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Pelican — Pelican v2 documentation
Pelican is a simple weblog generator, writen in python.

Write your weblog entries directly with your editor of choice (vim!) and directly in restructured text, or markdown.
A simple cli-tool to (re)generate the weblog.
Easy to interface with DVCSes and web hooks
Completely static output, so easy to host anywhere !
blog  cms  markdown  opensource  python 
december 2011 by roel
VaultPress — Safeguard your site
Your WordPress site or blog is your connection to the world. But hosting issues, server errors, and hackers can wipe out in seconds what took years to build. VaultPress is here to protect what’s most important to you.
backup  blog  wordpress 
june 2010 by roel
My Favorite Online Places to Get More Info About Photography « Photofocus
While I am pretty busy keeping Photofocus.com full of good info, I do take time to read other photo blogs and publications and listen to or watch other podcasts. So here’s a list of SOME of my current favorites is no particular order.
tips  photography  blog  links  photographer  blogs 
july 2009 by roel
BackType — Blog Archive » BackType Connect for Wordpress
Following our API update last week, today we’re releasing the BackType Connect Plugin for Wordpress. It brings the functionality of BackType Connect to the Wordpress comment system, showing conversations from other blogs, Twitter, FriendFeed, Digg, Reddit and more inline with the comments on your blog.
wordpress  plugins  backtype  blog  tools  socialnetworking 
may 2009 by roel
The fundamental problem of ‘owning’ user data « Alexander van Elsas’s Weblog on new media & technologies and their effect on social behavior
What is more important, the rights of the mass, or the rights of the individual. In the western world we tend to assume an inverse relationship between individual rights and social control. More social control leads to less individual rights and vice versa. Marshall suggests that individual rights may be less important than the ‘greater cause’ of being able to provide more value to users if data is freely accessible.
privacy  socialnetworking  personal_data  personal  data  datamining  opinion  article  blog 
april 2009 by roel
An Unschooling Manifesto | How to Save the World
The world of the classroom is so unlike anything the real world has to offer – with the exception of other classrooms – that kids can excel at school only to find themselves utterly lost in the real world. Some people think this is the result of failed schooling, but a few of us suspect otherwise. We suspect that this sense of displacement and confusion is actually the result of schooling that succeeds in its most basic unwritten objective: to keep you dependent, timid, worried, nervous, compliant, and afraid of the World. To keep you waiting. To keep you manageable. To keep you helpless. To keep you small. Educated, confident, creative people are dangerous to the status quo, dangerous to a centralized economy, dangerous to a centralized system of command and control. Those in power don’t want you educated. They want you schooled.
unschooling  opinion  analysis  blog  article 
april 2009 by roel
10 Principles of Beautiful Photography
A camera does not work like an eye; memory does not work like film. There is a fine line between a photo that is quite nice and one that is quite breathtaking. At some undefined point, a photo can cross the Rubicon and be forever a piece of beautiful art. That hinterland between a regular photo and evocative art is a moving target from person to person and taste to taste. However, that zone of wonderment can be narrowed a bit once you start to consider about the way the brain stores memories and emotions.
photography  hdr  blog  inspiration  photos 
february 2009 by roel
Informed Comment
Thoughts on the Middle East, History, and Religion
world  opinion  blog  politics  news  history 
january 2009 by roel
LobeLog.com
Jim Lobe is best known for his coverage of U.S. foreign policy, particularly the neo-conservative influence in the Bush administration. The Washington Bureau Chief of the international news agency Inter Press Service (IPS), Lobe has also written for Foreign Policy In Focus, Alternet, Tompaine.com, and was featured in BBC and ABC television documentaries about motivations for the US invasion of Iraq.
blog  politics  usa  news 
january 2009 by roel
Michael Tsai - Blog - Dropbox
Dropbox is certainly a promising technology—in many ways, what iDisk should have been—but it currently has some serious problems. It does not support Mac resource forks, extended attributes, or packages. Worse, it does not tell you that it doesn’t support these features. It just silently throws away those parts of your files. Until this is fixed, it should only be used by technical users who are sure that these limitations will not cause problems for them.
dropbox  macosx  opinion  blog  article 
november 2008 by roel
Urban Sketchers
Urban Sketchers is a community of artists around the world who draw the people and places of the cities where they live and travel to. This blog is an extension to the Flickr Urban Sketchers group started in November of 2007 by Seattle journalist and illustrator Gabi Campanario.
