Archive for 2010
Descent
Time for my obligatory seagull picture.
Here you can see a couple of seagulls going in for the kill — on some bread. Would they have it any other way?
I’ve increased the contrast and played around with saturation a bit. Call me crazy, but I decided not to crop the picture.…
Finding Froggy
This is for all the people who wasted their lives on Sonic Adventure trying to find Big the Cat’s best friend, Froggy. Here he is.
For the curious this is yet another of the amphibians to get themselves stuck in Huntersdale’s basement. But instead of the legions of toads, we have a frog this time! It was a fair bit …
Bid for Freedom
Here’s just a couple of the many toads that have recently hatched near Huntersdale at Royal Holloway, rescued from a dark, dry basement down a set of stairs much too steep for them to climb back up!…
I’ve Been Expecting You…
Do you expect me to talk? No, Mr. Human. I expect you to GIVE ME BREAD, DAMN IT
Making Ringtones Loop on Android
Update 2012-01-06: ICS appears to have a bug where the end of the file is chopped off, so ringtones do not loop properly. If I find or hear a solution I’ll update again!
Update 2010-11-09: Added clarification on why I suggest having a short (sub-10 second) ringtone. You want it to loop, right? =P
Team orders in F1? They’re here to stay–get over it!
Just wanted to quickly chime in on the whole Ferrari one-two fiasco.
I basically agree with what David Coulthard kept saying on the BBC’s extended coverage–no matter what fans or press may shout, you can’t take the teams out of Formula 1.
They spend millions of pounds on research, design, manufacture, promotion and, of course, the drivers: so is it …
Torchure 1.1.1 Released
I’ve uploaded a minor bugfix release for Torchure to the Android Market, which fixes the buggy systems preference not taking effect.
Don’t remind me of the irony……
Torchure 1.1 Released
My first Android Market update! Hope this goes well.
This update includes:
- A new colour! You can change the screen to red, to help preserve night vision. This makes the torch less effective, mind.
- To switch colour, either swipe sideways on the screen or use the new menu option!
- New preferences have been added to let you choose what colour
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Torchure for Android
Ever found yourself in need of a torch, but only had your phone handy? Look no further!
Torchure (for Android) is a pretty simple application. It turns the screen white and, as default, whacks up the backlight to maximum. I did say simple, didn’t I?
However, it also lets you change that backlight brightness (useful if, say, you’ve been to …
BeetleSpider
Nature’s accumulated too many costs recently, so it’s consolidating many of its species in an attempt to rein in expenditure. First up is this BeetleSpider, with the legs and spinnerets of a spider, plus the body of a beetle!
… Otherwise known as a Walnut Orb Spider, commonly found outdoors in the UK. Not that I can remember seeing …
My Personal Ninite Installer
This is basically for my own future reference, but the last few Windows installs I’ve done I’ve used Ninite to install most of my favourite software — easily and quickly!
If you’ve yet to discover it, check it out! Or if you’d rather just install software other people recommend wihout thinking, you can install my particular favourite software loadout.…
Supreme Commander 2 Hidden Objectives List
Update 2010-03-26: Missed “Master of Pawns” hidden objective off of Cybran mission 6. Added it.
Trying to find and complete all the secret missions in SupCom 2? Here’s a quick and dirty list of them all!
This information is copied from the map files within the SupCom 2 directory.
Feel free to copy and paste — a link back to …
Gnome Power Manager Hides Do Nothing
Found this rather handy post that tells you what to do in newer versions of Gnome Power Manager, which for some reason hide the Do Nothing options as default.
Personally I find it irritating as the battery readout in all the distros of Linux I’ve used on my Eee report the battery at 0% over half an hour before the …
Introducing BitButcher — An Open-Source NDS ROM Trimmer
I’ve always wanted to make a software headline like that. Eee!
Welcome to BitButcher, a small program designed to do one thing and one thing well: trim Nintendo DS ROMs.
I got a bit fed up of the ones already out there, most because they were either closed-source or they had bad GUI design combined with clashing backgrounds. Search as …
Take Control of Your Settings — Configuring Synaptics Touchpads and Making GNOME Respect Them
Update 2010-05-28: If you’re using Fedora 13, then the configuration for synaptics touchpads is done through what is practically the old xorg.conf method. (This is as udev now handles devices instead of HAL.) Check out the Fedora Wiki for more information.
The Problem
Today I’ve been trying to configure the touchpad on my Eee PC 901 to my liking. It’s …
