#“UK and Ireland Businesses to Lose 4 Billion Work Hours Due To Olympics” I figured I’d get the nonsense headline in before anyone else :-) How many of these non-stories about the London Olympics are we going to see between now and the end of the year? »
#“My Technology.ie podcast with Conn - All about Home Media & Netflix” I had a great auld natter with Conn Muneachin last week all about the launch of Netflix in Ireland and the cobbled together home media setup we have in the house. It’s amazing what you can build with some old gear, Cat-5e cable and Open Source software. Hope you enjoy. Technology.ie Podcast. (Oh and if you aren’t already subbed to both the Technology. »
#“DeLorean DMC-12 EV at CES. Wipes drool off keyboard.” DeLorean DMC-12 EV eyes-on at CES -- Engadget. You will be mine. One day. »
#“Apple to unveil revolutionary upgrade to multi-touch on iPad 3” In response to many complaints from users of the iPad 2 that the 8finger-2thumb gesture to switch between Apps was too simplistic, we can exclusively reveal that Apple will shortly announce their Multi-Toe Interface. Recent research has shown that 82% of iPad usage is on the sofa in front of the TV. Apple further discovered that over 73% of people watch TV with their shoes off. »
#“Changing over to a Bluetooth car stereo to work with your phone” I blogged about this before ages ago but had some recent questions on it so I thought I’d do a quick update. If, like me, you drive an old car, your car stereo probably doesn’t have an audio jack and almost definitely doesn’t have bluetooth. If you have a Ford from 1999 onwards then you have the added problem of a double height stereo whose CD player is probably knackered at this stage. »
#“How could I forget the coolest Christmas Hoodie ever?” I keep forgetting to blog this despite the fact that I wear it every day. My mother-in-law got me a fantastic Christmas present in Wild Side Sports in Bandon. It’s a Rusty Hoodie with, wait for it, built-in machine-washable headphones! There is a separate pocket for your phone/MP3-player and a headphone plug in there. It runs up to the in-ear headphones which are actually the toggles at the end of the hood draw-string. »
#“Cyanogenmod - The Community Android Firmware - Now 1 million users!” As a longtime Cyanogenmod user even I’m a bit shocked by this number. We at CyanogenMod are thrilled to have reached 1 million unique and active users.Thank you. — Keyan (@kmobs) January 12, 2012 In case you aren’t aware of it, Cyanogenmod is a community built version of Android AOSP (Android Open Source Project). Every time Google releases a new version of Android, they release the source code shortly afterwards so that anyone can build a phone or phone software using it. »
#“My requisite Netflix Ireland & UK linkbait post” It’s been over 36 hours and I haven’t blogged about Netflix launching on this side of the pond yet. Twitter was non-stop about it yesterday and rightly so. I’ve seen every extreme of opinion expressed there so I thought I’d lash down a few thoughts and findings. We are probably the perfect target demographic for Netflix. We cut the cord on Sky back in September after we got sick of paying for a pile of old crap we never watched. »
#“A Rural Irish School’s App Inventor Pilot. The Story So Far.” Last May I started playing around with the idea of doing some sessions on Google App Inventor in my kids' Primary School. I’d had great success trying it out with three of my own kids aged 12 to 7. If you are not familiar with App Inventor, it is a way of building mobile phone applications for Google Android phones using a simple graphical blocks approach. »
#“Summary of Setting Up Your Own Private App Inventor Server For Your School” It turns out that the setup of a private App Inventor server is easier than I thought. If you are used to Amazon EC2, it’ll be a doddle for you. The Google App Engine bit is absolutely trivial. Full MIT documentation is here. Go to appengine.google.com and sign-up with a GMail/GApps address. Create an App. This only means giving the App an name. »