How I post to the blog
I use Blosxom to run this here
blog. It's simple to set up and does everything I need. And it also means
I can write entries in a text editor "like God intended". I looked at some of
the various blog services but those didn't interest me. I have an apache server and
a domain after all. And of course I preferred something Open Source. Blosxom
fits the bill
One way to post is of course using good ole vim/vi inside an ssh session.
But instead I work on my laptop remotely where I have a mirror of my blog
directory structure. I use rsync to sync
up the whole shebang. It looks like this from inside my local mirror of the blog:
rsync --rsh="ssh" -avz --progress . www.scottharney.com:/path/to/blog/scotth
Very quick. And syncing back the other way is just as simple just switching up the
"." and the "www.scottharney.com..." parts. I use "--delete" when I need to prune
up in one direction or the other.
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Why I'm doing this and a note on self-censorship
Well, if for no other reason, everyone else is
blogging (I really hate that term, actually). Actually I really needed a home
for some documentation notes for myself. I've always kept little README files
around noting changes I've made and things I discovered but it's really better
to have them in one place like this.
Of course it's also for some amusement. And I have this journalism degree that I
never actually use. Perhaps this will be useful to others as well. I also
will likely cross-post some bits on nolug.org
which is a site I manage as well.
I was also making some notes ranting about issues at work. On reflection,
I decided to remove those for several reasons. Even though I elided all
identifying details, I do work at a government facility and I'm under NDA.
Better safe than sorry. And I also felt maybe I was giving a false view of
my work environment. It's not all 'Dilbert-esque' but that's likely all
that would be posted here.
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