link-o-matic jr.
This is link-o-matic jr. Use the link-o-matic jr. to maintain a personal link log — a frequently updated list of links. The link-o-matic jr. is currently used by several sites associated with chompy.net. It is similar to del.icio.us, except that del.icio.us is better.
features
The link-o-matic jr. is not yet finished but is certainly usable.
- simple web interface
- support for multiple users
- give credit to your link sources with "via" links
- tag your links with freeform labels, and browse them using an interface suspiciously similar to flickr
- choose from two simple but versatile XHTML output templates — no need to learn a complex templating language
- output Javascript includes, for web sites that cannot use PHP or server-side includes
- syndicate your links using Atom 0.3 or RSS 2.0 feeds
- import links from another link blogging system using Atom or RSS feeds
- optional SmartyPants support
- optional posting using a bookmarklet
- optional cross-posting to your del.icio.us account, with tag support
not yet implemented
- permalinks and public archives
- trackback/pingback support (dependent on permalink support)
- Atom publication API support
- label autocomplete (not sure if I know how to do this)
known issues
- tabs optimized for Firefox, interface looks crappy on Safari and Opera
- label sizing algorithm on label list page doesn't scale well
- Atom feed items do not include correct permalink (dependent on permalink support)
sample link list for my testing purposes
- Nelson Minar: No longer loving Google, Inc.
- “And if a big company like Google can’t avoid being evil, then what world-changing enterprise can?”
- Joyce and the Internet: What Leopold Bloom Didn’t Know
- Wikipedia: List of lists of lists
- Adam Kotsko: On the impotence of argument
- Charles Simic: The Buster Keaton Cure
- “As the old stoic philosophers said, the sage is immune to misfortune.” [via]
- NYPL Labs : Stereogranimator
- [via]
- NYRB: Joan Didion: The Teachings of Speaker Gingrich
- Newt Gingrich: management huckster, idiot futurist, moron historian, ham-fisted writer.
- NYT: Efraín Ríos Montt, Guatemala Ex-Dictator, to Appear in Court
- NYRB: Writing Adrift in the World
- On localism in literature: “This is not an argument for staying at home, but for having a home from which to set out.” [via]
- Throwing Hollywood under the bus could pay dividends for GOP
- 3quarksdaily: Will the Maine Coon become an American Icon?
- Are Women People?, by Alice Duer Miller
- Sarcastic doggerel for women’s suffrage. [via]
- NYT: Apple, America and a Squeezed Middle Class
- Kieran Hiely: Apple for the Teacher
- “Technology is Always About to Transform Education”
- Khoi Vinh: Get Thee to a Punnery
- SEO is killing the interesting headline.
requirements
Server requirements:
- Python 2.2 or above
- A MySQL database
- Cheetah
- Feed Parser
- Python logging (included with Python 2.3 and up)
Client requirements:
- Standards-compliant browser, such as Mozilla Firefox
- Javascript enabled (optional)
license
This software is licensed under the CC-GNU GPL.
download
thanks
Thanks to pogo for testing lj.
contact
Brought to you by SNF Labs. My email address is jacob at spaceshipnofuture.org, and suggestions/patches are welcome. Go back to chompy.net or remake/remodel.