blog  art  draw  sketch  flickr  images 
november 2008 by roel
5 dangers of social media « Alexander van Elsas’s Weblog on new media & technologies and their effect on social behavior
Let me provide you five dangers that arise due to our changed online behavior. These dangers should make us realize that when (not if) we move into an era where data becomes currency, we will need to develop better privacy and security measures to go along with that.
socialnetworking  socialsoftware  social  web  online  networks  article  blog 
november 2008 by roel
Steenveilig - Geldenwerk - nrc.next
Ik ben en was ook altijd (een eenzame) voorstander van het aflossen van je hypotheekschuld, als je daar de middelen voor hebt.
finance  financial  advice  advies  artikel  blog  nrc  geld 
october 2008 by roel
But if they steal it - how can I make money? | New Music Strategies
I wrote a post back in April called ‘Should I Be Worried About Piracy?‘, to which my answer was, in a nutshell, “no”. This was meant to be a bit of a controversial post, though at the time I didn’t get much of the flak that I was bracing myself for. So I figured that most people saw the sense of it. I even had some good feedback about it elsewhere. But today, I received a passionate and very angry comment on that post - and it highlights some important issues and it raises some things that are both emotionally charged and based in the world of real, day-to-day economics.
music  piracy  opinion  article  blog  industry  internet  digital 
october 2008 by roel
Fotografie blogkermis: Workflow (Photofacts)
Meerdere weblogs hebben vandaag een stukje geschreven over workflow en geplaatst op hun eigen site. Anderhalve week geleden heb ik deze eerste blogkermis aangekondigd op Photofacts en gelukkig hebben er een zevental bloggers meegedaan! Een mooi resultaat voor deze eerste blogkermis. Workflow is het proces dat je doorloopt om iets voor elkaar te krijgen. Bij fotografie gaat het dus om het proces vanaf het maken van de foto (of wellicht zelfs wat hiervoor) tot het opleveren / afhebben van het eindresultaat (bijvoorbeeld een fotoalbum).
workflow  photography  article  blog 
october 2008 by roel
The Future Institute: Hoezo kredietcrisis?
"Kredietcrisis? Mevrouw, waar heeft u het over? Ik ben 21, ik heb nog geen krediet, en zie dus ook geen crisis."
geld  future  finance  blog  artikel  toekomst 
october 2008 by roel
A Web OS? Are You Dense? - Ted Dziuba
People are calling Google Chrome a "Web Operating System" and a "Cloud Operating System". Some are even calling it a Windows killer. I think it's time to nip this horseshit in the bud, before it gets out of hand.
web2.0  analysis  blog  article  webservices  browser  google  opinion 
september 2008 by roel
Chase Jarvis Blog: Chase Jarvis RAW: Advance Testing the Nikon D90
Woot! Today I get to be among the very first to share with you the planet’s newest camera: the much-anticipated Nikon D90. You may have been attuned to all the recent leaks, buzz and rumors of a new Nikon camera coming soon, but I can assure you, this here ain’t no rumor. It’s the real deal and I know so because my crew and I spent several weeks testing and experimenting with this gem months in advance of today’s release, and our efforts make up the launch campaign.
video  photography  nikon  test  opinion  blog  photographer  review 
august 2008 by roel
Why I'm late to embrace Shiny Things | Global Neighbourhoods
Thomas reminded me of why I sometimes think I am Silicon Valley's latest early adopter. Most people I know around here seem greatly enamored with each and every "shiny new object."
gadgets  friends  network  article  blog  social  socialnetworking 
august 2008 by roel
The Guild
The Guild is an award-winning online sitcom about the real lives of the online guild "The Knights of Good", with webisodes 3-6 minutes long.
video  funny  humor  games  mmorpg  blog  gaming  online  sitcom 
july 2008 by roel
Anil Dash: The Windows Apps You Never Need To Install
It makes sense to point out some mistakes that I still see even savvy Windows users make, and perhaps convince you to break the habit. Here, then, are Windows applicaitons you should never need to install on your system.
