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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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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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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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Electric offroad motorcycles

Posted on Wednesday, 18 February, 2009 by Jeremy

Many years ago I would eagerly await the weekend to go for a dirtbike ride in the State forests around Coffs Harbour with my brother and friends. Thinking back we would often discuss the future and what we would be riding when petrol became scarce and new technologies had become available. We had decided that electric motorcycles would be the future but thought it would be odd being propelled through the forest on a quietly humming steed. That was going on ten years ago now, I haven’t had my TT600R for going on eight years now and I don’t even live in Coffs Harbour anymore. I happened across a youtube video of an Electric motorcross bike in use (ignore the hooliganism) and looking carefully at the video I saw a website address across the bike Quantya.com. Apparently our dream of … Continue reading →

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HP Mininote 1000 using the intel Atom 1.6

Posted on Sunday, 2 November, 2008 by Jeremy

Hewlett Packard seems to have updated their HP Mini note to the new model HP Mini 1000. Whilst the HP Mininote seemed to get rave reviews for an excellent typing keyboard and build quality, concerns were raised over the performance of the VIA processor that was apparently inferior to the Atom. In the web advertisement that leapt up in front of me earlier it appears that this product has been revised with the new model using the Intel Atom 1.6 like it’s obvious competitor the MSI Wind. This new model also has the option of a 10″ screen in addition to the existing 8.9″ so with interest I was wondering if this machine would muscle out the MSI Wind with similar specs to match the formidable typing ability. Unfortunately I can see a chink in the armour of this new … Continue reading →

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iPhone development

Posted on Monday, 11 August, 2008 by Jeremy

I’ve been toying with the idea of writing some iPhone apps. I’ve downloaded the SDK and played around a bit but I haven’t really created anything all that interesting. I was browsing a friends blog earlier tonight and I saw that he had helped another friend with some artwork for their iPhone project. I must say I’m very proud that they got their iPhone development off the ground and that it has been a success on the iTunes app store. My best wishes for a successful future writing for the iPhone and I hope I get cracking on it soon. It could just be the circle of people I hang out in, but I have been absolutely stunned at the number of people I know who have an iPhone already. For a device that was released not all that long … Continue reading →

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Google streetview

Posted on Tuesday, 5 August, 2008 by Jeremy

There was quite a deal of excitement around my workplace as the discovery went out that google had released street view for most of australia. Like many people I’m sure, I quickly looked up my house but was suprised to see someone elses car in my driveway. Either their photo footage is quite old or someone with a blue stationwagon was loading up my possessions while I was at work. It is interesting that with all the places that can be viewed peope almost always first check the place they are most familiar with. It may be a case of “hey I can see my house from here!”

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