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Android: How to make an activity background transparent/translucent 22 Aug 2013 | 04:55 am
I'm currently in the process of updating my File Dialog selection library and found a way to give it a subtle facelift. Much like how Dropbox has this beautiful floating Dialog that doesn't seem to be...
Windows 8: How to slipstream the ISO, strip out features and pre-configure the installation 19 Aug 2013 | 05:18 pm
Ever since learning this technique for Windows XP, I've always gutted out useless features from my Windows installation. There's no point bloating up the drive and wasting space with stuff I'll never ...
Windows 8: Sign into Windows WITHOUT a Microsoft account 18 Aug 2013 | 02:41 pm
It's nice knowing that I'd still be able to use my computer in the case my online account gets compromised. Also, I live in Australia. Getting a stable internet connection is hard enough. As we've see...
Windows 8: Restore Start Menu, skip straight to desktop after login and disable Metro 18 Aug 2013 | 01:58 pm
My first time trying out Windows 8 after it's initial release was not pleasant to say least. But now that the Windows 8 hacks and tweaks have had time to evolve and stabilise, I guess it won't hurt to...
Android: How to fix NetworkOnMainThreadException by disabling strict mode 13 Aug 2013 | 04:56 pm
First and foremost, let me make it clear that I strongly advise against this. The reason why this was introduced in Android Honeycomb 3.1 is because people just didn't know they were running long IO t...
Android: Retain instance of WebView content on rotation 13 Aug 2013 | 02:53 pm
Unlike fragments, the WebView doesn't retain it's own instance very easily. Nothing more annoying than a web page reloading itself when you rotate the screen... The way I managed this before in CodePe...
Android: Enable alpha/beta testing APK releases for your app on the Google Play Store 29 Jul 2013 | 04:30 am
A great feature I finally got to play with is the alpha/beta testing channel for selected users. Users wishing to take part of your beta must be part of either a Google Group or Google+ Community of y...
XBMC: Scraping anime show information correctly 23 Jul 2013 | 03:45 pm
If there's one thing I found troublesome about XBMC, it's the poor support for anime shows out of box. I get that anime are done a little differently and that there's a separate scraper for anime info...
A new coat of paint for Twig's Tech Tips! 22 Jul 2013 | 04:01 am
The good old "classic" layout from blogger.com has certainly served me well since my first post on the 25th of June, 2008. Over the past 5 years, I eventually wanted more space for content as my posts...
Android: Detect when internet connectivity is connected 18 Jul 2013 | 05:41 am
Intents are often used to trigger the start of an activity, but you can also set up BroadcastReceivers to listen to global intents which are somewhat like global events. Examples of such events can be...
