GrandCentral Webapp for iPhone/iPod Touch (iGC Mobile)
Posted by: mhespenh
July 23, 2008
Newest project: A webapp for iPhone/iPod Touch to interface with Google's GrandCentral.
I started with a some basic goals- Make calls directly (without having to select a contact), view contacts, add contacts. After playing around with the mobile version of GC on my iPod for about 30 seconds, it was clear that this setup would not work. So I set to work building my own interface, using Dashcode on my Compaqintosh I created a webapp that works with GC to allow me to do everything I set out to do.
From the home screen I can dial a number directly (which rings my home number- free long distance!) without selecting a contact and view my contacts and dial from there. See the screen caps from my iPod below. I'm at version 0.5-beta right now, someday I hope to open this up to everyone, and maybe make a native app version for the 2.0 App Store. Let me know what other features you'd like to see added
-Michael
EDIT 7/27: Okay, I just learned of the existence of cURL, so this webapp may become a reality a lot faster than I previously thought! Stay tuned and check back often!
EDIT 7/29: cURL solved most of my problems. Status update below:
EDIT 8/5: Updated again, now in private beta
Finished, Started, Not started
- Facilitate logging into GC
- Allow random outgoing calls (without using contacts)
- Set forwarding number
- Display contacts list
- Display voicemails
- Set phone to "Do not disturb"
- Display missed/recent calls
- Facilitate calling from contacts list
- Add new contacts
- Inbox and voicemails
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Backlight a TI-83+ Graphing Calculator
Posted by: mhespenh
April 25, 2008
I had a revelation the other night while working on a test in my room: In anything other than ideal lighting conditions my calculator is impossible to read! I thought to myself, "If only Texas Instruments would add a backlight to their wildly popular graphic calculators." Since they aren't, I will. I then set out to find a way to backlight my TI-83+ graphing calculator using the cheapest, most readily avaible materials I could, as well as maximizing battery life.
This isn't the first time someone has attempted this feat- but it is the first time someone has done it like this. Using a photosensor and a few transistors I've wired my TI-83+ with a backlight that only turns on when the ambient light gets low enough, and only works if the calculator is on, with no external switches...
My EEEPC Mods
Posted by: mhespenh
April 28, 2008
I'm the proud owner of a first generation EEEPC, the super-small 7" laptop made by Asus. As soon as I received my 4GB Black EEE I immediatly set to hacking it, with the help of the fine people over at EEEPCuser.com. I haven't done nearly as much as some of the other brave souls at EEEPCuser, but I've done some decent hackery.