http://www.al1us.net Just another WordPress weblog Thu, 02 Sep 2010 08:54:01 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Before I described how a PopupWindow in Android can be created. I used XML to describe the layout. However, sometimes the layout must change depending on various parameters. For example varying number of buttons or text boxes, or other things. Below is an example of such dynamic layout using PopupWindow. Public class ... http://www.al1us.net/?p=146 I found out about OpenFrameworks from the project Laser Tag by Graffiti Research Lab. Got curious, and the first thing I created with OF was a bit similar to the Laser Tag :-) I used OpenCV to detect the button on the wall, and then its coordinates to draw the line. ... http://www.al1us.net/?p=144 I prefer to do many things in console and am used to tab completion in programs. It felt uncomfortable to type the plugin and project names in ofProject, especially when you have many of them. So I have created a small script that looks into appropriate directories and then autocompletes ... http://www.al1us.net/?p=141 I've struggled for some time to get the PopupWindow to work on Android. For all of those who have trouble making it to work here is a short tutorial. First, create an XML layout, name it popup_layout.xml and in the res/layout/ folder: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:id="@+id/popup_menu_root" ... http://www.al1us.net/?p=131 "If I plug the machine into a d/port with two monitors connected, it posts on one monitor and the OS X desktop loads on the other. Now that's almost as messed up as Barack Obama winning a Nobel Peace Prize." By leppy700m at insanelymac.com http://www.al1us.net/?p=128 There are some secret codes that you can dial in you Android dialer app. All these codes have the following mask: *#*#SOME_NUMBERS#*#* *#*#4636#*#* - Testing application, which has phone information and some settings (imei, network name, type, location, etc), battery information including history, and usage statistics *#*#8351#*#* - Turn on voice dial ... http://www.al1us.net/?p=126 The world we live in http://www.al1us.net/?p=124 From Guardian: "The Indonesian government's policy... simply weakens the software industry and undermines its long-term competitiveness by creating an artificial preference for companies offering open source software and related services, even as it denies many legitimate companies access to the government market. Rather than fostering a system that will allow users to ... http://www.al1us.net/?p=121 I never thought of that: Temperature is a quantity that determines the number of thermodynamically possible states of a system within an energy range. http://www.al1us.net/?p=118 Project's page. It would be fun to have one cell. http://www.al1us.net/?p=116