Archives for: February 2012

yet more reasons why android will rule the world

By basd on Feb 25, 2012 | In android | Send feedback »

Android just keeps proving me *right*, so long as we ignore the "all ur souls R belong to us" factor.  ("Us" being Google.)  Its proving to be what linux ought to be, except for the totally free part. I installed the Brother Android printer app.  I d… more »

noticeme redux

By basd on Feb 25, 2012 | In -arghhh!! | Send feedback »

So, if you are playing along, some more pointers. Don't forget to respond to the gmail account setup email.  I did this (forgot) and so after I got the system nicely working, google deleted my new email account.  Oops.  And anyway, I think that is th… more »

i trip over NoticeMe again

By basd on Feb 24, 2012 | In -arghhh!! | Send feedback »

For people who wish to retrieve federal court notices, NoticeMe as an extremely useful and inexpensive program.  Which therein lies the rub.  Difficult to get it running and not much in the way of support.Fortunately I can relate, because that is pretty… more »

i branch to qt

By basd on Feb 19, 2012 | In kde4, linux | Send feedback »

The problem with writing my quick-to-build GUI in kdialog is that it's not particularly transportable -- I will have to be running KDE (SC) to use it.  And, I can "get fancier" if I develop with the KDE build system or QT build system. Back to my scann… more »

sparkleshare arrgghhh!

By basd on Feb 18, 2012 | In linux, opensuse, -arghhh!!, cloud computing | Send feedback »

And so I continue to try to get a decent backup system running that belongs to me (as opposed to dropbox, which works just fine). iFolder was of course "it" and now "it" doesn't work.  To reiterate the snarky, conspiratorial view -- iFolder was a Novel… more »

sparkleshare is semi, sort of working

By basd on Feb 16, 2012 | In linux, opensuse, cloud computing | Send feedback »

Not so I can reliably use it, of course.  More or less, under some circumstance or other, everything syncs.  But, I am unable to determine the key(s) to successful (and timely) synchronization. Quite frankly, I would rather have my iFolder install back… more »

more with less

By basd on Feb 16, 2012 | In cloud computing, android, droid3 | Send feedback »

It's a bad thing to get stuck in a paradigm. ARM processors are small, slow and ... wait a minute, why is it I can do more stuff with my Droid3 than with my netbook, laptop or desktop??? I'm not kidding.I mentioned before that circa 1982 IBM figured 80… more »

and hours later the operation was a success ... or not...

By basd on Feb 10, 2012 | In -arghhh!! | Send feedback »

I picked SparkleShare as the most promising project, especially as it appears to be active and is working on an Android connector.  Yay!  And ... what could go wrong? There is that little gulf between understanding the concept and understanding the imp… more »

i need back up for backup

By basd on Feb 9, 2012 | In -arghhh!! | Send feedback »

My backup system is a mix of none, encrypted duplication between computers and webserver and dropbox. And [was] ifolder. iFolder is [was] do-it-yourself "dropbox."  Once set up it worked very nicely.  But (a) it was really difficult to set up; and (b)… more »

things we need on the 'ole android

By basd on Feb 7, 2012 | In android | Send feedback »

1.  Opera browser.  Add https://duckduckgo.com and https://ixquick.com for some privacy and less spammy searches.  Add the duckduckgo.com app. 2.  Add Orbot for TOR functionality and then add Orweb browser for some more privacy, which also uses duckduc… more »

cloud (of confusion)

By basd on Feb 7, 2012 | In -arghhh!!, cloud computing | Send feedback »

So ... I fired up the demo Canonical/Ubuntu OpenStack.  Which naturally was not without self-inflicted problems (my spare machine has problematic video).  So... I fired up the demo OpenStack in safe mode.  And, I followed the how-to.  And, I then had a… more »

the scariness of droid3 and the google monstrosity

By basd on Feb 5, 2012 | In kde4, linux, opensuse, cloud computing, droid3 | Send feedback »

Shifting paradigms.  I still really, really like my Droid3.  Except, where is that Droid4 ... not the first one, the next one with the global chip like my Droid3???My paradigm for the future is already being eclipsed and the result is not pretty.  Thoug… more »

oh really? re imap ..

By basd on Feb 1, 2012 | In kde4, linux, opensuse, cloud computing | Send feedback »

My email system is pretty much Seamonkey+imap(s)+(davmail+exchange account(s)).  But, Hostmonster has a 50,000 file limit and then (a) no courtesy backups and (b) degraded performance. Between the cache pages for this blogging system and my gazzillion e… more »