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Monthly Archives: August 2010

AppBrain – 3rd party desktop WEB ui for the android app market.

AppBrain is a 3rd party website / app combination that tries to enhance the android AppMarket experience.

Pros

  • lets the user queue up installations / uninstalls from a great web interface
  • lets you browse the market from a desktop browser with all the goodies that means, multiple tabs, proper keyboard, copy paste etc.

Cons

  • still requires clicking multiple items and confirmation dialogs on device ( android 1.6 ) for each application install
  • still requires manual upgrade for items ( android 1.6 )

I suspect that with 2.2 the cons might go away, but even on 1.6 this is a good improvement over using the standard device only market interface.

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Ethics, Secrets and Lies

Often i may using publicly available data infer or guess other details that may or may not be true. I see no problem with sharing those inferences or analysis with people that have the same access to facts as myself provided i am clear that those are inferences and opinion and are not fact.  I may at some point learn some secret that confirms or denies my opinions, but that does not effect the opinions that i share if asked by those not privy to the same confidential information. I will not lie. and thus sometimes may chose silence or feigned ignorance.  I may at times nudge people to talk together, or suggest directions for investigation or development based on perceived shared goals. While i may at times be seen as an instigator I believe that my legacy is as a facilitator. I refrain from doing harm, except where it is necessary. I don’t take sides. I come to an opinion and choose where to stand. Wether that is in the same place as others is a consequence of that judgement. I will state as fact information I know to be untrue.

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All the stories have been told…

…how long until all the apps have been written?

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Cool Pacman Android eating apples t-shirt

http://www.cafepress.com/thmeremp.462786494#

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ebay – the best gadget shop in the world

Recently I had to try and recover files from a pc that had a faulty CPU/motherboard combo.  Initially I was planning on opening another system and swapping the drive. But then I got to thinking wouldn’t it be great if there was a cable to connect an IDE device to a USB plug. I looked on ebay and found such a gadget existed, ordered and delivered for under £10 and all files safely recovered.

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The devolution of a piece of string to iPhone 4.0 by Hot4Words

From http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5-H1NcxExo&feature=digest

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