Ubuntu to Android Tethering over Bluetooth

October 28, 2013 scaine 10

I’ve been using my Galaxy Nexus device as a bluetooth internet gateway for my Nexus 7 for a few months now. While Android to Android tethering should rightly be quite straightforward, it may be surprising to learn that the same device can be used as […]

Ubuntu Touch – Early Impressions

September 29, 2013 scaine 2

I recently decided to flash my Nexus 7 from Android to Ubuntu Touch to see how the new mobile O/S is shaping up. I followed this WIKI in order to get it going. Apart from getting no prompt regarding a “host key”, it worked without […]

A Champion of Plastic

September 11, 2013 scaine 0

This made me laugh today. Because if I didn’t laugh, I’d probably have a wee cry. First, this Android & Me article sparked my curiosity on how they could compare the new Apple phones to so many competitors. I won’t examine the whole article, just […]

Backing Up Your Minecraft Server in Ubuntu

August 17, 2013 scaine 7

I wrote an earlier post on how to create a Minecraft Server on Ubuntu. It’s been pretty popular, so this article will describe a very simple way to ensure that you take hourly automated backups of your Minecraft server(s). This is incredibly useful for a […]

The Other Foot

August 16, 2013 scaine 0

This cracked me up : http://www.theverge.com/2013/8/15/4625502/microsoft-responds-to-google-youtube-windows-phone-block So Microsoft are whining that Google won’t tell them how their ad engine works, despite needing to know this so that they can write their own Youtube app (they won’t accept Google’s one, or perhaps Google refused to write one […]