Cracking Mud
Posted: December 7, 2011 Filed under: pics | Tags: mud Leave a comment »
 I just love how the mud curls up when it dries. Walking on it is the real treat though as it cracks beneath your feet with the most rewarding sound.
Ice Cream Sandwich on the Nexus S
Posted: December 1, 2011 Filed under: android, WordPress | Tags: CyanogenMod, ics, WordPress for Android Leave a comment »I’ve been running Alpha 11 of CyanogenMod 9 (Android 4.0/ICS) on my Nexus S for the past few days and all I can say is wow. ICS feels like a whole new era for Android, and this build is rock solid.
While you’re at it, get the awesome new 2.0 beta of WordPress for Android.
The Future
Posted: November 30, 2011 Filed under: Random | Tags: android, qr code, the future, xbmc Leave a comment »
So we bought this fairly difficult to assemble product the other day, and on the package was a big QR Code. I scanned the code with my phone, and Android detected a link to a YouTube video and offered a few choices for playing it. One of those was “Play on XBMC”, thanks to the XBMC remote app (XBMC is the software that runs on our living room HTPC).
Instantly, assembly instructions a crappy promotional video started playing on the TV. This is the future? (A proper how to video would have made this story so much better!)
TIL whale oil was used in car transmissions up until the 1970′s
Posted: November 23, 2011 Filed under: today I learned | Tags: chemistry, environment, technology, whale oil Leave a comment »The reason why so many whales were killed in the 20th century was the distant ramifications of replacement of whale oil by petroleum. It took another 100 years to find solutions to these ramifications, and only then it became possible to save the whales. Ecological activism did not play significant role in all of these developments; neither did the numerous well-meaning international treaties, moratoriums, and other chest beating displays.
From: Mobile Dick
Rampage
Posted: November 22, 2011 Filed under: memories | Tags: games, movies, rampage Leave a comment »
So apparently, the classic arcade game Rampage is being adapted into a movie. This brings back some memories: as a kid, my brother, a friend and I all sat together in front of the computer banging on the keyboard to bring those buildings down.
We ended up breaking the keyboard, and my father formatted the diskette.
Fabrique en Tchecoslovaquie
Posted: September 24, 2011 Filed under: pics | Tags: objects, tools Leave a comment »Inscribed on a bubble level I found in my father tools.
Mac App Store Update Error
Posted: July 21, 2011 Filed under: apps Leave a comment »To update this application, sign in to the account you used to purchase it.
If you’re signed in and still get this error message when trying to update an app in the Mac App Store, you can workaround it by removing the application completely, and doing a fresh install.
Santorini
Posted: July 20, 2011 Filed under: Travel | Tags: greece, oia, photography, santorini, thira 2 Comments »Just came back from a trip to beautiful Santorini.
It’s the first time I used a DSLR – my brother’s Canon 60D, and though I don’t know much about photography (yet), this is the first batch of pictures I think are interesting:






























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