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Forum: NeoFremantle 2013-11-20, 23:27
Replies: 165
Views: 213,579
Posted By npsimons
Introduction

Hi! I'm a code monkey with experience in programming microcontrollers, adding real-time extensions to the Linux kernel, and most recently RF simulation and modelling in C++ (the day job). I'm also a...
Forum: Neo900 2013-11-20, 17:10
Replies: 3,244
Views: 1,447,010
Posted By npsimons
Re: Neo900 - finally a successor of N900

Thank you, not just for this, but for all you do! As a code monkey, I'm not much into the hardware side these days, so I highly appreciate all this work; it's what I've been looking for for a while....
Forum: MeeGo / Harmattan 2013-11-20, 16:56
Replies: 16
Views: 16,234
Posted By npsimons
Re: Tethering and Wifi Hotspot web access blocked on T-Mobile US

I've never bumped into this, but then again, I tunnel through SSH (to add encryption and compression) to my server running squid as a caching/ad-filtering/anonymizing proxy that sets my user-agent to...
Forum: Neo900 2013-11-20, 16:47
Replies: 3,244
Views: 1,447,010
Posted By npsimons
Re: Neo900 - finally a successor of N900

I'm with you there; for various non-technical reasons (read: the wife won't switch), I'm stuck on T-Mobile. Not that I'm complaining about T-Mobile service, but "upgrading" to a phone that won't work...
Forum: Nokia N900 2013-05-15, 17:08
Replies: 544
Views: 278,545
Posted By npsimons
Re: [Pre-Pre-Pre Announce]Black Aluminium replacement body & backcover for N900

Are you still taking orders? I'll take one of each; where do I send the check?
Forum: General 2013-02-18, 22:36
Replies: 234
Views: 125,761
Posted By npsimons
Re: [GENERAL NOTICE] Service Downtime

Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU! My current N900 USB port is getting loose and has to be in just the right position to charge; I've got a backup, but it's not currently loaded with any of my...
Forum: Nokia N900 2011-09-05, 23:13
Replies: 29
Views: 26,538
Posted By npsimons
Re: Security on N900

You could always nmap your phone. It's actually not a bad idea to do this from another machine to all the machines in your house (including phones, TVs, consoles, appliances, etc). BTW, I tried...
Forum: Multimedia 2011-01-13, 15:58
Replies: 5
Views: 3,468
Posted By npsimons
Re: Smugmug image upload for N900 ? (and to other services as well)

Let's say I have my own server and want to post photos to it directly; is there anything like PixelPipe that doesn't go through someone else's servers? I know I could hack something together with...
Forum: Nokia N900 2010-04-28, 05:18
Replies: 90
Views: 48,774
Posted By npsimons
Re: This is real multitasking!

I was being facetious :) Before another "task" ("thread", "process", whatever it's called) can be run, the OS has to save the state of the current task (mostly CPU registers) to RAM so it can restore...
Forum: Nokia N900 2010-04-28, 01:18
Replies: 90
Views: 48,774
Posted By npsimons
Re: This is real multitasking!

Coming from a guy who's done his fair share of OS work, multitasking *is* state-saving; some OSes just do it better (and faster) than others :)
Forum: Community 2010-04-14, 16:59
Replies: 267
Views: 85,405
Posted By npsimons
Re: Fedora based MeeGo = NoGo?

Oh, don't even get me started; the last time I used an RPM based distribution, I remember vividly having to chase down 1001 GNOME dependency libraries; with Debian it was "apt-get install gnome" and...
Forum: Multimedia 2010-04-09, 00:11
Replies: 36
Views: 19,413
Posted By npsimons
Re: Video-Audio Setting for movies converter for N900

Aye, I found this out the hard way; encoding with Thoggen to a whopping 720x480 at even low quality results in a choppy vid on my N900; shame, too, as I like how simple Thoggen is. I really wish...
Forum: Community 2010-04-07, 05:02
Replies: 267
Views: 85,405
Posted By npsimons
Re: Fedora based MeeGo = NoGo!

Oh please, for the love of Zod, don't let the Wind River guys near anything you hold dear. For an operating system that costs thousands of dollars, it's really bad. I've found and fixed things like...
Forum: Community 2010-04-07, 04:55
Replies: 267
Views: 85,405
Posted By npsimons
Re: Fedora based MeeGo = NoGo?

I would have to heartily agree; I upgraded from RedHat to Debian almost a decade ago, after upgrading from Slackware to RedHat years before, and nothing I have seen has convinced me to switch back...
Forum: Nokia N900 2010-04-07, 01:31
Replies: 332
Views: 96,393
Posted By npsimons
Re: What have been your 'wow' moments with the N900 so far?

Background: I came from a Treo 650, which I had a lot of open source software for, but was buggy and slow. I played movies on it, read ebooks on it, sshed, browsed the web, played NES and GB games,...
Forum: Brainstorm 2010-04-07, 00:55
Replies: 61
Views: 19,922
Posted By npsimons
Re: [Under consideration] Improve the calendar

Hmm, might be time for me to grab the gpe-calendar source and start hacking . . .
Forum: Multimedia 2010-04-06, 23:31
Replies: 36
Views: 19,413
Posted By npsimons
Re: Video-Audio Setting for movies converter for N900

Because Theora, Vorbis and OGG are open/Free/unencumbered formats. Also, to tweak the noses of iPhone users :D ("What do you mean you can't play the video I sent to you? Is your phone broken? Oh,...
Forum: Multimedia 2010-04-06, 23:24
Replies: 21
Views: 6,579
Posted By npsimons
Re: Converting video on the tablet?

Quick question: has anyone else had any luck with Thoggen (http://thoggen.net/)? I've used it on a couple of DVDs, but anytime I try to push the resolution (eg, 480x320 and up), the video becomes...
Forum: Brainstorm 2010-04-06, 22:09
Replies: 1
Views: 4,341
Posted By npsimons
Add support for ANT+ devices

I would like to be able to use my Garmin 405 and associated ANT+ devices with my N900. Other devices support ANT+ as well. I have created a brainstorm and solution for this idea at...
Forum: Brainstorm 2010-03-26, 02:59
Replies: 61
Views: 19,922
Posted By npsimons
Re: [Under consideration] Improve the calendar

Awesome! Thanks! BTW, this might seem like a stupid noob question, but where could I get the source for the N900 calendar? I wouldn't mind taking a whack at this problem myself.
Forum: Brainstorm 2010-03-25, 01:22
Replies: 61
Views: 19,922
Posted By npsimons
Re: [Under consideration] Improve the calendar

Just want to bump this: I love the polish on the default calendar app of Maemo/N900; the only thing I really want is for it to be able to subscribe to iCalendars online (*not* just Google calendar;...
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