Site Update - 22-July-2006

Keith Gable — Sat, 22 Jul 2006 18:45:00 -0500

I think I’ve decided to use C++ as my programming language of choice for ignitionServer NG. I keep flip-flopping on that issue, but we’ll see. As far as the current release of ignitionServer, well. Suffice it to say that I don’t like working with it, which is why little or no work has gotten done on it in the past year. Also, I’ve been busy working on some cool Web 2.0 stuff for my current employer. Feel free to check out MacroDeck, which is what I’ve been working on. Basically, our goal is to bring together things that people use (mail, blogs, RSS, calendars, etc.) and make it possible to relate between them. Google is doing this a lot too, but only within the realms of Google. We, however, have a framework in place that should allow anyone to make their program/web application relate like Gmail and Google Calendar and so on. It’ll also be all Ajaxy and simple. We’re aiming to make it intuitive and easy. It’s also partially open source. Check out the code. I know that sounds like a marketing pitch, but I am pretty excited about where this is heading. Also, I think it’d be great if I could finally condense the twenty-plus sites I’d like to visit into something fluid and related. Like, if Bit-Tech.net has a review on the Intel Core 2 Duo, what if the software could relate that with other reviews that appear in my list of feeds and tell me that this other review is available. Or, let’s say I blog about how horrible the Western Sizzlin’ is in Sallisaw, OK. What if the software could interpet that as a restaurant rating, and add that to those statistics. And maybe I can see if my friends agree with me on how badly it sucks. Or, apply the same social networking doctrine to movie reviews. It’ll be cool, seriously. And, on top of that, we’ll have website building software that kicks the ass of FrontPage in ease of use and outputs XHTML 1.1 :).

On another note, I just bought another hard drive, and I’m presently installing Gentoo on it. Except this time I’m going to make it easy on myself by dual booting. I believe that Linux has matured on high-end gaming boxes enough to warrant a switch back. Also, well. Xgl is soooo cool.

The Ignition Project: Site Update - 22-July-2006

Site Update - 22-July-2006