Post To Tumblr v3.13

Just a quick update to my Chrome Extension PostToTumblr this morning to fix a few things and add a couple of features after the large update in v3.12.

The change log:

- v3.13 -- 20/01/13 
+ More one-click options for post state, tags and caption
+ New button in the options for resetting Tumblr auth
+ New button for formatted posts for posting to draft
+ Fixed it so you no longer have a menu on one-click if you only have one blog
+ Correct verbs are now displayed in the desktop notifications when posting
+ Fixed an issue with white pages if you rename your blog

Newmix - Second Harmonic

Its been quite a while since I last made a mix. The last one Second Life was a collection of my favorite dubstep and bass tunes at the time. Since then the genre has grown and diversified and other sub-genres have opened up. Im really into some of these new sounds that involve more melody and progression but keep that rough bassey sound that popularizes dubstep.

So I thought it was time to gather some of these tracks together and lay them together in a mix. It took a little longer than expected as I used Ableton Live for the first time to make the mix. I usually use a very basic program called Mixmeister but have often found it lacking, so for this mix I decided to take the plunge and learn Live.

The mix is called Second Harmonic because it has that moody melodic sound that I love and build my three Harmonics mixes around but it is also more aggressive rather than chilled sound like last dubstep mix Second Life. I sprinkled it with a few clips from one of my favorite movies, points for guessing what is it ;)

Give it a listen see what you think:

Second Harmonic by Artificial on Mixcloud

Tracklist:

1. Hybrid - City Siren (Reprise)
2. Asa, Gemini, Culrate, KOAN - Beyond The Shadows
3. Koven - Inset Flick
4. Gemini - Nothingness
5. Mojo - Garden Walls feat. Farisha
6. Roughmath - Human Being (Original Mix)
7. KOAN Sound - Introvert
8. Jon Hopkins - Insides
9. Trifonic - Nightrun (feat. MindBuffer)
10. Birdy - Shelter (Owsey Remix New)
11. Coven - It Comes in Waves
12. Shapeshifter - Longest Day (Opiuo Remix)
13. Koven - Urban Forms
14. Hecq - WEB, With Angels (Trifonic Remix)
15. Astrobear - First Contact
16. Trifonic - Ninth Wave
17 - Twin Atlantic - Yes I was Drunk (Matt Lange Remix)

 

 

 

PostToTumblr v3.12 Update

I have finally found some time to do a long overdue update to my popular Chrome extension PostToTumblr built using Haxe. 30,000 people currently have the extension installed and they post about 10,000 images, links, quotes per day so I thought it was about time to give it some love.

The list of improvements are:
+ One-Click posting now available in the options
+ Tall images now no longer appear off the screen
+ Notifications now used instead of popups
+ Improved error detection
+ Improved authorization process

The main feature in the update is the one-click posting. This much-requested feature was available in the original PostToTumblr but for various reasons never made it into the latest reincarnation.



Once enabled in the options it enables the user to bypass the post preformatting window that usually pops up and instead posts with some default settings. If you have more than one blog the post menu gives you the option for which blog you would like the post to go to:



The normal popup "posting.." window has been replaced with HTML5 notifications.



This should make posting a smoother, less intrusive process.

If you haven't got the extension already you can grab it on the Chrome Store else Chrome should auto-update the extension for you very soon!

Skype IM, is a bag of crap [Rant]

NOTE: I have nothing against the video calling aspect of Skype, this is purely a rant at the IM aspect.

For ages I have been using Digsby for my FBChat, GChat, MSN. Skype doesnt have an open IM protocol like the others so I was forced to run Skype at the same time as Digsby. I really like Digsby but it always grated me having both Digsby and Skype open and once, if only one of them could handle all my communications..

Hearing that MSN is going to shutdown and merge with Skype on March 15th and that Skype now has Facebook integration I thought it may be about time to try a switch over to using just Skype. Big mistake.

Firstly, its confusing as hell trying to work out how to integrate your Facebook or your MSN contacts into Skype. There is no unified "connected accounts" panel in the options, you must go through a series of menus then click on a tiny cog to attach your account, how the hell you are meant to do that without a Google search I have no idea:



Adding an MSN account is even more confusing as there is no way to do it while the program is running, you must first return to the login screen! Again, how you are meant to know this without a Google search I will never know..



Okay so once you have finally signed in with your Microsoft account you would have thought it would remember you, so next time you click to sign in with the Microsoft account it wont ask for your details again.. Right? Wrong. You must continually re-enter it.



There is no spell checking in Skype, okay perhaps if you are a spelling champ this is no problem, but if you are like me and spell like a dyslexic toddler then this is a big problem.



If your Facebook mates are offline there is no way to send them a message through Skype. On Digsby it would send the message which would then get picked up when they are next online. So now if want to send them a message you must open chrome and then go to Facebook wait for it to load then send a message through there ARGG!!



Sharing files over anything but Skype contacts? No chance.



 

Annoying messages and adverts are REALLY annoying.



 



 



 

Want to delete a conversation, sure that's easy just..



 

Tabs are soooo not cool any more, lets make a new window for each conversation!



 

"Go back to Digsby if you hate it so much" I hear you cry. Well.. This is where the fun really starts because it appears that now I have linked MSN with my Skype account there is no way to unlink it! Because MSN is a single-sign-on-only service if I open Digsby then it kicks me out of Skype.



 

If I log into Skype, then Disgby doesnt sign out, but I cant use it to talk to my MSN friends:



 

Which basically means I cant use Digsby for MSN and have Skype open at the same time. Joy.

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