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Automatic Car Link, works great in Canada

The Automatic Link connects your car to your phone and the internet. And it works in Canada.

Automatic is a system that connects your smart phone to your car via the ODB-II port. It’s as simple as plugging the “Link” into your car, and downloading an app on your phone. They speak to each other via Bluetooth Low Energy.

Then, the app will record your trips. It keeps track of your mileage, the duration of trips, and even the routes you take. All of this is recorded on the app, as well as on a web dashboard.
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Minecraft Villager Text Tones for iPhone

October 13, 2014 / miguel / 1 Comment

The incessant chatter on my phone reminds me of the villagers in Minecraft make. You know the sounds “huh… uh-huh … huh… uh.”

I grabbed a dozen Minecraft villager sounds, and converted them into m4r files. These are the ones that the iPhone uses for ringtones and text-tones.
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Teamviewer on Ubuntu 64-bit

May 20, 2014 / admin / 0 Comments

Trying to install Teamviewer on linux sometimes gives an error of “package architecture (i386) does not match system (amd64).”

This was the case when I tried to install Teamviewer on my Acer Chromebook, running Xubuntu 14.04. The problem is that I was trying to install a 32-bit / 64-Bit Multiarch and the dependencies weren’t met.

Here’s how I solved it.
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Opt out of Apple iAd targetting

July 25, 2013 / admin / 0 Comments

Here’s a quick and easy one:

If you want to opt-out of Apple’s ‘interest-based advertising’ in iAds, simply visit http://oo.apple.com on your iPhone or iPad.

Easy, eh?

iOS 7 Beta 3 first impressions

July 23, 2013 / miguel / 0 Comments

I’ve been using iOS 7 betas for a few weeks now. On phones and iPads.

I have a few first impressions:

First, it looks great. My wife says “pretty” — she’s using it ‘for real’ on her iPhone:

Second, beta 3 seems ok for every day use. Still a lot of little bugs to work out, but overall it’s just fine. Beta stuff usually kills the battery on iOS, but it was surprisingly decent on the iPad mini. Almost 15 hours of use. Not bad:

Finally, here’s an interesting bit… When I tried one of these cheap Lightning cables on the iPad mini, this error shows up: “This cable or accessory is not certified and may not work reliably with this iPad.”

The cable still works just fine, but perhaps its a glimpse of the future, where only Apple-approved cables work?

Did You See That Ludicrous Display Last Night?

May 11, 2013 / miguel / 3 Comments

In Honour of the recent announcement that IT Crowd will have one final episode, here’s one of my favourite scenes from the series:

And video clip:

Bonus: IT Crowd Ringtone — It’s the IT Crowd theme song in an iPhone Ringtone format. Download to iTunes and sync.

Alcatel 356 from SpeakOut is Unlocked!

December 20, 2012 / miguel / 1 Comment

Speakout 7-11 is the best Canadian pre-paid (“pay as you go”) carrier. No contracts, cheap data & texting, all on the Rogers network. Well, until the end of 2012, if you buy $100 worth of airtime, you’ll receive a $25 bonus, and an unlocked Alcatel 356 phone.
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