/Hʋʢɚ Kʝɦ Wɛ
neofthebiggestweaknessesofblogging– theonline
equivalentofkeepinga diary– is thatit’ssopublic.Sure,you
canlockdownyourblog,butunlessyou’rehostingit onyour
ownlocalserver,it canleakonlinedespiteyourbestefforts.
Lifeograph(http://lifeograph.sourceforge.net)is designedtoprovide
youwitha journalthat’sofflineand– throughpassword-protected
encryption– private.It’scleanandsimpletouse,butdiga littledeeper
intoit andyoucangetevenmorefromit thansimpletext-based
scribbles.–NICKPEERSFirststeps
LookfortheWindowsinstallerdownloadunderDownloadsonthe
Lifeographwebpage.ThereareLinuxandAndroidversionstheretoo.
Atthetimeofwriting,thelatestversionwas1.6.1.Downloadandinstall
justlikeanyotherapplications.Afterinstallation,launchtheprogramto
findyourselfatthemainprogramscreen,whichwillprovideyouwitha
listofallrecentlyopeneddiaries(it’spossibletosetupandrunmultiple
diariestokeepvariousaspectsofyourlifeseparate)onceyou’vecreated
some.Thefirsttimeit appears,you’llseea handy‘Ifthisis yourfirsttime
withtheprogram,clickheretostartrightaway’buttontocreateyour
firstdiaryfile.Choosea suitablelocationonyourharddriveandprovide
yourchoiceoffilename(with.diaryextension)beforeclickingSave.
First,encryptyourdiaryforgreatersecurity:clickthediary’sfilename
intheright-handnavigationpanetobringupitspropertiesscreen.
Next,clicktheEditbuttonfollowedbythediaryicontoitsrighttobring© DATA CROWyour digital diary
Lifeographenablesyoutochangethelookandfeel of diary entries using
themestodefinethecolourschemeused.Theseare applied at the tag
level:whenyouselecta tagtoviewitspropertiesyou’ll see a section
devotedtothemes.Hereyoushouldbeabletochange the colour of
selecteditems,whetherit’stextinthecaseofheadings and normal text,
orthecolourusedforhighlightedtext,orthebackground of the entry
itself.Youcanalsochangethefontsizeandstyletoo – again by clicking
theappropriateoptionandmakingyourchoicefrom the menu.
Onceyou’veassigneda customthemetoa tag,you can quickly paste it
toanotherone– simplyselectthattag,clickthedrop-down menu next
toThemeandchooseCopyFromfollowedbyyourdesired tag. You’ll
alsoseea ResetToDefaultoptionontheThemedrop-down menu
shouldyouneedit.
Anyentriesthataren’tassignedtotagsarethemed according to
theUntaggedentry,whichyoucanalsocustomise.Themed tags are
identifiablebytheirdottedredoutline.If you
assigntwothemedtagstoanentry,thepost
willkeepthethemefromtheoriginaltag– to
switchtotheothertag’stheme,clickitsentry
inthebottompaneandclickUseThemefrom
thepop-upmenu.O BUILD YOUR OWN THEME
Lifeograph is a good repository for all those old blog posts that you want to back-up somewhere safe, away from prying eyes.42 |^ |^ May 2020