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photobucket for text?

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by boxfiddler

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Is there the equivalent of a photobucket for text files?

Thanks.

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by captbilly1eye

To just store or to have excessible for inserting like graphics?

by boxfiddler

to use much in the same manner as I use photobucket - upload articles, papers, poetry, etc... that I find interesting to share with family and friends, the huge bulk of whom are long distance. Editing capacity is preferred, optimally with shared editing capacity enabled at my discretion.

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by captbilly1eye

...create graphics easily using a graphic editor like PhotoShop or better yet, the free Paint.NET. http://tinyurl.com/y5qkeu
By creating a new graphic and pasting text in it, you could then save them as JPGs and upload to Photobucket.
Or you could do a screen shot using a program like SnagIt and save them as JPGs.
That specially works well for simple text where you want to use a non-web font.
Using SnagIt, you can also easily add mark-up items like circles, boxes, arrows, lines, etc. http://tinyurl.com/3a9z77

....just a thought.

by seanferd

http://clipmarks.com/

I came across this looking for SeaMonkey add-ons. Available for Mozilla and IE, dunno about Linux versions. Never tried it myself, but it allows you to clip any text/photos right out of web pages & store it. Available on-site and you can post your clips to your blog or whatever.

&Edit: If you save your own text files as html, you could probably load them into Clipmarks that way.

Then again, you could start a free blog somewhere and just post your stuff there.

by boxfiddler

Don't wanna blog - that's really rather a commitment and I don't want any more of those right now. Just share tidbits I run across with folks I think will appreciate them.

by older mycroft

Which is what I've been using to store all my personal photos, since the scare with the 500GB drive.

Depending on howmuch you use a Gmail account dictates how big it becomes. Some of my local mates' Gmail accounts are still just 2GB whereas currently my Gmail account is sitting at 6.25GB with just under 4GB free space.

You could setup a Gmail account, invoke Gspace then give the password to all concerned - it would become a collective FTP site. :)

by older mycroft

Because Gspace is integral with Gmail, you automatically have access to 'Google Documents' so you can open your text file online, edit it online then put it back to bed inside Gspace.

You could even save it as an incremental rather than an overwrite.

[i]I wonder if our very own [b]G-man[/b] is a user of this service?[/i] ;)

by boxfiddler

But how would that affect text editability for others?

Thanks CaptBillyOneEye.

by captbilly1eye

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That's a draw-back or a positive depending on how ya look at it.

For an editable format, OldMycroft's idea may be best. In which case, if you didn't want it to allow changes, you could upload as a PDF or a password protected doc file.

by older mycroft

Diino - dunno (sic) if it's any good but it's good for 25GB for 3 months, reverting to a measly 2GB for life! :)

It also has a built-in online Blog editor, which might suit your purposes. ;)

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