geek stuff

Check the slides at scribd, Getting Smart about the New World of PostgreSQL Replication. The first few slides are not specific to PostgreSQL and they define some common replication jargon very nicely.

I have created a emacs major mode, called lunatech-journal, that I use for blogging. It is a derived mode from muse-mode, an excellent mode for writing and publishing.

Currently, it has following functions defined

• lunatech-journal-skeleton - loads a skeleton for blogging
• lunatech-journal-show-hints - shows a buffer with questions to help me blog about my day
• lunatech-journal-make-html - creates a html file from the muse-mode
• lunatech-journal-preview - allows me to preview my journal in the browser

I use a php script to post the blog entry to the website. To use it, I have the following in my .emacs file

(defun journal ()
  (interactive)
  (find-file "~/blog/journal.muse")
  )
(require 'lunatech-journal)
(add-to-list 'auto-mode-alist '("journal\\.muse\\'" . lunatech-journal-mode))

When I feel the need to blog, I do M-x journal, I get dropped into my journal file and I can blog.

Links:

• lunatech-journal.el - the blogging mode
• Playing with your blog's xml-rpc interface shows the php script that I use to post entries to my blog
• MuseMode