Voila, I now set up my main domain to point towards the scriptogr.am hosted blog. And the great guys at scriptogr.am got RSS working as well on custom domains, so now I should be able to use ifttt.com to crosspost this to my Twitter and Facebook.
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The amazing movie shows the Eagle Nebula from the early 1995 Hubble image of the Pillars of Creation through to the latest multi-wavelength composite images. M16, The Eagle Nebulae on Youtube
It's slowly coming together but my TLR 22 RC Buggy set is near completion. Well, as far as parts go. I still need to find time to build it. But until I have the batteries I can't race anyway, so I still have some time to mentally prepare the process. Thanks to PK Racing I'm also saving a bit of money on my purchases. Instead of the earlier mentioned Losi 13.5T combo I now have a HobbyWing 8.5T combo that, although it isn't sensored, performs a lot better. And costs €60 less!
I will try to post the full build report and of course first driving experience here.
It is final. In about a week (or two) I will be moving my blog to be hosted solely on scriptogr.am. Why you ask? First of, I very much like the simplicity of it, using markdown files as source. Secondly, with the combination of scriptogr.am and dropbox I will have my posts not only on a server, but also locally. Which is then backed up again to my Backblaze account. Thus, triple safety.
All that is now needed is the ability to change the HTML layout, but I think Jeremy Swinnen @_s42, who will design my new template can work with what scriptogr.am offers already.
Stay tuned.
The Team Losi Racing 22 RC Buggy needs some more parts to be able to race it of course. Since the kit doesn't come with a motor, servo, receiver, transmitter and some other stuff. Luckily I already own a Spektrum DX3c transmitter and SR300 receiver, so I can save the cost for that. However, there are some pretty costly parts that I did order a few moments ago:
Sigh, that's a lot. But I expected racing to be a big initial investment.
Here is a picture of the TLR22 in the default TLR colors. Mine will have different colors of course:
Today I received my Team Losi Racing 22 RC Buggy. Just handling the box feels awesome. You notice there has been a lot of attention to detail and finish, not unlike Apple. This weekend will be a weekend of SpaceTweetup gatherings in Cologne, so I won't be able to actually start building the 22 until the coming week. Once I start the building process I will detail every step of construction.
In other news, as most of you know by now Bibble Labs has been acquired by Corel last year. The Bibble team has been working on a major update and the culminating result is called Aftershot Pro. At first sight you may think it looks a lot like Bibble, which is true, but under the hood there have been a lot of changes. The biggest change is the complete rework of color management, all cameras have been reprofiled for this. It is immediately clear that this has a huge impact on the quality of your results.
As for our book the Bibble Survival Guide, Andreas and I are currently working on a new Aftershot Survival Guide, which will include improved content aimed towards Aftershot Pro users.
Thanks to Davy Buntinx for the tip in our Tech45 podcast. The simplicity of the scriptogr.am platform is very appealing for me personally, since I am kind of a minimalist nut. I'm probably not going to move from Posterous anytime soon, but I may start using this for some real writings I have planned for 2012.
Anyways, I've rekindled my love for RC cars and yesterday I bit the bullet and purchased a Team Losi Racing 22 "Twenty Two" racing buggy. I expect to receive it within a few days and start building next week. Pictures and a full build report will probably be crossposted to this blog, looks like an excellent test for the service.
I'll let you in on a little secret project I've been working on with a friend: our first iOS app. We hoped to be finished by the end of January, but it looks like we need more time to polish things, and the iTunes Appstore approval process isn't helping either. Stay tuned.
This is bold, cursive
Ordered, numbered list:
Unordered list:
Other list:
This is a list item with two paragraphs. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Aliquam hendrerit mi posuere lectus.
Vestibulum enim wisi, viverra nec, fringilla in, laoreet vitae, risus. Donec sit amet nisl. Aliquam semper ipsum sit amet velit.
Suspendisse id sem consectetuer libero luctus adipiscing.
List item with blockquote:
A list item with a blockquote:
This is a blockquote inside a list item.
This is a code block: some code some more code and some
this is a link
Referenced links:
I get 10 times more traffic from Google than from Yahoo or MSN.
Or implicit name links:
I get 10 times more traffic from Google than from Yahoo or MSN.
Formatting:
single asterisks
single underscores
double asterisks
double underscores
And a span of
code like this part here
which can continue on the next line too
Nice picture of a sexy girl:
The copyright symbol: © Trademark: ™
and on and on
Thank you for using scriptogr.am. While we’re still in early beta development, we think you’ll enjoy the app. It’s designed to be fast, simple and to get the most creativity out of you.
scriptogr.am uses Markdown, a lightweight markup language, originally created by John Gruber and Aaron Swartz. Markdown is a text-to-HTML conversion tool for web writers. Markdown allows you to write using an easy-to-read, easy-to-write plain text format, then convert it to structurally valid XHTML (or HTML). See the Syntax page for details pertaining to Markdown’s formatting syntax. You can try it out, right now, using the online Dingus.
After connecting your Dropbox account to scriptogr.am, some necessary files and folders are added to your Dropbox at Apps/scriptogram. First the GET_STARTED.txt text file that pretty much explains the exact same as what you’re reading now. Next, we’ve added a posts folder. This is where you add your blog post (& page) files. These files are plain textfiles, but needs to be saved with the .md (markdown) extension like this: yourfile.md
We’ve added a post example page (this file) there for you to get familiar with.
All files needs to contain "front block". The front block must be the first thing in the file and takes the form of:
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Date: 2012-04-17
Title: My first post
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Between the triple-dashed lines, you can set any of the predefined variables (see below for a reference). But, the Title is required. Without the title, the system will fail.
All the variable names below are case-sensitive:
Required:
Title
The title of your post (or page)
Not required, but close to:
Date
The following date format is the correct one to use: 2001-12-18. (The Date variable can be used to ensure correct sorting of posts.)
Optional:
Published
Set to ’false’ if you don’t want a post to show up when the site is generated.
Type
Set to ’page’ if you wan’t the post to act as a ’page’ instead of a ’post’.
Excerpt
Add an excerpt1 to your post or page.
A post is a blog post.
A page is a similar as a post, but generates a link visible in the menu on your site that will lean to a page permalink.
This is simple. Just head to your admin panel and hit the ”Synchronize” button. When logged in to scriptogr.am and visiting your own page, you’ll see the scriptogr.am logotype symbol on the top right of the browser window. This is the link that leads to your admin panel.
Total count of published and unpublished posts (& pages) are visible next to the ”Synchronize” button. ”Unpublished” means that you either removed a post text file from your Dropbox or that something went wrong while trying to sync your Dropbox with scriptogr.am. Also, if you’ve set a post to be published with the Published: false variable.
Finally, happy posting. If you have any questions, suggestions or thoughts just drop us an e-mail at any time.