Archive for the ‘Tech’ Category

Stream Videos to Android (Part 2) HTC EVO

Sunday, August 8th, 2010

Went a slightly different route but got reliable video streaming to finally work on my phone from my movie server at home:

Obtain Market App: VLC Stream & Convert qr

Start up VLC on host computer (On port 8091):

vlc -I http –http-host :8091

Start app VLC Stream & Convert

- Select Menu / Connect

- Enter your IP <hostname> and 8091 port

To fix audio lag go to: Menu->Settings->Stream rtsp->Synchronize on audio

Stream Motion Webcam out to Flash Video website

Sunday, August 8th, 2010

camUse linux motion:

http://www.lavrsen.dk/twiki/bin/view/Motion/WebHome

Use the video loopback plugin

http://www.lavrsen.dk/twiki/bin/view/Motion/VideoFourLinuxLoopbackDevice

Setup vlc with FLV stream:

vlc -v v4l:///dev/video2 --sout "#transcode{vcodec=FLV1,acodec=mp3}:std{access=http,dst=0.0.0.0:8080/stream.flv}"

Obtain flash video app:

http://www.video-flash.de/flv-flash-fullscreen-video-player/

Hit website and whoila!

1987 Ford E150 – Reading Trouble Codes from computer

Sunday, June 13th, 2010

My Father-In-Law’s van was having issues driving down here, so we decided to interrogate the computer about the issue. Here is how I did it.

http://broncozone.com/topic/14269-code-reader/page__p__74587&#entry74587

http://www.troublecodes.net/Ford/

Install Android SDK Eclipse plugin on Ubuntu 10.04

Saturday, June 12th, 2010

Started to work on developing some Android applications on my Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid) machine and ran into a few complications during installation of the Eclipse plugin. Started getting a dependency for “org.eclipse.gef” when trying to follow Google’s instructions.

Here is how I did it:
- Ensure Eclipse is installed (sudo apt-get install eclipse)
- Run Eclipse
- Select “Help” -> “Install New Software…”
>>>Repeat the following for the list of repositories<<
- Select "Add"
- Enter the Name and Location of the following
Name: Android Plugin
Location: https://dl-ssl.google.com/android/eclipse/
>>
Name: Data Tools
Location: http://download.eclipse.org/datatools/updates
>>
Name: Web Tools
Location: http://download.eclipse.org/webtools/updates/
>>
Name: EMF
Location: http://download.eclipse.org/modeling/emf/updates/releases/
>>
Name: GEF
Location: http://download.eclipse.org/tools/gef/updates/releases/
>>>
(You should now be in the “Install” Dialog after adding the above)
- Select “Android Plugin” from the “Work With:”
- Check “Developer Tools”
- Select “Next” button and follow to the end

Viola. Hopefully a working Android Plugin for you.

Amazon Customer Service Phone Number

Saturday, June 5th, 2010

Ever try to find an actual phone number for Amazon’s Customer Service? Well here it is:

1-866-216-1072

Sprint’s New Phone HTC “EVO” 4G now available for Pre-Order @ Radio Shack

Saturday, May 15th, 2010

Radio Shack now has the new Sprint HTC “EVO” 4G phone available for pre-order at Radio Shack. Yours truely headed down there this morning and signed up as well ;) Im not a big fan of Android, however, the hardware of this thing is just amazing. 8MP autofocus camera, 720p HDMI out, 720p recording, 1GHz CPU, 800×480 4.3″ screen, 4G (4Mbps) data, 1.3Mbps Video Conference camera.

Details:
Launch Date: June 4th
$199 new / upgrade price (instant rebate)
$50 down-payment (You get a gift card that is redeemable on the phone purchase)
$20 discount on accessories on launch day

http://radioshackwireless.com/template/simpleautocontent.aspx?r=radioshack&pageid=7831

Apple iPad Envy? Better alternatives for less

Saturday, April 3rd, 2010

For those who dont need to buy the brand, look at these other “Netvertibles” available (Thanks to Engadget for compiling what I was already looking for):

http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/02/ipass-the-best-present-and-future-alternatives-to-the-apple-ipa/

Upgrade from the WRT54G Wireless Router to Asus RT-N16

Sunday, March 7th, 2010

Ever since switching from RoadRunner internet (8 / .3 Mbps) to ATT U-verse (12 / 1.5 Mbps) I have been getting some intermittent connection failures. I suspect that my 7 year old Linksys WRT54G used as my primary Internet QOS router may be at its limits under the bandwidth load.

Upon recommendation from several folks in the forums, I have purchased a Asus RT-N16 router which I intend to install Tomato on.

Ill update when it arrives.

Filter Engadget in your RSS feed

Sunday, January 31st, 2010

Not interested in certain topics on the Engadget Gadget blog? Simply append the tags you wish to exclude by appending onto the following url:

http://www.engadget.com/exclude/apple,ipad,iphone,imac,ipod,mac

Smartphone Comparison Chart for the New Year

Wednesday, January 6th, 2010

From: http://lifehacker.com/5441380/current-crop-of-smartphones-a-cost-and-feature-comparison?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+lifehacker%2Ffull+%28Lifehacker%29&utm_content=Google+Reader