This forum thread at Wired New York has an amazing amount of (mostly) black and white photographs showcasing the growth of New York from 1885, the early days of film-based photography, all the way to the 1970’s. It’s a great way to absorb what many say is the greatest city mankind has ever seen —…
George Carlin, Dead at 71
Word just spread that ETOnline is reporting that George Carlin has died at 5:55 p.m. yesterday of heart failure at 71 years of age. I probably don’t need to reiterate his amazing accomplishments, because there are too many, but just in case you need to brush up on his achievements … George Carlin, as an…
Taco Bell Wants 50 Cent to Rap
From AllHipHop.com: To promote its new “Why Pay More†value menu, Taco Bell sent 50 Cent an offer letter obtained by AllHipHop.com, asking him to change his name to either 79 Cent, 89 Cent or 99 Cent for one day this summer. Cue bigwigs in a meeting watching a security cam footage of Seventty-Nine rapping…
Post to Ping.FM using Launchy
With Ping.FM sending status updates, micro-blog posts, and blog posts to a number of different services, I thought it’d be nice to be able to quickly send an update using Launchy.
To do this, it requires the installation of Blat, a command-line email utility. Here’s a mini-guide on how to get posting to Ping.FM using Launchy:
- Download and install Blat. Here’s an example line on how to install Blat using these details — email: [email protected], smtp server: mail.goodblimey.com, username: mattieboo, and password: blah
blat -install mail.goodblimey.com [email protected] - - - mattieboo blah
- Open Launchy options and click on the Plugins tab. Click on Runner and double-click the Program field, then enter the path to the Blat executable.
- Double-click on Arguments and enter this:
- -to [email protected] -f [email protected] -subject Ping -body "$$"
Where [email protected] is the email Ping.fm gives you to send in updates.
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