Tag: Open Source
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…
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,…
Bitcoin…. it’s not magic
Bitcoin has been mentioned in the mainstream media recently as a ‘new form of electronic money’. It sounds impressive, but the way it works as a…
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,…
