Spike in BT Audio Downloads

May 28th, 2008

I've noticed there are a lot of people coming to download my shareware utility BT Audio. I find that very gratifying, and appreciate all of the donations I have received.

One note I would like to mention is that when you send in your donation, please let me know what device you are using, and what OS it is running, so that I can send you the correct version of the software.

Thanks!

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Today is my birthday

March 5th, 2008

I'm 34. Go me.

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AT&T Tilt (HTC Kaiser) Hidden GPS Photo Mode

January 24th, 2008

Buried within the registry on the Tilt is a camera mode that some people here will no doubt be interested in.
"GPS Photo" is its name.

As the name implies, in this mode, the built-in GPS is activated, and EXIF tags with GPS data are embedded into the JPG files.

At the key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\HTC\Camera\P9

Change the value of "Enable" from 0 to 1

When you scroll through the different modes in the camera, the last one will be "GPS Photo" and it will begin initializing the GPS. You should be outside when you try this, or else the GPS will most likely fail to init.

Here's what the EXIF data looks like.

GPS Informtion
GPSVersionID : 2,2,0,0
GPSLatitudeRef : N
GPSLatitude : 40 022 [DMS]
GPSLongitudeRef : W
GPSLongitude : 75 102 [DMS]
GPSAltitudeRef : Sea level
GPSAltitude : 0/1 meters
GPSTimeStamp : 02:14:20
GPSMapDatum : WGS-84
GPSProcessingMethod : HYBRID-FIX
GPSDateStamp : 2008:01:25


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SMS Auto Reply Tool - Update

November 26th, 2007

In an earlier post, I mentioned that I wrote a tool I call SMS Auto Reply for Windows Mobile 5 devices. It's a small utility that allows you to do the mobile phone equivalent of setting an "away" message.

Basically, after you enter some text and enable the tool, it will respond to every incoming phone call with an SMS message containing the text you have specified.

Well, I have expanded its feature set. It now supports caller-specific messages as well as a simple default message. It links into the built-in contact database in Windows Mobile devices to get the list of potential contacts for which you may configure responses.

Here's a link to download the early beta version of
SMS Auto reply.

Note that this tool will require that the device has the .NET Compact Framework installed.

Also, this only works on the PocketPC edition of WM5, because it makes use of context menus for certain aspects of configuration. I do not at this time have the intention of updating it to support SmartPhone devices, unless there is overwhelming interest.

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SMS Auto Reply Tool

November 13th, 2007

I wrote a tool I call SMS Auto Reply for Windows Mobile 5 devices. It's a small utility that allows you to do the mobile phone equivalent of setting an "away" message.

Basically, after you enter some text and enable the tool, it will respond to every incoming phone call with an SMS message containing the text you have specified.

It's a very simple utility so far, but I'd like to expand it with some features:

  • Caller-specific messages
  • Enable for specific period of time


If it turns out that people are interested in this utility, I'll go ahead and start adding features.

Here's a link to download the early beta version of
SMS Auto reply.

Note that this tool will require that the device has the .NET Compact Framework installed.

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GPL Considered Toxic - Avoid at any cost

September 12th, 2007

http://kuoi.com/~kamikaze/read.php?topic=Software&id=157

I really like what this guy has to say about the GPL. He's summed up in a way I haven't been able to, in less than a page, why I hate the GPL.

BSD License > ALL

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