Muppethouse

Nautilus Google Docs Uploader

Right click, upload to Google.

I have been slightly interested in python for a while, but just never got around to actually writing anything. Not that I am enough of a programmer to be particularly swayed by one language over another - but the path of least resistance for writing plugins and such for the Linux desktop seems to by python. This was a simple project that taught me some basics, and since there isn’t a nicely developed perl module for the Google API I went on with the python.

Lets say you just made a little spreadsheet in OpenOffice

Now you want to share that amazingly complex spreadsheet with your lawyer on Google Docs

Now it’s up there…

and you can edit and share with friends

Nautilus, the Gnome file manager, lets you drop scripts of your choosing into ~/.gnome2/nautilus-scripts/. When you run the script on a file through the right-click menu the file name gets passed to the script. I knew this was possible, and have played around with OS X folder actions before, but I have to say that in practice this is a lot easier than AppleScript to me.

Grab the python script yourself, download and install the gdata python API, edit the file to have your own username/password, and right-click your way to uploading fun. Disclaimer: this is just a quick and dirty thing, do not expect it to be good.

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Firefox 3…

I tried out the latest alpha build - and wow. It renders much faster and the SVG rendering is soooo much faster. Thank god.

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digg is badass

digg añade sección podcasts

Originally uploaded by jagelado.

If you’re not already a user of the fabulously popular user-generated social news site digg.com you’re missing out. This week there has been a huge overhaul, making it much easier to customize the site to your liking. Whether you’re interested in celebrity gossip or dorky Linux stuff, this is a great place to stay on top of the latest stories.

I’m also very impressed by the new Podcast section. I’ve used Odeo in the past, and I have to say that this is even easier. You can browse or search through podcasts by category, looking for the most dugg podcast. Then within that podcast you can jump right to the most dugg episode and listen to it right within your browser… very very smooth and seamless.

Become one with digg.

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