A GMail-based blog With 1000 MB of entries

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A GMail-based blog With 1000 MB of entries

Posted by Hemos on Monday September 6, 2004 @04:34AM from the using-the-space-in-more-interesting-ways dept.

Jean-Luc R. writes "Via mediaTIC blog. Gallina is a GMail blog tool created by Jonathan Hernandez that uses GMail messages as "entries" (so 1000 MB of entries!!), replies to conversations are the "entry comments", uses Libgmailer (gmail-lite project) to connect to GMail. It uses XML/XSLT and by the way it's a GPL software. You can download it there. See the Gallina Demo Blog as for an example."

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hmm by Anonymous Coward · 2004-09-06 04:37 · Score: 5, Funny

people are making so much use of gmail for different things
i wonder when ill be able to run off a remote OS installed on a gmail account
1. Re:hmm by Ford+Prefect · 2004-09-06 05:56 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Actually, I've realised that one untapped source of data storage space is in Slashdot comments. Untold gigabytes of free storage space at our fingertips, just waiting to be tapped!
  
  I've decided I'll be uploading an encrypted backup of my hard disk with my new SlashdotFS. Yeah, it's slow, yeah, it's against untold numbers of terms of service, but who cares. It's free, and it's huge!
  ---slashdotfs.v1.337--- 48101bbdd897877cc62b8704a 293a436 55bc3937bb9c3b6a010b11d3887fed42 6894952 b2cd2b995d6153149867fb861 8a22d33414aae8228a623f0 1da53ed6a
  
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2. Re:hmm by dzym · 2004-09-06 06:46 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  After running that block of data hrough decryption, I've determined that block of hex is a picture of petrified Natalie Portman and hot grits.
Web-server? by Anonymous Coward · 2004-09-06 04:41 · Score: 1, Funny

C'mon folks, you're not trying hard enough. Give us a GMail-based web-server and I might start being impressed. And not just plain HTML, that's too easy, I want Javascript and CSS 2 support at least!

For those real hackers out there, I also need GMail-based p2p, IM, PVR and espresso-machine.
Harrumph by Trailwalker · 2004-09-06 05:11 · Score: 5, Funny

Anyone who needs a gig of space to write down what is on his mind has a bigger problem than finding space online.
1. Re:Harrumph by Donny+Smith · 2004-09-06 05:49 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  Yes, but if they use REALLY BIG FONT SIZE, that takes up more storage space!
Re:Sick of gmail by Anonymous Coward · 2004-09-06 05:11 · Score: 5, Funny

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - September 6, 2004 - Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) announced today that they are discontinuing the popular beta trial of their "Gmail" personal e-mail service. "When we realized that Slashdot user thammond had pledged not to use the service, we decided there was no point in continuing," said Larry Page, Co-Founder & President, Products. While the service had appeared to be gaining momentum as an alternative to other free e-mail services, thammond's pledge, announced today on the popular technology news site Slashdot, made it clear to company management that there was no future in the offering. Existing users of the service will be notified early this week and Google assured concerned shareholders that "future innovations will be submitted to thammond for approval prior to release in the future."
Re:1000 MB???? by Anonymous Coward · 2004-09-06 05:14 · Score: 1, Funny

Oh, and here in grown-up land, we also put a comma after the thousands. "1,000" please.

So that's what they told you in school? Silly US kids, believing any shit. In grown-up land people know how to count, so using a comma to say "hey, I've got 3 zeroes here" is redundant.

"1,000" is for lazy bean-counter types that sound hollow when hit between ears. But that's OK, you can be on the first ship escaping from that terrible future catastrophe. We'll be right behind you in the next one. Honest.
Re:Sick of gmail by jericho4.0 · 2004-09-06 05:25 · Score: 5, Funny

Ah yes, I remember the morning I got my gmail account. We had just returned the hounds to the pen and stabled the horses when the ambassador arrived with my invite. I was worried it would be over run with riffraff, but after reciving assurances from the Kennedys that invitations were strictly for the better class of people, I joined up, and golly I'm happy I did.
Seriously, it took me 5 min after I read about gmail to get an account. Have you no friends? There are _millions_ of invites out there.

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Re:Online MP3 Storage by WormholeFiend · 2004-09-06 05:27 · Score: 3, Funny

and an address where the RIAA can send you Cease & Desist, and subpoenas to. ;-)
RAIGA by TheGratefulNet · 2004-09-06 05:44 · Score: 3, Funny

Redundant Array of Inexpensive Google Accounts.

google RAID.

any takers for this newly-starting project?

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Re:Online MP3 Storage by PipsqueakOnAP133 · 2004-09-06 05:46 · Score: 2, Funny

Of course, being a true mp3 packrat, he'll have used up the space completely so all those Cease & Desist letters will just bounce off like pebbles hitting a shield.
Re:This is all well and good, but by M51DPS · 2004-09-06 05:54 · Score: 3, Funny

I thought Google already provided a free blogging service?

...and any day now I'll be able to use Blogger to store my e-mail.
Re:gmail has terms of service that disallow this by DustMagnet · 2004-09-06 06:14 · Score: 3, Funny

Don't hate it when websites reformat and frame another website.

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Re:1000 MB???? by Lehk228 · 2004-09-06 06:26 · Score: 2, Funny

I thought a gibibbyte was a shitload of kills....

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