Testing out a blogging client for linux
My first test w/ the new tool:
Drivel is an open-source blogging client for Linux (64-bit Kubuntu 9.04 in my case) that allows me to write on my computer & upload to the blog for your reading pleasures.
The most recent version of Drivel (v2.0.3) was released in 2006. Don't expect anything really exciting as far as the program interface is concerned... because you'll only be setting yourself up for tremendous disappointment.
Once you've set your expectations for lame, you should be ready to move onward with installation of your new software...Since I use Kubuntu, this was no trouble.
Using KPackageKit to search for the terms 'blog' & 'client' was not particularly helpful. Since there are so many partially developed titles available a quick trip to google was in order. It's often easier for me to think of google in terms of how 'god' might make His presence felt as the embodiment of such a search engine. I prayed for "best linux blog tool" and the many-faceted response of The Almighty was that there weren't any worthwhile blogging clients for linux, so i should just give up and pray for "best place to find a stolen copy of windows". Since that wasn't an option for me, I went back to the package manager and picked Drivel.
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- Login Screen
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- Compatible blog formats
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- The interface
Going Forward:
All calls for luck & satisfaction aside, a successful integration of Drivel into the tools I use on a daily basis will encourage greater throughput from my fast-flying-fingers(-of-fury) directly to the pleasure centers of your skull. An unsuccessful attempt at the same should result in zero net change from your perspective... so perhaps you shouldn't worry your pretty little skull.
We'll see how well it works. In the meantime, think about the difference between quality & quantity... your essay will be due tomorrow when class starts.
p.s. What could possibly be a better name for some tool that I might choose to encourage my writing?!? Given the clear accuracy of said tool as an adjective to describe my often inarticulate attempts @ authorship, I shouldn't be surprised that there are so few visitors to the site as of late :P Perhaps this tiny program can help me change that!
p.p.s. Drivel didn't make the pictures work... unfortunately, I had to make that happen with WYSIWYG in WordPress
From their website:
Drivel is a GNOME client for working with online journals, also known as weblogs or simply ‘blogs’. It retains a simple and elegant design while providing many powerful features, including:
- Support for LiveJournal, Blogger, MovableType, Advogato, and Atom journals (systems based off these are also supported, including WordPress and Drupal)
- The ability to post, edit, delete, and view recent entries
- Integrated spellchecking and HTML syntax highlighting
- Offline composition and editing
- Automatic recovery in the event of a crash
- Journal system extensions, including LiveJournal security groups and MovableType categories
International man of something
Aloha from Quebec City!
It's a balmy 21 degrees here as I write... but fortunately i'm in the comfort of a healthfood & supplement store. Escape the heat... that's what I say!
So, first on my list of things to discuss is the delicious beer i'm sipping. Surprising that I'd find it in a healthfood store? Merhapsy... but consider this; beer is delicious... and I don't care where I get it from as long as i'm gettin' it.
observez-vous... la Biere:
Okay, so... for my next trick I'm going to finish the rest of my 2nd beer then dip out of this crystal-crunching douchebaggery and find myself another place to write from. My toes are getting cold from not wandering.
Adios,
le D.g.
Good Friday Extra Double-fun Carismatic Blaster Action!!!! Double-Link Extravaganza!!!!
Yeah, yeah, yeah...
We've all heard it: 'the internet is for porn.' I hear there's even a music video. The reality of the matter is that the net is changing the way we do everything. Whether I'm shopping for a car or a book, or just trying to keep myself entertained... i'm no longer reliant on a passive informational medium to get my extra-sensation information.
But you might ask me, "What's that mean?"
Let me elaborate
Since we came up with the idea of using radio-frequency to transmit information, the primary method of doing so has been thru either traditional radio, or with televisions. How do you interact with your television or radio though??? Well, you don't really -- you just sit there and absorb whatever it is that you're being told.
It's kinda like going to church on Easter Sunday... you get dressed up, you wander down to your local info-saloon, your bartender serves you a drink, you drink, you leave. There's no interaction involved... nobody asks you what you want, no consideration is given to your mood or feeling... you just get what you're given.
The internet is doing something very interesting to the culture of sales. Instead of advertising at you, businesses are trying to engage your readership by generating content that you're interested in. The whole idea is that we are no longer being broadcasted at, instead we're being presented with a million different portals of information that we can walk thru. We can go 24/7. We can go in our underwear, or nothing at all. We can go when we're "working"... as i'm about to illustrate:
For Starters...
Here's a good one for starters -- http://www.academicearth.org/
There's about a million (not really that many, still plenty) cool looking videos here. They're all from professor-types... and there's a range of topics. I was particularly intrigued by the MIT Course Lectures!!! that's right folks... you can go to school at MIT for free if you have a computer with web access.
Which brings me to...
...my next extravaganza link -- http://laptop.org/en/
The idea is this -- by sending these 'rugged, low-cost, low-power, connected' laptop w/ educational software & content preinstalled, the One Laptop Per Child group is putting computers in schools for 6-12 year-olds. The kids get to take the laptop home, and the child can use all sorts of open-source (free) software with the laptop.
Well, i guess that's not really much of an extravaganza... but if I get some interested comments, i'll post more of these sorts of links up. If you'd like to be getting posts by e-mail, you can signup for my feed with your RSS reader... it's quick and painless... like waxing... only much less painless.