android market place

if you are having problems downloading apps from android marketplace and have recently changed your account to a gmail address, change it back to googlemail.com in your gmail settings and the problem with marketplace should be gone.

more details

http://www.bitterwallet.com/googlemail-changes-to-gmail-but-snarls-up-android-phones/29294

Android development

Just started looking at writing Android apps, Ported over my VSWR calculator from the Java mobile version that i did awhile ago and looking into something that uses the GPS and Open GL capability. Also maybe the Barcode scanner. So a few things to look at and to use as learning projects.

Just been reading the market place agreement and i think that will take a few cups of tea to get through :(

Xp Mode

Just upgraded to win 7 pro, and thought i will install xp mode. Then found my cpu does not have the virtualisation extensions so the xp mode will not install. It also looks like the old virtual pc 2007 has been blocked from installing on windows 7.

Then found that vmplayer seems to have a xp mode importer :)

http://www.vmware.com/products/player/

Neverify

Went to see a mate's new band Neverify play on friday.

some awesome detuned groove laden riffage

Very cool

one of their previous gigs in maidenhead

or check them out at

http://www.myspace.com/neverifyuk

TDBE Weekend

Just got back from spending a weekend with some mates jamming on a farm in Dorset. It was good fun and we managed to write and record 4 tracks :)

Listen to the final tracks

And watch the Videos

Creating Apps for Phones

After a chat on Saturday night with a mate i thought i would have ago at writing an application for my aging Nokia N70 phone.

The result is a Mobile Java Application that calculates the VSWR and Return Loss from the forward and reverse power figures (normally used to check the performance of transmission aerials ).

This was also the first time i have tried writing anything in Java beyond the exercises in Tutorials.

I used the Netbeans 6.5.1 IDE to write and test the app.

Once i find some space i might post the application incase anyone else is interested.

Cool Google page

Just found this google search with gravity on the google experiments page

Linky