Edinburgh Bus Tracker Update
Just released a new version which I'm hoping will fix the crashes I (and others) have been seeing in the nearby stops map. The problem was I had switched to a double-buffered redrawing system in order…
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KIF: an infocom text adventure interpreter for the kindle
Wow, this sort of thing seems to be in the news these days! Note: I've updated these instructions for KIF 0.5; please see here for the release notes.. My app is different however: it isn't web hosted,…
jrename: a Java deobfuscator
Investigating decompiled obfuscated Java code is interesting. It isn't as difficult as looking at raw assembly code since you're generally looking at Java source. Also, you know what is grouped into w…
Kindle 3: My developer kindlet is working!
Rather surprisingly, it just started working! All you need to have is a valid keystore at /var/local/java/keystore/developer.keystore with at least three keys in it. The aliases of the three keys must…
Kindle: progress
I've now created a valid java keystore in /var/local/java/developer.keystore. Clicking on my ktest app in the menu now says "The title is not signed by a registered developer". All righty, so getting…
Kindle 3 hacking
My latest gadget is a kindle 3, and of course I want to hack it. It has already been jailbroken using an exploit in busybox's tar command symlink handling. See here for details and updates. I installe…
Streetview
Hmm, not posted anything on here for ages! Anyway, to get going again, here is a tiny python library for interfacing to Google's Streetview. It can download the tiles, but can also decode the panorama…
android market developer console improving
I've just noticed the android market developer console has finally gained a "Comments" link where you can see the comments people have submitted on your app. Frankly, it was a surprise to me that they…
redbus released and dodgy data
I released the latest redbus sometime this morning; its looking good, not had any negative reports (and some very positive ones), so I hope I managed to zap all the bugs caused by the optimisations. Y…
redbus mostly complete
Well, I've just been putting the finishing touches on redbus' last major feature: bus stop location data updates. This isn't released yet; as its the sort of thing I really don't want to go wrong on o…