Jonathan Franzone

Dilbert Day: Still Waiting…

August 17, 2017February 18, 2015 by Jonathan Franzone

Ever have one of those days when you feel like you’re in a Dilbert comic? I love it when somebody arranges a meeting for, say, 9:30 AM. It’s a phone conference because I work from home most of the time. 9:30 comes and goes. No call. I reach out back to the co-worker who arranged …

My Entire Ebook Library Online

August 17, 2017May 14, 2014 by Jonathan Franzone

Oh… you didn’t think that title meant I was providing my entire ebook library to the public, did you? Sorry. Thar be no pirates here, maties. This is more of a tutorial on how I make my ebook library available to me. Onward, hoe!

I love using Calibre to maintain my ebook collection. If you have not heard of it and would like more control over your ebooks, then you should take a look. Calibre also has a built in server that you can access via a web browser. This allows you to browse your ebook collection and download them if you like. This is a really neat feature, except that the software has to be running in order to access it.

What I really want is to be able to publish this library and be able to access it from anywhere without any dependence on my computer and the Calibre software running.

This is my solution.

New Blog Design

August 17, 2017March 10, 2014 by Jonathan Franzone

It has been a while since I’ve changed the layout of this blog. I’ve got some plans for more upcoming posts on software engineering, but I wanted to freshen up the feel first. One of my goals was to use the Bootstrap framework to create a responsive layout. In other words, it looks good (or …

What Does the Fox Say?

August 17, 2017September 5, 2013 by Jonathan Franzone

Awesome new song. Of course, when I say awesome, you’re probably going to be thinking… “huh?”

Counting Messages in IMAP Folders in Python

August 17, 2017November 29, 2012 by Jonathan Franzone

Continuing on my last post (), I wanted to show a snippet of Python code that will list a set of IMAP folders and count the number of messages in them. You give it a starting folder and it lists that folder plus all/any sub-folders and their message counts. At the very end it prints …

Listing IMAP Mailboxes with Python

August 17, 2017November 24, 2012 by Jonathan Franzone

I’ve been working on some Python scripts recently to manage my IMAP mailboxes and the information I found on the internet was fairly good, but lacked a completeness that my newbie Python skills required. So, I figured I’d post a complete example to list mailboxes (folders) for your IMAP account. This was developed using Python …

The Gunslinger

August 17, 2017January 5, 2012 by Jonathan Franzone

I just finished listening to The Gunslinger, the first book in the Dark Tower series by Stephen King. This series made it onto my potential reading list because of the suggestion of Scott Johnson, a web cartoonist who also has several podcasts which I enjoy (The Instance, Film Sack!) I am currently training for a …

Hey Microsoft, Where Are My Keyboard Shortcuts!?

August 17, 2017August 19, 2011 by Jonathan Franzone

I recently upgraded to Microsoft Office 2010. I really like the way the design team is going on their newer versions. It is really sleek and nice feeling, but I’ve noticed something missing… my keyboard shortcuts! I’m a Linux guy at heart (I install cygwin on every Windows machine I own and/or use) so performing …

Hackety-Hack, Don’t Come Back

August 17, 2017August 15, 2011 by Jonathan Franzone

Well, this has been a first for me. I was recently hacked on this very blog; or at least it was brought to my attention recently. I suppose it could have taken place a while ago. My hosting provider started sending me notices that my webspace account was generating large amounts of spam mail while …

Thor – Opening Weekend and T-Shirts

August 17, 2017May 7, 2011 by Jonathan Franzone

This is opening weekend for Thor! Geeks of the world unite in celebrating yet another comic book hero brought to life. And while you’re standing in line for tickets or popcorn, why not show that you’re a true Thor fan with one of these cool T-Shirts from NerdyShirts.com.