"Android Mobile App 1.05" written by Paul on estrip.org

07/17/10 06:21 - 76.ºF - ID#52212

Android Mobile App 1.05

The mobile app now allows you to take a picture with the camera directly. Previously you could select the select pics button and go to the camera from the gallery but that seemed to only work on froyo. I tested it on my nexus one and it works. Hopefully, it will work on the moto phones too, although, there are a lot of bug reports about their camera functionality - so who knows. Next step maybe, record audio directly to your blog.

On a related front, it now should handle the rotation issue with moto images. What was happening was this. In order to send the pics to estrip from the mobile app, I first resize them on the phone as it would take forever to send 5-8MP images. The problem is that my nexus one truly rotates images when rotated, while the moto droid line seems to just set the EXIF_ORIENTATION bit to the rotation desired. I get why they do this, the problem is that the android resize functions strips out the EXIF data. So I was stuck with the problem of having no EXIF data to work with when it got to the server. Mind you I still think the whole store in EXIF data is a little sketchy as not all software supports it. Just try and look at one of those images in firefox for example, they are incorrectly rotated.

So to solve it I read the EXIF data before the resize and send the orientation information along with the packet to the server. I tested with some images from a droid and it worked good. Hopefully it will work for (e:heidi)'s droid X. (e:chris) told me facebook had the same issue. Really it seams to be a bug in androids bm.compress(Bitmap.CompressFormat.JPEG, 100, outputStream); method.

You can get the update from the android marketplace.

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Category: linux

07/16/10 06:38 - 79.ºF - ID#52182

The fedora 14 wallpaper contest winning concept

I am going to start out and admit I am a total jerk for complaining now and at the same time not not realizing that this was going on before and participating by either designing or voting.

I especially hate that I did not vote because the wining design is such crap and it only won with 9 votes. Not like ahead by 9 votes but won with 9 votes. Seriously, like almost no one voted. The fact that it was made with blender, a open source 3d program should be a plus for an open OS, but I think the fact that it is so freakin basic, intro to 3D 101, that it will not only look bad for fedora, but bad for blender as well.

With only 9 votes, anyone and their 10 friends could have won.

Here is the link to the fedora wiki page about it with some of the other designs.

They are calling for designers to help turn it into the final wallpaper for the distribution but I think it is hopeless. I tried playing around with it and I can't find a way to work it in and not have it look like crap. Hopefully, some more brilliant designer can. Then again only a handful submitted and almost no one voted in the first place, ugh. I wish they could just have a revote.

This was the final design for the default for Fedora 13. Its hard to tell at this size but there were lots of stars.

I guess to be honest Linux is all about doing your own thing, so I am sure most people will switch wallpapers. Here is to hoping that someone can take that concept and make something salvageable out of it.

I like the fedora 13 one enough that I even use it on my nexus one.

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Category: pets

07/16/10 03:23 - 81.ºF - ID#52180

watching the tortoise eat...

...makes me want to eat the tortoise. I think he was very thirsty because he just ate a 1/4 a melon.

Instead I get a bowl of clear chicken broth.

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Category: body

07/16/10 02:23 - 80.ºF - ID#52179

Not eating sucks

For my stupid crohn's checkup I cannot eat for 24 hours. Unfortunately, the last time I ate was lunch yesterday and then a bucket of movie popcorn that (e:enknot) bought on the way home from Thursday in the square.

Now I am starving. This is just about impossible. How on earth do people diet? I am so hungry that all I can think about are high calorie snacks. I have taken to chewing up potato chips and spitting them out.

Today is so totally wasted because I don't want to do anything that takes any energy as it will just make me hungrier. I can, however, drink clear liquids and found that the wegman's branch lechee ice tea is amazing.

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Category: thursday

07/15/10 05:43 - 86.ºF - ID#52177

Totally unrelated

My desk was actually under construction when I got back from lunch. They are blowing in insulation in the walls so I left early. I already put in way over forty hours which is hard to believe but seriously mon-wed I get my programming groove on.

I asked (e:lilho) for a contact photo for my phone. This is what she sent. This was "all she had on her phone."

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Category: weekend

07/15/10 05:26 - 86.ºF - ID#52176

saturday

I would so much rather be doing this today.

On saturday after my annual crohn's checkup. Luckily I have had no real crohn's symptoms since my appendix came out more than two years ago (e:paul,44050) It makes me wonder if it is time for a re-evaluation of the situation. I guess we will find out on saturday.

If all goes well I plan to head back out to brushwood for the giant fire. I totally took this picture from flickr user lizzie~belle

Thank you person who look it. I will post one of my own if I go this weekend.

