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[RQ] Gas/mileage tracker

I remember when I had the iPod Touch when it first came out there was an app that kept track of how much miles you've driven, gallons you've used, how much you've paid for gas, and MPG.. so I was wondering if there's anything like that (preferably free) for WinMo users. Thanks.

http://www.freewarepocketpc.net/ppc-download-mileage-tracker.html
Gunna try this one out, if you have better one's let me know. The appearance of this doesn't catch my attention than the one I had long before.
Okay off the top I see that this doesn't keep a continuous track of your traveling.
I'd like one that can figure out continuously by putting what your odometer says at start and then current to keep a running total.

It may not be the best solution, but you could always do a few formulas and get the job done in Excel without using another app.

This is the one I have used and is fairly close to accurate.

Majesty: Fantasy Kingdom Sim - check it out

Ran across this last night perusing the Market with 'AppBrain' - a market overlay app which suggests favourties.
It's a God game, fantasy setting. There are a series of scenarios and the premise is that each time you must build up a little town, hiring Rangers, Warriors, Wizards and Paladins to stave off a variety of monsters and achieve an objective.
This is a professional quality game and looks excellent. The U.I. is easy to pick up, gameplay (at least as far as I've got) is balanced and fun and it's pretty addictive.
If you like this sort of game or even if you are just curious, go download it now before they bump the price up - introductory price was just $1 last night! Go get it before it inevitably becomes HOT!!!
**Edit: Correction it was UK 99pence so about $1.60 or so. Still an absolute steal, this game is a real gem. I got through another couple of levels today and it still doesn't disappoint. Not sure how many levels there are but I will definitely go back and re-play several after I get through them. It does add challenge and strategy in appropriate amounts: I failed one particularly fiendish level two or three times before figuring out a strategy that works and I'm still learning as I play. There's also online play apparently - presumably head-to-head, I haven't tried it yet. Fun, fun, fun!
Oh and I have no affiliation with the game whatsoever - never even heard of the development company before - I'm just a long time (semi-lapsed) gamer finding a good fix and wanting to share.

This stupid thing has me gaming again as well for the first time in ages, hooked on dungeon defenders. I'll give this one a try when I get home tonight, thanks for the tip!

Just bought it, unfortunatly the price is already up to 3 something USD.
Edit: Pretty fun, I didn't pick it up too fast, but its well made, and looks like it should be fun so I'll keep it. Thanks for pointing this out.

Good game. I'm enjoying the heck out of it. Thanks for the recommend.

Just installed it, paid $3+ (charges in euro by the way) graphics looks good... will spend a day or two till I decide if it's worth it or not.
But for those who want to get a pretty exciting game, try dungeon defenders. installed it and so far that game is so great! nice well done graphics! got in on sale for 99cents..dont know how much will it cost now, but trust me, it's worth it!

Finally finished Majesty last night, eight scenarios in all though the map where you select scenarios looks like more were intended. Perhaps content that was unfinished at release, perhaps a paid expansion. I will be re-playing all of them with the knowledge I have gained and I am sure they will be rather easier the second time through.
Each scenario is different and each has an amusing little story to set it up. As you progress you get access to Elf and Dwarf allies, though not both at the same time of course. In some scenarios you do not have access to one or more of your troop types.
I would have liked a few (2-4) more scenarios but even at $3-ish I would still consider it a good purchase. The two enhancements I would really like to see are adjustable difficulty levels and a free play mode using a random map selection and perhaps allowing the enemies to re-build their generators (buildings) after you have destroyed them.
Still a fun little game with great production value! I would happily pay a couple more bucks for an expansion.
Dungeon Defenders is up to $4.99 now I'm afraid, wish I could have found that when it was 99 cents. Maybe if they have another sale... I wish Marketplace would let me set up a watch list for software I am interested in but not wanting to buy right now.
Happy gaming!

I don't know for sure but I think this is based on the old PC game majesty. It certainly reminds me of it.
There was a sequel to that, so maybe we'll get more.

