Topic: Chumby Widget that displays messages posted to a Web Service
Thanks to the support I've received here, I've got my second Widget working.
Essentially it allows my friend to go to a web site, and type in a message (like, "Meet me at 8pm" or "You are dumb"). The Chumby widget then does nothing more than displays the last five messages.
I implemented this using PHP/mySQL on the Apache web server I have running on a spare Mac.
The Chumby widget I authored using the free FlashDevelop tools.
I know it's horribly basic, but I was new to Flash, PHP and mySQL, so I'm pleased to get it working, and I'm happy to share the details.