Hubert Chathi

As previously mentioned, I have created a quick-and-dirty microblogging class for SMCMS, the software that runs my website. Part of the reason for doing it was just for the sake of doing it. Part of the reason for doing it was to be able to keep a history of the short status messages that I had been posting on the sidebar, as well as to keep track when the status was posted. Another reason was to make it easier to post updates. Due to the way I have my website set up, it's much harder for me to update it away from my laptop, since the workflow that I set up involved me editing the pages on my laptop and uploading them to my server. (As opposed to my brother's site, which he updates entirely online.) And now that I'm working, I'm hardly at my laptop any more. So I've set up a simple command-line client that I can use to post microblogs, which I can do wherever I can ssh into my server. Along with that, the fact that microblogs are supposed to be small makes it more likely that I'll post updates.

Eventually, I'll set up a Jabber bot so that I can post microblogs from Jabber. And some day, I may even implement Open Microblogging functionality. Maybe...

After about two years of using this CMS/blog system, I've finally implemented the ability to filter blog posts by tag. By “tags”, I mean the things at the top-right corner of my blog posts that warn non-technical readers to stay away from posts like this one. What this means is that you can look at all my posts about the news, the environment, security etc. Hmm... apparently I haven't written anything about security for over a year...

This is helpful if you're only interested in reading the pointless random stuff I say about, say, artichokes. Or zebus. (Maybe one of these days I'll make it so that you can filter out my artichoke-related posts.)

The main reason that I implemented was for Planet SoC, which is the (among other things) aggregator for Google Summer of Code participants’ blogs. And, naturally, the main page is intended to have only GSoC-related posts. etc., etc.... (One problem is that Planet SoC seems to be adding <br/> tags to my posts...)

In related news, I have finally made my CMS downloadable via my public git repository. The next step is to actually document the important bits (like how to use it). Because its mode of operation is, shall we say, “nonstandard”. (What? A CMS without a database? Is that even possible?)

In more GSoC news, I have set up a section for my project. There, I will be putting my notes, my to-do list, and any other relevant information.

I've also started collecting information for part of my project.

Now I just need to finish my thesis so I can focus on coding...