Wed, 16 Nov 2011

A look at JEdit for Ubuntu

I'm evaluating JEdit, a Java editor, for Ubuntu as a possibility to edit files on the website blog. Remember that the requirements for the blog are pretty simple. The file is basically a text file with some HTML markup.

This means that I have to enter the paragraph tags myself, but that isn't such a big deal. The thing that I wanted was to be able to FTP the text files to the system from the editor without having to use another FTP client. This didn't work so well with Bluefish, but I'm going to try it now woth JEdit.

Well, that worked although, the FTP addin is a little lame. I think that once I have this saved, I can save this part. Let's see . . .

Yep, I'm able to save parts of the file by simply saving once I have it saved. I think I'll have to work some more with this to see if it works well for general use.

BTW, I'm doing this on my Acer netbook so things are pretty compact the portable. It's one of the reasons that I'm looking at this as an alternative.

posted 07:31 [/WebSite] permanent link

Sat, 12 Nov 2011

Looking at editors

I'm looking at editors. This time, it's Bluefish on Ubuntu. It is a genuine HTML editor which makes the creation of pages easier. I really want to know if it can satisfy my blogging requirements. It is NOT a WYSIWYG editor, but works at the HTML code level. That's OK, however, because the blog really uses text files rather than actual HTML files.

This is a short entry, more to test the upload capability rather than to actually type something profound into the blog. So here goes . . .

posted 21:15 [/WebSite] permanent link

111111 - One more in my lifetime

This is my second try to work with Notepad++ on the blog. It's a comment about mortality. Friday was 11/11/11. There's only one more of these in my lifetime (12/12/12). As I get older, "lasts" are occurring more to me.

OK, Notepad++ is working out OK for this type of thing, but still not as convenient as something like Dreamweaver. Of course, the cost is a plus (or plus-plus, maybe).

posted 08:42 [/WebSite] permanent link

Sun, 06 Nov 2011

Notepad++ for the Blog

I'm experimenting with Notepad++ to write the blog. Bloxom -- the software I'm using -- allows text files to be written, uploaded and then uploaded. I think it will work OK, but I think I will also need to experiment more with it to see if it will work well.

posted 08:46 [/WebSite] permanent link

Sun, 14 Aug 2011

Lack of Time? (A Look Back)

I wrote this in April, 2008, and nothing much has change in the intervening three years. I'm wondering if there is just too much going on that interests me or if things which don't really interest me clamor for my attention and I loose focus on anything which can't be completed in a single sitting. Guess I may never know, as it takes more than once sitting to find out!

Original blog entry below

I just revised one of my web pages and got to thinking about the lack of focus for the website and my efforts in general. My first thought was that this is due to a lack of time. But, upon reflection, I got to thinking that might not be the answer. Hey! I had time to reflect . . . hmmm . . . is lack of time really the answer? Maybe it isn't really lack of time. Maybe it's last of focus. Maybe I am just not interested enough in any one subject to take the time to really devote effort to expanding it over the long haul? I seem to get started on something, work on it for a period of time, and then drop it. I am constantly rewording parts of the website in which I state something like, "watch for developments as I work on . . . ". I never seem to actually develop anything, at least not to the extent I intended when I told visitors to " . . . check back for further developments."

The most disconcerting thing is that I often drop the entire project all together. That is, not only don't I keep up the efforts of documenting it on line. I actually don't continue the project as I thought I might when I first considered it. There are also lots of parts of the site which are partially developed. I get to a particular point and tend to loose interest.

No, loose interest probably isn't the actual problem. I'm still often interested in the subject. It's just that I tend to get interested in something else more! I think that there may be just too much input. Too many demands on the old gray matter (and possibly too few brain cells left as I get older to process all that input).

Maybe some of the problem is discipline. I lack the discipline to follow through on something that is not of immediate interest or which takes longer than one or two sessions to resolve?

Do I seem to be rambling? Does it seem that I won't reach any conclusion on this article. Does it seem like I'll just trail off . . .

posted 07:45 [/WebSite] permanent link

Fri, 01 Jan 2010

I'm at Blogspot

I'm trying a different blog approach at Blogspot. The link is at the left. The new blog gives me some advantages that I can make entries using Microsoft's OneNote and upload them to the blog (see my trial with this blog here) and I can also blog using just the browser. I may end up going there, but I'm going to give both of them a try for a bit to see what works best. It really shouldn't make much difference, since I don't think anyone's reading this anyway, but what the heck. Here's wishing a happy and prosperous 200910 (shoot, that's going to take a while . . .) to the world!

posted 08:10 [/WebSite] permanent link

Sun, 21 Jun 2009

Twitter, thinking in 140 characters

I'm on Twitter now @bobbreedlove. I'm using it as a way to get my blogs noticed. But, it's interesting thinking in 140 characters. Sure, some are easy -- "going to bed", "beatiful day". But, the ones which actually reflect my thinking at the time are more difficult. If I want to provide a link to a blog or web page, I need something enticing, but even shorter, like the title of this blog. And, if I am just putting a thought into a tweet, it becomes more interesting.

The 140 character limit was chosen for technology -- the size of an SMS block -- and not for any more esoteric reason. But, it does make putting a coherent, interesting though into a tweet, a bit of a challenge, especially since I refuse to restore to texting words to get the thought across. You won't see any 'U R ... 2 me" or other cryptic messages in my tweets. I just won't do it. Even with this character limit, I want to maintain my use of english and not resort to short cuts.

So, hold me to it. If U C me do it, complain! I'll try to keep my thoughts interesting, complete, and less than 140 characters!

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Thu, 18 Dec 2008

Shoes . . .

. . . throwing them, that is.

The other day, I was made aware of the custom of throwing shoes as a sign of displeasure. It happened to be U.S. President Bush who was the reciepient of this sign of displeasure for his invasion of Iraq. (Personally, I'd throw the entire store at him for that one, but, that's a different blog).

It got me to thinking that we need a displeasure rating, like the stars used to signify accomplishment or pleasure. Thus, the shoe rating . . .

I'll be using the 5-shoe rating system to show my displeasure with something on which I am commenting:

	Mildly displeasing
	Some what irritating
	Pretty displeasing
	Extremely irritating
	Boarderline postal

We'll see how things work. For example, the war in Iraq gets 4 shoes () just because I am really a pacifist!

posted 07:31 [/WebSite] permanent link

Sat, 26 Jul 2008

Focus . . .

. . . I lack it. It's probably the reason that I don't get much done on the web page and why I don't participate in a number of discussion areas to get my views know. It's evident in the blogs I have posted today. They range all over the place! I have been this way most of my life. I think that just too many things interest me and I go from thing to thing without maintaining my focus on any one things for very long. The website is all over the place also. I don't seem to finish anything in particular and this makes the site a hodgepodge of miscellaneous thoughts. The whole things is sort of a gimodudah.

posted 07:06 [/WebSite] permanent link