Random Musings of A Useless Geek

Tablet Music Making

2009-03-28T18:51:00.000-07:00

Hello, there!

The state of virtual instruments for the Nokia Tablets has been very, very sad... (My PyAno has been very lonely!) Until these two beauties came along, that is.

Two applications have made the N8x0s into some amazing music making machines! I just stumbled across them while browsing the Application Manager. Why had I never seen these two before??

Boxar and Theremin are available in Maemo Extras and Extras Devel... Go check them out! They're very compact programs and pack a big punch. Amazing stuff. I haven't put down my tablet yet today ;)

They're in the repos... but here are direct links if you're browsing from your tablet :)

Theremin----------------------------Boxar

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Here's a video of Boxar, for your enjoyment...

And one of Theremin...

Even More Maemo Backgrounds

2008-11-28T13:40:00.000-08:00

Hello, everyone, I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving! (And a great day, even if you didn't celebrate it :D ) I spent my holiday away from home and I took some pretty pictures that look wonderful on my tablet, and I wanted to share. Hope you like em! :)

Your Tablet as a Keyboard and Mouse

2008-10-19T05:37:00.000-07:00

Ever wanted to use your tablet as a bluetooth keyboard and mouse? I have.

Finally, someone took up this task and has succeeded. BlueMaemo turns your tablet into an input device for your PC. (And, yes, right+left mouse clicks, scroll wheel functionality, and customizable keymaps are all there, not to mention media and presentation controls.)

I've tried this baby out with Ubuntu Hardy, and works perfectly. It is also confirmed working with Windows XP and Vista. Mac, on the other hand... Well, it might be another story. If you're interested, please see the original discussion.

And, my advice... Get it now!

AirX 0.3!

2008-08-24T16:10:00.000-07:00

Hello!

AirX 0.3 from Tyler Longwell on Vimeo.

AirX is a GUI for X Forwarding. What that means is that it enables you to use any program you have on your Linux PC on your tablet. Nice, hm? There are some nice improvements in 0.3.

The original AirX was just an introduction to programming for myself, but I wanted to make something useful out of it now.

The ease of administrating my home server from anywhere without the need of a command line is wonderful.

I don't have to type in my user name, password, IP address, or anything else. AirX remembers it for me and lets me run whatever I need easily and simply.

You can grab AirX HERE and try it out. (Pexpect must be installed, too. It is on that page.

Please post any bugs, explosions, or suggestions here!

Oh, and you're really awesome if you can name the background music in the video... ;)

PyAno 1.0!

2008-08-10T13:52:00.000-07:00

Always wanted to make music with your tablet, but had nothing to jam with unless you wanted to use it as a drum stick? Well, no more :)

PyAno 1.0 for Maemo from Tyler Longwell on Vimeo.

PyAno 1.0 is a great update to the past editions. I thought that maybe I should release it.

Updates include:

- Two octaves of notes.
- Octaves can be controlled by hardware or onscreen buttons.
- Fullscreen can be toggled on or off by hardware key.
- N810 owners can now play PyAno with their hardware keyboards.*
- Each note is now in tune with a regular piano.
- Dependencies have been fixed.

Get it HERE while it's hot!

Please leave suggestion here or on the iTT forums.

Until next time... Enjoy!

* N810 owners, "z" is the lowest note, from there you can go across to "m." Next are "a" through "g."