The Wheel-of-Interest lands back on 'Website'. What'll it be Mike from Ventura?
It's too bad I haven't felt like posting to this site recently, but I've been spending some of this me-time considering approaches to a few problems which, as a lone, amateur web enthusiast, plague me. First of all, I'm using the fanciest template that came with Radio, but I prefer uniqueness. I want to come up with something which expresses my taste and style. It's been pretty tough to figure out what causes my weblog to look the way it does. Not really knowing HTML makes it all the tougher. I need a way to analyze the different elements of the template versus content I insert via the browser application interface (which I plan to cease using sooner than later), and determine where the macros fit in. In this vein, I'd like to know see exactly what is uploaded versus what's in my websites folder. Soon I shall figure out how to publish my site to a local directory so I can gain more headway here.
Next, who am I talking to here? No one's reading this.
I'm also looking into using AppleScript to automate my website rather than Radio. Why, may you ask? Glad you did: Well, I know AppleScript very well, or at least weller than I know UserTalk. This isn't a hugh selling point, though, 'cause I like UserTalk's syntax a lot better, and it'd be a breeze to pick up. In this way, I think it's like VBA, which I don't know, but can write stuff in any time the mood strikes me. What to do about mood assaulting me is another issue. Anyway, I also wouldn't have artificial limitations imposed by Radio's database or content management tools. Actually, anything AppleScript can do, Radio can do too, but, using Radio, I would have to handle PNGs differently from JPEGs for instance, which is a messy type of inconsistency.
Another problem with Radio is that its automatically generated calendar is not CSS friendly, I understand. I would require this, so I'd have to rewrite portions of the content management tools to create a calendar that is CSS appropriate. Could be a chore, but, on the other hand, I'd be the first kid on the block with such a gizmo. That's always cool.
Another thing I don't like about Radio is that it's too good. I'm afraid that if I start down the path of the Dark S-- err, the path of doing Apple Event scripting using Radio, I may fall under the spell of its tantalizing power, and eschew AppleScripting forever after. Why is this such a bad thing? I can hear you thinking over the soft drum of my keyboard. If you could stop doing that, that'd be great. But to answer your question, the market for Userland Apple Events scripting is small. I want to publish my scripts and receive the generous accolades due me, and frankly, here I'd be a small fish in a smaller pond. I mean, who's here beside me? JarrettHouseNorth? Brent Simmons? I mean look, search for application glue for OS X applications on Google. Go ahead, I'll wait. Back? Great. Didn't find anything, did you? I rest my case for now, but reserve the right to call rebuttal witnesses as the need arises.
7:46:34 PM 
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