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Getting HTC Desire to work with Android SDK on Vista 64

by Hendrik Will. 0 Comments

Even for the newest Android SDK I ran into problems getting it to work with my HTC Desire on Vista 64. Probably it’s the same problem for other Windows 64bit versions.

If you connect  your phone to your computer via USB you will be asked to install a USB driver for ADB.
You will point the installer to your \android-sdk-directory\usb_driver\ but it won’t be able to find a matching driver.

Find \android-sdk-directory\usb_driver\android_winusb.inf and open it with your favorite text editor.
Now find the line with [Google.NTx86] and [Google.NTamd64]

Enter the following after both of these lines:

;HTC Desire
%SingleAdbInterface%        = USB_Install, USB\VID_0BB4&PID_0C87
%CompositeAdbInterface%     = USB_Install, USB\VID_0BB4&PID_0C87&MI_01
;

Save the file and try again to install the drivers. Point the installer to \android-sdk-directory\usb_driver\. Do not choose one of the sub directories.

Mod Rewrite Snippets

by Hendrik Will. 0 Comments

Some mod_rewrite snippets I often use.

Avoid duplicated content:


RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^domain\.com$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.domain.com/$1 [L,R=301]

Magento Image Compression Solution

by Hendrik Will. 2 Comments

During my last Magento project (Magento Version 1.4.1.0) I noticed the bad image quality of product images in the list view, detail view and also the zoom image. Usually show owners don’t care for loading speed and wanna show their products in high quality instead. Not with high image compression like Magento’s default setting.

The solution is simple if you know where the default setting is hidden:

HTC Desire APN settings for o2

by Hendrik Will. 2 Comments

The following setting is the solution for everyone who got a HTC Desire not from o2 and wants to use it with o2 data package in Germany. Maybe it works in other countries as well.

TYPO3 4.3 Multimedia Cookbook book review

by Hendrik Will. 0 Comments

TYPO3 is my CMS of choice for larger sites. With my +5 years of experience in TYPO3 development I’m always happy about books which cover more than the basics of this CMS. When Packt Publishing asked me to review this book and I first read the title of this book I thought: Hopefully not another one of those basic TYPO3 books! But I was wrong and Dan Osipov did a really good job with his latest book TYPO3 4.3 Multimedia Cookbook. He gives the reader a good overview of advanced media handling like images, sound or video files.

Recipe: eggplant with thai basil stir-fry (Pad Makua Yow)

by Hendrik Will. 1 Comment

I decided to share some of my daily cooking experiences here. This is my first recipe for Pad Makua Yow (my own variant).


Ingredients

  • 1 tbsp vegetable oil
  • 1 tbsp fish sauce or soy sauce if you are vegetarian
  • 1 tbsp brown sugar
  • 2 fresh chili peppers or powder if you don’t have fresh ones
  • 1 clove chopped garlic
  • 2-4 large eggplants and a couple smaller ones
  • a couple mushrooms if you have
  • 1 bunch thai basil, leaves without stems
  • green chinese chives