I'm working on a few projects.

First, there's the Evince nsplugin (for browsers like Firefox). I've noticed some inadequacies in mozplugger and there is at least one way I thought of to improve Evince when used in a browser. I started working on this and, honestly, I don't see this project getting much further. I have no experience with nsplugins, which has become a major stumbling block.

Twimblr is the second project. More info is at icorey.com/twimblr. I would really like to turn this into something very robust and I can definitely do that with enough time. However, it's solely a web tool and that makes it a little less interesting to me.

Finally, I thought of something that I can't believe no one has implemented: an internet-humor e-mail filter. It would be sort of like a spam filter. This project seems like it would be very feasible for me. The only problem is that I use Gmail primarily and I don't know how I'd be able to integrate something like this with Gmail.

Just the other day I decided that tumblr is awesome. Check out my tumblelog and see for yourself. It's pretty empty now, but that won't be the case for long.

I've figured out my goal for the summer: develop an Evince PDF Netscape plug-in so I can read PDFs within Firefox using Evince (particularly on amd64 Linux).

I have yet to find out if this is at all feasible. I am thinking it is very feasible for a more experienced Linux programmer, but I'm assuming it will be a huge challenge for me. But, I've already found the Netscape plug-in API and some other documentation. Bonus points to anyone who can tell me why the API is only available via archive.

Part of me thinks this should be very simple, but another part of me is pretty sure this will take me years.

EDIT: Screw it, I just installed mozplugger and, despite what I read about it, it works great. I guess I need a new summer goal now.

I set up a Twitter account back in October, but I started updating it regularly only recently. Be sure to check it out and follow all of my crazy twitterific adventures!

It seems weird that personal computers and widely−available internet access have existed for so long and yet there are still TV commercials for malware like FinallyFast.com. Before this, I remember commercials for Stop Sign. I’m sure that both suck profoundly.

I like to compare things I don’t understand to…other things I don’t understand. Ads for malware must be similar to get-rich-quick scams. You download FinallyFast.com’s software and your computer goes slower, just like how (I imagine) you invest in Quixtar and you find you’re making less than minimum wage (or no wage).

What I would like to see is a commercial for biological malware—something like a sponge that gives you the flu.