Musings of a Software Engineer

Wow its amazing how time has flown by over the last couple of weeks, it does not seem that long ago that I was writing about ringtones.  Its been a busy couple of weeks due to one thing and another and I’ve not had chance to get back to the blog to write anything.  So [...]

After abit of hunting around the internet I found a really good post that explained how to create ringtones with music that already exists within iTunes.  Since it would normally cost to buy a ringtone from Apple its a nice idea to be able to take music that you already have and create a ringtone [...]

Out of chance I found OpenTTD yesterday which is an open source implementation of Transport Tycoon deluxe, probably one of the best games that has been made for the PC.  Its quite sad actually because I also found out today that TTDX was first released in 1996!
OpenTTD is not just an open source version of [...]

Apple have tied down the iPhone meaning that no other software can be installed onto the device without it being approved by the Apple team and therefore means that some things are never going to get the ok.  This to me seems to be abit of a monolopy over the iPhone / iPod ranges by [...]

On my way home from the pub last night I had wireless enabled on my phone and was shocked that in the short distance between the pub and my house there was 3 unsecure wireless networks.  It certainly surprised me of the number of wireless networks that were on my way home probably around a [...]

After purchasing the iPhone I have been abit disappointed by the lack of 3G receiption that I’ve been getting when being out and about with it.  Well as if by some devine wind I was reading the register today and they had an article about ofcom publishing maps of 3G covered and I have to [...]

I got into delphi a number of years ago when I started to help developer an online tool called Samurize.  Its a fantastically customisable tool for your desktop definitely something I would recommend.  Anyway that was my first exposure to delphi programming writing plugins and new code for samurize, before that it had been mostly [...]

After following the instructions on the google website about how to setup your iPhone to sync with google calendars (instructions) I managed to get my personal calendar sorted out so that I could see it.  Unfortunately for some reason I could not see three other calendars that I also maintain.
So to solve the problem, took [...]

After blogging earlier about problems with the iPhone in low light. Well there is an app to the rescue iFlashReady is an app that takes the image and converts it to look as if the flash was on. It’s a simple app that takes the image and changes the brightness/contrast of the image. Nice and [...]

It’s the first time I’ve heard about a geo-fence (just found it on wikipedia) sounds like a great idea that you could track someone into an unauthorised area by tracking there mobile phones. See the Register article about it here.  Just one small thing unless I’ve missed something what happens if the mobile phone [...]