Steven Rosenberg's microblog of short posts https://passthejoeupdates.nfshost.com/ Think globally, microblog locally en http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss steven@stevenrosenberg.net (Steven Rosenberg) steven@stevenrosenberg.net (Steven Rosenberg) Writing with Vim, especially for Mac users https://passthejoeupdates.nfshost.com/2014_0724_writing_with_vim Writing with #vim, especially for #mac users https://lilii.co/aardvark/writing-with-vim

]]> Fri, 24 Jul 2015 09:36:25 UTC https://passthejoeupdates.nfshost.com/2015/07/24/09/36/25/ Paragraphs in the Web - a deep dive into typography https://passthejoeupdates.nfshost.com/2014_0724_paragraphs_on_the_web Take a deep dive into paragraphs on the web https://lilii.co/aardvark/paragraphs #CSS #javascript

]]> Fri, 24 Jul 2015 09:33:46 UTC https://passthejoeupdates.nfshost.com/2015/07/24/09/33/46/ 11 JavaScript Code Snippets for Dynamic Web Projects https://passthejoeupdates.nfshost.com/2015_0723_11_javascript_code_snippets 11 #JavaScript code snippets for dynamic web projects https://webdesignledger.com/tips/javascript-code-snippets

]]> Thu, 23 Jul 2015 19:48:17 UTC https://passthejoeupdates.nfshost.com/2015/07/23/19/48/17/ Reasons for choosing Perl web framework Mojolicious https://passthejoeupdates.nfshost.com/2015_0723_reasons_to_use_mojolicious From @jhthorsen: Reasons for choosing Perl web framework Mojolicious http://thorsen.pm/perl/programming/2015/07/10/a-restful-backend.html

]]> Thu, 23 Jul 2015 14:57:44 UTC https://passthejoeupdates.nfshost.com/2015/07/23/14/57/44/ I am working on my first Ode addin https://passthejoeupdates.nfshost.com/2015_0722_my_first_ode_addin I am working on my first http://ode.io addin. Made much progress today.

]]> Wed, 22 Jul 2015 22:10:14 UTC https://passthejoeupdates.nfshost.com/2015/07/22/22/10/14/ Did you know that Reddit is open source? https://passthejoeupdates.nfshost.com/2015_0722_reddit_is_open_source Did you know that @reddit is open source? https://github.com/reddit/reddit

]]> Wed, 22 Jul 2015 15:25:42 UTC https://passthejoeupdates.nfshost.com/2015/07/22/15/25/42/ Blog comments in the age of social media https://passthejoeupdates.nfshost.com/2015_0722_the_comments_problem The comments problem is hard. Because spam, most blog software punts by using @disqus

]]> Wed, 22 Jul 2015 15:23:51 UTC https://passthejoeupdates.nfshost.com/2015/07/22/15/23/51/ This Ode-to-Twitter thing is working out https://passthejoeupdates.nfshost.com/2015_0722_ode_for_twitter This blog-to-Twitter setup, in my case using http://ode.io, to create social-media entries, is working out.

]]> Wed, 22 Jul 2015 10:25:34 UTC https://passthejoeupdates.nfshost.com/2015/07/22/10/25/34/ The Now time toolkit in Go https://passthejoeupdates.nfshost.com/2015_0722_now_time_toolkit_in_go I'm very interested in time as it applies to code, and Now time toolkit is available in Go https://github.com/jinzhu/now #golang

]]> Wed, 22 Jul 2015 10:13:24 UTC https://passthejoeupdates.nfshost.com/2015/07/22/10/13/24/ Use Go to sync to Amazon S3 with gosync https://passthejoeupdates.nfshost.com/2015_0722_gosync_for_s3 Use gosync to sync files with Amazon S3 https://github.com/brettweavnet/gosync #golang

]]> Wed, 22 Jul 2015 10:05:32 UTC https://passthejoeupdates.nfshost.com/2015/07/22/10/05/32/ Writing web apps in Go https://passthejoeupdates.nfshost.com/2015_0722_writing_web_apps_in_go A really nice tutorial on writing web apps in go http://golang.org/doc/articles/wiki/ #golang

