Parabola’s daughter
Since I requested the screenshot, I should certainly point to EspressoBlog, Phil Ulrich’s new OSX bloggerAPI/metaWeblogAPI client. Yet another reason to want a Mac.
(Parabola’s daughter? Phil did the first weblog API client I ever used, way back when, named Parabola. Still listed as the only bloggerAPI PHP glue at xmlrpc.com, despite having been an app rather than glue, as I remember.)
Yeah, it was an app. I really don’t remember how it got stuck under glue – I may’ve typed the wrong thing when I requested that Dave W. put it in the directory. I’m honestly surprised anyone remembers Parabola, given the amount of trouble I had with it due to the fact that it can only send or receive a rather small amount of data (a limitation of the XML-RPC library I was using). It’s now used in exactly one place, to run a custom input to a Movable Type blog.
Phil, when I was searching for Blogger API clients, do you know just how much time I spent searching for Parabola ? It was listed on Dave W’s XMLRPC page, but also on other sites, so I was thinking with some determination I could get that client, but I never found it :P
It may be the only PHP glue listed but that’s, at least in part, due to Dave Winer’s typically annoying habit of ignoring people (in this case, me) he doesn’t like. I collaborated with Beau Lebens on it and you can reach a copy at his site:
http://www.dentedreality.com.au/bloggerapi/
There should be an update soon as the Pyra crew are promising v2.0 of the API.
Testing EspressoBlog
Just making sure that this is working. I’m trying out EspressoBlog, an OS X app for posting to MT or Blogger powered weblogs. Seems to work so far — I’ll know for sure as soon as this posts. Two things I’m noticing that I may want to toss Phil’s way
EspressoBlog 1.3 is released
And who says I never do anything people ask me to?
EspressoBlog 1.4 Test
If this went well, there should be more to come below.
Tweak update: EspressoBlog 1.4.1
EspressoBlog 1.4.1 polishes off two little bugs – one functional, one merely cosmetic.First, the functional. Due to a little bug