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So I’m still working on my little project in my spare time. Admittedly I haven’t done a lot in recent times on it, but since I got a bit tired of playing EVE night after night, I thought it is time to do something productive and get back to that. So I did some revisions on the code what is ultimately meant to be a desktop operating system, and the changes are quite interesting.

I figured out that there is a way to communicate between two different programs, meaning processes, as long as these processes share the same implementation of code. The solution for this is called GNUstep Distributed Objects or simply DO. There’s a little tool called gdomap which is given to you when you install the GNUstep environment, which can be opened at system boot time, making sure you always have it. It’s a little daemon inside which you can store GNUstep objects for others to access.

Using this approach, I can now create incredibly fast and lightweight code, while creating an API for others that makes it super-fast to create applications. You can change content of the menu bar with one line.

So as of the moment there are certain things implemented, very important for desktop handling:

lastGI – The laststep Graphical Interface (framework)
With this, you simply use any of the elements like button, progress bars etc., for your application. Very simple to use, allocated like normal Objective-C objects, and can be manipulated the same. However the framework is specific to the system and has modified implementations of existing components, LSWindow for example is a modified version of NSWindow with methods and functions to access the laststep specific menu bar.

MenuService.app – The menu bar
Very important system service. Graphical front-end which mainly holds the menu of the application that has focus, as well as little other elements such as a clock, or a system tray (haven’t figured this one out yet), as well as an icon for the app that currently has the focus. In LSWindow there is gonna be a method to display the right menu.

DesktopService.app – Uhm, Desktop?
Nothing fancy right now. Only a huge window as big as the screen, and does not much in the moment.

So as you can see, it is progressing… I’ll keep you posted.

Another amazing AMV for an amazing show.

T.A.T.U.
Not Gonna Get Us
200 Km/h In The Wrong Lane

I think it works better than for the original music video to the song.

So I got home last night to find a notification from the postman, he failed to deliver a package. I knew what it was. So I picked it up this morning from the mail store facility.

It’s the Madlax DVD set which I mentioned here.

And it looks as cool as promised. Front and back!

Flower Field

Shocking conspiracies, enigmas shrouded in mysteries… a desperate quest

See the legendary Star Trek TOS episode “Tribble-Trouble”, LOL-style! Click on the imnisble klingon to see it all! =D

Man, it was about time. I just ordered the original US version of Madlax, the show that had captivated me so strongly in the last few weeks. It has all the extras that I wanna see, like making-of and extra gimmicks. Can’t wait! =)

Margaret thinks yellow is a kind color

So on Saturday I went to THIS city

to see THIS artist

perform on Monday night, in the L’Olympia. I love her album, “This Is The Life” to bits. So I wanted to see her here, in Dublin. Regrettably she is not going to perform here for a while, and the next city she was going to play in, which also fit my sort of time planning, was Paris. Long story short: I got the ticket, got the plane ticket, booked a hotel, and off I went. On Saturday afternoon. I have come back just now. For some weird reason, from within the WiFi of the hotel, I was unable to blog. Strange.

Yeah so anyways… I did the mandatory sightseeing tour as well, or at least the things that were possible to do within such a short time frame. Saw the Eiffel Tower, Louvre, Notre Dame, and Arc De Triomph – in this order. That was pretty exhausting.

Well I went to the Olympia, and my friend told me it would be a pretty mystical place. And after having been inside… not only is it GOD DAMN HUGE, it is indeed pretty mystical. The supporting act’s name was Joshua Radin. He’s from New York. His music is pretty good too, you should check it out. He’s unsigned. So if there’s any label who thinks he could be good, he’s on MySpace. That’s him:

And then Amy came on… and everything goes dark. You hear the drums… ponding the rhythm of a song we all love. Lights come on slowly… her band on the stage, she is on the guitar – and “Poison Prince” kicks off the gig! I was standing pretty close to front row, and the floor is shaking!! People dancing, me too, having a good time. What an experience!!

She also threw in a few songs of her upcoming album… and we got to hear them first! WIN!!

Here are my two favorite shots of the night.

I have a lot more pics… but I don’t wanna use up all my webspace. I think you can understand =D

Well… and that was my little trip to see Amy Macdonald. Incredible experience!! I gonna have to go back to Paris. Because I didn’t have time to see it all.

please come by my house tonight and take me with you. I just wanna live on another planet… TODAY

According to the complaint filed yesterday in the Southern District of Ohio, the plaintiff had the “iTouch” (as the lawsuit refers to it) in his pocket during school when the unfortunate accident happened, resulting in hospital bills and other monetary losses thanks to the disintegration of the iPod touch and, well, the kid’s clothes.

As the story goes, the iPod touch was sitting in the “off” position when it unexpectedly popped and caused the kid to feel a burning sensation. At that time, he stood up and noticed that his pants were, in fact, on fire.

Not only the “funnest” iPod ever, also the hottest.

ARS Technica:
iPod touch—not lies—sets kid’s pants on fire; parents sue

So I went to see the new X-Files movie, and usually I have a game at the consoles there. Well no one is gonna ride a bike today. Good job Windows :p

I wonder if I can apply in store…