Remote Taskbar

I own a Playbook and it's rotting on my table. A little while ago, my guilty conscience got to me, leading me to think about ways I could make use of my Playbook that I wouldn’t use any of my other devices for.

Tri Rose - Math Rose Generator

Here's a useless Android app I put on Google Play just for fun... Tri Rose, the original Math Rose app!

Mathematically generate unique and intricate rose graphs (rhodonea curves) and share them with your friends!

Figuring out a Key Matrix (Scan Matrix)

Knowing how to figure out a key matrix is a simple and essential skill to those who salvage lost equipment for spare parts. I've written a guide over at Instructables to explain the technique I use to reverse a key matrix cable ribbon so I can re-purpose the keys for other projects.

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SMS Google Search

I live in a place where data plans are still extremely limited and overpriced. Over the years I've learned to make do with a basic phone plan which I mainly use to send text messages with. But there are times when I'm lost on the road and have no choice but to find a local coffee shop with WiFi just so I can Google an address or number. That is, until I had this idea – what if I could simply Google search with a text message?

Android - Properly Loading Web Images in a ListView

Here's demo of how to properly fetch images asynchronously into an Android ListView.
Read more for how to overcome the pitfalls of a rudimentary implementation.
Full source code and demo provided.

Guitar - From Morrowind To Skyrim - The Elderscrolls Theme

Here's a mashup of The Elder Scrolls themes (Morrowind, Oblivion, Skyrim) in a fingerstyle guitar arrangement.

The Elder Scrolls Themes and The Dragonborn Comes were originally composed by Jeremy Soule.

Guitar - Tove Lo - Habits (Stay High)

This one's been getting a lot of radio time lately.
Here's my take on it - Tove Lo's Habits :)

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