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Blogging clients for windows review : Blog anywhere, on the go!

By kavin |

Well, I love wordpress. I like my blog’s admin interface and included WYSIWYG editor (TinyMCE), But am not a big fan of it. So I started looking for a perfect desktop blogging client. Well, let us see how my search turned out.

Criteria for a perfect blogging client were as follows.

Must

  • Be Simple, reliable and stable.
  • User oriented.
  • Support for Multiple blog types and protocols.
  • Offline blogging. i.e. Save posts, edit them later. Also we should be able to edit the previous posts/pages.
  • Produce valid semantic markup. (HTML/XHTML)
  • Support WYSIWYG (rich text editing) as well as HTML source edit mode.
  • Upload/Insert images easily.

Preferred

  • Free.
  • Streamlined  interface with a smooth learning curve.
  • Categories, Trackbacks, pinging support.
  • Full encoding support.
  • Spell checker.
  • Support for multiple languages
  • Preserve/remove formatting when content is pasted from word.
  • At least minimal image editing/thumbnail creation.
  • Not dependent on any browser for its full functionality.

Skip to the review | Skip to the decision

Skip to: Qumana | Windows Live writer | w.Bloggar | Blogdesk

Skip to: Blogjet | Rocketpost’10

My search for the ultimate blogging client was based on the above criteria.

  • My blog is powered by WordPress 3.0.1. For the purpose of testing, I created a blog using wordpress 3.0.1. Just to be safe.
  • I usually blog on my Windows 7 machine (Intel Core 2 Quad/2GB RAM/250GB 7200RPM hard disk/Dual screen(1920×1080/1440×900). I also blog on my Lenovo S10-3T netbook tablet and iMac(24” 2007 iMac).
  • I chose to try only the stand-alone blog clients. Reason is simple. I would rather use my wordpress admin than to use Browser based client.
  • I am looking for a stable, trouble-free blogging client. It need to work flawlessly for both quick posting and writing more detailed posts. What we primarily need is convenience, but definitely not at the expense of basic features. Convenient user experience brings out more creativity.
  • My testing blog can be found here http://kav.in/test/wp301 . Posts are done by individual programs and include some minimal rich text editing. Just for viewing, people.

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Living with Synergy – A Tutorial

By kavin |

Ever wanted to use a single keyboard and mouse to control all your computers? Yes! Time to ditch Dual and triple Monitor, boring single OS computers! Yes , Now it’s time for multi-system unified desktops.

Enter the Synergy – http://synergy-foss.org/

Supposed to be a complex, yet is a walk in the park. Let us find out how awesome it is!

Purpose of this guide is to get synergy up and running in a quick way across three major operating systems.  Synergy is running flawlessly for over than 3 months on my 3 systems. Way to go , Developers. Thank you.

Objectives

  • Install Synergy2 in three of the major operating systems
    • Windows (7)
    • Mac OS X(Leopard)
    • Ubuntu Linux (10.04)
  • Switch the client and server configurations and experiment.
  • Auto start the synergy2 at boot (or at GUI login) in all Operating systems.
  • Logically configuring the synergy to work flawlessly in Dual and triple monitor systems.

Browse through this guide

  1. Planning your Monitor setup (choosing clients and a server).
  2. Setup in Windows 7 (Client and server)
  3. Setup in Mac OS X (Client and server)
  4. Setup in Ubuntu Linux (Client and server)
  5. Some example configurations
  6. Tips and troubleshooting synergy.
  7. The Unity (aka The Happily Ever After) :P

I will walk you through all the steps except the last one. ;)

Browse through the following pages to learn more about this tool.

Web Designer’s Essentials : Choosing an editor

By kavin |

Today we are going to look at the various editors used in web development. Caution : This is not  a  review . ;)

Expected Features are going to be:

Coder: Syntax highlighting | Code Folding | suggestion | Correction

Designer: WYSIWYG editing | update speed | Easily insert elements

Coder: One who is not much interested in WYSIWYG editing. He types the code and refreshes the browser window to see the effect.

Designer: WYSIWYG editing.” What You See Is What You Get” Editing.

 

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Installing Mac OS X on Sony Vaio VGN – FW250J

By kavin |

Dual boot OSX and Windows 7 in Sony VAIO VGN FW250J with  full resolution:

This article may be obsolete, but still is useful for reference. This Document is available in Google Docs.

Obviously you need ,

  1. A PC
  2. Mac OS X Leopard License
  3. Installation disc or USBstick you made or from web
  4. Maybe caffiene and definitely lots of patience.
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Upgrade your iPhone firmware to 3

By kavin |

Update: iPhone 3.1.2(7D11) is out.

iPhone OS version 2.0 is out. lets look at the upgrade procedure.
Download iTunes

Be careful when you select the device (2G , 3G , 3GS).
Also make sure the file name is correct.
firmware for iPhone (2g) : iPhone1,1_3.1.2_7D11_Restore.ipsw

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