N900 portrait keyboard for Witter
Recently Nokia released the much awaited pr 1.2 firmware for the N900, and among the many bug fixes and tweaks, came the ability to easily rotate applications to portrait by hitting ctrl+shift+r, then closing the keyboard and rotating to portrait.
N900 IM style notifications from python
In the last couple of days I’ve spent several hours trawling the internet in search of an example of something I hoped would be fairly easy. How to trigger an IM/Email type notification event from python.
Advanced eclipse and Rational Team Concert (RTC) tips
I spend pretty much most days working in and around RTC, an Eclipse-based tool for development and agile project development. Many of the great features are very obvious, others are not so much, but still really very helpful.
Accepting tips
Over the last few months several people have commented, either here on my blog or via twitter, that I should accept donations or payments in some way. It’s taken me a while to get around to it, but today I added a new button it’s over there on the top right of the page.
Little vase with lid
Some time ago I bought a block of spalted beech, mainly because it seemed fairly cheap and I was on a spending spree in a wood turning suppliers.
Fixing old mistakes
I was making a little lidded box in spalted beech. All was going well enough but as I came to hollow the lid I managed a nasty catch which sent it flying and damaged the finished exterior. I gave up in frustration at having gotten so far and then irrecoverably screwed up.Or so I thought at…
A Cypriot Adventure
A couple of weeks ago Kat and I went to Cyprus for a week.Just as we were really getting in to the holiday, something kinda crazy happened. A volcano erupted thousands of miles away in Iceland.
Why my next smartphone will probably be running Android – confessions of a Nokia fanboy
It’s no secret I am a huge fan of Nokia phones. Every mobile I’ve ever owned has been a Nokia, for over a decade no other manufacturer has come close when I’ve looked for my next phone.
Spinner box – never give up, never surrender
This week I spent a lot of time updating witter, so yesterday I redressed the balance and spent some quality time in the workshop.
N900 finding its way
The last week has seen some interesting progress for the n900. Firstly it was great to see phototranslator finally being availiable in extras-devel. I wrote a couple of weeks ago about having lost patience waiting and played with OCR myself.