Monday, October 22, 2007

XUL?

I recently had to force quit a process called "xulrunner.exe". After a little research I found that Songbird uses XUL, an HTML-like markup language for it's media player. A sigh of relief came over me as I thought I had picked up a virus. Apparently XUL apps have to run xulrunner.exe. Wouldn't it be great if they could port it to Adobe AIR and have their own exe? AIR seems to provide most of the functionality that the media player has. (Not sure about the OS level availability of USB inputs, etc.) It would be nice, and probably cooler, if they ported Songbird to AIR!

Friday, October 12, 2007

Back to Wordpress

I'm movin' back to WordPress!!!! Here's a brief recap of my blog history.
  1. Started with blogger. Easy & static.
  2. Got interested in WordPress decided to give it a go. Very cool app, I like the idea of the whole thing running on my server. One small hitch, I found out I had little to say. Ditched WP.
  3. Blogger acquired by google. Sweet new features that integrate w/ google services, lured be back into making posts. Still didn't have a bunch to say.
  4. (Now) Got inspired by the philosophy behind todaycreate, I intend for JacobMake to be a stage for experimental personal projects OR a discourse on the reasons I'm too lazy, scared, or untalented to produce and document quality personal interest projects / tutorials. See y'all there.