Jay McGavren's Journal

2010-06-04

Legal fallout...

Uh, oh, I may have exposed myself to significant legal liability. I haven’t included a section like this in the license for any of my software releases…

You acknowledge that this software is not designed, licensed or intended for use in the design, construction, operation or maintenance of any nuclear facility.

–License agreement for a java.net library

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2010-06-01

Ruboto On Acid...

After dissecting the demos that come with Ruboto 0.2 and figuring out how to upload a library and runner script to an Android emulator (hint: “$ adb push . /sdcard/jruby/subdirname”), it only took an hour or so to create a working Ruby On Acid demo. And what worked on the emulator immediately worked when uploaded to the phone.

Ruby On Acid in Ruboto IRB

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2010-05-30

This reads like science fiction:

So to turn on GPS for the first time, go outside and find a direct line of sight to the sky (you only need to do this the very first time). Then on your phone, press > Settings > Location & security.

–Motorola Droid Tips and Tricks manual

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2010-05-28

Posting this from my new Droid!

Actually it’s my wife’s old Droid! That I inherited after she got a Droid Incredible! But I don’t care! Because the Incredible interface is flaky!

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2010-05-20

RubyOnAcid version in progress...

Ditched the idea of “tuples” because they complicated the API, and I realized I could do what I want without ‘em. Behold, a LissajousFactory filtered through a RoundingFactory, and feeding into a ProximityFactory:

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