Ewan's Musings

Going Away for a Few Days

Personal Thoughts and Messages
Just posting this (via the mobile) before jetting off to Munich for a few days. Yes Oktoberfest is on, but business calls and you'd be a fool and a communist to think that the Festival being on is just a coincidence. Not looking forward to leaving Vikki and Eilidh at...

Introducing "This Is Mobile"

Pocket Computers and Phones
So here's a little thing that Vikki and I have been working on. This Is Mobile is a news site that will look at PDA's and Smartphones (so all the Microsoft, Palm, Symbian, Linux, Java and other devices that are 'portable,' but not laptops, okay?). Rather than re-write every...

Mame Controls

MAME Cabinet
The day to day use of your Mame cabinet is going to be through the stick and buttons on the control panel, so you need to spend some time designing it and laying it out. For the moment, consider what games you think you'll want to play, how many buttons...

Eilidh's One Year Check Up

Family
From Vikki: Just back from the hospital - Eilidh's one year (ok, only six weeks late) appointment with the consultant. Because she'd been very ill when she was born and spent time in special care from four days old, the consultant has been keeping an eye on her development to...

Links For The Weekend

Quote For The Day
It's a quiet day (ie little inspiration apart from trying to build up a head of steam to look at J2ME again), so here are some interesting links from around the web. Daily Scrabble Challenge. The Scotsman Newspaper via RSS (thanks for those two Martin). Denki Blocks for Series 60...

Retro Gaming On The Move

Pocket Computers and Phones
A Game Gear running on the Gameboy Advance? I'm not sure he it's the best of both worlds, or something the fanboy would have with a venom - but it works and I like it.

Designing the Mame Cabinet

MAME Cabinet
The largest part of the Mame project - deciding what to actually build.