windows  software  tips  advice  applications  article  blog 
july 2008 by roel
Google Code Blog: Google Visualization API Expanding Beyond Google Spreadsheets
We are excited to announce that we are opening up the Google Visualization API beyond Google Spreadsheets and adding more capabilities for developers. Earlier at the Google I/O developer conference, we launched several new features of the Google Visualiza
google  api  visualization  googledocs  development  blog  article 
may 2008 by roel
Musing about Flickr and YouTube and mobile phone cameras in the enterprise
Recently I spent some time considering the differences between traditional office e-mail and facebook e-mail: the lack of bc, cc and forward buttons, the way links and videos and sound files are attached, the absence of spreadsheet and document and presen
blog  article  culture  society  observation 
may 2008 by roel
24 + 1 Photography Podcasts That Will Inspire You
Today I have collected 24 Photography Podcasts for you. These are all podcasts about Photography which can be a great source of information and inspiration for your photography. Each one can improve and support your daily photographic life and help you im
photography  podcast  photoshop  tutorials  tutorial  tips  blog  list 
may 2008 by roel
The Great Ubuntu-Girlfriend Experiment « Content Consumer
With the latest release of Ubuntu, I was interested to see how far Linux had come since then in terms of being used easily by the mainstream. So, I tricked my grudging girlfriend Erin into sitting down at a brand new Ubuntu 8.04 installation and performin
linux  ubuntu  usability  design  experiment  article  blog  consumer  computer  desktop  gui  research 
may 2008 by roel
ongoing · Video Pain
Trouble with video on the Mac. And thought Mac OS was currently the best operating system for video editing...?
apple  video  editing  blog  article  mac 
may 2008 by roel
Fauna | A living organism characterized by voluntary movement
This is the official home for the Fauna for Wordpress theme. Grab your latest copy here, and post bugs in the forum.
wordpress  theme  themes  design  webdesign  blog 
may 2008 by roel
On Managing A Community | chrisbrogan.com
I wonder how most organizations are handling the role of community manager. I’m curious where a community manager reports. Marketing? HR? Customer service? I wonder how organizations are justifying the cost, and what they believe the role entails for le
community  socialmedia  management  socialnetworking  web2.0  article  blog  communication  web  socialnetworks  online  moderation  media 
april 2008 by roel
Solar Power From Africa: The Best Investment the EU Can Make | SolveClimate.com
"Big Solar" may take on a whole new meaning if Desertec, the most ambitious solar thermal plan ever conceived, gets funded. Its architects claim they can build a supergrid of concentrating solar thermal plants (CSP) that can meet most of Europe's current
solar  energy  africa  green  sustainability  europe  blog  article 
april 2008 by roel
Neatorama » Blog Archive » The Wonderful World of Early Photography.
Photography was probably an inevitable invention - the surprise was that it took so long for it to develop, especially given that the scientific principles that are responsible for it - physical principles such as our understanding of lens and optics and
photography  history  photos  art  technology  article  blog 
march 2008 by roel
Free is not a Constant State - James Duncan Davidson
Chris Anderson’s FREE! essay in Wired is certainly a good think and is the culmination of a lot of thinking around what digital technologies mean for the economy. As a photographer, I immediately think about what Chris is saying in terms of photography.
photography  free  discussion  vision  future  ideas  blog  article 
march 2008 by roel
Volksopstand tegen de privacyschendingen - Sargasso
Vandaar dat ik een poging doe de meest relevante zaken over de steeds verder gaande aantasting van de privacy door de overheid op een rijtje te zetten.
privacy  politiek  nederland  overheid  article  blog  burgerrechten 
february 2008 by roel
Chyrp
Chyrp is a blogging engine designed to be very lightweight while retaining functionality. It is driven by PHP and MySQL (with some AJAX thrown in), and has a pimpin’ theme and module engine, so you can personalize it however you want.
blog  PHP  cms  blogging  software  opensource 
february 2008 by roel
We Need Experimenters, Not Leaders - Dave Pollard
We don't need 'leadership' or 'leaders'. What we need is experimenters.The way to create working models that work better than the dysfunctional ones we have now, in a complex system where no one is in control and no one has the answers, is to try things.
analysis  blog  article  opinion  future  ideas  learning 
february 2008 by roel
B R I G H T :: Film downloaden vreet week stroom
'De CO2-uitstoot van de internetsector is bijna net zo groot als dat van al het vliegverkeer in de wereld.' Dat meldde onderzoeksbureau Gartner een tijdje terug. Details waren niet bekend dus gingen we zelf op nader onderzoek uit. Uit de openhartige gegev
milieu  environment  green  greenhousegases  climate  blog  article  energy 
february 2008 by roel
Comment is free: The sound of (free) music
To blame all the woes of the music industry on illegal downloads is poppycock. It's time for some new thinking
music  article  blog  download  entertainment  web  internet  analysis  future 
february 2008 by roel
Kevin Kelly -- The Technium
The internet is a copy machine. At its most foundational level, it copies every action, every character, every thought we make while we ride upon it.
business  economics  Internet  free  technology  marketing  web  article  blog  inspiration  ideas  trends  web2.0 
february 2008 by roel
ongoing · Shinjuku Cameras
Very informative comment on the different types of distortion you may encounter in photography.
