Captain's Log Supplemental

Curse you irony!

noreply@blogger.com (Terry Poulin) — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:30:00 +0000

Just before I got up to pee, I was looking at Skinomi carbon fibre skin protectors and thinking, "Maybe later" after I get my new dock. Guess what? My foot caught the fucking charging cord and slid my Prime off the desk, and me "Snap catching slash...

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The Big Android Browser Test

noreply@blogger.com (Terry Poulin) — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:54:00 +0000

There have been a couple of things on the net about various browsers, I'm sure, but certainly nothing comprehensive that I have found. Like wise, over @XDA in the Transformer forums at least, things tend to get muddled up after awhile from all...

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The trouble with ice cream

noreply@blogger.com (Terry Poulin) — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:19:00 +0000

I brought some Eddy's ice cream while we were waiting at the pharmacy, because it was the early Grand brand that had Neapolitan. When I opened it this morning, I couldn't help but notice there was only like 15% Strawberry, 1/3 Chocolate, and the rest was...

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Thoughts on Android Game architecture revisited

noreply@blogger.com (Terry Poulin) — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:45:00 +0000

A while back, I blogged some thoughts on game architecture for Android. In the time since, I've looked a bit at the Light Weight Java Game Library (LWJGL) and Maven, and am developing a bit of an interest in just how much one could push shader programs to...

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The Farthest Staar

noreply@blogger.com (Terry Poulin) — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 06:10:00 +0000

The will to greatness clouds the mind consumes the senses veils the signs we each are meant to recognize Redeeming graces cast aside enduring oceans new-found promise that the end will never come We live in times when all seems lost But time will...

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Are companies like Facebook Internet cowards?

noreply@blogger.com (Terry Poulin) — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 16:08:00 +0000

Some people in this country, still concerned over the whole SOPA/PIRA bit seem to have been mild in their blackouts, and it makes me wonder, if they are against the bills are they cowards then? Sites such as Amazon, Dropbox, and TwitPic have...

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Stop and think twice about SOPA and PIRA!

noreply@blogger.com (Terry Poulin) — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 02:54:00 +0000

Things should go dark tomorrow IAW http://sopastrike.com/ - cheers.

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How to make your own buttonhook cheap

noreply@blogger.com (Terry Poulin) — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 16:45:00 +0000

When working a while back on my private tactics compendium, I summised that we probably call the Button-hook technique after the use of a real buttonhook. Well, my new work shirts are a pain in the ass to button at the collar, so on the way to...

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Playing with linpack and power save modes on my prime

noreply@blogger.com (Terry Poulin) — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 00:29:00 +0000

This is what I'm getting with basically just a few web pages open in Opera: Performance mode: up to 90-125 MFLOPS. Usually in the one hundred and teens. Balanced mode: averaging around 75-115 MFLOPS. Most often between 90-110. Power Save mode:...

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Argh, sometimes technology just makes me sick!

noreply@blogger.com (Terry Poulin) — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 19:00:00 +0000

Recently, I updated my journal about the repairs I tried on Sunday, well yesterday I started breaking in a TF201 and working on the epoxy trick. No luck but hey, ICS is really freaking awesome and my Prime is solid, even if I still prefer the TF101's...

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My summery of Android versions

noreply@blogger.com (Terry Poulin) — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 18:32:00 +0000

1.0. September of 2008. 1.1. February of 2009. General software refinements, which I'll usually omit below. 1.5 Cupcake. April of 2009. Third party (custom) keyboards are now possible. We got widgets! Bluetooth A2DP and AVRCP profiles...

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Attempting to fix my ASUS Transformer TF101's blank screen

noreply@blogger.com (Terry Poulin) — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 17:54:00 +0000

Been a while but finally I've got a moment to update my journal, lol. Saturday night, Andera (my TF101-B1) slid off the mattress and ended up with a blank screen, and briefly some green garbles. The backlight was still working and my tablets survived the...

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noreply@blogger.com (Terry Poulin) — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 19:26:00 +0000

Well, I suppose all awesome footwear must wear out eventually, such is the nature of the clothes you love. On my way to visit my girl friend and her family over the break, coming through security in Calgary, while I was putting my boots on I noticed a...

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Dropbox 2.0 for Android: fixing your folder

noreply@blogger.com (Terry Poulin) — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 17:01:00 +0000

I don't get why so many people are pissed at this. The old folder location was at ${sdcard}/dropbox. This is really good for an app like Dropbox and I wish they would have kept it, but to be honest, it does technically belong in the new location...

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Thoughts on Android Game architecture

noreply@blogger.com (Terry Poulin) — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 16:50:00 +0000

Games for Android are a little different than writing for PC or console, really seems to be less of the dull grundge as well. But at the price, for more advanced efforts there are less resources sitting right there on Fresh Meat or Source Forge for the...

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noreply@blogger.com (Terry Poulin) — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 21:26:00 +0000

My word, if you're not using Opera and it's Dragonfly for web development, all I can say is Firebug users, eat your bits out.

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Hello old friend

noreply@blogger.com (Terry Poulin) — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 20:48:00 +0000

Well, I've just done something unexpected: I installed Opera on my workstation. It has the operating systems default (a red dinosaur) and Google Chrome setup, which I have used since I got tired of diving into Firefox only for Firebug. In practice,...

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noreply@blogger.com (Terry Poulin) — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 22:05:00 +0000

I've read my first bit of Lovecraft today, in the form of a "The Tomb", a quaint tale that gives cause to question the narrators sanity or our reality; that or I just think to much! That puts me about 1% through The Complete Works of H.P. Lovecraft...

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noreply@blogger.com (Terry Poulin) — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 17:54:00 +0000

For a little while, I have been looking at two possible resources: Amazon Prime and Netflix. I've used the free offerings of Hulu and paid offerings at Comcast's XFinity (our ISP) and Crunchyroll. Amazon Prime I think is just this awesome...

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Well, I would say things are at an all time low.

noreply@blogger.com (Terry Poulin) — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 15:44:00 +0000

My mother curses at me for walking away from my family in favour of a stranger, and I can't help but wonder, why on earth would I walk towards her? I've done nothing unduly hostile towards the rest of my family, except block them from my photos: because...

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noreply@blogger.com (Terry Poulin) — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 00:26:00 +0000

This entry is just to test the share to g+ thingy; if you haven't converted from Blogger profiles to G+ ones yet, you ought to :-). I just wish it was automatic or could be made to work with something like twitterfeed.

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My first self cooked lunch

noreply@blogger.com (Terry Poulin) — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 20:24:00 +0000

Today, I did something odd in making my own lunch, and actually cooked. Needless to say, I generally don't cook in my mother's kitchen if I can help it, but this time I got hungry...lol. I warmed up a left over salisbury steak and cut it up...

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noreply@blogger.com (Terry Poulin) — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 18:49:00 +0000

Do you really want to put one of these to your ear or anywhere near your precious fingers? source: Android Police. Or one of these? I like my fingers in tact, thank you!

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Thoughts on Android development ON Android

noreply@blogger.com (Terry Poulin) — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 17:02:00 +0000

I'm crazy enough for it, after all BTEP+{bash,vim,coreutils,etc} on the TF101 is about as pleasant as on a netbook. The difference between BTEP and XTerm, makes something like Screen or TMUX a necessity IMHO and I favour the latter. Also...

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noreply@blogger.com (Terry Poulin) — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 18:00:00 +0000

I can't hep but think, that my brain is trying to tell me something, when I find myself fumbling with mail.google.com. In the gmail app on Andera, viewing a message displays the message list off to the side as a fragment. None of that < or...

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