I want to make my own rss reader. Let’s get started! I’ll do it in wxpython. Hm. The built-in wxpython on OS X doesn’t work anymore since I upgraded Python. I’ll install a new one. It fails; errors out. OK, I’ll try wxruby. Easy to install — just a rubygem. Installing… and it fails. How about Shoes? I used to make lots of fun little applications with Shoes. Eh, ever since _why disappeared I can’t bear to mess with his former projects. I know people are continuing developing it, but I don’t care. _why’s gone, no Shoes. What next? Maybe a locally-powered webapp? How bout Sinatra? Easy to install; simple in concept. Install it; make it go “Hello World.” OK, now I’ve got to… to… come up with a user interface from scratch using only HTML, with Javascript for immediate interactivity but Ruby when that interactivity passes an arbitrary threshold and interacts with the “server.” *sigh*.
You know, NetNewsWire is pretty nice.