Posted January 2nd, 2010 by Gerry
If you are a regular follower of my blog you know that I recently changed the theme of the Wordpress blog. Although changing the theme itself is rather straightforward within the Wordpress admin system, I wanted to customize a free theme and didn’t want to risk taking down my production theme while I was doing it. By installing a copy of Wordpress on a local server I was able to make changes and test them in a non production environment before putting everything into production.
Since I setup LAMP and Webmin on my system when creating the Ushare server most of the infrastructure was already in place including the Apache Web Server, MySQL database, and PHP with the module for PHP. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted December 20th, 2009 by Gerry
If you followed one of my previous posts for installing TweetDeck or Seesmic in Ubuntu 64 bit you are currently running AIR version 1.5. You already have all of the dependencies needed to run AIR on a 64 bit system so upgrading to AIR 2.0 is quite simple. If you do not currently have AIR installed start with the TweetDeck installation post to get the required 32 bit dependencies before following these instructions for adding AIR 2.0. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted December 18th, 2009 by Gerry
One of my favorite features of OpenOffice.org is that you can turn documents into pdf documents for saving or sending in emails. Recently, I wanted to send some screenshots of web pages and thought it would be much easier to send in pdf format.
The solution for Windows based PC’s is to download the doPDF converter software from doPDF.com. Once the software is installed you will have an option of doPDF in the dropdown box of available printers. You can create a pdf from anything that you are able to print so it works with Word Documents, web pages and pretty much anything else you would ever want. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted December 14th, 2009 by Gerry
One of the great things about an Android based phone is that it imports your contact information directly from Gmail if you already have the information in Gmail. Since I started using my BlackBerry device about a year ago, I have been synching my contact information so all of my emails and phone numbers were already there. When I purchased the Motorola Droid, I entered my Gmail sign-in information and almost instantly I had all of my contact information available.
For people that are not already synching their contacts with Gmail, especially if you are not using another smart phone, that might not sound like a great thing. I will soon be adding a Droid Eris on my family plan for my daughter who currently has an LG EnV. If you purchase the new phone from a retailer they can port the contacts, but for some reason the stores make you wait for a rebate that you can get as an online discount by purchasing online through Verizon Wireless. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted December 5th, 2009 by Gerry
One of the benefits of the Android mobile phone OS is that it is open source, therefore Google releases a public version for developers to create and test applications. Prior to purchasing my Droid, I installed the SDK to get an idea of how it works. Recently, a new version of Android, version 2.01 was released on the SDK and will soon be released for the Motorola Droid.
Once the SDK is installed you can automatically update new releases easily. I will explain the steps to install the SDK and check for future updates so you can always have the latest versions to try out. I should add that if you are not a developer, the SDK can be a bit disappointing compared to an actual phone running the OS. The main reason I say that is due to it not having the Android Market and ability to install applications. You basically have a phone background and some basic applications. Read the rest of this entry »
