Thursday, March 17, 2011

SMS intercom

I don't suppose that anyone else uses text messaging as a household intercom system. We tried tying messages to the dogs collar. But the dog is easily distracted and messages can take hours to make it to their recipient. Now the indentured servant, I mean well loved child is old enough to carry a message,  but his bedtime is still quite early.  No text messages are definetly the way to go. Even if you are in the next room.

Saturday, February 19, 2011

Android Ringtones

Ever wanted to just drop a bunch of ringtones onto your phone from your computer? No problem. Plug your phone into your PC and set the handset and select disk drive mode. From a file explorer window open the sd card. Add three folders; alarms, notifications and ringtones. You can drop any mp3, mp4 or wave files in those new folders and they will display in the handset when you change your alarm, notification or ringtone sounds.

Enjoy.

Saturday, January 8, 2011

First Crack

So to begin I would like to give credit where credit is due. I have been wanting to put pen to paper (or 1 to 0) for months or maybe even years. But how to start, where to start, I could never get going. But the motivation for giving back should be credited to all of the developers of whom are giving there free time to writing fascinating software that continues to inspire our imaginations and fuel our hopes for future innovation. And finally, to the quirky editors at Engadget, to whom I owe the namesake for this blog. During one of the most inspired podcast (show casts) I have ever witnessed, they tossed around the idea of modern digital consumers treating the new genre of mobile apps like an appetizer buffet. To be visited frivolously and often, with an insatiable appetite.