BloGTK 2.0

So, I decided that if I was going to make a go of my blogging career, than it was imperative that I find a desktop client from which I could administer my blog.

After trying out several different linux clients, I finally settled on BloGTK.

The easiest way to install BloGTK is to edit your Software Sources:

sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list

Then add these lines to your /etc/apt/sources.list file:

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/jayreding/ppa/ubuntu lucid main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/jayreding/ppa/ubuntu lucid main

After saving your changes, be sure to update your package list:

sudo apt-get update

After you have updated your package list install blogtk:

sudo apt-get install blogtk

That's it! Now you should have BloGTK installed.

These instructions will work whether you have Lucid or Maverick installed.

There are other linux clients out there, but out of all of them, BloGTK has the fewest shortcomings.

In Full Swing

Now that layoff season is in full swing, it's time again for me to get busy working on the many different projects that seem to keep popping up.

The first thing that I'm going to do, is revisit the wood working project that pretty much consumed my entire free time last winter. That project was my wooden PC case. Nearly a year has passed since I have built this beast, and I have been able to observe some things, and as such, I want to make some modifications to the case.

Priority # 1 is to finally install a power switch. This whole year, I have had to open up the case and operate the plunger switch that I scavenged off a case skeleton that I had laying around.

For some time now, I have been eyeing a switch over at Frozen CPU. Now that I have both the time and the money, I decided that I had better make that priority number on on this case.

Priority # 2 is to employ some sound dampening measures.

Priority # 3 is to dress up my case a little bit more than it already is.

When my wife and I were at the thrift store, availing ourselves to their $4 bag sale, I found a wood burning kit $1!! I have already managed to whip out a tux logo - see image below - onto a scrap piece of wood. I'm thinking that I'm going to mount this to the front of my case, and the power switch will be mounted to look as though it were Tux's belly button. :)

After I complete my existing case, I can then move on to my other case builds. Yep, you read that right...other case builds! Thanks to Ed, I now have parts enough to build two complete machines, both of which are in need of a case. A couple of months ago, I purchased a couple of junk computers from a Re-store, just so I could use scalp the case for parts to build a wooden case. Not only do I have to build cases for those two machines, but I need to build another case for an existing PC, whose case has just about had it.

If I have time after that, I may try to build a custom laptop case. Before I can do that, however, I need to get the laptop over to Ed so that he can reflow the GPU for me.

Anyways, that's a wrap on my life...be back soon,
Ch@d