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Notion Ink Adam update
Jun 5th
I got my Notion Ink Adam tablet a few months ago.
Tablets have finally evolved to a level to be useful. I use my tablet mostly as an ebook, secondary display, and music/video player.
Notion Ink has been refining and improving their Android port over the last several months. I have been updating my tablet with the official OS as they are released. This time around I decided to try an unofficial Android port- boy was I glad that I did.
The unofficial OS I installed is called ‘Beast’ and it is one of the slickest, most useful, and most stable tablet interfaces I have used. I am absolutely delighted and I am now eagerly awaiting the release of Android Honeycomb for the Notion Ink Adam.
Change of guards and a return to the old
May 14th
Lee Kwan Yew the architect of modern Singapore announced his retirement after holding top positions since 1959.
The longest lived democratically elected Communist government lost elections after 34 years of being in power in West Bengal, India.
The legacy of these long lived popularly elected governments could not be more different ! West Bengal went from one of the most progressive and economically strong states in India to one of the worst performing states in spite of being blessed with enormous natural & human resources. Singapore on the other hand went from being a tiny island nation with no resources and a difficult initial history to one of the most prosperous countries in the world.
One of the best music bands of all time (I spent countless hours listening) Pink Floyd reunites after ages !
Add in all the revolutions in mid-East and North Africa and 2011 is shaping up to be an interesting year 
Steve Woz on our closed source education system
May 14th
A very succinct message from Steve Woz on how our education system(s) kills creativity in its quest for a one size fits all approach to education…
This is so true all over the world… the waste of human potential is the greatest waste
Via EEtimes and DangerousPrototypes
How do some kids go to school? Remarkable and humbling story of human endurance and the will to get an education
Apr 30th
If you live in the Zanskar valley, India it is a 5 day walk along one of the highest rivers, through some of the highest mountains, some of the coldest places on Earth.
Just saw this heart-stopping trip in ‘Human Planet’ on TV.
Human Planet- Zanskar River by BBCfanable
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xhzfi8_human-planet-zanskar-river_shortfilms
This is the first someone has successfully filmed the journey that families have to undertake every year.
More here:
http://www.humanplanetblog.com/?p=1080
This one is a must read !
http://timothyallen.blogs.bbcearth.com/2010/02/26/the-school-run/
Going to school in Ladakh, India
On a side note I learned that ice sheets on frozen rivers / lakes is called ‘chaddar’ in Zanskari. In Hindi ‘chaddar’ means ‘sheet’ more like bedspread never knew that it also means ice sheet
Earth Day & Carl Sagan’s Pale Blue Dot
Apr 23rd
This gives me goosebumps every time I watch it…. Happy Earth Day !
LPCXpresso success
Apr 23rd
Success at last …after 2 frustrating days trying to get the NXP LPCXpresso board working. In the end I figured out the issue myself with little / no help from NXP / Code Red Support
Issue:
Project building but debug not working (deployment to board failing)
Resolution:
I looked up the build log files in <workspace folder>\.metadata\.log and noticed the following error:
java.lang.Exception: Input Error: There is no script engine for file extension “.vbs”.
I changed the file association for .vbs to WScript but the error did not go away.
A quick google-ing turned up this 3 step process
http://www.nilpo.com/2009/07/windows…ile-extension/
Step 1: Set a default script host
Open a Command Prompt window. In Windows XP, click Start, Run…, and typecmd.exe. In Windows Vista and Windows 7, click Start and type cmd. Then selectcmd in the Instant Search results.
Type the following command and press Enter.
cscript.exe //H:WScript
Step 2: Registering the vbscript.dll module
Open a Command Prompt window. In Windows XP, click Start, Run…, and typecmd.exe. In Windows Vista and Windows 7, run an elevated Command Prompt.
Type the following command in the command prompt window and press Enter.
regsvr32 %systemroot%\system32\vbscript.dll
You should see the following confirmation message.
DllRegisterServer in vbscript.dll succeeded.
Step 3: Restore the .vbs file associations
If the previous two solutions didn’t work, you should restore the file associations for the .vbs (VBScript) file type by downloading and running one of the registry files below.
FixVBSFileAssociationsVista.reg
Restart and ….
Voila ! the thing works now !
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