Computers

You either love ‘em or you hate ‘em, but no matter how hard you try, there’s no getting away from these mechanised fiends.

So, with this in mind, I made friends with them; now an avid programmer, webdesigner, and all-purpose geek, find out what I have to say about the binary beasts.

Searchlight 1.1 released

Searchlight, my application for lighting up your world (or at least a few metres in front of you) using your Android device’s LED has been updated to 1.1.

This update brings better behaviour on HTC Sense devices, where the screen is kept on (as this is necessary to keep the device’s light switched on).  In addition, when the screen is …

Searchlight: An Android LED torch powered by the Search button

Light up your device’s LED no matter which app you’re in by holding Search.

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

Following on from my previous articles

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