Monday, December 10, 2007

iPhone / iPod Touch support

Over the weekend I purchased an iPod touch, so of course the first thing I did was make cl1p compatible with my new device.

Now you can copy and paste to your iPhone. From a computer just enter in any URL that starts with cl1p.net and the paste.

From your iphone enter in the same URL to see the information you pasted.

Wednesday, October 31, 2007

Introducing cl1p - The office clipboard

Up to now you could use cl1p to copy and between any two computers that where connected to the internet. Now with cl1p - The office clipboard you can copy and paste between computers on your network, without sending data over the internet.

Along with greater security a number of new features have been added such as:
  • Full text searching
  • History on all cl1ps created
  • Full administrative controls
Download an evaluation copy today. Visit http://cl1p.net/server.

Friday, July 13, 2007

Improved Unicode support

Up till now non ASCII characters have not worked with cl1p.net. With the latest patch they should all work properly.

Please let me know if any characters do not work.

Sunday, July 08, 2007

Site upgraded

I've just finished upgrading the site. A number of new features where installed.

1. Plain Text and Rich Text cl1ps have a status indicator which shows a cl1ps editable status.
  • Editable - You may edit this cl1p
  • Editing - You are editing this cl1p.
  • Read only - Someone else is editing this cl1p.

If you try to modify a cl1p that someone else is editing you will get a message. 'Failed to get lock on the cl1p.' In this case you need to wait until the status changes to editable. Once the cl1p is editable the content will update automatically to the latest value.

2. New Rich Text Editor

3. UI Improvements, all options except for keep for have been moved into an options popup.

4. E-mail retrieval for lost cl1p passwords.

5. Improved admin

Saturday, June 30, 2007

New Features in next release

I'm working on a big release for cl1p that will contain a lot of improvements.

Here is what I have done so far.

  1. Adjustable Textarea on Message Board cl1ps
  2. Improved Rich Text Editor
  3. Cl1ps are automatically saved as you type.
  4. Autoupdate of cl1ps. When another person changes a cl1p you are viewing your cl1p will update to reflect the change.
  5. Simplified UI most options placed in a popup, menu bar removed.
  6. Improved cl1p account screen with more information on your cl1ps.

Tuesday, June 12, 2007

Changes are on the way

I've spent the last few months hard at work on other projects. But now I'm turning my attention back to cl1p, I've got a number of exciing new ideas to launch.

Stay tuned

Friday, February 16, 2007

Message Board and SSL

I've added some new features to cl1p:

First up is Message Board. You can now turn an cl1p into a message board. Just select message board in the cl1p type drop down menu.

  1. You can set the title of the message board by entering a new title under options.
  2. You can restrict forum management by setting a password under security. People can still add comments to the board, but you need the password to delete them.

Next is SSL. You can now purchase SSL cl1ps. These cl1ps have the same feature as standard cl1ps, with the addition of an secure SSL connection.

Monday, February 12, 2007

Review of cl1p in one powerful word

Mr Biggs just posted an excellent article on cl1p.net on his blog.

Thanks for the post Mr Biggs!

Tuesday, February 06, 2007

New Feature: Cl1p Types!

Now a cl1p can be more then just a text area. The cl1p type dropdown (in the top left corner) will let you change types.

First up is the Rich Text editor type. You can now create cl1p's with rich formating options .

I have many more types of cl1ps. If you have any suggestions on a cl1p type you would like, let me know!

Thursday, February 01, 2007

a new look


Here is a screen shot of the new cl1p.net. It should be up in a few weeks. What do you think?

Tuesday, January 23, 2007

Eve Online - As a workout

Like many computer programmers I sit at a desk all day. My diet is ok, (No fast food, lots of home made feasts, thanks to my wife) but working out is always a problem.

My biggest problem with working out is that it is boring. Going through the same motions of exercise, over and over. I can't stand it. All I can think about is how silly the whole process is. I need a distraction. I've tried watching TV, and reading but I find that these are too distracting, or boring.

But then I brought my laptop up and put it beside the exercise bike, and played eve online as I worked the bike, did push ups, sit ups and free weights. An entire hour of workout can go by without me hardly noticing. Normally I can't stand more then 20 minutes.

This is because Eve online only requires input from you once in a while. Most of the time is spent moving from place to place. With the auto pilot handling the details. So it simple to set the autopilot, then do some push ups. Get back on the bike, do some mining, sell the ore, do some sit ups, etc. It's the perfect distraction.

It works great! I've just started my new eve online workout. I'll let you know how it works out long term.

Monday, January 08, 2007

Adsense, not making sense

I just found out something really interesting. cl1p.net makes about the same in cpm as a top 50 blog. (I made $1.37cpm last year, he made $1.39cpm) This is really interesting, because I always thought that adsense works way better on blogs then it does on tool sites.

But this must be wrong. We both target a tech audience, perhaps the audience matters more then the content of the site?

Wednesday, January 03, 2007

A programmers start page

You can use cl1p.net as a start page for programmers. As a web application developer I have to access a lot of machines in the office. Most of them are by IP and some have long cumbersome names. I also have to access the web apps that I'm working on from different browsers.

My solution was to use cl1p.net to make a simple HTML start page. You can see it here.

Create your own, just follow these steps.

1. Pick a URL that starts with cl1p.net. ( i picked http://cl1p.net/robs/startpage )

2. In the Textarea write the HTML. I just use a simple table and links, but you could use any HTML you wanted.

3. Add a password, change the keep for to something longer then a week and Click save, you will see a message saying (Page was saved).

4. In the top right hand corner you see a link http://cl1p.net/robs/startpage. Click on that link to see the rendered HTML.

5. What happened here is that you are now looking at http://d.cl1p.net/robs/startpage. This will only show you the raw data, and since its HTML we see an HTML page.

6. Set http://d.cl1p.net/robs/startpage as the homepage.

Bam! There you go. A programmers start page.

Tuesday, January 02, 2007

New years eve, the time critical holiday

As a time critical guy I'm always worried about what time it is, and how am I doing according to the schedule in my head. I always want to be on time. I hate being late.

For everyday of the year I keep my obsession under wraps. It's not polite to be looking at your watch all the time.

But for one day, I let it fly. New years eve is when for once, everyone is concerned about the time.

And its great.

5, 4, 3, 2, 1

Happy new year!