Author Archives: stuporglue

Debugging MongoDB Problems In PHP

Coming from the MySQL world, MongoDB presented some challenges to my workflow. With MySQL I usually would create a class or at least a function to pass my queries to so that if I had SQL problems, I had a … Continue reading →

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PHP Protocol Buffer to MySQL (and back!) bridge

Protocol Buffers are a binary data transfer protocol from Google. Google officially supports C++, Java and Python. There are 3rd party libraries that support other languages. I previously mentioned several that support PHP, including the one that we’re using at … Continue reading →

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Automatically Orient Scanned Photos With OpenCV

Most pictures taken these days are digital, and include information inside the picture’s exif tags about the correct orientation. For these types of pictures you can simply use exifautotran and you’re done. Easy Peasy. What about pictures that don’t have … Continue reading →

Posted in Computers, Programming | Tagged facial detection, opencv, python, scanning | Leave a comment

Author Archives: stuporglue

Debugging MongoDB Problems In PHP

PHP Protocol Buffer to MySQL (and back!) bridge

Automatically Orient Scanned Photos With OpenCV

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