virus: IRC to Weblog - useful to the CoV?

From: Jonathan Davis (jonathan@limbicnutrition.com)
Date: Thu Jan 15 2004 - 11:44:48 MST

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    Read about this in the Hindu whilst in India. Thought we might be able
    to use it on our IRC channels (where tons of superb text is lost into
    the archives forever).

    "The IRC-Web interface project, `DiaWebLog' (http://www.diaweblog.com/),
    is a commendable attempt in this regard. As per its site, DiaWebLog is
    "a blogging system that lets you create a weblog with your friends from
    a chatroom in real-time.'' With the help of a `chatbot,' you can
    record/publish the conversation taking place in a chatroom
    instantaneously on to a weblog so that it can be read later by anyone on
    the web.

    To get a feel of this chatroom based community blogging system, the
    promoters of the project run a demo blog service, where you can test
    this concept. The demo web log, `Mesh DiaWebLog'
    (http://mesh.diaweblog.com/), takes content from the #mesh channel of
    the Freenode network (http://www.freenode.net/).

    To test the service, first log-in to a Freenode server (say,
    irc.freenode.net) with your IRC client and join the channel #mesh. Now,
    to create an item (or entry) for the weblog, type the title of the entry
    as follows: `@ITEM Testing the DiaWeblog commands' (here, `Testing the
    DiaWeblog commands' is the title of the entry). At this point, the
    chatbot (with nickname Diaweblog) will create an entry with title, URL
    etc and display the title with a name, which is a letter, given to the
    new item by the bot (like `s: Testing the DiaWeblog commands').

    Here, the name of the item is the letter `s' and whatever you or anyone
    in the chatroom type, with this name prefixed, will automatically get
    posted on the weblog under the item. For example, if someone in the
    chatroom responds to an idea with the comment: `s, An interesting idea,'
    this comment will get automatically posted on the web page. An item
    created by this author can be viewed at: http://mesh.diaweblog.com/item?
    id=10517

    The chatbot supports many commands that let you edit an item or any of
    its elements. Among the various commands, the POLL command that enables
    you to conduct quick surveys will amuse you." -
    http://www.hindu.com/2003/12/22/stories/2003122200651600.htm

    Kind regards

    Jonathan 

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