Quickie geek update
Can't sleep again due to too many geeky things flying about in my head, gah! The next major feature to add to redbus will be bus stop data updates; I already have code to pull the stop information fro…
redbus 1.0.17
In celebration of passing 1000 downloads, I've just released a new version with a lot of work on the map GUI. :)
Edinburgh Bus Millenium Edition!
Woohoo! We've just hit 1000 downloads! I wonder if this caused the market unavailability problem? Theoretically, at 1000 downloads, Google might switch you to a different set of servers, and it takes…
Edinburgh Bus Tracker app has vanished!!
I've just noticed the Edinburgh Bus Tracker has vanished from the Android market ; I've had independent confirmations from multiple people. I've not had any contact from Google or anyone, so I can onl…
Time to start on USB host again hopefully!
I see there's been a 2.1 ROM for the Hero relased over at villainrom. What is even more interesting is that they're using a 2.6.29 kernel source released by someone called "Ben22". Git tree here. So..…
redbus 1.0.9
Another hour's development this morning, and I now have a bus stop proximity alarm! (i.e. when you're physically within a radius of a stop). I'm not sure how well this is going to work using the Locat…
Bus competition
Cool, I see we now have a competitor on the edinburgh bus tracking scene :)
rEdBus: My First Android Application (Edinburgh Bus Tracker)
Aww, isn't it cute. I got fed up waiting for someone else to write an Edinburgh Bus Tracker application for Android that I've done it myself. Took about three evenings worth of development (including…
New joggler sound patch with external audio crackle fix
disca from the joggler.info forums kindly sent me an update to my sound patch which fixes any crackling on the external audio jack. I've incorporated it into v3 of my 2.6.33 kernel patches, available…
Android userspace development and USB summary
I was asked for a summary of my USB patches: basically they work on the HTC Hero under 2.6.27/Android1.5 with a few small issues, and should be portable to other 1.5 kernels without too much hassle. A…