Little bits of information someone might find useful, or not
It’s always a horrifying experience to find that the backups you so carefully took previously now don’t work. Unfortunately, i’ve just run in to this problem. After sending my phone back for repair, I attempted to restore the backups I took beforehand using Titanium Backup. While it recognised the backups, every one said “1 backup. None on chosen platform”. Unfortunately,...
RSS is a classic example of a technology which relies on the client pulling data from the server, rather than the server pushing data to the client. While pull is simpler to implement, it requires the client to periodically poll the server for new content to pull. Unless you poll the server continuously, you’ll never get new data in realtime. This...
I’ve just come to the end of my 3rd week of my year-long industrial placement. For those not in the know, i’m working in the IT department of a medium sized local company. People wonder why I like working in IT, my reasoning is that I enjoy playing with systems and making them work, and doing it properly. Sure, doing...
iptables is a common linux software firewall. However, for many new linux users who are unfamiliar with the command line (or google!) some simple tasks such as opening a port on the firewall in order to allow a web-facing service to be reachable by everyone can be daunting. However, it’s actually quite simple. Just issue the following command; iptables -I...
One and a half years after originally obtaining my Nokia E71, my contract has come up for renewal – new phone time! Before I talk about my new phone though, a few words on how the E71 has performed for me while i’ve had it. Overall, it’s been really good. I’ve taken the phone pretty much everywhere with me every...
