After trying to use a few different methods to get an accurate measure of the length of a snake, I found a piece of software called Snake Measurer (available at Serpentine Widgets) that allows you to measure them using an image after doing some simple calibration. While this works fine, I find it a lacking a few features and so (since I am a geek) I wrote my own, more feature complete version for fun 
There is more informationavailable here
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I have found that editing images in GIMP from within Picasa a little laborious, so I've written a simple button that will allow users to load the currently selected picasa images in gimp.
More information can be found here
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Took the camera out in the yard today and got some video of the little girl exploring. Enjoy 
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After getting my reptile license recently, I have acquired a yearling Jungle Carpet Python, who has been dubbed "Sybil"
She's a lovely little girl, though she's still a little nervous and tends to nibble on your hand a little 
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Ezra achieved his first grading in Karate this evening. He is now a White Belt Yellow Tip
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Introducing Frank the Rooster … the hens are very impressed and have been strutting around with their wings spread trying to get his attention. There are some more pics in the gallery here.
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This bloke is in need of some love and attention. Hopefully he will pull through
Update: Unfortunately he didn't make it. Multiple punctures to his chest cavity, and most probably his lungs, meant that he didn't survive the night 
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I've added some of the projects that I have been working on in my spare time to my page. There is information about a small widget for wordpress that allows users to add a CGIIRC "live chat" login to their page, and added some info about the FlyLife search page that I did last year.
More info available here
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Welcome to the new website for the Swadling family. This will be a place where we can share news and events pertaining to our family. If you are looking for Blake's flyfishing web site, Pocketwater, it can be found at http://www.pocketwater.com.au