Author Archives: daftykins

HTC Desire gets Froyo (Android v2.2)

Just a quick post as I am excited but unfortunately out and about travelling… Android version 2.2 is finally out for the HTC Desire and installed on my phone! A quick list of what I have found new in this version follows. USB tethering Wireless hotspot tethering App sharing A torch application (wow!) 720p video [...]

Android v2.1 (Eclair) on the HTC Touch Diamond

Having recently replaced my HTC Touch Diamond with the new Android running HTC Desire, I was very glad to finally be free of the clunky and frustratingly slow experience Windows Mobile v6.1 offered.  The phone had served me well, but it was nice to upgrade to a far faster and also open platform. Being a [...]

WordPress 3 and Ubuntu Lucid Lynx Server v10.04

As the title no doubt hints at, I’ve just finished upgrading the site to run atop Ubuntu Server 10.04 and WordPress 3. Being that Ubuntu Lucid Lynx v10.04 is the most recent LTS release it made sense to move over to it from Hardy Heron v8.04 LTS. If nothing looks any different, that’s a good [...]

Adobe Flash Player v10.1 on Firefox v3.6.3 installation problems

As Adobe have now released Flash v10.1 I’m sure a lot of you will be excited to get it installed to try out the new hardware accelerated decoding features. Upon attempting to install myself however, I came across… An error! The .xpi Firefox extension downloaded quite happily (the getPlus+ utility which is referred to as [...]

Windows Update, NVIDIA v197.45 and MPC-HC

NVIDIA and Microsoft, whomever is responsible; have very nicely decided to ‘package’ the latest NVIDIA graphics drivers and put them on the Windows Update system for download. Being a little pedantic, I got tired of seeing it sat there reminding me about “1 optional update” and so decided to update to the latest… v197.45 . [...]