Category Archives: IT

Apple nerdy stuff

Posted on Thursday, 24 June, 2010 by Jeremy

Unusual statement by Apple on the White iPhone 4 White models of Apple’s new iPhone® 4 have proven more challenging to manufacture than expected, and as a result they will not be available until the second half of July. The availability of the more popular iPhone 4 black models is not affected. As far as I am aware there isn’t a current official statement on the availability of the 4th generation iPhone in Australia. Phone carriers are all suggesting that it will be ‘coming soon’…   37signals has released an iPad app called Draft. It is quite simple in design but by not trying to do too much it actually seems quite handy for knocking out design sketches. The price of $9.99 feels like a bit of a stretch though.   Derek Powazek has posted some photos taken from his … Continue reading →

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Blogging from an iPad

Posted on Friday, 28 May, 2010 by Jeremy

I was completely unaware that word press had released a new version of the iPhone application until I started playing around with an iPad. Seems quite acceptable to type on.

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Interesting iPad info

Posted on Thursday, 20 May, 2010 by Jeremy

I heard on macbreak weekly that if you use the USB kit with an ipad it will recognise & work with external audio devices such as headsets and USB soundcards for the purpose of recording audio. Not bad for a long battery audio recording device!

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iPhone SDK

Posted on Thursday, 20 May, 2010 by Jeremy

The iPhone 4.0 beta 4 SDK has been released to developers. It can’t be long now until the final version is released and then the next generation iPhone! (Well obviously June at the WWDC)

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Resolutions

Posted on Wednesday, 21 April, 2010 by Jeremy

Mistakes were made, there is no doubt about that. Sitting here I have a movie playing in my head of series of events – of incorrect thinking and extremely poor choices that caused me stumble down the path which I eventually travelled. No matter how much I regret how things turned out, it won’t make the situation any better. What’s done is done and no matter how badly I wish I could make amends it doesn’t appear like a situation is going to present itself to lead to that end. I could keep going down this path or I could try to repair myself, to seek help. To assist myself to improve rather than always looking for the next person who might need a hand. In order to have a future with anyone – to help anyone. I first need … Continue reading →

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Basic settings from 90-93 MegaSquirt I

Posted on Sunday, 4 October, 2009 by Jeremy

I am in the process of undertaking a DIYPNP project for my 1991 MX5. This new kit is based on the Megasquirt II design and won’t work with the existing Megasquirt I baseline maps. I may try to use the 1.8L MX5 DIYPNP maps but I plan to double check these settings against the known base settings for the 1990-1993 B6 engine.   B6 (MSPNP) BP (DIYPNP) Standard Constants     Required Fuel 13.4ms 13.0ms Injector Opening Time 1ms 1ms Battery Voltage Correction 0.10ms/v 0.20ms/v PWM Current limit 100% 75% PWM Time 25.4ms 25.6ms Fast Idle Threshhold 80.0F 140F Barometric Correction ON ON Control Algorithm Speed Density Speed Density Squirts per Engine Cycle 2 2 Injector Staging Alternating Alternating Engine Stroke 4-stroke 4-stroke Number of Cylinders 4 4 Number of Injectors 4 4 MAP type 400kPa 400kPa Engine Type Even … Continue reading →

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Windows 7 + Pentium 3 = ok

Posted on Thursday, 18 June, 2009 by Jeremy

After the disappointment I received when Vista completely bombed on my aged but still functional Dell Inspiron 4100 (Pentium IIIm 1Ghz) I thought it had been pushed to the corner and I was only using it for testing new Linux distributions. Even that has recently become a chore as Gnome has become slick and fancy. I am lending my old Dell to a computerless friend who is currently in need, and Linux was a bit daunting for them. I thought I’d try Windows 7 32bit as it seems to run just fine on my Intel Atom machine. To be brief I’m stunned with the performance. A near flawless install (except for a XP networking driver I pulled from the Dell site). Sure it’s not the full aero experience but none-the-less a hugely impressive performance for a machine that is around … Continue reading →

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Windows 7 to launch 22nd October 2009

Posted on Wednesday, 3 June, 2009 by Jeremy

Whilst browsing through the Direct2Dell blog I saw that Microsoft has announced the release date for Windows 7. This has been confirmed as a tweet from the Microsoft team and on their blog. At work I seem to be getting a reputation of being a ‘Mac guy’ because I have decent OsX knowledge but in reality I like to have a go at all the current operating systems and I certainly like to explore technology. I have had the Windows 7 RC1 running on a home machine for a while now and I am considering installing it on a netbook as I’ve heard it works quite well with the Atom processor. Windows 7 already seems fairly polished with only the occasional driver issue presenting itself. Microsoft have managed to get 7 in better shape than Vista in a fairly short … Continue reading →

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MarsEdit Review

Posted on Monday, 1 June, 2009 by Jeremy

Shawn Blanc has reviewed MarsEdit and suggests that it has outlasted much of the competition to survive in the blogging world of today.

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Windows Live Writer

Posted on Friday, 22 May, 2009 by Jeremy

I’ve been trialling Windows 7 RC1 over the last week. As part of the installation it suggested that I install the Microsoft LIVE suite of free apps which appears to be designed to compete (in an incomplete way) with the iLife suite from Apple. I’m using this opportunity to update my blog using Windows Live Writer which is a handy desktop application that allows you to publish directly WYSIWYG into WordPress.

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