]]> Wed, 22 Jul 2015 09:55:43 UTC https://passthejoeupdates.nfshost.com/2015/07/22/09/55/43/ This Virgin Mobile hotspot is seven times faster than DSL Extreme https://passthejoeupdates.nfshost.com/2015_0715_virgin_vs_dsl_extreme This @virginmobileusa wifi hotspot using my LG phone is 7 times as fast as @DSLExtreme when working, which it's not

]]> Wed, 15 Jul 2015 23:12:41 UTC https://passthejoeupdates.nfshost.com/2015/07/15/23/12/41/ My Virgin Mobile phone-as-wifi-hotspot is way faster than DSL Extreme https://passthejoeupdates.nfshost.com/2015_0715_virgin_mobile_hotspot Out of desperation using @virginmobileusa phone as hotspot. It's cheap and super fast

]]> Wed, 15 Jul 2015 23:09:17 UTC https://passthejoeupdates.nfshost.com/2015/07/15/23/09/17/ DSL Extreme, I am dead to you, as you are to me https://passthejoeupdates.nfshost.com/2015_0715_dsl_extreme .@DSLExtreme, I am dead to you, as you are to me

]]> Wed, 15 Jul 2015 17:51:47 UTC https://passthejoeupdates.nfshost.com/2015/07/15/17/51/47/ All of my tweets live here https://passthejoeupdates.nfshost.com/2015_0715_tweets_begin_here All of my tweets begin and live here: http://stevenrosenberg.net/blog/updates/ #recursive #ownyourcontent

]]> Wed, 15 Jul 2015 15:45:34 UTC https://passthejoeupdates.nfshost.com/2015/07/15/15/45/34/ From 'What's the Go language really good for': GTK for Go https://passthejoeupdates.nfshost.com/2015_0715_go_gtk From http://www.javaworld.com/article/2929811/scripting-jvm-languages/whats-the-go-language-really-good-for.html: GTK http://mattn.github.io/go-gtk and GTK3 https://github.com/conformal/gotk3

]]> Wed, 15 Jul 2015 14:19:45 UTC https://passthejoeupdates.nfshost.com/2015/07/15/14/19/45/ What's the Go language really good for? https://passthejoeupdates.nfshost.com/2015_0715_whats_go_good_for What's the Go language really good for? http://www.javaworld.com/article/2929811/scripting-jvm-languages/whats-the-go-language-really-good-for.html

]]> Wed, 15 Jul 2015 14:16:22 UTC https://passthejoeupdates.nfshost.com/2015/07/15/14/16/22/ 475-square-foot Orange, Calif., apartments https://passthejoeupdates.nfshost.com/2015_0714_tiny_orange_apartments Tiny vintage apartments in Orange, Calif., are 475 square feet. Check out the photo gallery http://www.ocregister.com/lansner/apartment-671316-one-siler.html

]]> Tue, 14 Jul 2015 14:20:07 UTC https://passthejoeupdates.nfshost.com/2015/07/14/14/20/07/ Automate the Boring Stuff With Python - book and videos https://passthejoeupdates.nfshost.com/2015_0714_automate_the_boring_stuff_with_python https://automatetheboringstuff.com isn't just a great @nostarch book (that I happen to own), it's also a series of videos #python

]]> Tue, 14 Jul 2015 11:08:02 UTC https://passthejoeupdates.nfshost.com/2015/07/14/11/08/02/ Hardcore Go training https://passthejoeupdates.nfshost.com/2015_0713_hardcore_go_training Hardcore Go training from @ardanlab https://github.com/ArdanStudios/gotraining #golang

]]> Mon, 13 Jul 2015 16:06:38 UTC https://passthejoeupdates.nfshost.com/2015/07/13/16/06/38/ Introduction to Go book and videos https://passthejoeupdates.nfshost.com/2015_0713_golang_book I already have and recommend http://www.golang-book.com and just discovered a ton of videos based on it: http://www.golang-book.com/guides/bootcamp #golang

]]> Mon, 13 Jul 2015 15:57:43 UTC https://passthejoeupdates.nfshost.com/2015/07/13/15/57/43/ Can you see this Markdown-coded image? https://passthejoeupdates.nfshost.com/2015_0713_image_to_twitter_test_markdown Steven Rosenberg

This image was coded with Markdown. Can you see it?

