- Ran 8.01 miles in 1 hour and 22 mins and felt great. First run ever over 8 miles. Saw ducklings at Bass Pro and a 5+ foot long black rat snake (aka chicken snake) near the new apartment complex http://bit.ly/bXL9Lu #
- Tiger Hill and further south http://twitpic.com/1yr5mm during Saturday's 8 mile run #
- Ducklings at Bass Pro http://twitpic.com/1yr6jg during 8mi run #
- BIG black rat snake sunning near new apartments http://twitpic.com/1yr7c6 on run#
- Second system crash in 3 weeks. Time for a new computer. #
- I'm now the proud owner of a Dell Inspiron 1750 http://amzn.to/a6DQO1 with 4GB RAM, 500GB hd, Windows 7 Professional 64-bit; adios Toshiba! #
- Ran 4.01 miles in 39 mins and felt alright. Windy but still very humid. #
- Sad but true, what it's like to own an Apple product http://bit.ly/cSwx7I #
- A healthier burger that packs more veggie punch http://bit.ly/cf0OcV from @runnersworld #
- Ran 6.01 miles in 57 mins and felt blah. 80+ deg F and 72% humidity. 09:47 1st mile pace, 09:15 6th mile. #
- New research defines perfect taper for distance runners http://bit.ly/dtxjIP via @runnersworld #
Here are my notes from this week’s course, plus a Google I/O 2010 session video on “Android UI Design Patterns” after the notes.
You can read my previous weeks’ notes by clicking the appropriate link: week 1 notes | week 2 notes | week 3 notes | week 4 notes.
- Today's #AndroidJava class is skinning and styling; check out the free @OreillyMedia and @creativeLIVE course at http://bit.ly/androidjava #
- Note: The course sample code git folder name changed from "Class_2_Twitter_Client" to "Course_2_Twitter_Client", so you may need to re-pull from github #
- If you do repull source from github, remember to set consumer_key and consumer_secret_key in res/raw/oauth.properties #
- Topics covered: Themes, Menus and Buttons, Text Area and List, and Small Screens #
- Cast of characters this week: Themes, Styles, Selector, scaled pixels (SPs), and density independent pixels (DIPs) #
- Instructor uses Creative Commons licensed icons from http://bit.ly/9bhUqx in his Menus and Buttons example http://bit.ly/d662q2 #AndroidJava #
- Tip: XML graphics give resolution and form factor independent gfx for free, otherwise read up on 9-patch http://bit.ly/cNk2iH #
- Another tip: To fully style list items, you need to set the background on the view as well as the list selector style on the list #
- Follow these guidelines to make sure your #AndroidJava app is available for and supports various hardware screen sizes http://bit.ly/aGwpzn #
- Homework: Make your own theme, styling and exploring all the options and screen size alternate resources from today's class #AndroidJava #
- Hiked with my daughter at Redbud Valley Nature Preserve. She saw her first speckled kingsnake and loved exploring the caves. http://bit.ly/9nPPtn #
- Redbud Valley daddy-daughter hike photos http://twitpic.com/1x2oe9 http://twitpic.com/1x2ohb http://twitpic.com/1x2om1 #
- More Redbud Valley pictures http://twitpic.com/1x2oyx http://twitpic.com/1x2oox http://twitpic.com/1x2p90 #
- Ran 3.16 miles in 30 mins and felt good. Misty at the beginning, raining hard by the end. Mile splits 09:50, 09:28, and 09:24. #
- Giving brother a bottle http://twitpic.com/1wmroq #
- Astronaut uno http://twitpic.com/1wmsg4 #
- Astronaut dos http://twitpic.com/1wmsn4 #
- Tulsa Air & Space Museum http://twitpic.com/1wmssv #
- Brother and sister being goofy together http://twitpic.com/1wmtgd #
- Oy vey! http://twitpic.com/1wmu02 #
- Someone is enjoying her milkshake a little too much… http://twitpic.com/1wmu67 #
- Big smile from the little man http://twitpic.com/1wmuvi #
- Seared scallops with white beans and bacon http://bit.ly/9fVivl sounds excellent, need to make asap #
- Ran 7.01 miles in 1 hour and 9 mins and 46 secs and felt blah. Hot and humid, started feeling sapped about five mile… http://bit.ly/cYUr54 #
- ESPN http://bit.ly/cn6ICq and Yahoo Sports http://bit.ly/9R7Qne coverage of FIFA World Cup #
- Twitter guidebook http://bit.ly/bP8tWB from @mashable #
Here are my notes from this week’s course, plus a Google I/O 2010 session video on “Android Best Practices for Beginners” after the notes.
You can read my previous weeks’ notes by clicking the appropriate link: week 1 notes | week 2 notes | week 3 notes.
- This week we added navigation to our Android app; for more see the course site http://bit.ly/androidjava #
- Topics covered: Loading avatars using Thread or AsyncTask, loading tweets with AsyncTask, adding Menu, and posting new tweets #AndroidJava #
- AsyncTask makes UI threading straightforward, nice! Javadoc http://bit.ly/aZ41Di and an article http://bit.ly/bIqbQ5 #
- The course instructor notes that using AsyncTask also keeps code cleaner and more reusable; it's made of WIN! #
- #AndroidJava tip: Toast.makeText pops up a quick, non-modal notification (just don't forget to call show!) http://bit.ly/dphiLR #
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