I’d forgotten how hard this app is to use, and the Android version really isn’t any easier. I may have to give up on this one for now.
Month: January 2012
4th Doctor: Destination Nerva
What a great story to start off the 4th Doctor on Big Finish. I really enjoyed this story. A good solid episode which delivered just what I was after. Excellent stuff Big Finish. This is exactly what Doctor Who is all about.
iDroid on my 3G, a bit of an update
So I’ve actually got an Android app running on my 3G under iDroid, and it actually works. It doesn’t work very well, but it does work. The app I managed to get running was Beat Dialer. The other app I tried to get to work was Tasker, but for reasons that I just don’t understand it will not install at all. Which is a shame really.
8th Doctor: Scherzo
Well I finished listening to this story today, and I’m both confused and a little disappointed. It didn’t seem to go anywhere at all. There was also way too much stuff about love and all that. I’m not too fond of that kind of thing in Doctor Who. I just think it doesn’t work at all. So I’m a bit wary of going on to the next story in the series.
Is it worth me building my own local App Inventor?
Yesterday or late last night at any rate Google announced that they were releasing the code for their Android App Inventor product. You can download it here. Now I’m considering whether I should attempt to compile and run it locally myself.
It sounds like a kind of cool project to try out, but almost certainly one that will cause lots of problems for me. I’ll let you know if I can make it work, or even if I try.
Pizza, Beer and the Genesis of the Daleks
On Mr Baker’s birthday I thought it would be ideal to watch what is arguably one of the best Doctor Who stories ever. The six part ‘Genesis of the Daleks’, and what better way to watch it than with a pizza and a beer.
These days you just wouldn’t get a story split into 6 parts, but back in 1975 it was perfectly normal. Genesis of the Daleks was a complex story with a lot of characters who come and go throughout the whole six parts. It’s a great story too.
So why didn’t he destroy the Daleks? Well I guess we’re all glad he didn’t right?
G1 is go!
Well I’ve finally got my G1 up and running again. It’s taken a while to get this far, and it’s really just the beginning as it’s currently running Android 1.5 and I’d like to see how far I can take it. Hopefully up to 2.1, but we’ll see.
I have to say that T-Mobile were really helpful getting things working for me. They were brilliant. My plan is to get it working as a remote security scanner. We’ll see if I can make it work effectively.
Happy Birthday Tom Baker, 78 today!
My favourite Doctor Who by far. Happy Birthday! I’m so glad that you’re back doing Big Finish stories. I still haven’t listened to the first one, but I’m so looking forward to it.
Inception: The Soundtrack
I am somewhat obsessed at the moment by Inception. The film, the app, and now I’ve bought the soundtrack too, which is a very good one by Hans Zimmer. But in some ways it just isn’t as good as using the Inception app, which is a much more immersive experience.
Increasingly I find that I prefer reactive and generative music to linear music or recorded music. I think also that it’ll be a prompt for finally getting into doing some RJDJ scene work and Pd building.
Doctor Who: Scherzeo
This is the next story after Zagreus, and is a very strange one indeed. I’m half way through it and I’ve no idea what is going to happen at all or how it will end up. In fact, so far I’m not even very sure about what the story is at the moment.
It is a strange one that’s for sure. I’m sort of looking forward to the next disk, but I’m also slightly concerned that it will end up not being a story at all. I guess I’ll just have to brave it out.
I am Ashley Elsdon 