Computing
2008 Excel One Page Calendar
For the past few years I've found Excel to be useful for creating one page yearly calendars. Here is is a download link to my 2008 Excel calendar - 2008 calendar. It is free to download for personal or business use. I've highlighted UK bank holidays in yellow but you can blank out these cells if you live somewhere else. It will work [...]
Improved KML embedding of Google Maps into web pages
I've been further improving the code that I described in my previous in my previous post - 'Adding KML Google Maps overlays to WordPress posts'. I've made these changes: Option to specify a latitude / longitude / zoom for the map. This allows you to have one map and then show lots of different views of it The code is now implemented as [...]
Adding KML Google Maps overlays to WordPress posts
Embedding basic KML Maps into your blog post There is an easy way to include Google Maps KML overlays in your WordPress blog if you are willing to have all the size and style information hardcoded into each post. All you have to do is to go to http://maps.google.co.uk/ type the KML location into the search box and then click on 'Link to this [...]
Installing Nokia Maps on a Nokia N80
I recently bought a Nokia LD-W3 external bluetooth GPS unit that is working well when used with Nokia’s Sport Tracker application. It allows you to record your tracks that can later be overlaid onto Google Maps. It doesn’t however have a built in map so you can see where you are. I wanted a mapping application so that I could navigate using [...]
Linking photos to locations
I’ve wanted to be able to GPS tag my photos for a while now so I know where they have been taken. This will be great for when I go on walks around the city. The first thing I need to do this is a GPS module. I did some research into GPS modules which can connect to my Series 60 phone – a Nokia N80. To connect to the phone it the module needs [...]
iPod dissection
After my first iPod died - a 4th generation 20gb one - I decided to have some fun and see what was in there. There are instructions elsewhere on the web telling you how to dissasemble and put your iPod back together (for battery replacement), but I'm not interested in saving it. The iPod will die! Safety first - if you are going to be [...]
