tumblr-rb from Mark Wunsch is a cool new Ruby wrapper for Tumblr, the blogging service that powers The Changelog. While not the first Ruby wrapper for Tumblr, nor even the first with CLI support, tumblr-rb is the first we know of to support YAML front-matter.
YAML front-matter isn’t a special part of your brain, rather it’s YAML formatted meta-data at the top of a text file, a pattern made popular by Webby, Jekyll, Nanoc, and other static-ish publishing tools:
--- title: The Tumblr Gem state: queue format: markdown tags: Ruby, Tumblr, Weary slug: tumblr-rb --- You can also give it a URL: $ tumblr http://mwunsch.github.com/tumblr/tumblr.1.html That will create a _Link_ post on Tumblr pointing to the `tumblr` manpage.Another cool thing about tumblr-rb is how Mark has employed Chris Wanstrath’s new gem-man (Changelog article forthcoming) to create awesome looking man pages for the gem.
Tumblr is about removing the friction from blogging workflow. If you spend any time in the terminal, tumblr-rb takes it even farther.
First off, good thing that the Tumblr apps are beginning to roll out. It’s about time. So I was super excited when I saw that this came out but I gotta say I’m really disappointed with it so far. Also, this is a long-ish review, but bear with it if Tumblr is part of your everyday experience.
A beautiful reincarnation of beloved board game by game giant Electronic Arts.
Enjoy!
iPad 2 as fast as a 1994 supercomputer?
The iPad 2 has been undergoing tests by Dr. Jack Dongarra, one of the computer scientists who keep track of the world’s fastest 500 supercomputers. At this stage his team have only tested one of the iPad 2’s twin cores, but have found that the tablet is around 10 times faster than the original model iPad.
He also estimates that when testing finishes, the iPad 2 will have a Linpack benchmark of between 1.5 and 1.65 gigaflops. That puts it at around the same speed of the Cray 2 supercomputer (pictured), which became the fastest in the world in 1985. At that speed it would also have continued to rank in the top 500 list until 1994. When you consider that the iPad 2 can do that at a much smaller size and with a power consumption possibly billions of times smaller than the Cray 2, it’s a great example of Moore’s Law in action.
I’m just putting two and two together here, so hear me out: if an iPhone 4 can only make FaceTime calls over WIFI like the iPad 2, could an iPad 2 make a FaceTime call over 3G by connecting to an iPhone 4’s Personal Hotspot feature which is WIFI?
It’s traditionally been a loophole. Skype for…
Photo image: Motorola Mobility, Apple, Word Art
Suddenly, those Xoom tablets aren’t looking so shimmery anymore.
A day after Steve Jobs unveiled the iPad 2, Cowen & Co. analyst Matt Hoffman downgraded Motorola Mobility to “Neutral” from “Outperform.”
“MMI’s window of opportunity to…
Jerry Brito and Peter Snyder just launched this beautiful Tumblr app for the iPad. Browse the Dashboard; like, reblog, and create posts; even manage multiple blogs. Awesome.
Tumbleroo was just approved and made available in the app store. More info coming here soon!
This is the first Tumblr iPad app. I’ve tried it and it’s very fast, even faster than the iPhone Tumblr app. Question for the developer, is it possible for you to…
