Script to fix problems in photos with Exif tag 0×0000
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davinci on
September 6, 2009 in
programming and technical issues.
Tags: 0x0000, bash, bug, camera, Canon, Casio, EX-Z1000, EXIF, Exif.Image.0x0000, exiv2, f-spot, IFD0 tag 0x0000 has invalid Exif type 0, IFD0 tag 0x0000 has invalid size, JPEG, Linux, photo, photos, Pointer to next IFD is out of bounds, PowerShot X200 IS, script, shell script.
A number of cameras produce invalid or malformed Exif tags. One common problem that I’ve run into when receiving photos from other people is that the Exif data includes tag 0×0000, which is undefined and causes a number of programs to behave badly. (In particular, this crashes f-spot v5.0.3, which I use to organise my photo collection.)
Two cameras which I know have this problem are the Casio EX-Z1000 and the Canon PowerShot SX200 IS… » [Expand post]« [Collapse post] [Permalink]
Two popular books on the human genome
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I studied information retrieval for bioinformatics applications for my Master’s thesis in computer science. Besides reading technical scientific papers and books on information retrieval and bioinformatics, I also read some popular books on genomics.
The following photo shows two of these… » [Expand post]« [Collapse post] [Permalink]