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1 December 2011
Just thought I’d post this, as I’ve found a solution for something that’s been driving me crazy for a very long time. I use a Parrot in-car handsfree bluetooth kit. It’s wonderful. It works very well, and always has, for making and receiving calls. However, it also acts as a A2DP destination for the iPhone [...]
21 November 2010
Just a quickie this time. As I’ve customised my Dharma install to work with another remote receiver, I didn’t really want to be wiping the install and putting the whole lot back on, only to have to rejig my library and then redo the customisations for the remote stuff… So! After a bit of digging, [...]
17 October 2010
How I overcame the joys of fiddling with Linux drivers to get an unsupported MCE remote working with XBMC Live…
1 August 2010
Just updated to the latest version of Android on my HTC Desire – version 2.2 – codenamed Froyo (short for ‘Frozen Yoghurt’ in case you didn’t know – Google has a habit of naming Android updates on desserts…!). Just so happens I’ve ‘rooted’ my Desire already, and the good old bods over at xda-developers.com have [...]
31 July 2010
iPad Camera Connection Kit I’ve just received my iPad Camera Connection Kit through the post today. This unassuming set of dongles attaches to the dock connector of the iPad and allows you to import photos and videos directly into the iPad’s Photo gallery app. The premise is simple – just plug either the USB [...]
5 July 2010
Falling short… Since I got my iPad, the only thing I’ve really lamented is it’s lack of GPS and 3G. Being the Wifi (read: cheaper) model, I had to make do with WiFi only. As usual, my tendency to over-analyse and get the most out of anything I have got the better of me, and [...]