Re: Journal

[Joe <joe@jretrading.com>]

On Fri, 4 Sep 2020 09:40:07 +0100
Joe <joe@jretrading.com> wrote:

> On Thu, 3 Sep 2020 14:44:31 -0700
> David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> wrote:
> 
> > On 2020-09-03 03:50, Joe wrote:  
> > > I've finally decided I have to keep a diary.
> > > 
> > > In Debian are RoboJournal and Lifeograph.
> > > 
> > > Neither of them actually function, at least in sid. Does anyone
> > > have any other ideas, apart from phpMyAdmin or Mysql Workbench?
> > >  
> > 
> > Understand that, depending upon jurisdiction, you can be required
> > to disclose diaries, journals, calendars, etc., if you are ever
> > involved in litigation.
> >   
> 
> I don't record things I don't want lawyers to see at all...
> 
> I keep all my email, I take screenshots of completed online
> transactions and record significant old-style purchases in a receipts
> database. I have directories for clients and all the government
> rubbish. That takes care of almost all my record-keeping needs. But
> occasionally something happens which isn't any of these things. I can
> indeed just keep a text file and add to it, but why do that when I
> have an SQL database manager online at all times?
> 
> I didn't mention it, but I'd like these records to be available
> remotely over ssh, which basically means TCP and no routing, which
> fits nicely with MySQL/MariaDB. If I use a simple file, or something
> web-based, I need OpenVPN for access, which like many Linux
> applications, works perfectly some of the time.
> 

OK, it's the web, for the moment at least. I made entry and tag editors
this afternoon with phpMyEdit, suitably modified for PHP7 (the latest
pME is fourteen years old). It's a bit clunky, but it will do for now.

-- 
Joe