Here are the results of a vetti afternoon after a pathetic (read Optimisation Techniques) comprehensive exam:

Polaroid

Polaroid of images

ImageMagick simply rocks!!! Here’s the source code for the whole thing:
Shell script to generate the image with the number on it

Code to put them all together into a single file with the polaroid-like frame around it:

The second half is a complete rip-off from here. The first script is also based on the examples from ImageMagick.  The examples are awesome!

The sole reason behind me spending my entire afternoon educating myself (i.e. not studying):  I wanted a series of snaps to be put up on my Gtalk account.  Everyone on my list, do watch out for the Compre Countdown! :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye: