Many people asked me how do I use my gadgets, and I think is good to keep a list on how I currently using them.

LG P990 Optimus 2X

Toy of 2011, dual-core tegra 2 is just simply FAST!! can’t wait till more developing/hack are on it.

Apple iPad 16GB WiFi

Mainly used for viewing content, heavily used for PDF magazines, comics, books and user guide, video watching by AirVideo, obtained in 2010, thanks to cousin MY from US.

Canon Powershot S95

Since I mainly took photos indoor and at night, the S95 is very very nicely served here, obtained in 2010.

Sony PlayStation Eye

By using drivers from Code Laboratories, I install the eye as a webcam at home, with the software Yawcam, it will take shots at certain time period (used to do motion detection, but I disabled it as master do not like it), which I can monitor anywhere, obtained 2010.

Canon Canonscan N670U

I have a habit of scanning all mail, invoices to PDFs for archiving and warranty use, with the web code I developed I do easily scan them when I arrived home with my iPad or Android, obtained back in 2009 thanks to cousin who needs upgrade to all in one scanner/printer.

Polaroid Pogo Instant Mobile printer

Toy of 2011, is fun to print the photos I took by Bluetooth on the road! family meetups and holiday with Master must have!

Sony VGP-BRM1

My main A2DP headset, I mainly used the Audio part of it since I do not much enjoy talking with a headset, but I do enjoy the quality of the music it stream, obtained back in 2007, introduced by mate SS.

Holux M-241 Wireless GPS Logger

I just love keeping track logs of my travel, the reason I choose this GPS is because it support connection by Bluetooth, or it can work as a stand-alone Logger which powered by AAA battery, which I can easily get any time even I am on the trip, obtained back in 2007.

Connections:

iPad Camera Connection Kit

Copying Photos I took to the iPad, I mainly use this as a “viewer” for family meeting, the larger iPad display is good for sharing, emailing, twitting in family meetings.

EyeFi 4GB Connect X2

I setup my Android device to Copy the photos I took from S95, edit/tweet/email them on the road, and by using software Dropin, all photos will be automatically sync when WiFi is connected to my Dropbox.

ASUS WL-500GPv2

My wireless Router, connects everything at home, running DDWrt of coz, the main reason I choose this wireless router is its USB port and ddwrt firmware, which I still do not have the time to play-around with it, yet.

Software – AirVideo (iOS)

it stream my collections of downloaded movies, amine and my recorded TV shows to my iPad, it is just nice to be able to watch shows I wanted on bed..

Software – Dropbox (iOS, Android, Win32)

Heavily used service, sync my files all time at work/mobile/home/servers.

Software – Dropin (Android)
I use this software to synchronize my photos on my Android device to a Dropbox selected folder, it simply works even with settings like only sync when on WiFi, the only improvement UI would like to see was only syncing my selected folder instead of all photos in Gallery apps and sync my selected folder too (comment submitted, waiting developer to give it the little touch)

Software – Eyefi droid (Android)
I use this software to copy photos from my camera to my Android device by WiFi, this software seems abandoned by its developer, I have seen problem on different cases using it on different device, but lucky it works smoothly on my N1 and 2X, if you are having problem, try moPhotos from the market, it works too for like $.99.

Software – DVBViewer (Win32)

As mention earlier post, I was having hard time on it, but at least I got it working, I really miss the tradition broadcasting time, which I used my own toolchain to do recordings, much more reliable!

Software – Google Earth (Win32)
I keep most logs of where I travel, view and backup them as KML by Google Earth.

My developed software
zipped jpg2pdf (Perl)
Since most of the comics we download from the internet is in zipped jpg/png format, which is not optimized for reading on iPad, by imagemagick, perl (image:size) and pdftk I developed this script to resize, align, crop, auto contrast the downloaded zip into a PDF.

Photo/File import by Dropbox (Perl)
I developed these script to help me automatically copy/move my files in dropbox to my local storage system for archive reason, or my dropbox account would surely be oversized in few days.

KML log clean up (Perl)
I setup my GPS Logger to log every seconds to improve accuracy, but sometimes the log gets messy with too much noise, this script cleans them up if I stay at a certain position for a pre-setted time frame.

Scanning TWAIN by web interface (Web/CGI/JSON/HTML)
Since my computer setup at home was different from normal users, I will have to get up and move to the scanner, place my scan and walk back to my keyboard and mouse for scans, which I do not like (3 second of life wasted…), so I developed this server-side scanning code.

A Home monitor/control web system (Web)
Control my main computer, monitoring home status

Secondary Backup:
Google Nexus One

My Toy of 2010, thanks to Google Inc, it was given as a gift back in 2010 Devconf, I sure did enjoy it, and sure did “promote” Android for them. 🙂

iTech Clip 802

it was sitting on my bench for a while, the main issue why was it sitting there was charging, it uses a “not that normal” USB cable for charging, which I had to carry them to work or home, well, new hack is planned for it..

Toy:
Sony Ericsson LiveView

it was an impulse and mistake order, haha, is good to see it first time, and honest I never get to “use” it at all…

LG HBM-700

A fun BT headset given by mate RP, I liked the idea since long ago, but do not see much device like it on the market, it is a bluetooth headset which included dialing function, which should be very good idea for those 3G enabled Tablet example Samsung Galaxy Tab out there.

That’s all I can think of, right now, I am sure I do miss some of them, but think of it if I can miss them that means I do not use them the much, at all…
🙂

Links:
AirVideo
http://www.inmethod.com/air-video/
Apple iPad
http://www.apple.com/ipad/
Apple iPad Camera connection Kit
http://store.apple.com/us/product/MC531
ASUS WL-500GPv2
http://www.asus.com/Product.aspx?P_ID=jTcQKIRXgNPLo54b
DVBViewer
http://www.dvbviewer.com/en/index.php
Canon PowerShot S95
http://www.usa.canon.com/cusa/consumer/products/cameras/digital_cameras/powershot_s95
Canon CanoScan N670U
http://www.usa.canon.com/cusa/support/consumer/scanners/canoscan_series/canoscan_n670u
Code Laboratories
http://codelaboratories.com/products/eye/
Dropbox
http://www.dropbox.com
Dropin
http://dropin.ondraz.com/
EyeFi Connect X2
http://www.eye.fi/products/connectx2
Google Nexus One
http://www.google.com/phone/detail/nexus-one
Holux M-241 Wireless GPS Logger
http://www.holux.com/JCore/en/products/products_content.jsp?pno=341
iTech clip 802
http://www.itechdynamic.com/ClipMusic-802/mainproduct/view/12
LG HBM-700
http://www.amazon.com/LG-HBM-700-Bluetooth-Style-i-Headset/dp/B001EJRHAC
LG P990 (aka Optimus 2X)
http://www.lg.com/uk/mobile-phones/all-lg-phones/LG-android-mobile-phone-P990.jsp
Polaroid Pogo Instant Mobile printer
http://store.polaroid.com/Products/Polaroid+PoGo/Overview/Overview/1804
Sony PlayStation Eye
http://www.sonystyle.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?productId=8198552921665268380
Sony VGP-BRM1
http://vcl.vaio.sony.co.jp/support/acc/vgp-brm1.html
Sony Ericsson LiveView
http://www.sonyericsson.com/cws/products/accessories/overview/liveviewmicrodisplay?cc=gb&lc=en
Yawcam
http://www.yawcam.com/