Tag: Android
Podcasts I Listen To
Ok, I do like to listen to the occasional podcast, and there are a bunch that I like to listen to regularly. Being in traffic…
Whole House Audio on the Cheap
You can pay thousands for Bose multiroom audio systems, or buy a huge stereo and crank it up so you can hear it throughout the…
Tips: Get Your Cabling in Tricky Places
Do you have an existing house or structure and trying to get a cable into a tricky place? Here are a few tips from methods…
Set up a Cheap Home Surveillance System
You can spend a lot on home security and surveillance. Obviously, better quality, higher resolution digital systems are great and can be set up for…
Complete Backup and Restore of an Android Device
If you are upgrading an Android device and want to cover everything (and pedantically save the entire history/setup of your phone), for example installing a…
9 Simple Tips for Smart Phone Photography
I have some good camera gear, and many of my favourite photos are ones that I have taken on SLR, with carefully chosen aperture, speed…
Upgrading a 5 Year Old Samsung Galaxy S2 to Android M
I needed a phone for my son as he had been given an older ZTE V795 phone running Android Gingerbread. The ridiculous thing about this…
My Photobooth Project…
I needed a photobooth for my wedding (this was one of my few assigned wedding tasks!). You know, one of those ‘take a few photos…
How I manage and share 1000s of digital photographs
People often ask me for the best way to store their thousands of photos, and I’ve tried a bunch of ways in the past. I take…
Dashcams… and the $80 Mobius
The proliferation of small sports cameras, ‘dash’ cams and security cameras has meant that Youtube abounds with footage of incidents, near misses, ‘oh %$#@’ moments,…
Samsung Galaxy S5 Release, Impressive?
I see the S5 has just been announced by Samsung finally at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona & and it will be available in…
Living with Windows 8 Mobile
I’ve had the (dis)-pleasure of being forced into a new mobile for ‘real-job’, and after a bunch of to-ing and fro-ing with our IT management,…
Zoomy taxi app is a game changer
I don’t often have a need to get a taxi these days as I am less out and about than I used to be, but…