Author Archives: Alan

Apr 23

Installing Android on an Apple iPhone 2G – Very cool!

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iPhone AndroidMy good friend Adam has just written to let me know about a little tutorial he’s put together showing how to install a near enough fully working copy of android running natively on the Apple iPhone 2G. The original source is http://linuxoniphone.blogspot.com so credit to them for getting the whole thing working.

This is something I’m actually quite excited about. I’ve got it running myself and to be able to use WiFi and even make calls from Android is a huge deal.

If you want to try installing Android on your iPhone, be sure to check out Adam’s blog post which has the full guide and little tips and tricks to make sure your installation goes smoothly.

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Mar 30

Restoring animation in Windows Vista/7 Games

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Just a quick one here.

If you’ve found that the Windows games that come bundled with Windows Vista and Windows 7 no longer animate, it’s likely that you’ve tweaked with the options that determine the balance between visual effects and performance in Windows.

To fix this, press the Windows Key + Pause/Break simultaneously to bring up the System window. Select Advanced system settings from the options on the left and choose the top Settings button under Performance.  On the visual effects tab, ensure that Animate controls and elements inside windows is checked and click Ok.

This will restore animations in games such as Solitaire, Freecell and Spider Solitaire at the expense of also enabling animated windows controls in other applications.

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Nov 30

Age of Empires II (AOE2) Multiplayer Problems

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After having spent an incredibly long time trying to get Age of Empires II – Age of Kings (AOK) to work with my friend, and stumbling along many web pages with tips and tricks to get the game working, I thought I would construct a collection of all the methods we tried. This guide might be quite useful to work through as a checklist if you’re having problems connecting in Age of Empires II. This also applies to The Conquerors expansion pack (AOE:C).
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