]]> Mon, 13 Jul 2015 15:43:28 UTC https://passthejoeupdates.nfshost.com/2015/07/13/15/43/28/ Can you see this picture on Twitter? https://passthejoeupdates.nfshost.com/2015_0713_image_to_twitter_test It's Steven Rosenberg, shot by Hans Gutknecht

Can you see this picture on Twitter?

]]> Mon, 13 Jul 2015 13:51:23 UTC https://passthejoeupdates.nfshost.com/2015/07/13/13/51/23/ The Sourcegraph Blog has a lot of Go in it https://passthejoeupdates.nfshost.com/2015_0712_the_sourcegraph_blog Follow https://sourcegraph.com/blog for Go #golang

]]> Sun, 12 Jul 2015 23:23:00 UTC https://passthejoeupdates.nfshost.com/2015/07/12/23/23/00/ Revel is a web framework for the Go programming language #golang https://passthejoeupdates.nfshost.com/2015_0712_revel_is_a_web_framework_for_go Revel is a web framework for Go http://revel.github.io #golang

]]> Sun, 12 Jul 2015 23:18:52 UTC https://passthejoeupdates.nfshost.com/2015/07/12/23/18/52/ The L.A. Times uses Python, Django, QGIS, JavaScript to do traffic accident project https://passthejoeupdates.nfshost.com/2015_0712_la_times_and_python The @latimes breaks down the tech behind its deadliest-intersection project http://graphics.latimes.com/la-pedestrians-how-we-did-it/ #python

]]> Sun, 12 Jul 2015 20:51:25 UTC https://passthejoeupdates.nfshost.com/2015/07/12/20/51/25/ Checking out EditEdit on mobile https://passthejoeupdates.nfshost.com/2015_0712_mobile_editedit Short posts made with http://ode.io addin #EditEdit should work fine on Android

]]> Sun, 12 Jul 2015 20:30:41 UTC https://passthejoeupdates.nfshost.com/2015/07/12/20/30/41/ I fixed my dryer again https://passthejoeupdates.nfshost.com/2015_0711_i_fixed_my_dryer_again Fixed my clothes dryer again. Needed to change those coils that open the gas valve. My 2nd time doing this repair #cheap

]]> Sun, 12 Jul 2015 00:28:16 UTC https://passthejoeupdates.nfshost.com/2015/07/12/00/28/16/ Why Are People Still Waiting for Proprietary Linux Apps? https://passthejoeupdates.nfshost.com/2015_0711_why_are_people_still_waiting_for_proprietary_linux_apps Why Are People Still Waiting for Proprietary Linux Apps? http://www.datamation.com/applications/why-are-people-still-waiting-for-proprietary-linux-apps.html

]]> Sun, 12 Jul 2015 00:22:53 UTC https://passthejoeupdates.nfshost.com/2015/07/12/00/22/53/ How a complete beginner learned Go as her first backend language in 5 weeks https://passthejoeupdates.nfshost.com/2015_0711_beginner_learns_go How a complete beginner learned Go as her first backend language in 5 weeks https://sourcegraph.com/blog/live/gophercon2015/123565059490

]]> Sun, 12 Jul 2015 00:19:27 UTC https://passthejoeupdates.nfshost.com/2015/07/12/00/19/27/ Ellen Pao out, Steve Huffman back in as Reddit CEO https://passthejoeupdates.nfshost.com/2015_0710_reddit_pao_out_huffman_back Ellen Pao is out, original CEO Steve Huffman back in at Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/announcements/comments/3cucye/anoldteamatreddit/

]]> Fri, 10 Jul 2015 21:41:30 UTC https://passthejoeupdates.nfshost.com/2015/07/10/21/41/30/ There are ways of posting to Twitter https://passthejoeupdates.nfshost.com/2015_0710_there_are_ways_of_posting_to_twitter Twitter has https://github.com/twitter/twurl and https://github.com/sferik/t uses #Ruby to access it

]]> Fri, 10 Jul 2015 12:10:42 UTC https://passthejoeupdates.nfshost.com/2015/07/10/12/10/42/ My Ode-to-Twitter bridge is text only https://passthejoeupdates.nfshost.com/2015_0710_ode_to_twitter_is_text_only Images appearing in blog posts do not become "native" images on Twitter. Maybe there's a hack for this.

