I spent a good hour trying to find something like this so I thought I should re post the link.
This uses a tool called ms-sys and all you need to do is boot into a linux live cd and install it (see link below) and then
ms-sys -m /dev/sda
Replace sda with the hard disk you want the boot record to be on.
and you are done
http://ms-sys.sourceforge.net/
Taken from
http://penguininside.blogspot.com/2009/06/fixing-windows-mbr-from-linux.html
I followed this guide here
A very good guide to the basic steps for creating a Dream Rom. However as I don’t have a dream there wasn’t a lot i could do after it was built.
Also as the Sapphire config files were not provided so i couldn’t roll my own. So I have attempted to hand crank the config files or find them on my phone.
here are some basic steps to take after you have checked out the source following this guide
1) Copy vendor/htc/dream-open to vendor/htc/sapphire
2) you can delete the files with trout in the name
3) untar the following config files in to the vendor/htc/sapphire
4) Continue with the steps in the guide until you get up to the lunch command. Replace it with
lunch htc_sapp-eng
You should then be able to build the code. I am not saying that these config files are perfect but they should at least get people started.
if there are any mistake or anything missed please let me know.
I have managed to get Donut compiled and booting on my HTC magic. It still has a logn way to go before even I would consider moving to it as an everyday platform.
There is visible WPA-Enterprise, VPN, Gestures feautres integrated but I have not tested them. Also it runs much much faster then cupcake
For anyone interested in trying this you can download the images from here http://cminion.com/Android/donut/.
You must use the fastboot method for installation and please make sure you back up first because i have had problems with the recovery image.. Use at your OWN risk.
Right I have been trying uncessfully to build DONUT (the lastest branch of android) for my HTC magic. I successfully got it compiled for the HTC Dream but as I dont own one I cant test it. I will keep persevering.
Why dont more people use twitter as a free cycle portal?
Generally if you add hash tags suchs as #townname and of course #freecycle you will find people in your local area, some of which may be interested. I had a dishwasher I no longer wanted, working perfectly well. I twittered about and within 5mins it had gone, but I’ve had so far 4 requests for more information from people I dont know.
The problem with freecycle is there is no central repository and too many people use it. People generally only read the emails that get sent soon after they have put something on freecycle themselves. (I may be wrong but this is how I deal with the hundreds of emails being received ).
Well there is my two cents,
For more information on freecycle please read here: http://www.uk.freecycle.org
My mobile died, now I’m trying to plan what to get.
Model – Bad – Good
HTC Magic – No physical keyboard, small internal memory – Android, Cheap, Widgets
TouchPro2 – Windows Mobile, Small Internal Memory, expensive – Keyboard, may support android one day
N97 – Expensive, S60 – Keyboard, large internal storage, Widgets
I decided to try and publish my blog for kindle users to download. I dont expect any return from this but it sounded like fun
Lets see what happens im not expecting anything. If you have a kindle, feel free to search for Randomly Designless and let me know if it works.
Well its been a while since I posted.
Just upgraded my wordpress blog, lets see if I notice any different.
There are many reasons for my silence, I got engaged, I had a lot of work on and I pretty much cut down my caffeine consumptions so I no longer do my all night coding sessions.
But hopefully more information will appear on here soon
Homecamp 09 was last weekend and I feel it was an amazing success. Like many people I attended with the intention of sitting in the background watching and learning, however I was prepared to present if need be. By prepared I meen gluegunned some ducks to a load of fairy lights and packed an arduino.
I didn’t take any notes during the days as I was streaming the event into OpenSim from my laptop with my isite camera. I dont recommend this for future events. Nor was this intended before the day. Below are few of the talks that I took away with me.
There were lots of other areas discussed over the course of the day making it very interesting. I attempted to present some of the work I had done in OpenSim as well as my twittering flat.
I drove the two guys from theAttick who agreed to do the filming and sound for the day, great guys, slightly insane but great. I hope to get some of their videos on here soon.
Sorry for the lack of information, in this post next time I will make sure I can take some notes 
Like many people know I am bothered about the electricity consumption of my flat.
For a while now people have been talking about ambient orbs to help monitor their power usage. There are one or two very good guides for producing these on the interent. I decided to go from scratch with an Arduino. Yesterday I finally bought an RGB Full Colour LED for £2.99 from Maplin. I am fairly sure it would have been cheaper at RS but they were closed. This was to be paired with my arduino I have had since Xmas.
This evening I prototyped some code on my Arduino(See at the end) and wired up the Red and Green pins. Blue wasnt required for my intended range. Pin 9 is green and pin 10 is red.
I have linked this into my own RSMB and it reads the live feed from my currentcost device. The number is then echoed down the serial connection with the colour of the light being determin with the following formula.
Red: Current Power Usage /1500 * 255
Green: 255- (Current Power Usage/1500*255)
Though this doesnt change in nice clear cut stages I liked the idea of a constant natural progression.
I still am fine tunning this so watch this space.
Code for the arduino
float value = 400; //initial value
float maxBoundary = 1500; //Value at which PURE red is shown
char incomingByte;
int count = 0;
char genValue[5] = “”;
void setup() {
Serial.begin(9600); // set up Serial library at 9600 bps
Serial.println(”Starting Orb”);
analogWrite(11, 0); //Blue is always 0
}
void loop() {
// send data only when you receive data:
if (Serial.available() > 0) {
// read the incoming byte:
incomingByte = Serial.read();
// if ((incomingByte >=0)&&(incomingByte <10)) {
genValue[count] = incomingByte;
count++;
if (count == 5){
count =0;
Serial.println(genValue);
value = atof(genValue)-100; //take off a 100 because realistically at the moment it wont go below 350
if (value<0) value=0;
}
}
}
float displayValue = value/maxBoundary;
float displayValue255 = displayValue*255;
if (displayValue255 > 254 ) displayValue255 = 255;
analogWrite(10, displayValue255); //red //This is a Analgoue output from a digital pin on the arduino
analogWrite(9,255-displayValue255); //green
delay(500);
}
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