Bootchart from my dev box at work
2011-06-17 02:05 by Ian
No write-up. Just an image.
ADB, Fastboot and USB permissions
2011-06-08 04:53 by Ian
You will at some point need to be able to use ADB with a device attached to USB. Unless you are sinning, and working as root, you will be denied permission to do this. Here is a quick guide for fixing it…
Custom boot animations on android devices
2011-06-08 04:06 by Ian
Newer android platforms support animated boot screens. In the process of tearing the platform apart, I figured I’d replace the stock animation on my Xoom.
Car PC: Linux distibution and customizations
2011-05-11 23:08 by Ian
The distro is Arch. It was chosen for its light-weight, customizability, and its fantastic documentation. Here, modifications to the basic repository-sourced installation are discussed.
Making a simple perfume (orange blossom)
2011-03-27 17:45 by Ian
Every spring, the citrus trees in Arizona bloom. The blossoms are the origin of a volatile oil that smells wonderful. I decided to make a simple perfume from them. The girlfriend will approve.
2011.03.24: Controlling VLC from PHP via DBus
2011-03-24 01:42 by Ian
I was looking for a way to replace JVLC in the car computer. Mostly, this was motivated by a desire to eliminate the Java component of the software chain.
Metalcraft (PC Case)
2011-03-05 07:55 by Ian
For the past eight years, I’ve been limping along on my 2Gz P4a. I finally built myself a new PC, and quickly found that as the hardware has become better, the cases have gone one of two ways: Either cheap 1/16” steel rattletraps that cost $40, or Xbox hueg l33t towers full of lights and windows.
No thank you. I’ll roll my own.
Lojban parser
2010-10-28 14:29 by Ian
This article details a component in a volunteer artificial intelligence project. It is responsible for being the linear (as opposed to gestalt) front-end for communication with a human user. It is a PEG parser for a constructed language called lojban (“logical language”) and is written in Java.
Captcha from scratch (PHP / GD)
2010-08-11 07:51 by Ian
A captcha image written from scratch in PHP.
It’s dangerous to go alone. Take this (to protect your forms).
Nitrogen Triiodide
2010-06-29 07:42 by Ian
There are certain things that I would rather do for the first time on purpose, so I can avoid ever doing them on accident. Making nitrogen triiodide is one of these things.