photography  photo  distortion  blog  article  tips  reference 
december 2007 by roel
Can we have common sense in copyright laws? « Scobleizer — Tech geek blogger
“Common sense tells me that the maximum penalty for transmitting an MP3 file should not be over 1000-fold the maximum penalty of shoplifting a CD from a store.”
copyright  opinion  blog  filesharing  p2p  stealing  music  media 
december 2007 by roel
Photofacts; Abstracte fotografie in rook op laten gaan
Een artikel op Photocritic.org was voor Photofacts inspiratie om zelf abstracte foto's te gaan maken van rook, en dit proces te beschrijven.
fotografie  foto  howto  blog  article  reference  rook 
december 2007 by roel
The Online Photographer: Great Photographers on the Internet
What would photoblog or photo forum visitors nowadays say about some the best photographs of the last century? Satire alert! ;-)
photography  humor  blog  photo  satire  internet  art  funny 
november 2007 by roel
Tombuntu
News, tips and howto's for Ubuntu Linux
ubuntu  linux  howto  blog  news 
october 2007 by roel
Springwise: Eco & Sustainability ideas
Latest news about new sustainable or eco-ideas
sustainability  green  ideas  eco  design  trends  blog  news 
october 2007 by roel
Natuurlijk plannen maken » lifehacking.nl
Een uitleg over Getting Things Done (GTD) in het Nederlands.
lifehacks  productivity  gtd  nederlands  blog  article 
september 2007 by roel
Online backup - wat gebruik je? » lifehacking.nl
Overzicht van en reacties op mogelijkheden voor online backup.
backup  online  blog  article  comments 
september 2007 by roel
The New Ubuntu Website | Bearfruit
"For the last three months, my sole focus at work has been getting this site ready. It has involved a major redesign, a major architectural change and dramatic streamlining of the content." -- Nice job!
drupal  ubuntu  webdesign  open  css  article  blog 
august 2007 by roel
Today's Blog Music / The Hype Machine - discover, listen and buy music discussed on the best mp3 blogs
The Hype Machine follows music blog discussion. Every day, hundreds of people around the world write about music they love. Then it all ends up here.
music  mp3  blog  audio  search  aggregator  alternative  bands 
august 2007 by roel
scottberkun.com » #54 - Writing Hacks, Part 1: Starting
Writing is easy, it’s quality that’s hard. Any idiot who knows 5 words can write a sentence (e.g. “Dufus big much Scott is”). It might be grammarless, broken, or inaccurate but it is writing. This means that when people can’t start they’re ima
writing  tips  creativity  essay  blog  advice  article  ideas  howto 
august 2007 by roel
Voorlopig geen doorbraak mobiel internet?
We zijn van 27 juli t/m 11 augustus op vakantie geweest en in de factuur van afgelopen maand is het extra dataverbruik t/m 31 juli berekend. De totale kosten voor mijn mobiele abonnement waren voor de afgelopen maand maar liefst 905,14 euro.
roelreply  mobile  nederlands  blog  article  finance 
august 2007 by roel
Weblog Wereld » Ondergang van voedselorganisatie VN dreigt
De FAO, de voedsel- en landbouworganisatie van de Verenigde Naties, staat aan de rand van de afgrond. Dat is de harde conclusie van een extern onderzoek naar de organisatie, dat in opdracht van de lidstaten is uitgevoerd.
roelreply  fao  unitednations  un  food  world  politics  nieuws  nrc  blog  article 
august 2007 by roel
Attack of the Super Crunchers: Adventures in Data Mining - Freakonomics - Opinion - New York Times Blog
Ian Ayres, Yale Law School professor, Forbes columnist, and data fanatic has now written a book on data mining, Super Crunchers: Why Thinking-By-Numbers Is the New Way to Be Smart.
datamining  analytics  research  tools  statistics  freakonomics  article  blog 
august 2007 by roel
TabletBlog.com by ThoughtFix
Tips, tricks, hacks, and news about Nokia Internet Tablets and related technology.
nokia  internettablet  blog  n800  mobile 
august 2007 by roel
Sargasso » Blog Archive » Vergeet biobrandstof: stop met kappen
Medewerkers van de natuurorganisatie World Land Trust en de University of Leeds hebben berekend dat het terugdringen van houtkap en extra bos bijplanten veel meer CO2-besparing oplevert dan bossen omzetten in energie-akkers.
