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New home automation project

2011-12-03T16:54:00.000Z

My home automation project was stalled for a while. I have tested HomeSeer in the past on Windows, but the OS was not stable for me, some blue screens and Windows was out. The I moved to linux based appliances and installed domus.link on my Western Digital NAS, My Book World. It was slow and the board died after 2 years. Now I have setup a new Ubunto server with Domogik a free open source system, with a modern interface. It acessible via android clients or a web browser. The instalation is very well documented and I set it up in about 6 hours including Ubunto instalation. Nice development, congrats for the dev team. Best things in life are free. Here are some photos of the working system.

New pad transformer

2011-06-19T20:59:00.001+01:00

Just got a new honeycomb pad, very nice moving out from Windows.

Project Extend Wireless coverage at Home: Complete

2011-05-29T19:24:00.003+01:00

Found an old router WRT54G, flashed DD-WRT on it and set it up as a wireless bridge. Cost: 0 € Time : 8 hours. Wireless network on all house.

Project Move from Palm OS: Finished

2011-05-29T18:54:00.001+01:00

My data managment is Andoidified:

Use Pimlical as Desktop/ Android calendar (palm data compatible)
For Notes use Note Everything Pro for Android (palm notes import)
For passwords management use SpalshID both for desktop and Android (data form palm imported)
As a personal database use HandDB (ChecksDB, CarLog, TimeSheets)
For shopping lists use Android app ToMarket (import from palm HandyShopper)
For an outliner still use Natara Bonsai on desktop sync with dropbox and Android Outliner on mobile.

Blog change

2011-05-29T18:37:00.002+01:00

Today I will change my blog to list and post some of my personal technical projects

Moving to Android

2011-03-16T23:32:00.000Z

I am moving my PIM data to Android.

Using pimlical for agenda, memotoo to sync contacts, sphash id for pass keeping and android outliner to sync with Natara Bonsai.

It works a it is fast. Android is winning me.

Moved to Nokia N810 with Access Garnet VM

2010-07-01T22:32:00.005+01:00

I havent been updating regurary.
Found a solution for all my Palm data, mixed with Nokia Hardware. A Internet Tablet Nokia N810 with Access Garnet VM. All my palm data is current and still my master data for contacts. I also use a web 2.0 service. www.sheaduleworld.com to sync and export all PIM data, Contacts, Calendas, Notes. My next device will be a Nokia N900.

Palm vs symbiam calendar features

2008-03-22T16:57:00.014Z

Well palm in PIM feactures will be hard to beat, I have been using datebk 5 for many years and it is a full blown agenda, but can a simplier calendar and tasks manager be enough . Symbian has a very simple calendar builtin. Its not so pratical to use the keyborard instead of the stylus. So after seeking a calendar from an third party developer I found handy calendar, that adds a nicier interface and more features. I have been able to sync with google calendar with www.goosync.com. the Nokia has syncML built in. It works So I am using the calendar of the Nokia istead on the Palm. Being able to sync to the web anywhere made the difference.

Moving slowly from Palm OS to Nokia Symbian

2008-02-13T22:10:00.010Z

My palm device is old and I need a substitute to my personal data managment.

I am a long time Palm user, started with a Palm III then a Palm Tungsten T and the my getting older Palm Tungsten T3.

As Palm has not keep up the competition improving their devices, I choose to try to move from palm os. I started a journey in seeking a alternative platform or device to keep my personal and professional data.

Many palm fans as myself are tired of Palm lack of inovation in new devices. I want a device that supports multitask operations, wifi, mobile web 2.0 connectivity and inovative feactures.

I have always been a very datacentric person and I use my palm for keeping my secure data, manage projects, contacts, lists, notes, gps navigation, and personal multimedia. I wanted to add comunication capabilities, so a Smartphone was the solution.

My first thought was an iPhone, but it was not an option for my company since its not a business professional device. Because personaly I was never fond of windows OS devices I choose to try Symbian OS. The device chosen was the Nokia E61i to complement the Palm lack of comunication features, but can Nokia substitute Palm or I still need other device? In this blog I will post my progress in this journey. Stay tunned

Going mobile

2008-02-12T18:53:00.001Z

Going mobile on my Nokia E61i

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Hello World

2007-11-25T14:25:00.000Z

The first post should be the programming test "Hello World"

Pedro