So, what’s new in 0.3? Well, just about everything. I’ve renamed the bundle (at least its metadata), since webOS is not just limited to the Pre and I’ve modified the shortcuts of existing features to fit TextMate’s styling guidelines a bit better. I’ve also created some snippets which can be used for faster code-writing now and in addition to that, I’ve implemented a very own language for the bundle, which can’t be found in the document type picker named as “Mojo”. “Yeah baby!”, as Austin would say now. Actually, yet it’s just a copy & paste of the JavaScript-language implementation in TextMate, but I’m planning to extend it to fit the Mojo-framework even better.

The TextMate bundle is now also available on GitHub, for everyone who can’t wait for me packaging the releases and releasing them here. If you have any ideas for improvement, feel free to contact me by mail or just leave some lines here on my blog.

Enjoy!

Download: Palm_webOS-Bundle-0.3

Download: Palm_webOS-Bundle-0.3

Strage Badge

Earlier this day I’ve just updated the software running on my jail-broken iPod Touch and received a new Version of the “Backgrounder”-application. Right after the update I turned off my iPod and when I turned it on again later, there were some curious badge icons on my application’s icons. The icons did not move or anything, and as it seems they only appeared when the application was running in the background – not the “Backgrounder” background, but Apple’s internal background stuff. For example, as soon as I turned on the WiFi, the Mail-icon got that badge, because the Mail process was up for Push-notifications. Same happened when I opened an application: As soon as I closed it, I saw that icon but it disappeared one second later again (-> because the application’s process quitted).

So, if you might wonder why you have that icon: It’s because of Backgrounder. I did not find out how to disable it – I’ve just removed it.

You have just received a virtual postcard from a friend !

You can pick up your postcard at the following web address:

Click here to pick up your postcard

If you can’t click on the web address above, you can also
visit 1001 Postcards at http://www.postcards.org/postcards/
and enter your pickup code, which is: d21-sea-sunset

(Your postcard will be available for 60 days.)

Oh — and if you’d like to reply with a postcard,
you can do so by visiting this web address:

http://www2.postcards.org/

(Or you can simply click the “reply to this postcard”
button beneath your postcard!)

We hope you enjoy your postcard, and if you do,
please take a moment to send a few yourself!

Regards,
1001 Postcards

http://www.postcards.org/postcards/

… this is what I constantly keep getting by e-mail since the past few weeks. Not that I would not have friends sending my postcards, I just find it interesting that a closer look at the “Click here to pick up your postcard”-link redirects me to the following URL: http://64.34.214.139/~admin2/E-Greetings.exe. Okay, so, now I’m wondering, which of my friends would send me *.exe-files as postcards, through some electronic postcard service. Well, let’s just remove the filename and browse the contents of the ~admin2/-folder in that URL. Oh okay! Now I know! My friends from The Branch Community Church send me electronic postcards in .exe-format! I always knew, the saintly brothers and sisters would think of me.

But okay, let’s cut it here. So as it seems, postcards.org is using (or being used?) spam to deliver .exe-files to low-brow Windows users, which might even click them. I actually did not check, what’s inside that *.exe, but I think it’s clear that it won’t be a postcard. I find it funny, that the web-presence of http://www.thebranchcommunity.com/ is being used for such a crap – talking about credibility.

So, now I’m searching for some way to block this address (maybe report it to SenderBase?) and maybe I’ll also take a closer look at the Host providing the executable.

Now I just configured my regular IMAP account on my mobile and made use of the IMAP IDLE feature, which is just like push mail. It works out pretty cool, the only thing that’s left now is a synchronization of my mobile with my laptop… but I just guess I’ll need to get an iMac for that.