I just released the latest version of Nexty - and to celebrate that, I am making Nexty an online application. That is, you can use Nexty from the web - without having to install it on your local system.

Of course, Nexty code is available as well - you can download and install it locally if you wish. In fact, I will recommend that you install it locally. That way, the application will be much faster than the online alternatives.

This happens to be my first online app. I have worked on many online projects before - but those were for various clients. This is the first online application that I have created for the use of others! I am working on anther online application - but by the look of things, it is not going to be over soon.

And thanks to Brad Nickel for suggesting this idea.

I have released Nexty 1.01.A. If you are a user of Nexty, I will recommend that you switch to the new version.

Changelog

Search

Search for tasks, projects and reminders

Next Action

Dedicated page for the next action - and only that

Inbox Feature

Add a lot of tasks in one go using the inbox

Linux Command Line

A script to control Nexty from the Linux command line.

Code uses iFrame

iFrame is my PHP framework

Bug Fixs

Too many to list

Better Installer

Will not overwrite the old data

Printing Support

Well, its better than before

To Learn more…

• Nexty 1.01.A Demo
• Nexty Information
• Download Nexty 1.01.A

I created an RSS aggregater for my site BinnyVA.com that aggregates the content from all my sites. The basic idea is to build a Seinfeld Calendar that will force me to continually publish posts - at least 1 per day.

It is very simple to create - whole system is contained in the following files…

fetcher.php

This will run once a day as a cron job. It downloads the feeds for all my sites, parses the XML and inserts the new posts into the database.

The download is done by my load PHP function. It uses the curl library.

The XML parsing uses the xml2array() PHP function. Currently I parse only the RSS format - I am completely ignoring the atom format.

Finally the data is inserted into the database - the following data is stored…

• Title
• Link
• Date
• Summary
• Full Content
• Categories/Tags

The full file is around 100 lines long.

index.php

This is a simple calendar scripts that lists all the posts of each days of one month. Includes a navigation to enable the visitor to go to the past months as well.

Other Files

There is a bit of mod_rewrite code that make sure that the URL are very clean. For example, the URL for April 2007 is http://www.binnyva.com/2007/04/.

The mod_rewrite for this is in the .htaccess file…

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule ^([0-9]+)/([0-9]+) index.php?year=$1&month=$2

Don’t Break the Chain

Now all you have to do is make sure that each day has at least one post in it. This system had me creating content continually for the last two months.

If you are looking for an easier way to create the calendar, try out Don’t break the chain.

Finally - the feature I most wanted in Google Reader has been added. Its official people - Google Reader has search.

I have no idea why they took so long to add this feature - its ironic that Google fails to provide the search option.

Results Sorted by Date

The main complaint I have about the search feature is that the results are sorted by date and not by relevance. The below picture will make this very clear…

I would prefer that it is sorted by relevance - at least provide an option for that.

More Information

• Offical Announcement
• Google Reader adds search!

I have a new blog - LinDesk. LinDesk concentrates on the use of Linux on the Desktop. I am trying to keep it distro agnostic - but there is a slight leaning towards Fedora - as it is the distro I am using. Also, you might find a disproportionate amount of articles about KDE.

Actually this blog has been around for some time. The first article appeared on April 8. But I did not announce it so that there can be a build up of articles before it goes public.

Take a look at LinDesk - and if you are a fan of the Linux operating system, subscribe.

Some Popular Posts

• Konqueror - A Killer App for Linux
• Konqueror, The Browser
• Using Konqueror as an FTP Client
• Internet Connection Sharing using iptables
• How to Mount ISO/MDF Images in Linux
• Top 5 Video Players in Linux
• Wesnoth - The Battle for Productivity

So what do you guys think of the new blog? Is it a good move? Or am I moving towards an early burnout?