There's no Place Like ::1

It seems that a new war started out there. Google launched the Google AppEngine platform, supporting Python and Django out of the box.

On they Google project page, people started to “vote” for the next language to be implemented. It seems that the more “stars” a language has, the more attention it will get from Google.

So pick your favorite programming language, and “star” it on the issue list!

(oh and if you don’t have a favorite language, pick Ruby :-))

I recently developed a website that has a real SSL area protected by a real valid SSL certificate.

However, I was getting complaints that, under SSL, browsers croaked about some parts being sent over an insecure connection.

I dug on the situation and found that because I was using Google Analytics, the <script> URL is HTTP under the SSL area. To get it working under SSL areas just change the URL:

Under SSL: <script src="https://ssl.google-analytics.com/urchin.js" ...

Out of SSL: <script src="http://www.google-analytics.com/urchin.js" ...

solved :-)

Mark this day on your calendar! Google finally launched the Android SDK. I was impressed with the feature set: Linux Kernel 2.6, FreeType, SQLite, OpenGL, WebKit and a optimized Java byte code interpreter!! Opensource geeks, rejoice! :-)

There is an excellent video where the API is explained in good details. Maybe my Internet connectivity is having problems, but I had a hard time just to download the movie (I didn’t even try to watch it in real time).

I’m curious about the modifications made by Google to the standard Linux Kernel, for instance, how do they optimize it for mobile (and possible real time) usage. At the same time, Google announced big quantities of money for the best applications for the Android! Kudos for Google! Can’t wait for a phone with Android…

... yeahhhhhh :-D ….

As it is well known, Google started to offer free IMAP access to their excellent GMail service. Of course they say that it take a while to roll out the new feature to every account, but I am (impatiently) waiting for more than a week now, and no signs of IMAP on my account.

Guess I’ll have to just wait…