Its been over a year now, since I got my hands on a HTC Hero for the first time, the (then) latest top of the range Android smart-phone available on the market. A lot has changed both with the phone and with myself regarding Android, so I thought I should jot down a few thoughts […]
Turn off open_basedir in Plesk
I’m adding this post, mainly for my own reference but thought it may be of interest for others with the same problem. The problem Plesk unhelpfully ignores the base url set in the php.ini file with its own settings, but these settings are not configurable from the control panel. The Solution Create a “vhost.conf” file […]
Current Android Apps
There are so many apps available on the Android Market and I haven’t tried a fraction of them, but here are the ones Im currently using on my HTC Hero, If you know of an app that does the job better, please let me know. Applications Adobe Reader Amazon Kindle beebPlayer chrometophone ConnectBot Facebook for […]
PHPNW Conference 2010 is approching
I just wanted to do a little shout out to any developers, to say that the early bird ticket deadline is fast approaching for this years PHPNW conference. Tickets have been on sale for a while now at £58 (ex VAT) but this will go up on the 12th August to £75 so if your […]
Feed your Hero some Frozen Yoghurt
A few people now have been tweeting and facebook messaging me asking how I installed Android 2.2 on my Orange branded HTC Hero, so thought I’d pop this quick guide together for you all. Please note: This Guide is for people with an Orange Branded Hero (the Graphite version, with the Orange sticker on the […]