]]> Fri, 10 Jul 2015 11:37:16 UTC https://passthejoeupdates.nfshost.com/2015/07/10/11/37/16/ Planning my blog/social update app https://passthejoeupdates.nfshost.com/2015_0710_dlvr_it_twitter_update Now using dlvr.it to turn blog entries in a specific directory into Twitter posts. Would love to work directly with an API

]]> Fri, 10 Jul 2015 10:48:48 UTC https://passthejoeupdates.nfshost.com/2015/07/10/10/48/48/ This is a microblogging post that will appear both here and on Twitter https://passthejoeupdates.nfshost.com/2015_0710_this_is_a_microblogging_post_originating_from_my_personal_blog I am now posting to Twitter from http://stevenrosenberg.net/blog/updates with help of http://dlvr.it

]]> Fri, 10 Jul 2015 02:41:59 UTC https://passthejoeupdates.nfshost.com/2015/07/10/02/41/59/ The state of Go: Russ Cox's keynote at Gophercon https://passthejoeupdates.nfshost.com/2015_0709_go_keynote Russ Cox's keynote Go, Open Source, Community at Gophercon

]]> Thu, 09 Jul 2015 20:54:24 UTC https://passthejoeupdates.nfshost.com/2015/07/09/20/54/24/ Welcome to updates https://passthejoeupdates.nfshost.com/2015_0709_welcome_to_updates This is where I'm going to stash the kind of updates I'd usually put on Twitter.

I'm not going to think of where in the directories (aka folders) it should go.

If it's a quick update, it'll go here.

For the Ode people, I'm thinking of using EditEdit, Ode's de facto GUI, to do these quick updates.

Ode project leader Rob Reed and I have discussed adding Twitter-like (or, to be suitably generic, microblogging-like) speed and ease to Ode (or any filesystem-based blogging program, for that matter), and a simplified, mobile-enabled version of EditEdit would be a great way to do that. Or a mobile app that (for my purposes and on my Ode workflow) generates the proper text file, uploads it, reindexes the blog for Indexette and rebuilds my archive page.

The "disconnect" between "regular" blog posts and social/microblogging updates are that a blog post traditionally contains a title and then a block of text (or a message, if you will), and a "social" update is just the text, with no title.

Should be easy enough.

I don't even really need to eliminate the title. It would be nice for EditEdit to auto-generate the URL based on the title and some code for my preferred date convention (e.g. 2015_0709, which is in no way required by Ode but which helps me as a human keep track of post dates in my own filesystem).

Idea: I don't know if any of them are still being actively developed, but there used to be a class of applications, for Linux anyway, that you could run on your computer and use to write blog entries without going through a web interface. I don't know if one of these existing projects could be adapted to what I'm trying to do. It might just be better to start from scratch.

This could be coded as a tradtional GUI, or as a command-line program. I'm leaning toward the latter because it's easier.

A project like this is definitely of the "scratch an itch" variety. Ode allows for extremely individal workflows, and mine is just that (local filesystem synced to shared hosting with Unison, with Indexette pinged and a static archive built by a couple of scripts).

I've gotten into the weeds here. This post was meant to introduce The Updates Directory, and this is far from the short, Twitter-like posts I am evisioning for this particular directory (or folder if you prefer).

I will follow this up in another part of the site ...

]]> Thu, 09 Jul 2015 20:24:32 UTC https://passthejoeupdates.nfshost.com/2015/07/09/20/24/32/ The Evolution of Go by @robertgriesemer from #gophercon #golang https://passthejoeupdates.nfshost.com/2015_0709_the_evolution_of_go The Evolution of Go, a talk by @robertgriesemer, from Gophercon 2015 in Denver.

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