Monthly Archives: February 2011

5 feb

Creating an Android App, the process from Step 0

***, Android, Google, Java
Posted by Phillihp Harmon

As mentioned in yesterday’s post, I decided to make an Android application. While doing this, I thought I’d log how to setup an Android development environment. It was pretty simple to do. Lots of automatic install’s, just a couple environment … Continue reading →

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4 feb

Android Speech Recognition for Photo Display

*, Android
Posted by Phillihp Harmon

Around lunch today, I had an idea for an Android Application. Well, I have a lot of ideas for Android applications, but few I actually go through with. During lunch, every one of us has some form of SmartPhone sitting … Continue reading →

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3 feb

Kubuntu Netbook Plasma – Easy Linux for Netbooks, nice interactive Shell!

**, ASUS, Linux
Posted by Phillihp Harmon

I tried out the Kubuntu 10.10 Netbook Plasma shell just the other day and like it quite a bit. Kubuntu is the Linux distribution of Ubuntu, but in KDE, rather than GNOME. The install went very easy on this Asus … Continue reading →

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3 feb

EyeSight Hand-Waving UI to control Android and Windows Tablets

*, Android
Posted by Phillihp Harmon

Remember when everyone first heard of XBox’s Project Natal, where our motions and gestures will now control video games? Well last summer, the EyeSight has built some similar gesture recognition software that allows the same thing to happen, only on … Continue reading →

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2 feb

Google – It’s Automatic! Email, Contacts, Calendar, Docs, now Apps!

**, Android, Google
Posted by Phillihp Harmon

Once I discovered Google’s complete cloud sync allowed all of your Email, Contacts, Calendar, and Documents to seamlessly be managed by the 10+ computers I own and the fact that I switch phones almost as often as I do socks, … Continue reading →

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2 feb

Hacking a PC using a USB Drive

***, Hacking, howto, Windows
Posted by Phillihp Harmon

There are many definitions of a hacker, which vary in several fields of study. The majority of the hacks done around computing and electronics are typically friendly, helpful, and offer some very interesting ways of making tasks easier, simply having … Continue reading →

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1 feb

HTML5 New Logo – Reminds me of the Transformers

**, HTML5/CSS3
Posted by Phillihp Harmon

Last week, the W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) released a logo for HTML5 and it has gotten many mixed reviews. The idea of creating a logo for a recommendation is an interesting idea. HTML has a couple different variants and … Continue reading →

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