999ping said:
Finally finished Majesty last night, eight scenarios in all though the map where you select scenarios looks like more were intended. Perhaps content that was unfinished at release, perhaps a paid expansion. I will be re-playing all of them with the knowledge I have gained and I am sure they will be rather easier the second time through.
Each scenario is different and each has an amusing little story to set it up. As you progress you get access to Elf and Dwarf allies, though not both at the same time of course. In some scenarios you do not have access to one or more of your troop types.
I would have liked a few (2-4) more scenarios but even at $3-ish I would still consider it a good purchase. The two enhancements I would really like to see are adjustable difficulty levels and a free play mode using a random map selection and perhaps allowing the enemies to re-build their generators (buildings) after you have destroyed them.
Still a fun little game with great production value! I would happily pay a couple more bucks for an expansion.
Dungeon Defenders is up to $4.99 now I'm afraid, wish I could have found that when it was 99 cents. Maybe if they have another sale... I wish Marketplace would let me set up a watch list for software I am interested in but not wanting to buy right now.
Happy gaming!
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What was your strategy to the last stage Dragon Hazard that can only be unlocked when beating all the other stages with GOLD status?

Actually, I only unlocked the Dragon level very recently.
I have not been able to beat it yet - haven't upgraded my g tab install of Majesty in a while so I'm still playing without the difficulty levels. (By choice)
The best approach I have found so far is strategically placed Dwarven towers - North, South, East and West - supplemented with Necros and Warriors, but I've only been able to get through the first couple of waves of Dragons. They just keep on coming and if you don't kill them quickly, they accumulate and take out your defenses. The waves of Undead and the Harpies just add to your woes.
- Necros are invaluable for the 'Wither' spell and their lifetaps
- Dwarven towers are necessary to hold the Dragons away from your other buildings: a Dwarven tower is about on par with one Dragon and is superior to a Wither'd Dragon; two Dragons however will make mincemeat of a tower pretty quickly
- The other trick seems to be getting your warriors leveled and upgraded to the point where they can actually take and dish some damage to augment the towers. Aggressive expansion early on helps.. I think getting more money to hero's early on (by setting easy cash objectives) might help also.
The problem is that once your initial crop of heroes starts getting killed or one of your towers gets taken out, you are pretty much screwed.
If you figure out more, please let me know.

good game 10 char

[Q] I was robbed last night!

Man what a weekend. For the last 6 months I've been working may ass off just trying to stay ahead of the game. I'm overworked and underpaid (who isn't these days) and it starting to take its toll. I'm making mistakes I would have never made before. Like last night. I fell asleep early and the dog woke me up to go out. I took her out and in my dazed way back in neglected to lock the door.
I feel like a world class jackass but not for long. I'm looking for a security system. I need something advanced and am hoping among all the techies here there's some experience and advice on where to start looking for the best system.
Things I know I want/need are sensors for all windows, motion detectors, automatic light control, some fixed cameras, some 360 degree cameras. Oh and of course I will need an android app to interact and control the system.
In my case this was my own fault for not locking my door but it really hit home how unsecure my house really is. I have barely a line of defense and its time to get with the program. Even if I had locked the door there were still a number of unsecured entry points into my home.
So does anyone have any experience with home security? Do you have any suggestions on where to start? Have you come across any systems in tech blogs and such that look promising?
I'm beginning to research into all this as we speak but this is unfamiliar territory for me. I'm a tech Guy like you but home security has never been an interest till now. If you have anything to offer as far as what to get, what to do, and what not to do it will be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

I've never tried an Android-based home security system, but I don't see why not. For example, you could install a Schlage LiNK™ system. There's also Alarm.com and ElkDroid. I suppose other home automation tools might be useful.
But, um... are you planning to take your Nook Color with you while you walk the dog? These apps require network access; if you plan to stray more than ~20m from your house, you'd probably need a portable access point. Of course, it's not a problem if you plan to monitor your home while you're at the office (with network access).
Good luck!

Thanks for the reply and links to look into. You made a good point about not having network access to my Nook on a dog walk. I guess in that situation I would use my android phone instead. But while at home since my nook is my go to device I would use it. I don't think the system needs to be android based but I would like an app that would let me monitor the security cameras, turn on and off lights, and be notified of opened doors and windows.
The system needs to be a hardwired system and if possible also be capable of wireless. Maybe I'm going to have to pick one or the other but I haven't figured that out yet. I'm probably going to start out small and cover the most important aspects first so the system would also need to be expandable.
I began searching the net yesterday for information regarding home security. Theres alot! Hopefully as I research and begin making my choices in equipment and monitoring I will update this thread to maybe help others. What ever I choose Android will be a part of the system.

