captsolo weblogCaptSolo weblogNokia N810, Maemo apps- May 17, 2008 Aaron writes about running filtr on MaemoNokia N810 (filtr is software for applying filters to images). Some applications he is using include SVN, Python, GPS bindings, ImageMagick. Just quoting bits of it here, due to my interest in the Maemo platform (I have a Nokia N800 and need to put it to better use): For a variety of reasons Ive been using my N810 again, flashing the operating system and reinstalling stuff from scratch. The N810 does not make the Earth move, especially in a world of...http://captsolo.net/info/blog_a.php/2008/05/18/nokia_n810_maemo "Going Solo" conference this Friday- May 12, 2008 Going Solo is a one-day educational conference for freelancers and small business owners of the internet industry and beyond, organised by Stephanie Booth and taking place in Lausanne, Switzerland. Being a freelancer probably a whole different world. I know people who are successful at their own business and people who are just thinking of going solo but afraid to dive into this probably uncertain world. Not done that myself, either. Conference such as Going Solo (which is on this Friday!)...http://captsolo.net/info/blog_a.php/2008/05/12/going_solo_conference_this_friday Text messages cost more than signal from Space- May 12, 2008 SMS 4x More Expensive Than Data From Hubble SlashDot Physorg has a paper comparing the cost of text messaging versus the cost of getting data from Hubble Space Telescope. From the article: The maximum size for a text message is 160 characters, which takes 140 bytes because there are only 7 bits per character in the text messaging system, and we assume the average price for a text message is 5p. There are 1,048,576 bytes in a megabyte, so thats 1 million140 = 7490 text messages to transmit...http://captsolo.net/info/blog_a.php/2008/05/12/text_messages_cost_more_than_signal_from |