Monthly Archives: March 2009

Isaac about to lose the night time nappies?

Posted on 31 March 2009 by a1291762

Isaac has been toilet trained for ages now except at night. Despite what we thought were signs of readiness back in September he has proved consistently unable to handle himself at night. That is until now. He got up yesterday … Continue reading →

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CodeWarrior vs GCC and sting literals

Posted on 31 March 2009 by a1291762

So one of my favourite Palm games is called Pocket Rogue. Finding the binary on the internets isn’t too hard but the source code is another issue altogether. The source is something I’ve wanted to get access to ever since … Continue reading →

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AttnGrab gets a debug log

Posted on 18 March 2009 by a1291762

The problem with trying to debug an app like AttnGrab is that it’s really hard to actually use it properly unless you’re running on a device bug on-device debugging facilities are basically nil. I tried once before to write a … Continue reading →

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Using Qt Extended 4.4 with Qt 4.5

Posted on 18 March 2009 by a1291762

My last act as the Qt Extended build system maintainer was to make it possible to use Qt Extended 4.4 with Qt 4.5. I’m happy today to be sharing this work with the community. Perhaps it will enable Qt Extended … Continue reading →

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Nokia 5800 on the way

Posted on 17 March 2009 by a1291762

So there’s a Nokia 5800 on the way here but it’s not for me. This one is for Bree. She really wants it and since it seems like local phones won’t be available without “comes with music” we went for … Continue reading →

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iTunes 8.1 hates my iPod Shuffle (rev1)

Posted on 17 March 2009 by a1291762

I got bitten back when iTunes 7 first came out. It took quite a few versions before I could upgrade from iTunes 6 because the handling of my iPod Shuffle (rev1) was problematic. It has happened again. This time it’s … Continue reading →

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Chrome tabs, cheating?

Posted on 11 March 2009 by a1291762

Something I didn’t quite notice until after I wrote this scathing retort about Safari 4 is that Chrome cheats with its title bar. The screenshot I took is here: It’s not at all obvious from that screenshot but Chrome is … Continue reading →

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Palm Pre vs Nokia 5800 XpressMusic

Posted on 9 March 2009 by a1291762

So I’m just not that into the iPhone and the Pre hasn’t materialized yet. Palm’s delay could cause them to lose a fan because my eye has been caught by the 5800. Working at Nokia means that I get to … Continue reading →

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After almost 200 builds, AttnGrab's profile makeover is complete

Posted on 4 March 2009 by a1291762

Phew! There’s almost 200 builds between the last version of AttnGrab and the new version. Considering how much on-desktop debugging I had to do that’s a lot. The app has had a massive overhaul of its prefs/profiles system. It now … Continue reading →

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