Adventures in Internet Publishing
Friday, June 27, 2008
Faster still!
I got the new "Diablo" ITOS 2008 going on the N800. No massive changes, but there's a new mail client, an updated flash plugin, Japanese fonts from the get-go, and everything feels snappier. Ajax applications run a little faster, so Google Maps is more usable. Makes me wonder if I could write a native app, though. I haven't tried running mpd yet.
I also acquired the developer preview for Mac OS 10.6 "Snow Leopard." They've done absolutely zero cosmetic changes so far, but it's fast. There's better 64-bit support, and this new Grand Central devilry seems to make a real difference. They've also made the system take up less space, like they promised, though mostly by not installing the plethora of languages and printer drivers by default. To the relief of many, lipo still reports all the core utilities and programs as universal for PPC. Release is a year off, so I have high expectations for any more changes they make.
I also acquired the developer preview for Mac OS 10.6 "Snow Leopard." They've done absolutely zero cosmetic changes so far, but it's fast. There's better 64-bit support, and this new Grand Central devilry seems to make a real difference. They've also made the system take up less space, like they promised, though mostly by not installing the plethora of languages and printer drivers by default. To the relief of many, lipo still reports all the core utilities and programs as universal for PPC. Release is a year off, so I have high expectations for any more changes they make.
Labels: N800, Snow Leopard
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Thursday, June 26, 2008
Posts?
Okay, looks like I have written posts since I got the N800. It's hard to believe I got it back in late March!
A cool application that I'd love to see on the N800: Inkscape. It'll probably never happen, though. Why do all the "lightweight" programs have incomprehensble build processes? It's the same with Abiword. I'll have to write my own word processor that uses GTK+ and fairy dust.
A cool application that I'd love to see on the N800: Inkscape. It'll probably never happen, though. Why do all the "lightweight" programs have incomprehensble build processes? It's the same with Abiword. I'll have to write my own word processor that uses GTK+ and fairy dust.
Labels: whoops
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Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Two for one!
WordPy is a success, so maybe this'll get me to blog more. Now I just need to figure out if this is a personal blog or a technology/creative writing blog.
Labels: microblogging
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Microblogging!
I have to wonder why I haven't written a blog post since getting my Nokia N800. It's a wonderful little device, and I'm getting more and more used to using it for stuff.
Then I heard ThoughtFix use the word "microblogging" and say he did it with an N810. Because it has a keyboard. This just won't do! I can type faster with the finger keyboard on my N800 than I could with the real keyboard on my Zaurus. Ha-ha!
I'm using a program called WordPy to interface with Blogger right now. It's neat, but it's written in Python, so it's not quite as fast to load as a native app. Still faster than PyGTK apps on the Zaurus, though. This thing is a real trooper.
Then I heard ThoughtFix use the word "microblogging" and say he did it with an N810. Because it has a keyboard. This just won't do! I can type faster with the finger keyboard on my N800 than I could with the real keyboard on my Zaurus. Ha-ha!
I'm using a program called WordPy to interface with Blogger right now. It's neat, but it's written in Python, so it's not quite as fast to load as a native app. Still faster than PyGTK apps on the Zaurus, though. This thing is a real trooper.
Labels: microblogging, N800, Python
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