dBm - Watt, Attenuation, Gain Calculator for Android

I've built a simple dBm - Watts conversion tool. Why? There are loads of calculators and conversion tools out there for Android, but none I can find have included a conversion to work with RF power.

This simple conversion tool will convert dBm values to W and mW. It will also tell you dB gain for mW RF power levels. This is handy in my line of business where spec sheets and test data mixes dB, dBm, W and mW when talking about the same RF device.

Setting up a new Ubuntu 10.04LTS build

I was just thinking about the optional extras I like to have on a fresh build... Ubuntu comes pretty well ready to use out of the box, however there are some things I like to have that aren't open source, but are freely available to use.


This is a list of some of the things I would normally install.


UPDATE: If you want to suggest additional applications/components, please leave a message in the comment section below.

Android SDK, Fastboot, ADB with Ubuntu 10.04 and HTC Desire

NOTE: In all cases, USERNAME should be replaced with your own username.


These instructions were written using a 10.04.2 build of Ubuntu and it should be fine for both 32 and 64 bit versions of the operating system. We'll walk through how to prepare your PC from start to finish, so this should be the only instruction you need.

Instant Notifications in Android

UPDATE: As of C15th July 2011, Twitter for Android now does push notifications... now if only Tweetdeck would give us an update with push.

You love Android, but waiting for your notifications is totally naff. Thanks to notifo and push.ly, now you can have those tweets within seconds... thanks to @philgoodism for the tip.