StupIdiocy
Innovation through Idiotic Ideas
Google+ Profiles Integrated into Search Results
05 months ago
Today I noticed a change in my Google search results. When searching I noticed a G+ profile was linked off to the right of the results even though the person was not in my circles. When I dig some digging I found out that person worked for the company they were listed next to. Taking this a bit further I did a few specific searches with results that were (almost) expected.
When digging into Danny Sullivan‘s profile you can see he wasn’t in my circles and is indeed the Editor-in-Chief for Search Engine Land.
Rift: Trion Proves they Understand MMO’s
0Two of the more common complaints about any new MMO during release can usually be summed up as lack of polish or lack of content.
Trion Worlds attempts to solve these problems in Rift by learning what has made other MMO’s a success and what has caused them to fail. Then they make it better.
Rift contains all of the normal gameplay elements you expect to see in an MMO. There is a deep storyline with accompanying quest chains that take the player from quest hub to quest hub. There are beautiful instances that draw the More >
Web Scraping using C#
21 year ago
by John
in Development
Now and then I come across a set of data on the Internet that I wish I could toss into an Excel spreadsheet for sorting but more than a few pages and copy/paste is out of the question. For times like these I generally wrote a web scraper using C# and some crazy regular expressions. Today I needed to grab a much larger dataset that is generated by a very old application we have on hand. The interface for the app generates very clean HTML but unfortunately its data is stored in an old proprietary format and More >
Monitoring Wikipedia Pages for Vandalism
51 year ago
Today at the office we were forced to once again deal with a bit of Wikipedia vandalism, something that really shouldn’t happen as frequently as it actually does. Not only were two of our pages modified, but one of actually deleted by a Wikipedia moderator for “blatant advertising”. (To be honest it was a bit spammy, but I don’t think it crossed the line when compared to other high profile brands like ours.) This is something we’ve had to deal with on Wikipedia before but I guess that is the nature of high profile pages. Since we hadn’t been keeping a More >
Building your own Custom Android Firmware for the Archos 7
91 year ago
The experts on the ArchosFans Forum are at it again, this time giving us a nice little tutorial on building your own custom Android firmware for the Archos 7. Forum users pmarin and knightdominion teamed up to write the tutorial which shows you step by step how to access and modify the filesystem image, allowing you to create a totally custom load for your needs.
Getting Started
In order to create your own firmware you will need a few things, a base firmware, MyDroidDevTool, and a Linux environment.
Base Firmware
You need to start somewhere and More >
Archos 7 vs the Augen GENTOUCH78
41 year ago
The Android world is buzzing tonight with news that the Augen 7″ tablet will be available this week at K-Mart stores nationwide for $149.99. At first I blew off the news being K-Mart and the price point, but after reading the story I must say I’m interested. Android 2.1, a faster processor, double the RAM — if the touchscreen works as well (or better) than my Archos we have a winner here. Since it comes More >
RDP, VNC, and VMware View on the Archos 7 HT
01 year ago
While browsing the Android Marketplace for new ways to use my Archos I came across Wyse Technology’s beta release of PocketCloud for Android. The description on the marketplace certainly piqued my interest.
Wyse PocketCloud™ enables complete access to your Windows PC, virtual machine or Remote Desktop Services from your mobile device.
Features:
- Intuitive User Interface
- High-accuracy Touch Pointer
- Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP 7)
- VMware View Support (Pending Certification)
- Enterprise Security
- VNC Protocol (Tech Preview)
I have quite a crazy little network setup in my house that consists of four Windows 7 machines (including the More >
Increased Storage (and root!) on the Archos 7
41 year ago
Well, he’s at it again. Dom has released his newest Archos 7 Firmware version over at the ArchosFans forums. This time he’s managed to pull off root access on the device and give us extra storage space for applications. I’ve hit the application storage space limit multiple times while using the tablet, so this is a very welcome update for me. I plan on starting fresh and testing all new applications after this update and the extra storage space will help. Be sure to post in the thread to let Dom know you appreciate More >
Archos 7 Client Server Social Development
01 year ago
With the number of connections we have to people and information sources on the Internet I am finding it difficult to maintain control over the information firehose. While having the Archos has helped me stay up to date I still find myself inundated and unable to manage everything as much as I would like. I was already looking for a development project for the Archos and this seemed like a good place to start. Since the processing power on the Archos is limited and I do not want to drain the battery by doing hundreds of queries every few minutes More >
Archos 7 Custom Firmware
21 year ago
Dom has recently updated the Operation Unbrickable firmware for the Archos 7 to version 3. This is the same firmware I used in my first Hacking the Archos 7 Home Tablet post except he has now corrected the issues with wifi setup by holding off on the Google setup wizard until you first launch one of the applications. The Google Contacts application provider has been hacked to work now, as well, but I have yet to fully test that personally. (At some point I will migrate my contacts, until then they are stored in my local More >
