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Typing this deletes all contacts in my phone, the famous Openmoko Freerunner, running SHR-Testing for i in `seq 1 1000`; do opimd-cli c delete $i; done How do you do it in your phone? Share Related posts:Random Openmoko thoughts It’s time to ... [More] contribute to OM2009 & Paroli! Great news from the Openmoko Community Tags: linux, mobile, planet-fnoss, planet-openmoko, planet-vapaasuomi [Less]

这篇来自美国犹他大学的助理教授Matt Might，原址在这里。汉化：阮一峰 译者注解： 美国犹他大学的助理教授Matt Might，用这组图解释，博士学位到底是什么意思。他说，每年都有新生的入学教育，但是有些观点语言说不清楚，不如画图。 我觉得，这组图真的很好懂，而且一点没错，博士就应该是图中的意思。老子说”大道至简”，可是真的要很简单地表达出来，却是非常难的一件事。

As Dieter Spaar has pointed out in a mailing list post on the OsmocomBB developer list, he has managed to get a first alpha version of TCH (Traffic Channel) code released, supporting the FR and EFR GSM codecs. What this means in human readable ... [More] language: He can actually make voice calls from a mobile phone that runs the Free Software OsmocomBB GSM stack on its baseband processor. This is a major milestone in the history of our project. While Dieter has been working on the Layer1 TCH support and the setup of the voiceband path in the analog baseband chip (audio ADC/DAC), Andreas Eversberg has been quietly working on getting call control of Layer3 into a state where it can do all the signalling required for mobile-originated and mobile-terminated call. Combining both of their work together, they have been able to make a 20 minute long voice call from a baseband processor running a Free Software GSM stack. For all we know, it is the first time anything remotely like this has been done using community-developed Free Software. Five years ago I would have thought it's impossible to pull this off with a small team of volunteers. I'm very happy to see that I was wrong, and we actually could do it. With less than half a dozen of developers, in less than nine months of unpaid, spare-time work. Sure, the next weeks and months will be spent on bringing the code from alpha level to something more stable, fixing known issues and known bugs, etc. But I'm confident the biggest part of the work on the OsmocomBB stack is behind us. Big thanks to the developer team driving this project forward. [Less]

I’ve been recently playing with GPS devices on Linux (for example i-gotU gt-120, and the linux software to download tracks). I’ve also been discussing gps+heart rate data storage options. The obvious choice is (ex-Nokia) Sports Tracker and it didn’t ... [More] even cross my mind that you could do something like this with local Linux software. But it’s useless to ever think like that – you’re surprised with the variety of apps that are available and developed for Linux. I bumped to this blog post on Planet KDE: Sports Activity Tracking App: The Baby Needs a Name. And it looks awesome. Reading the comments I found some other apps that do more or less the same, and Google gave me even more. So here’s just a quick list of GPS / HRM apps you might want to have a look if they’d be useful for you: Then Unnamed / Kardio / Kilometer / … Sportstracker Polarview Sonicread Polarscope Pytrainer Viking Marble FoxtrotGPS OpenDMTP GPX viewer GPSBabel QLandkarte M/GT OpenGTS and the list goes on….So far I’ve been using GPSBabel to convert and Viking to analyze and clean the data, but now I might find some new neat tools… I don’t have a HRM, only GPS (Openmoko Freerunner), so I’d like an app to be able to visualize the track on (OpenStreet)Map like Viking does, but then maybe also somehow store the tracks. It’s a pain to have hundreds of GPX files in folders, some kind of tool to search would be neat. Maybe KPhotoalbum will some day be extended to manage any data, not just photos and videos :)A great place to discuss free GPS software is the FOSS-GPS mailing list, you’re welcome to join! Do you have any experience on some of these apps? What features they miss? What’s the coolest thing they can do? Related posts:In a need for free Linux 3D CAD software Smile – a great photo show software for Linux Costa Rica & Openstreetmap Tags: gps, linux, opensource, openstreetmap, planet-fnoss, planet-openmoko, planet-ubuntu, planet-vapaasuomi, review, software [Less]

Linux 内核将在 2.6.36 版本中支持 国产君正 XBurst JZ4740 CPU。 JZ4720 CPU Bonding wire 经过一年的努力，Lars 最终将 JZ4740 的代码提交到 Linux 的主干分支，第一个被支持的 JZ4740 设备 Ben NanoNote 也一起提交到了主干分支。 Ben NanoNote 国内一些用 君正 CPU 的公司也就不再需要向老的内核上打补丁来支持JZ4740，而且也能享受到更多新内核的功能。要感谢Qi Hardware ... [More] 项目对同步的重视，和主干同步给代码的质量带来的好处一言难尽。被官方支持是对一个软件项目的肯定，对于投身自由软件的工程师来说是最好的奖励。一个项目的代码如果不再修改了。证明这个软件项目停止了（要消亡了。。。）。而不是证明这些软件的代码已经达到一定水平不需要修改了。国内很多自由软件贡献者都是在外企，这也证明了国内软件企业不明白和主干同步的重要性，这是一种共享，一种融合，付出就有回报，而在付出的同时我们得到的是更多的对项目意见，而且这些意见都 来自从事软件事业十几年或者几十年的工程师。 Links: http://www.openmobilefree.net/?p=644 http://en.qi-hardware.com/w/images/2/2f/Bonding_wire10.jpg http://en.qi-hardware.com/w/images/c/cc/Ben_on_hand.jpg http://projects.qi-hardware.com/index.php/p/qi-kernel/source/tree/jz-2.6.35/ http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=e6b78c4f224925c71cce57033b1e6e30dd56add7 [Less]

