Hi!

So, ever since I got my new HTC Desire, I’ve been playing with it a lot. More so than I did with my iPhone when I got it. This is probably because you can just change so much on Android: it’s just amazing how you can customize your Android device. Of course there is jailbreaking on the iPhone, but the main functionality isn’t really changed as you only modified the appearance.

For example, on iOS, the home screen application (Springboard) is not only used for starting apps, but “also does a lot of other things including starting WindowServer, launching and bootstrapping applications and setting some of the device’s settings on startup.” [src: Wikipedia] Because the Springboard is so deeply integrated into the system, it is almost impossible to replace it, even only the home screen part.

In Android, a home screen application (called a Launcher) is seen as an app, like the Explorer on Windows or Finder on the Mac. The launcher, started after the Android system is up and running, houses your widgets, shortcuts and other settings, such as the wallpaper. This less integrated approach has it’s advanges and disadvantages. On one side there’s customizability, on the other there is stability and reliability. Android sees Launchers as ‘normal’ applications, and so it will close a Launcher when the system is low on memory, which could happen during a game. This can of course also be beneficial, as the game you’re playing will have more resources to work with. Plus, depending of which Launcher you have, they start up pretty quickly.

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Hi,

So yeah, I was looking the other day, and it turns out WordPress got an overhaul. They’re now at version 3, v3.0.1 to be more precise, so I figured I’d give WordPress another go. That and I saw this really cool theme at which you are or are not enjoying now.

You may’ve also noticed that this, and in fact the whole site, is written in English. I really wish I’d made my homepages English since I started making them, but did never really get the chance to start fresh, and in English. I just hope I can attract a broader audience with this decision and that some people who’ve previously seen my blog and read it in Dutch, aren’t scared away or something by the transision to English. Not everyone speaks English, and I know that. It’s just that I don’t get enough people who stay after they clicked a link on a video of mine at YouTube, or my profile for that matter, because my site is Dutch, and they don’t understand Dutch.

Of course, my lack of hits is also due to another lack. Of posts. Which is probably the main reason I want to start over. Start something new, forget about my previous failures. Although I do that with difficulty…

But that’s a whole ‘nother story.

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– Davey.