I finally found the files I needed to get this emulator running on my somewhat underpowered Android phone. Guess what, it works really well. So far I’ve only managed to get a few things working, but so far so good. It may even be useful, especially as I have a hypercard player app too.
Author: ashleyelsdon
Storyteller - Poet - Explorer
App revisit: Vox 3000
This app from the retronyms is still as much fun to muck about with as the day it was released. What more could you want than to be able to type in a message and get it spoken out?
What’s more, you can use audio copy / paste to take it somewhere else. It doesn’t get much better.
Palm OS Pearltree
http://cdn.pearltrees.com/s/embed/getApp
As you probably know I’ve been a big PDA / Palm OS fan for a long time. So I’ve started developing a way of navigating some of the remaining resources for anyone who is interested in this stuff. I’ll also be archiving and making files available where possible.
John Carter
I went to see this film over the weekend despite the terrible reviews it has been getting. Part of me wanted to see it just because the reviews are bad, and also in part because I just don’t really trust anything that film critics say.
So, what was it like. Well, frankly, I enjoyed it. Sure, it isn’t some masterpiece, but I’ve seen much worse films, in fact much much worse. The story was ok, the characters were ok, there were one or two surprises and the effects were good. Most of all it didn’t seem to take itself too seriously. I liked that.
John Carter isn’t going to be remembered as a great film or maybe even a good film by some, but as a piece of entertainment I thought it did a good job and whilst I wouldn’t go out and buy the DVD, I’d almost certainly watch it when it comes out on TV in however long that now takes.
3 Monotrons
I love monotrons, they are amazing!
The Internet of Things
Another thing I’ve been meaning to get my head around, and now I have a book to do just that. Problem is, I don’t have a netduino plus and having just bought a Arduino Mega ADK for £60 I’m not inclined to spend the same again so soon. So maybe things will have to wait just a little.
App revisit: iHolophone
Another older Amidio app that was actually very good, and when I started using it again I remembered just how simple it was to play with.
Sadly it is no longer on the app store for some reason, Amidio seem to have withdrawn it alongside a number of other apps that I still have of theirs, which is a shame really.
Thoughts about the iPad 3
So I’ve had my iPad 3 for a few days now, and of course it is lovely and all that. So what’s great about it? Well, for me, the best thing about it is that it isn’t broken. My iPad 2 had a smashed screen which meant it was almost completely unusable for the last 2 and a half months. The iPad 3 is lovely from that perspective.
Aside from that it feels very similar. The screen is better, there’s no doubt about that, and whilst that’s great to have it adds little in terms of functionality for any music app, which is one of my main uses of the device. The camera is better so I’m told, but as I never really used the camera it doesn’t make much difference to me either.
So, whilst I’m glad to have a functioning iPad again I can’t say that the 3rd generation unit has overwhelmed me really. I think there was more that Apple could have done to make this an innovative device, but perhaps they’re saving that for another time.
You just have to love PalmSprak
I love the fact that someone made a Palm Sounds version of their app to celebrate when Palm Sounds was 5 years old. I really love the original Sprak app and this one is just as good, and reminds me that Palm Sounds was a really good thing and helped to create a lot of buzz around mobile music.
A new Shada!
A friend told me about this today and I was really pleased he did. I had no idea that this had been released at all, and I’d really like to get hold of it. I’ve got the Paul McGann version of Shada which I love and it’s an excellent story, but an unabridged version is very tempting indeed.
It’s available on iTunes for £18.95:
But also on Amazon (although they’re out of stock!)
http://rcm-uk.amazon.co.uk/e/cm?lt1=_blank&bc1=000000&IS2=1&bg1=FFFFFF&fc1=000000&lc1=0000FF&t=ashleyelsdon-21&o=2&p=8&l=as4&m=amazon&f=ifr&ref=ss_til&asins=144586763X
So I’m going to have to choose where / how to get hold of a copy of this.
I am Ashley Elsdon 