Best security system you can get on a budget is a Foscam camera.

luke121 said:
Best security system you can get on a budget is a Foscam camera.
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Do you mind sending me a pm about foscam? My restaurant just got broken into and I'm looking for an economic and proficient way to watch or protect.
Thank you in advance!
Sent from my unrooted Galaxy Tab.

I was robbed last night
I know the feeling well. I've been broken into twice. As a result, I called Brinks and had a system installed. But I kept forgetting to set the alarm and it was costing me $35.00 a month. So I began looking for other alternatives. In the search, I discovered all kinds of DIY things I could do to safeguard my house. So I ended up with a self defense website. You can install door and window alarms, surveillance systems, ect. There is actually a barking dog alarm that really works. A local woman had one and was able to scare an intruder off. I'm sure she thinks it was worth every penny she paid for it.

I was robbed also, about 4 years ago.
They made off with a new 24" iMac, WiFi printer, Gateway laptop, my old ass 8 year old PC with a 15" CRT monitor that I used to run Mandrake and other flavors of Linux on. They also managed to locate my backup hard drive in the kitchen.
I have worked as freelance Web Development & Design for years and lost a ton of work, clients respect and reliability.
I now have two remote backup hard drives (my moms house and my friend) with automation scripts that run nightly.
I use Dropbox on my two Android™ phones + my Nook + my desktop PC + my clients PCs.
As for home security: I no longer advertise on my vehicle, nor promote myself on the streets, I carry the minimum amount of cash, only carry one credit card, don't wear any jewelry, and talk to my children about the dangers of strangers, open the front door, etc.
Plus we have the peace of mind having electronic home security, motion sensors, door + window sensors, etc.
The geek in me wants to install a few webcams throughout the house, front yard, back, etc. and have access to view them via https via one of my websites.
But that'll have to wait.

I have 2 Panasonic Network Cameras with audio. You can monitor the cams on your Android phone with an app. There is a way to set it up for motion detection too.

Thanks for the replies. I'm still searching for the best system to meet my needs. We did check into ADT but I'd hate to pay the 35 dollars a month bill when we have the tech today that would make proffesional monitoring a waste. They do provide the equipment and install which is nice though.
Isn't there some kind of security enthusiast sites like a maximum PC or Tg daily. A site that could get me better informed of my options?

IFLATLINEI said:
Thanks for the replies. I'm still searching for the best system to meet my needs. We did check into ADT but I'd hate to pay the 35 dollars a month bill when we have the tech today that would make proffesional monitoring a waste. They do provide the equipment and install which is nice though.
Isn't there some kind of security enthusiast sites like a maximum PC or Tg daily. A site that could get me better informed of my options?
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The best security I know is, no one can steal your stuff if its all on fire.

For a real serious system that is also open to DIY, I'd strongly recommend the Elk Products M1G Gold system.
A great site to learn more is from http://www.cocoontech.com
Can do extensive home automation as well if that's your wish.

Awesome! Thank you.

Creating a Gym Application - would like some feedback

Hi All,
I am currently creating a gym application. At the moment i have almost finished coding for Windows 8 and will then be designing images but will be moving onto Android and then Ipad. I was looking for some feedback into what you think is missing from mainstream gym applications that you would find useful. I have only attached a few screen and these are far from developed. I just used them as a base for coding.
I have attached some screenshots of current development (Windows 8) Hopefully porting over to other devices will give me more design freedom.

I was inspired to do my own, but I don't have the special mojo necessary to get it accomplished.
It all depends on how you work out, most of them will work but I listen to music while I work out and I move from machine to machine after a set number of reps and sets. My week works like this...Upper/Aerobic/Lower/aerobic/upper/aerobic/lower/rest
What I am getting at is to have a simple music control placed within the app, like where the advertisement window is, so I can skip a song, and record my weights and reps within the set.
I know it isn't part of most apps, I have tried most of them, but it's the way that I work out, one song just doesn't do it for me and I need something with more force, and to be able to have one screen to control the music, and record the data is what I was looking for and haven't found it.
Dumbells and Machines aren't in decimal settings and typically 5-10-15-20 etc. What I wanted to create was those buttons instead of having to input the numeric value. That sucks with gloves on and tedious on a small keyboard while you are shaking from the previous reps.
Just my opinion. Good luck.
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So to simplify my ramblings...
Music control
Button selectable weights and selectable (menu) number of reps
Large buttons for back and forward
Editable Calendar with alerts
Goal vs achievement would be nice too.
I know its asking a lot, but if I wanted to make my own, then that is what I would create.

