smlnk does it, tinyurl does it, and now, I [sic] do it too.
I got bored and decided to whip up one of those trivial URL redirect systems. It took about an hour. It’s quite simle to use, as well – to be redirected, for instance, http://holwegner.com/r/em2gX was a quick redirect back to my beta...
I’m sure that by now you’ve seen smlnk, tinyurl, and the like, and probably wondered how it’s done.
It’s amazingly trivial, really. No, seriously. I wrote one myself, in about an hour. What took longest was making it work for both MySQL and PostgreSQL. Boredom is fun. :)
Really, all that t...
I’ve been working diligently upon the Rollator system – It’s now fairly DB-independent (although I’ve only written the logic for MySQL and PostgreSQL), it supports ‘QuickURL’ blogging, and, of course, user comments are now available for each entry, albiet not on the front page (This is by design).
...I’ve had a couple of requests; so here’s a quick writ on installing Rollator from CVS. First, visit the official SourceForge Rollator CVS page.
Decide upon some revision of CVS software for your platform, and familiarize yourself with it. Download Rollator following the instructions above.
Bei...
No, there’s no need to worry about obtaining some incurable disease! Rollator’s merely getting even more integration and confurability.
I’m working on the API right now for third party integration and tools – here’s what’s in the works (currently functions, but needs a bit more TLC):
Calendar/Se...
I’ve got a beta view of my upcoming additions to Rollator online.
It’s a bit much for me, I like things simple and fairly easy – but, eh, at least those who like the way Nuke does stuff will feel somewhat at home… until they login. ;)