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CornerJudge Approved

“CornerJudge” is an App for IOS and Android that makes it easier for corner judges at Taekwondo tournaments to keep track of points during a sparring match.  A summary of the scoring rules are included as part of the app … Continue reading

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Bio-Enhancements (Bionic ear)

What would it take to improve on what nature has provided? I ask myself that question and I come up with a number of answers. The first enhancement that comes to mind is better hearing. As we age our hearing … Continue reading

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Jobs that didn’t exist 10 years ago…

I recently stumbled across a post that described jobs that didn’t exist 10 years ago and was fascinated to discover that what I do now is one of them. The extract below is from the original post. I don’t know … Continue reading

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News from Blackberry

Check out this link for news on the (IOS and Android) BBM rollout: http://blogs.blackberry.com/2013/09/bbm-android-iphone-update/  

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Check this out…

http://gizmodo.com/bbm-for-ios-and-android-hands-on-the-best-blackberry-t-1352052992?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=pulsenews

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“BBM for all” leaked…

This is a re-post of an article originally posted here: http://www.androidauthority.com/blackberry-messenger-android-app-september-19-270256/ The BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) for Android app has apparently been leaked – although it’s not working at this time – while new reports suggest the application will be finally … Continue reading

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Data Acquisition hardware

I know I have talked about this before but I recently rediscovered how incredibility cost effective current mobile device are as data acquisition devices. The world is scrambling to create an “Internet of connected things” with custom built hardware, but … Continue reading

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What will the next phone system look like?

Phone systems have been evolving over the past ten years from the traditional T1/OC3 TDM trunks with various line side circuits like ONS, OPS, and E&M to VoIP. In particular Session Initiation Protocol (SIP). Open source phone systems like Freeswitch … Continue reading

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Reactive Programming

I don’t know if I would go so far as to call Reactive Programming a design pattern, but there are people who do. Most of us have experienced it but we didn’t know it had a name. The most common … Continue reading

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Multiple layouts for the same Activity…

In the Apple world mobile apps have a one-to-one relationship between views and controllers. Apple uses the MVC or Model-View-Controller method of programming but there is only ever one view for any given controller. The Android world does not insist … Continue reading

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