diff --git a/content/sundries/jocalsend/index.md b/content/sundries/jocalsend/index.md index b5fb707..954ff84 100644 --- a/content/sundries/jocalsend/index.md +++ b/content/sundries/jocalsend/index.md @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ title = "Jocalsend: actually useful software if you're a weirdo like me" slug = "jocalsend" date = "2025-08-22" -updated = "2025-08-22" +updated = "2025-08-23" [taxonomies] tags = ["software", "sundry", "proclamation", "localfirst", "useful", "p2p"] +++ @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ tags = ["software", "sundry", "proclamation", "localfirst", "useful", "p2p"] Recently, I released a program called [`jocalsend`](https://git.kittencollective.com/nebkor/joecalsend), which is a play on -"[LocalSend](https://localsend.org/)". LocalSend is, in its own words, " a free, +"[LocalSend](https://localsend.org/)". LocalSend is, in its own words, "a free, open-source app that allows you to securely share files and messages with nearby devices over your local network without needing an internet connection." You can think of it as a sort of "we have [AirDrop](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AirDrop) at home", where "home" is non-Apple devices and @@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ so if you have Rust installed, just run, cargo install jocalsend ``` -which will install the `jocalsend` program to `$HOME/.cargo/bin`; add that directory to you `$PATH` +which will install the `jocalsend` program to `$HOME/.cargo/bin`; add that directory to your `$PATH` and then you can run `jocalsend` from the command line: ``` @@ -150,11 +150,11 @@ then `enter` to send, and you can see a preview on the mobile device: ![receiving text on the mobile app](./receiving_text_on_phone.png) -And that's all pretty much there is! +And that's pretty much all there is! ## Wrapping up -Anyway, it's been pretty fun making jocalsend. I now use it daily, and every time I do, I'm pretty +Anyway, I've had fun making jocalsend. I now use it daily, and every time I do, I'm pretty darned pleased with myself. If you're a weirdo like me who doesn't use Apple stuff, maybe this would be useful for you, too. @@ -166,6 +166,6 @@ be useful for you, too. [^cargo]: I honestly don't really get the naming theme with Rust, cargo, and crates; are crates typically rusty? I usually think of them as being made of wood. -[^nixpkgs]: I wasn't the one who added to to nixpkgs; a total stranger who is a nixpkgs maintainer saw that it had been featured +[^nixpkgs]: I wasn't the one who added it to nixpkgs; a total stranger who is a nixpkgs maintainer saw that it had been featured as the ["terminal tool of the week"](https://terminaltrove.com/jocalsend/) on a site called Terminal Trove, thought it was neat, and [added it](https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/435106).