I ordered something from proporta.com webshop. They’re nice – they let me choose one item from some options for free. I chose a 3-in-1 metal stylus to use with my Openmoko Freerunner touchscreen smartphone. They delivered fast, 3 days or so from UK ... [More] to Finland. Opening the package I had a closer look of the 3-in-1 stylus. It has Stylus tip – of course Ball point pen – smart & useful! Reset tip Having a reset tip in the stylus must tell something about the quality and reliability of the devices nowadays. And it’s true – every now and then you need to reset your Tomtom GPS navigator, your Nokia smartphone and so on. I do still hope that the gadgets would get a bit more reliable and not having to always carry something with you to reset the device. However, thanks Proporta, you’re good! Related posts:This is Linux from Finland Two new IRC channels: #tangogps and #smile-slideshow iPad – first experiences Tags: fun, planet-fnoss, planet-openmoko, planet-vapaasuomi, review [Less]

After an incredibly rewarding weekend of breaking through old models and stubbornness, comes this picture from a friend: Never forgot to check-in with something other than your mind for verification. Sometimes this is the only way we can see the forest from the trees.

“Immortality” by Milan Kundera is one of my all-time favorites novels: Challenging, witty, provoking, but most of all – absolutely brilliant writing; “Immortality” is a unique form of the novel. It’s the only book I can remember reading twice. Each ... [More] time I walked away a changed person. It begins with a casual gesture of a woman to her swimming instructor. That gesture creates a character in the mind of Kundera whose own person story is wound together with that woman into a novel. Death and immortality are at the core. They, “form an inseparable pair more perfect than Marx and Engels, Romeo and Juliet, Laurel and Hardy,” explains Kundera. To this he overlays a fascinating sub-story of Goethe and Hemingway. They meet in heaven and debate the reason for their fame. Is it their books or their own characters? “Instead of reading my books, they’re writing books about me,” Hemingway says. “That’s immortality,” replies Goethe. “Immortality means eternal trial.” Kundera’s style of fiction is rare; Inspired by the philosophy of Nietzsche and the great (Kundera thinks the greatest) novelist Miguel de Cervantes, Kundera writes by layering the lives and loves of multiple third-person characters – essentially all figments of his imagination – with that of his own dialog, in the first person. What emerges is a beautifully rich array of interwoven stories spanning sometimes vastly different time periods. A result that is equal parts poetry with magic. Here is one such passage, a sub-story within the main story, where Kundera’s own character is having a dinner conversation with a friend (Professor Avenarius). His friend asks: “What are you writing about these days, anyway?” “That’s impossible to recount.” [relies Kundera] “What a pity.” “Not at all. An advantage. The present era grabs everything that was written in order to transform it into films, TV programs, or cartoons. What is essential in a novel is precisely what can only be expressed in a novel, and so every adaptation contains nothing but the nonessential. If a person is still crazy enough to write novels nowadays and wants to protect them, he has to write them in a such a way that they cannot be adapted, in other words, in such a way that they cannot be retold.” … “When I heard you,” Professor Avenarius said uneasily, “I just hope that your novel won’t turn out to be a bore.” “Do you think that everything that is not a mad chase after a final resolution is a bore? As you eat this wonderful duck, are you bored?” Are you rushing toward a goal? On the contrary, you want the duck to enter into you as slowly as possible and you never want its taste to end. A novel shouldn’t be like a bicycle race but like a banquet of many courses… I am really looking to Part 6 [of this novel]. A completely new character will enter the novel. And at the end of that part he will disappear without a trace. He causes nothing and leaves no effects. That is precisely what I like about him. Part 6 will be a novel within a novel, as well as the saddest erotic story I have ever written.” This, I believe, illustrates the essence of Kundera’s craft. Tackling profound issues of human identity, while at the same time playing with ambiguity, paradox, and healthy doses of irony is his gift. Once, in an rare interview, Kundera explained, “The novelist teaches the reader to comprehend the world as a question. There is wisdom and tolerance in that attitude. In a world built on sacrosanct certainties the novel is dead.” Looking at the world through the eyes of a question, I truly believe, is an incredible skill! Kundera has mastered the art of the novel. If you enjoy reading, I strongly encourage you to read his novels. And “Immortality” is a excellent starting point. If you would like to read this book, tell three people about my company’s latest project, WikiReader, and then send me an email. Before next week, I’ll chose a name from random, and send the winner my book. Shipping, anywhere in the world, is on me. [Less]

I've started to write upe some information on modern smartphone hardware architecture. It will be in a similar style to what I previously wrote on feature phones and gsm modem hardware, but with a specific focus on smpartphones, their multiple ... [More] processors, memory sharing, AP/BP interface, audio architecture, etc. I should have done this a long time ago. In fact, I think I should write more documents like that on various technical subjects. If you want to learn about low-level aspects of modern telephones, there is way too little published information out there. [Less]

YouTube video of strokerecog In yet another shameless self promotion/public information attempt I bring you a video of strokerecog my “handwriting recognition” keyboard application. Unlike initially for the matchbox finger friendly theme there is ... [More] already a .deb package that can be used to install stroke-recognition on your phone. You may download it from HERE. However the stroke-recognition-x11_0.29_armel.deb package is not as polished as the matchbox theme .deb file (The theme is by now installable using apt-get install) [Less]