Oh, and regarding your lazy...

Oh, and regarding your lazy...

Submitted by Andrew White (not verified) on October 19, 2005 - 3:26am.

Oh, and regarding your lazy web wish: I’ve actually done that with PHP. You can check out my post here: Instant personal intranet: just add water!.

Uses two scripts, one to get the directory, and one to output the file. I’ve ripped 37signals CSS for my own, and now all my plain-text gets the Web2.0 design treatment!

Everybody needs a personal "status" page By: Merlin Mann (72 replies) October 19, 2005 - 2:59am

Ah, see: this is what... By: Andrew White (2005-10-19 03:23)

Oh, and regarding your lazy... By: Andrew White (2005-10-19 03:26)

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Oh, and regarding your lazy... By: Merlin (2005-10-19 14:37)

Awesome, Merlin, I'm glad I... By: Andrew White (2005-10-19 15:02)

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menow XML schema. The hard... By: Apreche (2005-10-20 04:34)

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I made a sort-of personal... By: K. W. Musante (2005-11-01 04:42)

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