Hello folks, I am Oludolapo Soboyede, fondly known as Olu, Dolapo or simply Dee. Welcome to Wonderous Ponder, my personal space on the Internet. I am the founder of Yinkos, a UK-based IT company. I enjoy reading, blogging, coding, singing and playing musical instruments (piano and the guitar to a small extent) – you can listen to my music here, listening to a wide variety of music and watching movies. On this blog I write about various topics of interest, including IT, philosophy, reviews, etc. Enjoy.
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Hi Folks, In this post I talk about an easy way to convert Ogg audio files to MP3 using the terminal. You can do this easily if you have FFmpeg installed. FFmpeg is a complete cross-platform to record convert, and stream audio and video. Here’s the command to use: ffmpeg -i your-input-file.ogg your-output-file.mp3 That’s it! … Continue reading How to convert Ogg audio files to MP3
Hi Folks, In this post I cover how to resize images easily with the terminal using ImageMagick. We cover 2 scenarios. The first is if you want to maintain aspect ratio while the second is if you want the resulting image to have a specific width and height, regardless of aspect ratio. Resizing Images while … Continue reading How to resize images with the terminal using ImageMagick
Hi Folks, In this post I’ll talk briefly about an interesting tool called DNF. Recently I was trying to install dependencies in a Red Hat linux docker image and ran into issues using yum. After consulting with a very knowledgeable colleague, I learnt that I could resolve the problem by using DNF. I tried DNF … Continue reading Getting Dandy with DNF
Hi Folks, In this post I talk about an awesome application called Inkscape. What’s Inkscape? Inkscape is a free and open-source software an application for creating vector graphics. Vector graphics are a form of computer graphics created directly from geometric shapes defined on a cartesian plane, e.g. points, lines, curves and polygons. You can use … Continue reading Introduction to Inkscape
Hi Folks, In this post we describe how to reduce the space between bullet points and text in lists in MS Word. To do this: Select the list In Home toolbar click the line spacing icon Click Line Spacing Options… the paragraph dialogue will appear. In the Indents and Spacing tab, under Indentation section, find … Continue reading How to reduce the space between bullet points and text in lists in MS Word
