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

Larry McMurtry’s Dream Job: “Wait till you see the book town,” he kept saying over the phone, “then you’ll understand.”
Matthew Yglesias: Priorities: [via]
The Economist: Rough justice in America: Too many laws, too many prisoners: “Justice is harsher in America than in any other rich country. Between 2.3m and 2.4m Americans are behind bars, roughly one in every 100 adults. If those on parole or probation are included, one adult in 31 is under ‘correctional’ supervision.”
Big Bang Abandoned in New Model of the Universe: Doesn’t explain the CMB, but on the other hand, doesn’t require dark matter and dark energy. Somebody quotes Madame Blavatsky in the comments.
The Nation: The Trouble With Amazon
Justin Erik Halldór Smith: Against Eighties Music: [via]
Growing Number of Prosecutions for Videotaping the Police
Paul Ford: Editors Ship
The Savage Detectives Machete: Reading T.S.D. as a <i>roman à clef</i>. [via]
Masterpiece: Super Metroid: My favorite video game.
Michael Wood: The Unreachable Real: Stick with your day job, Borges
8-Bit Austin
Wikipedia: List of linguistic example sentences: A treasure trove.
Matthew Yglesias: The Promise of CEO Outsourcing: [via]
Nuking the well: “Russians are keen on offering things, especially insane things.”

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.