I haven't used a gym app since my son killed most of my available time to workout, but having religiously worked out 5 days a week for the previous 10 years and doing the occasional competition (both weight lifting and body building) I can tell you what I'd want in one. For me, logs are super important to track progress not only with workouts/reps but body weight and body fat percentage. I like to try new diets, supplements and workouts and logs would help me determine the most successful combination. An area for notes would be helpful to note these, per day, per each workout, for example if I used straps one day on dead lift I would note this since I don't always use straps (or gloves, chalk, etc). I would also want to note any injuries to explain low reps/weight or whatever (even a paper cut will affect weight/reps!). I don't always remember the time-frame of my injuries once a year or 2 has passed. Maybe have an ability to save logs in comma-delimited file for Excel use?
App looks good so far!

edge929 said:
I haven't used a gym app since my son killed most of my available time to workout, but having religiously worked out 5 days a week for the previous 10 years and doing the occasional competition (both weight lifting and body building) I can tell you what I'd want in one. For me, logs are super important to track progress not only with workouts/reps but body weight and body fat percentage. I like to try new diets, supplements and workouts and logs would help me determine the most successful combination. An area for notes would be helpful to note these, per day, per each workout, for example if I used straps one day on dead lift I would note this since I don't always use straps (or gloves, chalk, etc). I would also want to note any injuries to explain low reps/weight or whatever (even a paper cut will affect weight/reps!). I don't always remember the time-frame of my injuries once a year or 2 has passed. Maybe have an ability to save logs in comma-delimited file for Excel use?
App looks good so far!
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I agree with this. It's probably way more than the average gym goer would need but those of us who compete need that sort of level of detail. I would also like to see something that showed me if I hit a PR for that day for that particular lift. Being able to graph the results would also be really cool. It would have to account for gaps in training days though because I don't always do the same lift from one day to the next. I would also like to be able to put in competition results to see if there's a correlation with the particular lifts that I'm doing (and percentage of my max used on those lifts) and an increase in my competition total.
Agree that the app does look great so far.
james

Hi,
Thanks for feedback so far. Completely agree about the adding more detail when doing workouts - I often remember wanting to add something to that particular set to say that i did the excercise slightly differently or assisted etc.
The Play button is a good idea for music as i also remember with the apps that i have used having to minimise gym app then go to music etc and faff about.
Cheers for responses so far. Will look into adding those features.

If you're creating this for the average gym goer then I'd suggest spending the time to write descriptions of either all available workouts for the selected body part. Also allow people to select what type of cardio they did, jump rope, tread mill, arc trainer ect
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Depends on if you are making the app for yourself, or for profit.
For profit, you want to appeal to as many as possible. I would think the true professional bodybuilder represents a fairly small percentage of the society. A Pro and Consumer version may work, but getting 30% of the population versus 4% might be a better use of your efforts if your goal is for profit.
For yourself, I would think that you would tailor it to your workouts.
Notes are incredibly important, and usually that is done in the Pre or Post workout, I would think ease of use and ease of data entry would be an asset, and you will never appeal to everyone, every sport, every activity, when that is tried, it becomes too cumbersome to use.
KISS Keep it Simple S____

Although the logging is great, one thing that frustrates me is the lack of ability to actually do anything with the data. I would like to see various charts/graphs as well as a way to export that stuff...probably as a nice PDF document that you can sync to Dropbox or something. Basically where you can print the graphs and charts in addition to your notes and other logging information.

Updating characters as i do them
Editing characters 1 and 2 at the weekend. Then will finish more code the the additional features marked in the post. The good thing is that it uses an SQLite Database locally and also Azure cloud for backing up data. So I wont have to do much coversion from Windows 8 to Android, IPad etc

I have a charts section but the page doesn't look very good at the moment - just added it in with different reports. Will update once i have formatted them and the page is complete.

[Q] KFHD7" With Camera/Swype Update Suddenly Can't Find Camera in ES File Explorer!

