Troy Mcilvena

Script: Modify the Android emulator hosts file

pinevale — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 10:26:13 +1100

If you have a need to access domains on your local machine from the Android emulator, you should find this script helpful. You will need to replace my hostname (troy.local) with your own.

Put this script in the root Android developer folder (the same folder as platform-tools).

#!/usr/bin/env bash

# You'll need to run this
#./tools/emulator -avd NAME -partition-size 128

./platform-tools/adb remount
./platform-tools/adb pull /system/etc/hosts /tmp/hosts
echo "10.0.2.2    troy.local" >> /tmp/hosts
./platform-tools/adb push /tmp/hosts /system/etc

cat /tmp/hosts

Just launched a new website for Earthmoving Solutions Australia....

pinevale — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 23:56:14 +1000

Just launched a new website for Earthmoving Solutions Australia. Let me know what you think.

Preview of a little Instagram menubar app I’m working on.

pinevale — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 23:07:00 +1000

Preview of a little Instagram menubar app I’m working on.

jQuery Retina Display Plugin

pinevale — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 00:43:00 +1000

A simple way to add Retina Display support to your website.

The jQuery Retina Display plugin will substitute high resolution versions of your images (if they exist) for high resolution displays (such as iPhone 4) only.

This plugins requires no client-side changes , other than the inclusion and initialisation of this plugin. If the 2x image doesn’t exist, the standard resolution image is displayed. This allows for selective addition of high resolution images.

Demo

Of course, you will need to view these demos on an iPhone 4.

Usage

The example above shows an attempt to replace all images with high resolutions versions. If you only want to attempt to replace some images (for better performance) you may specify a specific class: Eg.

$('img.retina').retina();

Download

Visit the GitHub Repository to download

"We should never allow the perfect to become the enemy of the good"

pinevale — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 22:53:44 +1000

“We should never allow the perfect to become the enemy of the good”

- Malcolm Turnbull (Link)

Here’s an iOS icon template I quickly knocked together....

pinevale — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 12:31:35 +1000

Here’s an iOS icon template I quickly knocked together. All slices should have the correct filenames as expected as defaults.

If I’ve got anything wrong or you have suggested changes, please let me know.

Cheers.

Download

Driven to Distraction

pinevale — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 11:13:24 +1000

Driven to Distraction:

I think of myself as wildly ambitious and unapologetically lazy. Though we’ve all heard about the good things that come from ambition, laziness gets a bad rap. That’s unfortunate. I can attribute a…

The Complete Guide for Child-Proofing Your Mac

pinevale — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 09:51:00 +1100

The Complete Guide for Child-Proofing Your Mac:

Kids and computers go together like peanut butter and jelly. Or like crayons and white-painted walls… My point is that kids start using computers earlier and

iTunes short URLs

pinevale — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:39:00 +1000

I’m not sure if this is something I should have already known, but If you’re like me and had no idea, you’ll probably find it pretty helpful.

Apple provides a short URL to each app in the App Store using the syntax:

http://www.itunes.com/apps/

Example:

http://www.itunes.com/apps/footylite

Did anyone else know about this?

Southern Cross Station

pinevale — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 17:04:09 +1000

Southern Cross Station

"I’m as proud of what we don’t do as I am of what we do."

pinevale — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 21:51:05 +1000

“I’m as proud of what we don’t do as I am of what we do.”

- Steve Jobs (via minimalmac)

"Don’t discount the iPod Touch “It’s a sleeping giant,” said Kraft’s..."

pinevale — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 14:29:22 +1000

“Don’t discount the iPod Touch
“It’s a sleeping giant,” said Kraft’s Mr. Kaczmarek. According to AdMob metrics, for example, iPod Touch users download 16.4 free apps and two paid apps per month; the average iPhone user downloads 7.6 free and 2.6 paid apps.”

- AdAge.com

"Time you enjoy wasting, was not wasted."

pinevale — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:58:58 +1000

“Time you enjoy wasting, was not wasted.”

- John Lennon (via minimalmac)

Cricket iPhone App (via mcilvena)

pinevale — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 11:28:28 +1000

Cricket iPhone App (via mcilvena)

At last we have some water in our lake. (via L4leather)

pinevale — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 21:45:21 +1000

At last we have some water in our lake. (via L4leather)

I’ve recently being using BWToolkit for Interface Builder...

pinevale — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 20:51:00 +1000

I’ve recently being using BWToolkit for Interface Builder 3, and it’s awesome. Up until a couple of weeks ago it did have some rough edges; however, they’ve been smoothed off and it’s now a much more production ready toolkit. BWToolkit is created by Brandon Walkin from Marketcircle, the creators of Daylite, Daylite Touch and Billings. If you’re developing application for Mac, you must check it out.

I just took this photo outside of work using TiltShift Generator...

pinevale — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 13:18:54 +1000

I just took this photo outside of work using TiltShift Generator for the iPhone

Lake Wendouree (Ballarat). Finally starting to resemble a lake...

pinevale — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 12:52:38 +1000

Lake Wendouree (Ballarat). Finally starting to resemble a lake once again.

kriscolvin: benjichan: It’s so funny how we don’t talk anymore…

pinevale — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 23:32:36 +1000

kriscolvin:

benjichan:

It’s so funny how we don’t talk anymore…

Some more Footy Lite 1.1 http://twitpic.com/ffll1

pinevale — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 03:08:53 +1000

Some more Footy Lite 1.1 http://twitpic.com/ffll1