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Turn Your PC into a 'Moblogger'

ptorrone writes "Engadget's weekly how-to article this week shows how to turn a PC in to an 'automatic moblogging' machine. Their example they show a Windows PC, what do you use on your Mac or Linux machines to post images automatically?"

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  1. Yipes by darth_MALL · · Score: 5, Funny

    "as well as the house cat and dog, or as I refer to them, the meat pets."...remind me not to go to a BBQ at his place.

  2. what about.. by The+Unabageler · · Score: 4, Funny

    a freakin webcam? hello 1995?

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    1. Re:what about.. by Rupert · · Score: 3, Funny

      What's the URL for your cellphone? I hope you have caller pays.

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    2. Re:what about.. by AndroidCat · · Score: 3, Funny
      Lovely. Not only can people with cells tell callers that they're on the bus, but the GPS says where the bus is, and they can send pictures!

      The rapid pace of "Hi, I'm on the bus" technology is just astounding! ;)

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  3. Moblogger by Neil+Blender · · Score: 5, Funny

    Worst. Word. Ever.

    1. Re:Moblogger by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

      That word is almost as stupid as mebi or gibi.

      Or "Gigli".

    2. Re:Moblogger by zulux · · Score: 3, Funny

      I think people who make up these "techie" terms should be shot,

      Techieterm: I like it.

      Peprare to be shot.

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  4. Want to have sex? by Nuclear+Elephant · · Score: 5, Funny

    Pay no attention to the laptop behind the curtain.

  5. Done before? by Mateito · · Score: 5, Funny

    Isn't this exactly what the 40,000,000 odd porn sites on the web have been doing for the last, um, decade or so?

  6. Re:Do we really need more blogging? by chame1e0n · · Score: 5, Funny

    and unlike your post, how?

  7. Checking in on the cat and dog by zymurgy_cat · · Score: 4, Funny

    Ah, yes, thanks to technology he doesn't have to wait to get home to watch the cat toss up a hairball while the dog licks itself.

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  8. Mob logging? by FattMattP · · Score: 3, Funny

    Mob logging? Is that when your site gets slashdotted and apache is writing to the log files as fast as it can?

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  9. Re:Do we really need more blogging? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    blogging is brilliant. it provides dudes who spout shit with the perfect soapbox with no risk of anyone paying any attention.

  10. Re:Do we really need more blogging? by Cowboy+Bebop · · Score: 2, Funny
    Blogs are mostly narcissistic rantings, with no regard to what purpose they serve.

    And what purpose would that be?

  11. meat pets by aardwolf204 · · Score: 2, Funny

    "I like to look in on what the many robots are doing as well as the house cat and dog, or as I refer to them, the meat pets."

    Dear god, this carbon based bi-ped has meat pets!

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  12. Your attention, please... by The+Ultimate+Fartkno · · Score: 3, Funny


    Much like the words "Gen-X," "extreme," "controversial," the "i-" and "my-" prefixes and everything else that has been marketed, hyped, and "Next on Entertainment Tonight!"-ed to death, the "-blog" suffix has now joined the ranks of things that instantaneously bring out my "HULK SMASH!" reflex and, unfortunately for much of the world, I was exposed to a massive dose of radiation last night. I'll likely just wither away and die, but on the off-chance that I wake up tomorrow with a set of X-Men-esque abilities, the guy who coined "Right Guard Extreme!" just might want to start digging a hole to hide in.

    Cliches of the world, fear my wrath.

  13. The only problem with your solution is that by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    it is written in Perl.

  14. Who doesn't have an Aibo? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    .If you have a Sony Aibo, you can use the built in application which sends a photo email to also send a photo to the Moblog, I have 2 of my Aibos doing that now

    Does it strike anyone else as odd that not only can he afford to throw away cash on something like an Aibo, but he can justify doing so more than 2 times?

    Imagine a cluster of Aibo (sorry)

  15. This is way cool!!! by sssmashy · · Score: 3, Funny

    I sure hope moblogging becomes much more widespread than it is now! If there's one thing the world needs, it's millions of pictures that capture inane and random figments of some stranger's life. Whoa, look at this whimsical picture that she look of the sunlight glistening off the back fender of her Taurus.... instant art!

    In fact, I look forward to living vicariously through the lives of strangers and acquaintances. Why, it's almost as if I had a life of my own!

  16. Moblogging??? by WwWonka · · Score: 4, Funny

    Moblogging?

    Hmmmmmmm.....

    4.27.04 Tony Z, Little Pasta, and I went down to Bruno's for a slice at noon. Talked bout sum bizness that needed to be handled with the Skarpaze family. Bastards owe us points from the game.

    4.28.04 Little Pasta and Tony Z were arguing over "shotgun" in my caddy. Whacked em both cause I was getting irked. Buried em in Ma's rose garden. Got another slice at Bruno's.

  17. Re:I guess the big question is... by OrangeTide · · Score: 3, Funny

    A rough translation of "moblog" is "waste of time".

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  18. Re:Do we really need more blogging? by bergeron76 · · Score: 2, Funny

    People are still figuring it out. I mean, look at the web mid 1996. Everyone had a web page full of useless stuff, a boat load of javascript and way too many blink tags. What little content there was, was "arcissistic rantings, with no regard to what purpose they serve".

    You mean like this one:
    http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbsite/?

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