IOS-no previous simulator versions!

Ran into a situation today where we had a mobile web app that was reported to be misbehaving on iOS 3.2. The Mac at work has the latest XCode and IOS 5 simulator loaded on it. So we thought it would be quite routine to just start a simulator running IOS 3.2 – after all [...]

VIM macro super powers

So my affair with Vim continues – and I seem to have discovered VIM’s macro super powers. The obvious next step is to shout from the rooftops and hence this blog post (and there’s hardly anything original – apart from the fact that I’ve just had a ‘aha’ moment when it comes to macros and [...]

Yoohooo!! Successfully compiled Android from source

Finally!!! So my last weekend project had been to compile Android ICS from source. Given that the size of the repo itself is in excess of 6Gigs, just getting it down itself took the better part of Friday night and Saturday night. When I got down to running make on it, it was Sunday afternoon. [...]

Ubuntu, Console VIM – weird characters in insert mode

Now that I feel quite comfy with VIM, over the weekend I needed to edit a config file in my Ubuntu 10.10 Virtualbox machine quickly. Instead of GVim, I just opened the file in console VIM. As I hit i to get into insert mode, a bunch of weird character boxes were inserted. That was [...]

Android Annoyances

So yesterday and today while driving back from work, I’ve had to join conference calls. The conference call provider we use at work has 10 digit passcode numbers. Usually, I have a few bridge numbers with the DTMF codes saved in my contacts so I can just click on the contact to get dialled to [...]

Facebook publicize is driving me nuts!

I’m thoroughly frustrated with WordPress.com’s facebook publicize feature. In theory, its supposed to post to your facebook wall whenever you publish a new post and that way publicize your post among your friend circle…..if it ever works. I’ve done all the resets, disconnects and reconnects and it just doesn’t. Now, this could very well be [...]

A syntax highlighter extension for Deck.js

So for the past few hours, have been playing with Deck.js . I like the idea of a web based presentation format rather than a blob like powerpoint. At the same time, I’m a bit circumspect too – given the state of the tools. At least for my use, there’s really no burning need that [...]

Vim – unmap Esc!!

So I had the bright idea (by no means original, though, as I later figured out) that it’d be great to avoid the Esc key on Vim as its so far away from the home row. The alternative to pressing Esc is Ctrl-[ which, even though I’ve mapped CapsLock to control, I still find hard. [...]

Upgraded to XBMC 11.0 Eden beta

So I upgraded the good ole’ media center machine at home to XBMC 11.0 Beta . XBMC has been one of those software finds that has been just marvellous – to the point where I can’t imagine the telly at home without XBMC. I’ve pretty much stopped watching regular tv/cable and almost exclusively on XBMC. [...]