Greg Pittman

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Louisville, KY

Greg is a retired neurologist in Louisville, Kentucky, with a long-standing interest in computers and programming, beginning with Fortran IV in the 1960s. When Linux and open source software came along, it kindled a commitment to learning more, and eventually contributing. He is a member of the Scribus Team.

Open Source Sensei Emerging Contributor Award 2017 Awesome Article Award 2019 Author Python Contributor Club

Authored Content

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A handy way to add free books to your eReader

How to create a list of new, freely available books from Project Gutenberg.

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Parsing HTML with Python

With a little scripting, cleaning up documentation and other large sets of HTML files can be easy. But first you need to parse them.

30 years on, Perl and its community continue to thrive

Image manipulation using ImageMagick and Perl

Learn how to use the PerlMagick module to organize and manipulate multiple images from the command line.

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Font licensing and use: What you need to know

Just because a font is on your system doesn't mean you should use it any way you want.

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Advanced image viewing tricks with ImageMagick

Manage your digital photo collection better with these tips for the ImageMagick command line-driven image editing application.

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Getting started with ImageMagick

Learn common ways to view and modify images with this lightweight image editor.

Authored Comments

8 Feb 2023

Improve your coding skills with temporal values in MySQL

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8 Feb 2023

Improve your coding skills with temporal values in MySQL

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