After done setting up blogging solution with Octopress, which is this blog is now powered by, I’m thinking of finding a solution to write blog post from iPhone. The first site came up from Google results is this one. The solution seems very neat, it involves setting up a shared folder on Dropbox and a SSH server to run the Octopress flows. Setup a shared folder in Dropbox for holding git repository is easy part. The harder part is getting a always-on SSH server.
Currently I think of three solutions:
- Make use of existing SmartTV box which is now running Android 4.2 to be a SSH server
- Purchase a minimal VPS instance.
- Purchase a Raspberry Pi and make it a SSH server
First solution is free because I already have one SmartTV box. However making Android box running RVM seems to be a difficult task. Further search, there is an attempt to run a Linux distro on Android. It looks promising and worth a try.
Second solution will cost at least 5$/month for a VPS instance. Which is not a good way to go at the moment.
Third solution will cost about 40$ and I’ll got a Raspberry Pi for something else.
In conclusion, first solution goes first. If it is impossible to run RVM on Android box and come third solution.