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Category: food

07/14/10 09:45 - 72.ºF - ID#52165

Ate at cafe aroma for lunch

I did not know they had food before. My tuna panini was delicious as was the ricota stuffer baked lemon. thw lemon was only like $2 alone ir $1.75 as a side. The barista said the food changes all the time.

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Category: body

07/11/10 10:31 - 74.ºF - ID#52152

you cannot tell me carrot top is not on steroids.

I have this buddy who wants to look like him. I makes me throw up a little bit that carrot top would ever be a reference for what anyone wants to be. sorry, carrot top but you have taken the body modification thing too far and are starting to look like Marcia Cross and not in a good way.

jenks writes at 11:20:05 07/18/10 - Comment #57386: ugh. i hate that guy.
I hope those pix are photoshopped.

enknot writes at 10:58:18 07/15/10 - Comment #57312: This pic of carrot top is probably right after a work out and yeah he's prolly on drugs but what ever.. This guy is awesome he's taught me a lot for free and he deserves a plug: :::link:::

mk writes at 08:10:26 07/14/10 - Comment #57294: Wow...those pictures are horrifying...

metalpeter writes at 06:36:28 07/13/10 - Comment #57287: The Last time I saw Carrot Top (at the fair) he was bult then you could tell, oh yeah shirt coming off was part of the act somehow.

He Was Funny

being in shape has always been part of his act, he runs around and does all sorts of stuff, I'm sure with making all the stuff that helps keeps him in shape

So he looks a little crazy, it isn't like he looked normal before

In Terms of the face one should know that working out heavy and getting bult up like that does change the looks, look at all those body builder guys.

I don't think he is on roids, Hormones maybe? His face looks like how women who get really big look (Chyna, Nicole Bass), I'm not a pro but I suspect that is a hormone thing.........

mike writes at 11:07:30 07/12/10 - Comment #57276: I am disgusted by noone in the world as much as carrot top, this is just the topper on the disgusting nauseating carrot cake

tinypliny writes at 05:48:51 07/12/10 - Comment #57268: I am with (e:KeithT) in establishing a separate category for pushing the limits with the body under some medical ogling. If they want to do it, they must be prepared for the attention of all the researchers out there.

tinypliny writes at 05:46:43 07/12/10 - Comment #57267: You have to admit he has the perfectly shaped brows, though. I am willing to bet that's not because of "roids" but maybe a skilled threader.

enknot writes at 05:21:24 07/12/10 - Comment #57264: your sick (e:keef).

but so is this dudes fucking abs! Seriously. How many ladies out there aren't like "ooh, but that would be fun with cooolll whhhhip on it"

ok and a paper bag on his ridiculous head.

that's all I'm saying.

Ok and about the insecurities thing (e:jason). I work with a lot of people who make a decent living and instead of spending their cash on roids, or even a gymbership they spend it on mountain dew, by the the 3 liter, per day. that's gross. maybe he has an image problem (cosmetic surgery on your face kinda mails that one home), but then so do most women, most of them wear make up and choose clothes to hide some part of their unperfected bodies. I guess then you can fault everyone since I've gotta a fatty days hoodie chillin in my closet too.

At least he's trying to make his improvements a little more "real".

gawd he looks like a freak. I wonder if he's funny anymore.

KeithT writes at 09:41:17 07/12/10 - Comment #57258: Hahaha people may still mock him. Though I bet not directly anymore lol. That guy is massive these days! Remember when he used to be a skinny guy?

Im all about people using roids if they want to. Even in the olympics, but I think it should be a seperate class or league of some sort. Can you imagine the jumps in medical tech with people willing to do anything to their bodies to win? I can just imagine the head lines "Germany Wins High Jump at 26 feet 8 inches"

jason writes at 11:41:57 07/11/10 - Comment #57257: Poor Carrot Top. Using roids to mask his insecurity. Even in making an improvement he is mocked. Definitely unnatural, definitely.

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Category: beach

07/11/10 07:48 - 81.ºF - ID#52150

At The beach

This is all out of order, but before I went to brushwood, I went to Bennett Beach

with (e:terry), (e:libertad), (e:mike) and (e:matthew).

It was so nice and warm and wavy and the beach was open. While swimming we randomly saw (e:keith) not (e:keitht) in the water.

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Category: brushwood

07/11/10 05:36 - 80.ºF - ID#52148

back at brushwood

I went back to brushwood with (e:enknot). It was awesome, I wanted to stay for the Sirius Rising and Summer festivals. Danced all night by a giant fire to drumming and a flute player and then spent an interesting night chatting with all kinds of crazy.

Snapped this pic Just before this cute blonde guy turned the corner returning from the shower. Last night he had on this awesome red robe, at that moment though he was skyclad. Someone said they heard that he was doing something with norse something or other. I wanted to ask him about it but I just mumbled hello as I found myself somehow shy/embarrassed looking at him walk by.