How to convert Android GPS coordinates into X,Y coordinates.

Without further math bullshit about all the conversion systems, when you have a bunch of Android GPS coordinates (which are compatible with Google Earth and Google Maps), and you want to draw them on a finite 2D plane, here’s what worked for me. [java] int x = (int) ((PLANE_WIDTH/360.0) * (180 + lon)); int y […]

Animating a game-like sky with HTML5 Canvas

Try it | View Source Again playing a little more with HTML5 and Canvas animation. This time around the result is a little more pleasing to the eye, based on some ideas I have for a little arcade game I want to make I’ve created a gradient blue sky and clouds that move either to […]

Playing with basics of HTML5 Canvas

Here’s a snippet of something I did tonight to play a bit with the Canvas and 2d Graphics context objects in javascript. [html] <html> <head> <title>Playing with Canvas</title> </head> <body style="padding:0 0; margin: 0 0; background:black"> <canvas id="myCanvas" width="1024" height="1024" ></canvas> <script type="text/javascript"> //convert to CSS friendly Hex String function d2h (n) { var result […]

FrostWire for Android Desktop Integration Demo

Very convenient way to send files back and forth to your Android Phone or Tablet. Absolutely free at frostwire.com All source code available on bitbucket.org