[Q] KFHD7" With Camera/Swype Update Suddenly Can't Find Camera in ES File Explorer!
(Fair warning: this post got a bit ranty and, feel free to not read it. My problem is in bold. The rest I needed to say, but you don't have to read it.)
So, I guess I didn't backup my installed software well because none of it's there. I distinctly thought there was a program sending me notifications and backing everything I installed up. I guess I should look into that, too.
But basically, I cleaned up some files on my Kindle using the Wifi Explorer at this laptop earlier today. I thought I just deleted media files that I didn't need there and some remaining folders with nothing in them of programs I had long ago uninstalled. Nothing like com.android.importantfiles.thecamera or whatever it is.
So, I notice at first that I can't get the video camera. I can open the photo gallery and click the camera icon and get the little simple camera with the shutter icon and no other options. But even after going into ES File Explorer and looking, all I found was this crappy Free HD Camera with no video camera and giant ad to prompt me every time I run it.
So then, I found FireCamera.apk searching around, installed that, and to my surprise, BOOM the camera I wanted but suddenly couldn't find anymore just opens back up. No proof of it existing anywhere, even on tools that were mentioned better than Amazon allowed without them.
Well, apparently I made a mistake. I decided to select the HD option since it's is a bloody Kindle Fire HD. But all this caused is the app to crash every time I put it into video record mode. And I can't undo this setting because I can't find it in any application manage. Ok, I've yet to download a different one and look for it, which I guess I can try... Anyway...
I would settle for not being able to use the HD setting if it just crashes but I can't put it back. I can't find the program. I've been raging and researching and screaming at people who make YouTube videos to explain things that could have been said in a few sentences, blown up into entire three minutes of garbage and self indulgence, as if they actually help anyone except people who need someone to read stuff to them and feeling so glad that people root their Kindles and (mine isn't rooted, btw) and make it do stuff they didn't want it to do for some reason olr other and just Man.
I usually don't ask forums as much as I read through them and find my answers patiently, but I've been doing that and I figure if someone doesn't know what to do I won't figure it out this time. And I hope as an afterthought that Amazon and pretty much, honestly, most tech companies in general experience devastating loss that destroys their entire company and leaves their crappy merchandise in the hands of people that are going to make it work anyway and get the apps from wherever they want. I probably should have researched why the Kindle was so cheap when I bought it (and don't get me wrong, I love it, only because I can force it to do what I want and laugh at how pathetic filthy rich Amazon tech moguls are for trying to corner the market and make their stuff incompatable with anything they don't receive money for just because, to hell with the consumer, we can make money as much as we want to and we can make them pay us, because we're bloody amazon and we can afford this tactic to enter the tablet market.
I hope their identities get stolen, and if I could, I would refuse access to anything Google or third party services to anyone affiliated with or working with Amazon. I would laugh as they hide their heads in shame and have to use Bing or some crap. I hope I can get this camera working again, whatever happened, and that you guys won't be very offended that I feel like blowing off steam in order to let this go for a while after trying and trying and trying. I'm being dramatic.
But I would be so pissed if I bought this thing and there was no way to work around it's... honestly... programmed dysfunction on purpose.
I mean, it just makes you angry. Capitalism is supposed to make better things for the consumer, not a bunch of crap that has to be hacked so that industry tycoons can run things however they can dominate the most.
Thanks if you took the time to hear me out, and thanks even more if you just skimmed it all and know how to get my video camera and the one with the good options that I just had a while ago to work... Maybe to be available for download somewhere... God forbid it be on the Amazon Appstore. You know I almost didn't even look at all because I just knew better, but after not finding anything I finally just did.
It's only their own program that comes with the hardware. But like a lot of apps, they just decide to pretend they don't exist, or that it's normal for them to only do certain things.
And off topic... I used Windows 8 the other day for the first time, and they basically decided that the whole being able to use your own computer without their constant hand holding with you is just not an option any more, because if they work like our phone and tablets, well... technology will not be as good until people hack it and thank god for the open source movement. Like, thank god.
And I am starting to have no sympathy for those who just want to be able to be paid for their work, like software developers. None. If it keeps going in this direction, I say to hell with all of them. They really just don't deserve to make ,money pushing crap like this. Most people using this tech are too... they're even less savvy than me, and I can usually research out the answers to my own problems at least. But so many people have no greater expectations because... Well. they just don't think to wonder why their device is a piece of junk that could have been (at no cost) allowed to soar so to speak... but basical managing of files and processes and that sort of thing... that's better left for people to not know about, so that they just buy another piece of hardware.
It makes me sick, and I honestly just have had the day off to brood about it. Sorry and thank you again. I'm going to sleep on it and see if anyone makes sense of this.