On Fri, Jun 04, 2004 at 08:36:12AM -0700, perdurabo wrote: > Actually the book is great and covers well beyond "what you can learn > from the google site", especially in regards to their XML SOAP/RPC > interface (It's been a while, I can't remember which they used). I > wrote a most cool little prototype application that allowed you to > search for MP3s via Google within a Napster-like interface, and it > actually worked pretty well, as long as you were searching for > "popular" music. I remember always finding results fo Outkast and > Metallica at the time. > > The app would perform the Google searches and then HEAD for each MP3 > file and present the valid links to the user. I'm currently starting > to rewrite it in Cocoa (on the only OS worth using ;). The book's > great and gave me all sorts of ideas.
That kind of thing, while cool, is a bit out there. I'm going to reserve judgement on it until I get the book out of the library again and really try to implement that sort of thing myself before I change my mind about its usefulness to the average reader. I have a couple of paragraphs on it so far, but they're vague and non-commital enough that they might get me elected to the US senate--that won't do. =) _______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
