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Secure blogging by email

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Alex at Slackerbit.ch has a new script available for Blogging by email securely with GnuPG and Movable Type:

To add some security to the script, it only posts entries that have a good GnuPG signature, and even then only if the fingerprint of the key used to sign is allowed to post. And signing emails with gpg is a snap with mutt.
By adding custom headers to the mail, you can even set the category of the entry and ping TrackBack URLs.The script takes the value of the X-MT-Category header, and if that matches the name of an existing category, this is set as the primary category for that entry.And pinging TrackBack URLs happens via the X-MT-Ping header. This header can appear multiple times, and each URL gets pinged.

The signing of blog entries is something Bill Kearney is thinking about today as well. Interesting stuff. [By way of...Ben Hammersley.com]

Make Your May Vacation Plans Now...

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OregonLive.com: Oregon Special Election News Elderly people, the disabled, state troopers, school teachers and others are bracing for state funding cuts after Oregon voters rejected an income tax increase. The proposed tax hike, which lawmakers said would have spared the state from having to make $310 million in cuts, was rejected Tuesday. The state already slashed $700 million from the budget last year, and lawmakers have failed in five special sessions to solve the state's budget crisis.

Portland Public Schools will now cut an additional 9 school days, in addition to the 15 they have already cut from the school year....

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Tim LauerTeacher, Portland Public Schools, Portland, Oregon

This weblog is mainly a place for me to note and organize information I find relating to education and the use of technology in education. In addition it acts as a platform for discussion with others with similar interests.

NY Times Magazine: Warren Zevon

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In His Time of Dying The show's only guest would be Warren Zevon, the songwriter known for the twisted humor of songs like ''Lawyers, Guns and Money,'' ''Werewolves of London'' and ''Poor Poor Pitiful Me'' and for troubled love songs like ''Hasten Down the Wind'' and ''Accidentally Like a Martyr.'' Zevon, 56, is a dying man.

News That Comes to You

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J.D. Lasica on RSS news readers: Instead of the hunt and peck of Web surfing, you can download or buy a small program that turns your computer into a voracious media hub, letting you snag headlines and news updates as if you were commanding the anchor desk at CNN. [By way of: Ranchero.com]

Hiptop Nation hits the New York Times

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"Hiptop Nation is a place where people share their experiences with the world while wandering around with these little Sidekick devices with cameras," said John Lester, a 35-year-old Boston resident and one of about 300 participants in Hiptop Nation . "It gives you a sense of connectedness because not only are people posting to the blog wirelessly but they're reading it wirelessly." [Smart Mobs]

I'm sitting in a meeting right now... thankfully there is wireless here... but if not... a Hiptop would be very nice...