Category Archives: Software

USB tethering an Android phone to an OpenWRT router

Posted on July 21, 2010 by Eric

Now that I’ve got OpenWRT 10.03 “Backfire” running on my DIR-825, I decided to take advantage of the new USB tethering feature of Android 2.2 “Froyo”.  I connected my Nexus One phone to the USB port of the DIR-825, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Android, OpenWRT | 4 Comments

Installing OpenWRT 10.03 “Backfire” on a DIR-825

Posted on July 21, 2010 by Eric

I did a fresh install of the jffs2 build of Backfire on a D-Link DIR-825.  I could have used the squashfs version, and have done that in the past, but using the jffs2 build makes it easier to use an … Continue reading →

Posted in OpenWRT | 1 Comment

Suboptimal Multimedia Player Software

Posted on September 26, 2009 by Eric

I’m trying to watch a recorded event for a class. Unfortunately it is provided as a streaming .ram file, which means that RealPlayer is basically my only option for watching it. While I have a high-bandwidth internet connection, RealPlayer was … Continue reading →

Posted in School & Education, Software, The Suboptimal Way | Leave a comment

More trouble with Radeon HD 2600 Pro AGP

Posted on September 18, 2009 by Eric

When I posted Dual Head on Fedora 11 last night, I thought I had the problem completely solved, but when I booted the system this morning, the video card was acting up again.  There were lots of black horizontal streaks … Continue reading →

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Dual-head on Fedora 11

Posted on September 18, 2009 by Eric

I finally have a working dual-head configuration on Fedora 11 with a Radeon 2600 Pro AGP card and two LCD monitors.  The ATI Catalyst (fglrx) binary-only driver is crashing again; I think they’ve had a regression in their AGP support … Continue reading →

Posted in Fedora, X11 | 1 Comment

Suboptimal iPhone developer program license agreement

Posted on June 8, 2009 by Eric

Apple wants me to accept a revised license agreement for the iPhone developer program.  Generally I want to save copies of all such agreements that I accept.  The web page as a link for a PDF copy of the license … Continue reading →

Posted in Blog/website/news comments, Software, The Suboptimal Way | 3 Comments

DMCA notice

Posted on September 24, 2008 by Eric

It is with great reluctance that I have just sent two DMCA notices to parties that are distributing software I’ve written in violation of the licenses.  I sent informal notices to the parties a month ago, and received no replies.  … Continue reading →

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Suboptimal fonts after Fedora 9 upgrade

Posted on September 14, 2008 by Eric

Update:  I upgraded one of my machines from Fedora 7 to Fedora 9, and it started using tiny fonts.  Tom Horsley on the Fedora list explained that now the X server is actually using the display resolution (dots per inch) … Continue reading →

Posted in Fedora, The Suboptimal Way, X11 | 5 Comments

Suboptimal iTunes video downloading

Posted on August 23, 2008 by Eric

I was just watching some of the “Get a Mac” advertisements on the Apple web site yesterday. They’re quite entertaining. Before I went to bed last night, I told iTunes to download a bunch of the iPhone development videos. After … Continue reading →

Posted in Customer satisfaction, Mac OS X, The Suboptimal Way | 3 Comments

Suboptimal iPhone “Sync” and “Back Up”

Posted on August 16, 2008 by Eric

Over the past week I purchased several iPhone applications through the App Store, including Super Monkey Ball, a Rotary Dialer, and a few others.  I also downloaded some free applications. Today I connected the iPhone to the Mac Mini for … Continue reading →

Posted in Gadgets, Mac OS X, The Suboptimal Way | 3 Comments