Archive for the ‘Other’ Category

How to Set Up HTC Incredible with Ubuntu 8.10 for Android Debugging

Friday, October 1st, 2010

I followed all of the instructions on this page. I chose the options for Hardy even though Ubuntu 8.10 isn’t listed.

After following the instructions and running the commands below I unplugged the phone and plugged it back in and restarted Eclipse. It found the phone and loaded my app when I selected “run as” and Android Application.

$ cd /etc/udev/rules.d/
$ sudo touch 51-android.rules
$ sudo nano 51-android.rules
$ sudo chmod a+r 51-android.rules

Before reconnecting attached phone I saw this:
$ adb devices
* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *
* daemon started successfully *
List of devices attached
???????????? no permissions

After reconnecting I saw this:
$ adb devices
List of devices attached
HT06SHJ01574 device

Note: Originally I had expected the phone to simply work with Eclipse but I got this error message before doing the above steps:
Automatic Target Mode: Unable to detect device compatibility. Please select a target device.

Hiking and Getting to the Middle Patuxent Environmental Area

Saturday, June 5th, 2010

This is nice park in Howard county with hiking trails.

The address for parking for the Southwind Trail Interpretive Nature Walk mentioned on the link above should be around the 6500 block of South Wind Circle, Columbia, MD. At least that’s where the virtual tour indicates.

There are directions to the general park here. Maybe that’s the main entrance? I think it’s indicating somewhere around 5800 Trotter Road, Clarksville, MD but on the left side?

How to Disable iPhone Zooming in Web Pages

Sunday, April 4th, 2010

First of all, don’t do this! I hate it. I find myself needing to do some navigation task on a web page from my phone and I just need to zoom into something a little bit to be able to click it, but alas I’m forbidden.

I’m looking up how this gets disabled to I can write a series of bookmarkletts to turn off these annoying things.

It turns out mobile Safari has some settings that can be configured on a per page basis from the page’s meta tags.

Are Strollers Allowed on the Metro

Saturday, April 3rd, 2010

Yes, they seem to be. I took one on, and there website doesn’t mention them not being allowed.

Check the metro website for the latest rules.

Air filter gets flipped around

Saturday, February 27th, 2010

My air filter in my forced air furnace has been getting sucked into the furnace or flipped around. I’m not sure what the best way to stop this from happening is. The first thing I’m going to try is buying a bigger air filter, maybe 1 inch longer in the longest direction. I’ll report back if that helps.