the iPad Apple says it is trying to create a new product category, but I think of it more as a merging of…

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