I got a call today from a new client, M. Four years or so ago, M’s company bought a Linux-based file server from a local company that is now defunct. Some time ago, the mirrored drive went bad and the system kept running as Linux systems are wont to do. Unfortunately, the [...]

I’ve got my first Android application written! It’s a lame little todo list, but it’s MY lame little todo list! And the best part is, I was able to backport it to userspace version mc3 and my lame little app is running on the Nokia n810!
Yes! It’s ALIVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Now to get maps and [...]

This holiday weekend, I’m spending my time just hacking Google’s Android. I’m writing a location-based todo list (yes, a unique idea, I know). The purpose of the exercise is to learn how to write Android code in Eclipse.
So far, it is a fun experience. I’m only one day into a three-day personal hackathon [...]

Well, I got the touchscreen working, thanks to the android_touchscreen_neov2.diff patch.
This tutorial is pretty good for getting Android running on the 810. If you go with the “Doing it the hard way (from source)” method, you’ll find there are a three problems with it:

I forget what the first problem is.
The second [...]

Well, I finally got to play with Google’s Android this weekend. I “installed” a version of it on a Nokia n810. I say “installed” because the procedure was simply (?!) flashing a new kernel and running a script from the micro-SD card. I’ve got to look into the code some more, build a [...]