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MapView with Widgets Android
I recently had a scenario where I needed to have an interactive map pin on Android and this is how I did it.

Proximity Alerts in Android
Getting proximity alerts to work in Android involves a little bit of black magic, as noted here.

Android - Handling Screen Rotation
If you really need to handle screen rotation then here is a short guide on how to do it.

Google Maps on Android Checklist
A quick checklist for anyone starting out with using Google Maps

Handling Facebook Date/Times
Facebook has some weird defaults for date, so here is a short and sweet guide on how to handle them

Android Losing It's Edge?
As Android starts to take on new versions and news devices, is it starting to lose the very thing that made it a joy to develop for?

Wheres My Contacts 1.8.0
Where's My Contacts version 1.8.0 is out of the dev shop and onto the Android Market stability and new features aboard.

Karmic Koala Web Development Set-Up Guide
I guide on setting up Ubuntu Karmic Koala for Web Development

Karmic Koala on MacBook 4.1
A step by step guide on how to get Ubuntu's Karmic Koala running on a MacBook 4.1

Where's My Contacts
Announcing my new app "Where's My Contacts" which allows you to sync up your Facebook friends profile picture with your phonebooks photos.

Android Unusual Behaviour - Nine Patch PNG's
I had a scenario where my nine-patches were playing up as they didn't have an area for content.

Where-To-Do : Android (Part 2)
Second part to the building of Where-To-Do.

Where-To-Do : Android (Part 1)
First part to the building of Where-To-Do.

Ubuntu Jaunty on MacBook 4.1
A short guide to getting Jaunty Jackalope running on an MacBook 4.1

Wordpress Woop Woop
Moved from Drupal to Wordpress, any why....

So I've been away for a while . . .
Been away from blogging for a while - largely just Android development and moving house.

OpenMIC #2
openMIC - An event held in Bristol and Bath for mobile techies to meet up and share ideas, problems and thoughts.

My Personal Avatar
I made a personal avatar of myself using Maya for the model and GIMP for the texture maps, here's the end result.

IBM University Team Challenge 2008 Results
The results of the IBM 2008 University Team Challenge is in and.....*drum roll*...Bristol came 5th out of 18!

IBM University Team Challenge 2008
A fantastic day was had at the IBM University Team Challenge event and here's a run down of everything we got up to.

Installing Icons
After making a few icon sets, this is a really rough guide on how to install them into existing icon packs for Ubuntu.

Programming Mimetype Icons
A simple set of programming mimetype icons.

Open Office Icons
I made a small set of Open Office icons for Ubuntu

Hard Drive Icon Version 1 - Download
My first attempt at some hard drive icons.

New Blog, New Theme . . .
A new blog for 2008. Here's to hoping someone reads it.