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Disabled GPS on a Windows Mobile phone

Phil Dufault — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 19:08:13 +0000

I’m starting to notice that mobile network carriers disable features in their handset on purpose (as shocking and cruel as that may sound.) That strikes up a great deal of irritability from me — I am a sound believer that if I paid for a product, I should be getting full access to what I [...]

Google Maps for mobile: enable your phone and never carry a map again

Phil Dufault — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 04:57:19 +0000

Google Maps for mobile — it’s one of the greatest offerings that Google’s made in my humble opinion. Armed with my handset (and data connection) and this software, I can never be lost again in the city. Hungry and need to find a local pizzeria in a hurry? No digging through Yellow Pages, viewing shady-looking [...]

My new HTC Touch Pro from Telus

Phil Dufault — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 22:24:56 +0000

A few weeks ago I purchased a replacement handset to my HTC Touch, the HTC Touch Pro from my local CDMA provider, Telus. I’m very pleased to say that the upgrade was a complete success, and that the majority of my complaints with the Touch have been resolved. My new HTC Touch Pro has improved [...]

Check out my new article on itnewb: Easy Logins With SSH On Linux!

Phil Dufault — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 23:40:54 +0000

I wrote an article for a friends site, check it out: Guide To Easy Logins With SSH On Linux I didn’t know that article writing took so long — the amount of writing, rewriting, critiquing, etc etc was a new experience. I’ll have to keep writing articles — teaching others is a good way to [...]

Logging all BASH commands to history, and keeping people from deleting/emptying it

Phil Dufault — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 20:28:07 +0000

Usually on Linux server, we have issues with logging the commands that our users are running, especially with BASH. BASH doesn’t log the commands as soon as they’re executed, and the user can do a number of simple things to prevent the log from ever being written to the disk, preventing you from knowing what’s [...]

Blood donation in Canada

Phil Dufault — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 04:47:36 +0000

I did my 2nd blood donation in Canada today. I’d like to encourage any Canadian’s that read my blog to go out and schedule a donation to the Canadian Blood Services, it’s a worthwhile experience that can save someone’s life. It’s free, it’ll take an hour of your time, and you get juice and cookies. [...]

Android v1.0 released

Phil Dufault — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 17:40:59 +0000

For anybody that cares, Android v1.0 has been released along with the T-Mobile G1 handset running Android on it. The future is finally here — I can hardly wait. Here’s the download site: http://code.google.com/android/download_list.html Their download page hasn’t been updated yet, but here’s the link to the SDKs: http://dl.google.com/android/android-sdk-linux_x86-1.0_r1.zip http://dl.google.com/android/android-sdk-windows-1.0_r1.zip I’m very excited now.

Enable date-stamp in your .bash_history file and be more secure

Phil Dufault — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 06:07:22 +0000

While your .bash_history file can be easily cleared by a malicious person that’s gained access to your account, we can make it harder for them to achieve this. Note: this works in bash v3 and up, so you should be pretty safe in today’s world of bash v3.3+ everywhere. If you’d like to add the [...]

Android for the Vogue package updates to newest SDK

Phil Dufault — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 17:56:19 +0000

Martin (or dzo) has released another update for the Vogue, updating his release to the newest SDK available from Google, which was made available from last monday. This release has broken a few custom applications made by some, as the phone keyboard now needs to be written, and the previous method used an on screen [...]

Transit directions now available via Google Maps on Windows Mobile

Phil Dufault — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 23:16:43 +0000

Apparently this was released without much fanfare, but Google Maps Mobile v2.2.0.16 for your Windows Mobile smartphone / pocketpc has been released, which means it now provides transit directions on the go. This makes me extremely happy, but annoyed as well, as it was released quietly — I’m even subscribed to the Google Latlong blog. [...]