biofuels  biobrandstoffen  co2  climatechange  climate  klimaat  klimaatverandering  blog  article  environment  milieu 
august 2007 by roel
MediaBlog » Na de clans (III)
Henk Blanken vervolgt zijn blogserie over de transitie van massamedia-consument naar infoclan-consument. We maken deel uit van netwerken, en zijn minder makkelijk te bereiken door de steeds bredere media-markt.
blog  media  tv  newspaper  news  analysis  opinion  article  networks  viral 
august 2007 by roel
WorldChanging: Tools, Models and Ideas for Building a Bright Green Future: Greening the Co-op: Improving Energy Efficiency Means Saving Money
Around 85 percent of all the buildings that will exist in New York City in 25 years are already standing. 80 percent of the city's greenhouse gas pollution is created by building energy use. So however advanced green building methods become, however energ
worldchanging  blog  article  emissie  emissions  sustainability  housing  cities  environment 
august 2007 by roel
WorldChanging: Tools, Models and Ideas for Building a Bright Green Future: Offshoring Emissions, Historical Carbon and Climate Imperialism
Globalization has tended to move heavy polluting industries offshore, away from Europe and North America, and to places like China and Brazil. We still consume the lion's share of the goods these nations manufacture, but the carbon is emitted there, not h
sustainability  emissie  emissions  offshore  footprint  carbondioxide  greenhousegases  column  article  blog  worldchanging 
august 2007 by roel
Decarbonizing the Carbon Economy « Scholars and Rogues
Until the development of water and wind power, humanity burned carbon-based fuels like wood and coal to power our civilization. These very same fuels are now polluting the air and water with heavy metals, ozone pollution, and acid rain.
economics  energy  blog  article  opinion  analysis  trends  innovation  sustainability 
august 2007 by roel
De nieuwe reporter » Blog Archive » Goedkope mening
Opiniestuk van Francisco van Jole over het effect van 'gratis' diensten op internet op onze cultuur. Volgens mij is geen van de gratis diensten echt gratis. Er staan advertenties omheen, je persoonlijek informatie wordt gebruikt/verkocht, etc.
opinie  web  internet  culture  webservices  article  blog  gratis 
august 2007 by roel
Digitaal Inlichtingenwerk Zeeuwse Bibliotheek: Muziek: de teloorgang van de 'fysieke drager'
Nrc Next had gisteren een interessant artikel over de muziekindustrie en een actie van popmuzikant Prince, die zijn laatste cd gratis weggeeft aan de bezoekers van zijn 21 concerten in Londen.
roelreply  music  digital  digitalrightsmanagement  mp3  trends  future  article  blog 
august 2007 by roel
meereffect » Een goed archief is het halve werk (1)
Als het werkelijk waar is, dat 10 procent van onze werktijd opgaat aan zoeken (dat is bijna een heel uur per dag!), dan moeten we misschien eens kijken naar het bouwen van een goed archiefsysteem.
archiveren  lifehacks  tips  blog  article 
august 2007 by roel
Digitaal Inlichtingenwerk Zeeuwse Bibliotheek: Mooi werk: webcare voor bedrijven
Edwin Mijnsbergen (zbdigitaal) zou wel Webcare specialist willen zijn. Ik ook. ;)
blog  article  webcare 
august 2007 by roel
Verborgen Open Source: de kracht, of haar zwakte? | Bl
Ber betoogt dat het goed zou zijn als meer mensen zouden begrijpen hoe internet e.d. werkt, en wat het belang van open source software op dit gebied is.
roelreply  opensource  opinion  blog  article 
august 2007 by roel
Installing in Mephisto
Step-by-step tutorial on installing the Mephisto blog software.
blog  application  web  how  reference 
august 2007 by roel
Things I can do in Linux that I can't do on Windows. | dmartin.org
Since I often hear from friends and people on the Internet about things they can't do in Linux that they could on Windows, I thought I'd write up a list of things I can do in Linux that I can't do in Windows.
linux  windows  comparison  list  blog  article 
august 2007 by roel
GigaOM Google vs Jimmy Wales & Open Source Search «
Om Malik discusses open source search and Wikia's effort in that area. The acquisition of Grub is the first step on the road to a viable open source search engine.
opensource  search  article  opinion  blog  crawling  searchengines  open 
july 2007 by roel
The 5, 10, 20 year plan - (37signals)
At the end of every interview someone inevitably asks “Where do you see 37signals in five years? Ten years? 20 years?” My answer remains the same: “Still in business. Beyond that I have no idea.”
business  philosophy  article  entrepreneurship  future  startup  inspiration  blog 
july 2007 by roel
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