I’m still learning my way around the Android system, and as I mentioned in an earlier post, Battery Life can be a bit of a problem – at least until you realise that to save battery life, you have to close apps down when your not using them. Continue reading
My New Android Phone
My new mobile phone is a Samsung Galaxy Portal. I chose the Galaxy Portal because at the time, it was the cheapest Android phone I could get on contract with three – It was possible to get the phone for just a few pounds more than I was already paying.
Since then, there is now a cheaper Android phone from ZTE I could have had that without any increase, so I’m interested to see how it compares to my Galaxy. Continue reading
It’s been a while since I’ve done anything with these pages, and since then, a lot has changed.
Both the hardware I’m using and the Internet Services available.
When I first looked at using the sweex router for hardware control, access to the router from the Internet meant opening a port on your router, and running a web server.
But today, it is possible to use a chat server somewhere on the Internet to make the link between you and your devices – or your devices and each other! Continue reading
Recently I was given a G3 Imac (500Mhz with slot loading cd). Several linux distros are available for PowerPC machines, so I thought I’d have a try at loading one. Continue reading
Following the conversations here, there is a test version of blassic to download.
I rewired the Router to another scart plug, at the same time, I used an extra 78L05 to power the 5v line on the i/o bus. Both the new wiring and power arrangements caused problems. Continue reading
I am going to have to re-wire the router I/O Bus connection. I opened the router case to investigate giving the I/O Bus it’s own 5v line – the little 78L05 regulator is really only capable of supplying 1 usb device. I was running into power troubles hooking too many things to the I/O bus. Continue reading
Using the Remote Control Unit with the Pic I2C Slave connected to the Midge Router, it is possible to use Blassic to control regular mains devices via the the network. Here is a sample. Continue reading
Last week, I got a chance to use the system live, I was away for a week with only the EeePC system and a three.co.uk 3G phone from Sony for a modem. All did not go well! Continue reading
If a VMWare Server/Workstation or VMWare Player make life easy when mixing Linux and Windows on a single system, then a VPS will wipe the floor with them if you need to run several Linux environments and are not worried about high end graphics. Continue reading
