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A while ago I wrote up an article on doing secure remote backups/transfers across the (insecure) internet, using rsync.  I just put it online the other day over at Encodable.

And speaking of Encodable, I recently finished a major overhaul of my weblog script, turning it into a full-featured CMS (Content Management System).  That is, it can now be used to create and edit normal web pages (as opposed to serial/dated blog posts) anytime, right in the web browser.  I also ~just finished the PMLSC site (Pittsburgh Molecular Libraries Screening Center) which, though you can’t tell unless you’re logged in, uses the newly finished CMS so the author(s) can add & update content anytime.

Finally, speaking of the intarweb, does anyone here actually subscribe to feeds (RSS, Atom, etc) for any of the blogs that they read?  I personally don’t; I find it easy enough -- and more interesting too -- to actually visit the small handful of sites that I read regularly, rather than setting up a new system where I get notified of posts/replies via some special new application.

Posted by Anthony on 3 replies

Comments:

01. Oct 28, 2005 at 04:00pm by andy:

firefox load into tabs works well enough for me, for the 6 or 7 sites i visit daily.  i’ve curiously looked into rss things a couple times but so few sites i read support them.

and stop using the term "intarweb", for crying out loud.  haha.

02. Oct 30, 2005 at 05:35pm by Kev:

I like to view blogs in their natural environment with the style and color that the author intended. RSS negates part of the overall experience. However, I suppose it can be used just to monitor when new posts are available, and then the reader could view the site ’natively.’

03. Oct 30, 2005 at 09:47pm by Anthony:

Oh, did I say intarweb?  I meant the internets.

Yeah, monitoring a site -- or even a specific thread on a site -- for new posts is the one time I think I might actually use an RSS (etc) feed.  But I still have never done it.

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