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Google Earth on Android

August 31st, 2010 | Add a Comment

After finally finding an apk and an app to install Google Earth as a workaround to the bug in the Android Market (GE is not available), I’m considering uninstalling it from my phone. Whilst it’s fast, and a cool thing to show off, I find it’s feature set incredibly limited. What’s more, Google Maps offers more tools and is much easier to navigate on a touch screen. Plus Maps has a smaller footprint on memory and therefore I’m struggling for a reason to keep it on my Moto Milestone. For those who want to give it a try however. Just do a google for “google earth apk for android” and pick one of the downloads. I found the install didn’t work with Astro, so I downloaded FastAppInstall from the marketplace and this did … Read entire article »

Filed under: Linux, Troubleshooting

Slow Blogging

August 15th, 2010 | Add a Comment

Imagine that! http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Neatorama/~3/WYwBDqNn8NI/ I’ve tried doing the whole rapid fire blogging thing. In the past elsewhere the most I could manage was 2 posts a day but the thing you find is you have little time for much else. As my life has expanded, to take on important things like marriage, church, hobbies and work, blogging has become less important – especially when most thing I find can be condensed into a tweet. I suspect a lot of bloggers who are slowing down are in the same category as me. Those that have not attracted big advertisers or have more important things to do in real life just don’t have the gumption any more. And you know what, I realised a long time ago that I don’t have the time or attention span to … Read entire article »

Filed under: Blogs, Distractions, Social Media

Traffic Lights

August 12th, 2010 | Add a Comment

I was on the bus and I saw a cyclist this morning ding some pedestrians who were about to cross on a green light he was about to ride through. The traffic was gridlocked, so like most pedestrians they took it as a sign they could cross, but a cyclist could easily navigate through the gridlock. Further up the road I saw the same cyclist, this time approaching a red light, but since it was a minor road that was clear, he went straight through the red. This is not an uncommon sight in London, but I think it is indicative of a much greater problem with people in general. It is our tendency to ‘ding’ others for not following a rule, when further down the road upon meeting a similar rule we … Read entire article »

Filed under: Distractions

Posting from Android

August 3rd, 2010 | Add a Comment

I’m posting this from my Android phone with the WordPress app. Neat huh? Normal posting will resume as soon as I can find time to sit down and focus. … Read entire article »

Filed under: Blogs, Distractions, Technik, WaFiTz!