In a mirror, dimly

It’s a lip

Paul — Sun, 05 Dec 2010 13:23:36 +0000

Cute, especially when he does his Elvis impersonation, but dumb as a box of rocks.

A square meal

Paul — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 20:25:52 +0000

The Android Emulator Lies!

Paul — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 01:02:11 +0000

Working on an Android application and aiming to support a variety of different hardware is an interesting challenge, not least of which being that the Android emulator lies to you about its capabilities.

I created a new AVD (android virtual device) and specifically set the parameter (which the documentation says defaults to “no” anyhow) so that there would be no camera:

Later on, just to check what my code was doing I added a log statement after I queried what the package manager thought would be the capability:

    boolean hasCamera = packageManager.hasSystemFeature(
        PackageManager.FEATURE_CAMERA);
    Log.e("DeviceSettings", "Package manager said about camera: "+hasCamera);

And the output?

The emulator lies! How am I meant to do my job? *sigh*

Strangeloop v1.0

Paul — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 16:36:24 +0000

Going to the Strangeloop conference today and need some way to capture my notes and practice typing on my iPad. Guess it’s time for ‘live blogging’ or something.

I am not a touch typist for sure but this on-screen keyboard isn’t too bad. Just strange the way that it is lagging so horribly behind my paltry typing speed. This simply won’t do! I have fifty thousand words to write in November, how will I manage that with this level of lag?

Stairway

Paul — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 12:07:45 +0000

It’s been covered by a million people, but I think this has to be one of my favourite versions of Stairway to Heaven. From the “Far Corporation” in … well, I remember it being on a vinyl album “Chart hits ’83″ that I had. Takes me back!

Just look at that big 80′s hair!

Pachelbel Rant

Paul — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 11:51:26 +0000

Fortune Cookie

Paul — Sat, 25 Sep 2010 04:32:58 +0000

What can I say? How did the cookie know?

(Note: Im starting a new job for Square on Monday…)

Twitter Updates for 2010-08-18

Paul — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 07:00:00 +0000

Mmmmm. "Bacon Bacon" from cheeseology: proof that bacon makes everything better. #nomnomnom #

Twitter Updates for 2010-06-02

Paul — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 07:00:00 +0000

Please, no … there's got to be a better way out than "upgrading" from IE7 to IE6! #

Twitter Updates for 2010-05-24

Paul — Mon, 24 May 2010 07:00:00 +0000

@scottbale Sometimes, something is just *that* much more important than winning an Apple iPad. What can I say? in reply to scottbale #