A New Project

I've embarked on a new project, one that actually ties in very nicely with the weather system and keeps me marching in the right direction development-wise.

I'm working on a way to synchronize the hosts file amongst various machines on a network, as well as Google-Chrome bookmarks (and, in future, files to be backed up).  There are various kludges to make this happen; I just said screw it and have begun writing myself a couple of programs.

The first is the server.  It will respond to XML requests on the server's CGI-bin interface.  The server is (at least for now) designed only to run when queried.

The second is the client.  It will send XML queries to the CGI-bin interface, and listen to the results.

I've decided upon XML as the way to do this, simply because it's good at encapsulating string information, and just a bit more precise than the typical query of key1=value1&key2=value2&etc.

So, for now I'm working on the skeleton of the server and in particular the XML module.

In the meantime, I'm still also working on my weather system, plus on my Comedy Radio Show.

-Bill