Another shot from the Doctor Who Experience. I thought that the WW2 daleks were such a great idea, and so I was really pleased to see them at the exhibition.
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Android success and failure
I’ve spent some time today trying to get this Android device rooted and then updated to 2.2 so it can be a bit more useful. I was about to post that everything had gone really well when it started playing up so I rebooted it. It then got stuck in what seems like a loop where it just displays the Android logo then displays it again, and never gets any further.
So I completely reinstalled the ROM for 2.2 and it seems to be working ok now. I’ll be checking it again regularly tomorrow to see how it gets on, but hopefully it’ll hold up and prove to be a useful device.
Flame through a wine glass
Some pictures I took on Christmas day.
Android progress
Well, having lost the use of my iPad for now I thought I’d try and get my 1 year old Android device running again. A couple of days ago it looked like this device had failed completely, but this morning it seemed like it was working ok, at least for now anyway. It installed loads of updates, and I seem to have access to get to the apps on it now too, which is great for testing on the 3G with Android 2.3 installed.
Getting into ‘if this then that’
If you don’t know ‘if this then that’ then you should. It’s an amazing way to automate services on the internet. For example, you might want certain items matching a specific search criteria from an RSS feed to always end up in your ReadItLater items. No problem. You can automate that using ITTT (if this then that) and it will check the feed every 15 minutes and drop items straight into RIL for you.
ITTT can connect to a whole host of services that are brilliant when put together. I’m only just starting to get into it at the moment, but I can see it being really useful. You can try it out here.
2011 ended with a real smash!
Sadly it was the screen of my iPad 2 that was smashed! Not a great way to end the year, but on the up side it means I have an excellent excuse to buy an iPad 3 when they come out this year!
More pictures from the Doctor Who Experience
Peter Davidson’s Tardis, Melcor, Giant Robot … Doesn’t get better does it?
Listening to PJ Harvey, Let England Shake
I bought this a few days ago and I’ve just been listening to it, and I really love it. What a superb album! I only got it as a friend of mine recommended it and I was looking for something new to listen to. I think I might have to get some more of her work soon.
Messing about with Oramics
Having seen the Oramics exhibition again I thought I’d spend some time with the Oramics app again as I haven’t used it in ages. I think that the first time I used it I didn’t really get the hang of it, but playing with it this morning I really enjoyed it. I think I might record some pieces from it too.
Dalek Evolution (part 2)
The next three Dalek models. I’d never seen this first one, the specials weapons dalek before. Not surprising though as it was a Sylvester McCoy episode, and I hardly watched any of his stories.
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