Category Archives: Software
node-fs
Following my previous post about recursive directory creation with nodejs, I created the node-fs repository on github. node-fs is a way to extend nodejs original fs library, adding recursive directory creation to the mkdir() and mkdirSync() functions.
JavaScript filesystem database
I couldn’t resist and, after many conversations with Mário Valente, I challenged myself to build a complete JavaScript filesystem based database from scratch. In short, something like CouchDB but written in JavaScript and using a filesystem approach for document storage. … Continue reading
Posted in Software, Thoughts
Tagged couchdb, database, filesystem, http, javascript, js, json, mapreduce, nodejs, rest
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Your Google Alerts can be deleted by anyone
I found out the hard way that my Google Alerts can be deleted by anyone, if they have access to the “Remove” URL. Here’s how it works: Google will send you e-mail alerts whenever it finds results for any search … Continue reading
DecentralizedAddresses Chrome extension
After much discussion around the @replies subject I started thinking about a system that could automatically resolve social network addresses no matter where they appear. I then decided to try the approach of writing a Chrome extension that could do … Continue reading
Posted in Software, Thoughts
Tagged addresses, chrome, contribute, decentralized, discussion, extension, github, google, javascript, open source
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Cliqset FeedProxy and the ActivityStreams format
Great news: the Cliqset FeedProxy tool will normalize feeds from more than 70 other services into new feeds in the ActivityStreams format. It may just be an initial inroad to interoperability between these networks, provided by a 3rd party and … Continue reading
Posted in Links, Software, Thoughts
Tagged activity, activity streams, atom, cliqset, feed, format, interoperability
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