My website currently uses RSS feeds as data sources, and I’m trying to replace some custom parsing code with standard CPAN modules. The DBD::AnyData module seems almost perfect, with the exception that I just spent a few hours banging my head on it trying to get it to read RSS properly. Despite trying many different […]

I’m trying to play around with AngularJS, but it seems to require node.js for its testing. That’s alright, except for the fact that ubuntu provides a fairly old version of nodejs in the repos. The problem I ran into when running the test script in angular-phonecat tutorial was: Error(config): Config file does not exist Some […]

Previously I had posted how to unlock the android Nexus S phone from Ubuntu. This continues that process to completely root the phone. A follow-up entry will explain what to do with root once you’ve got it. Explanation The general process is to replace the default ‘recovery’ mode on the phone with a custom one […]

Having just gotten back from a vacation with 2 different cameras along, I was dismayed to learn that they didn’t agree on the date – a 10h difference! The end result was a strange and disconcerting time-travelling slideshow – something had to be done! I rolled up my sleeves, got ready to write a long […]