Add notes for 2016-03-18

Signed-off-by: Alan Orth <alan.orth@gmail.com>

content/2016-03.md

@@ -97,3 +97,24 @@ Exception in thread "Lucene Merge Thread #19" org.apache.lucene.index.MergePolic
 - I fixed the eleven items with `hi` as well as some using the incorrect `vn` for Vietnamese
 - Start discussing CG core with Abenet and Sisay
 - Re-sync CGSpace database to DSpace Test for Atmire to do some tests about the problematic CUA patches
+- The patches work fine with a clean database, so the error was caused by some mismatch in CUA versions and the database during my testing
+
+## 2016-03-18
+
+- Merge Atmire fixes into `5_x-prod`
+- Discuss thumbnails with Francesca from Bioversity
+- Some of their items end up with thumbnails that have a big white border around them:
+
+![Excessive whitespace in thumbnail](../images/2016/03/bioversity-thumbnail-bad.jpg)
+
+- Turns out we can add `-trim` to the GraphicsMagick options to trim the whitespace
+
+![Trimmed thumbnail](../images/2016/03/bioversity-thumbnail-good.jpg)
+
+- Command used:
+
+```
+$ gm convert -trim -quality 82 -thumbnail x300 -flatten Descriptor\ for\ Butia_EN-2015_2021.pdf\[0\] cover.jpg
+```
+
+- Also, it looks like adding `-sharpen 0x1.0` really improves the quality of the image for only a few KB

public/2016-03/index.html

@@ -189,6 +189,34 @@
 <li>I fixed the eleven items with <code>hi</code> as well as some using the incorrect <code>vn</code> for Vietnamese</li>
 <li>Start discussing CG core with Abenet and Sisay</li>
 <li>Re-sync CGSpace database to DSpace Test for Atmire to do some tests about the problematic CUA patches</li>
+<li>The patches work fine with a clean database, so the error was caused by some mismatch in CUA versions and the database during my testing</li>
+</ul>
+
+<h2 id="2016-03-18:5a28ddf3ee658c043c064ccddb151717">2016-03-18</h2>
+
+<ul>
+<li>Merge Atmire fixes into <code>5_x-prod</code></li>
+<li>Discuss thumbnails with Francesca from Bioversity</li>
+<li>Some of their items end up with thumbnails that have a big white border around them:</li>
+</ul>
+
+<p><img src="../images/2016/03/bioversity-thumbnail-bad.jpg" alt="Excessive whitespace in thumbnail" /></p>
+
+<ul>
+<li>Turns out we can add <code>-trim</code> to the GraphicsMagick options to trim the whitespace</li>
+</ul>
+
+<p><img src="../images/2016/03/bioversity-thumbnail-good.jpg" alt="Trimmed thumbnail" /></p>
+
+<ul>
+<li>Command used:</li>
+</ul>
+
+<pre><code>$ gm convert -trim -quality 82 -thumbnail x300 -flatten Descriptor\ for\ Butia_EN-2015_2021.pdf\[0\] cover.jpg
+</code></pre>
+
+<ul>
+<li>Also, it looks like adding <code>-sharpen 0x1.0</code> really improves the quality of the image for only a few KB</li>
 </ul>
 
   </section>

public/index.xml

@@ -127,6 +127,34 @@
 <li>I fixed the eleven items with <code>hi</code> as well as some using the incorrect <code>vn</code> for Vietnamese</li>
 <li>Start discussing CG core with Abenet and Sisay</li>
 <li>Re-sync CGSpace database to DSpace Test for Atmire to do some tests about the problematic CUA patches</li>
+<li>The patches work fine with a clean database, so the error was caused by some mismatch in CUA versions and the database during my testing</li>
+</ul>
+
+<h2 id="2016-03-18:5a28ddf3ee658c043c064ccddb151717">2016-03-18</h2>
+
+<ul>
+<li>Merge Atmire fixes into <code>5_x-prod</code></li>
+<li>Discuss thumbnails with Francesca from Bioversity</li>
+<li>Some of their items end up with thumbnails that have a big white border around them:</li>
+</ul>
+
+<p><img src="../images/2016/03/bioversity-thumbnail-bad.jpg" alt="Excessive whitespace in thumbnail" /></p>
+
+<ul>
+<li>Turns out we can add <code>-trim</code> to the GraphicsMagick options to trim the whitespace</li>
+</ul>
+
+<p><img src="../images/2016/03/bioversity-thumbnail-good.jpg" alt="Trimmed thumbnail" /></p>
+
+<ul>
+<li>Command used:</li>
+</ul>
+
+<pre><code>$ gm convert -trim -quality 82 -thumbnail x300 -flatten Descriptor\ for\ Butia_EN-2015_2021.pdf\[0\] cover.jpg
+</code></pre>
+
+<ul>
+<li>Also, it looks like adding <code>-sharpen 0x1.0</code> really improves the quality of the image for only a few KB</li>
 </ul>
 </description>
     </item>

public/tags/notes/index.xml

@@ -127,6 +127,34 @@
 <li>I fixed the eleven items with <code>hi</code> as well as some using the incorrect <code>vn</code> for Vietnamese</li>
 <li>Start discussing CG core with Abenet and Sisay</li>
 <li>Re-sync CGSpace database to DSpace Test for Atmire to do some tests about the problematic CUA patches</li>
+<li>The patches work fine with a clean database, so the error was caused by some mismatch in CUA versions and the database during my testing</li>
+</ul>
+
+<h2 id="2016-03-18:5a28ddf3ee658c043c064ccddb151717">2016-03-18</h2>
+
+<ul>
+<li>Merge Atmire fixes into <code>5_x-prod</code></li>
+<li>Discuss thumbnails with Francesca from Bioversity</li>
+<li>Some of their items end up with thumbnails that have a big white border around them:</li>
+</ul>
+
+<p><img src="../images/2016/03/bioversity-thumbnail-bad.jpg" alt="Excessive whitespace in thumbnail" /></p>
+
+<ul>
+<li>Turns out we can add <code>-trim</code> to the GraphicsMagick options to trim the whitespace</li>
+</ul>
+
+<p><img src="../images/2016/03/bioversity-thumbnail-good.jpg" alt="Trimmed thumbnail" /></p>
+
+<ul>
+<li>Command used:</li>
+</ul>
+
+<pre><code>$ gm convert -trim -quality 82 -thumbnail x300 -flatten Descriptor\ for\ Butia_EN-2015_2021.pdf\[0\] cover.jpg
+</code></pre>
+
+<ul>
+<li>Also, it looks like adding <code>-sharpen 0x1.0</code> really improves the quality of the image for only a few KB</li>
 </ul>
 </description>
     </item>