Jake Wharton

Been busy…

pyy is nearing its first major milestone, 1.0.0. All that remains is writing a proper documentation and drafting some good examples but the code is pretty much stable in the master branch. pyy has a very wide scope of applications from rapid prototyping to generating and serving large web sites. Look for an upcoming blog post and formal introduction in the coming weeks.

Version 1.0.4 of mkvdts2ac3 has just been released which fixes the problems with portability to FreeBSD and OS X. A minor rewrite of the script is planned to resolve known annoyances as well as introduce must-requested features such as multiple file input and default settings. Once stable these features will be announced in a blog post and likely be tagged as 1.1.0.

The is_awesome checker has been completely rewritten from scratch to be much more robust and thorough in its testing of MediaInfo output. Native support for localization was also added and a few translations are already in the works. Any updates are likely to be minor bug fixes and will be announced via my Twitter feed.

A MacBook Pro is in the works so SMSBarrage for the iPhone can finally take off. The Windows Mobile and BlackBerry versions will also begin to take shape over the next few months. Android development of SMSBarrage 2.0.0 as well as SMSPoll and SMSMorse is finally resuming too.

Stay tuned to the blog for major announcements or follow my Twitter feed. Some notable hashtags that I use: #SMSBarrage, #SMSPoll, #SMSMorse, #mkvdts2ac3, #pyy, #polyreviki, #thebdmt, #twopr, and i’ll start using #is_awesome.

The following projects have been moved to git repositories at GitHub to facilitate better contribution:

• mkvdts2ac3 – Bash script for converting DTS to AC3 audio inside Matroska (MKV) files.
• Polyreviki – Multiple key-value pair storage system for Python with revision control.
• PyCache – Rudimentary caching mechanism written in Python (PHPCache port).
• SMSBarrage – Mobile application which allows mass, repeated SMS messaging to numbers for Android, iPhone, BlackBerry, and Windows Mobile platforms.
• SMSMorse – Android service which vibrates incoming SMS messages in Morse code.
• SMSPoll – Android utility which allows you to conduct multiple polls via SMS and visualize their responses.

Continue reading…

SMSMorse is now available for free on the Android Market due to an underwhelming performance at $0.99! You can view the package on Cyrket or click the barcode to the right if you’re on an Android device to go directly to the market.

The $0.99 version is still available and its title has been suffixed by “DONATE”. Any updates to the application will be pushed to users who have purchased the $0.99 version initially and then to the free version later.

If you get good use out of the free version I would greatly appreciate you purchasing the $0.99 version to support development. You can also donate without sending Google 30% of the purchase price by clicking the donate link in the menu to the left and choose an appropriate method.

Since the application is now free you can browse the source code either through the project manager or directly.

SMSMorse is an Android application which will intercept incoming SMS messages and vibrate their contents in morse code.

Version 0.1.0 is a rudimentary proof-of-concept version but does provide some simple settings to customize the notification. The single dot length, the basis for the length of all timing (dash, letter space, word space, etc.), can be adjusted from 50ms to 250ms. You can also optionally choose to include the sender’s number before or after the message contents.

Future versions will include features such as cancelling a current vibration, vibrating sender number only, and automatic starting of the service on device boot.

The application is available in the Android Market for $0.99. Feature requests and bug reports can be submitted by going to the project page below.

Useful links:

• Direct Android Market link
• View in Cyrket
• Project page