Over the past month I have migrated from a shared hosting server to a 1GB memory DigitalOcean droplet. My reasons for migrating were such: I wanted more control over the server Learn more how to manage my own Linux VPS My shared hosting was expiring As a part of the migration effort, I used the opportunity to enhance the site. Many of these changes are transparent to the visitor, but some are obvious like the new mobile friendly theme.

I created a short little script so I could download wallpaper albums from Imgur. It is a Linux bash script so you will need to be running on Linux or using Cygwin on Windows in order to use the script. It also requires the library xmllint, however many Linux distros already include this library.   Download it here: (https://gist.github.com/Skylark95/5970915)[3]

An update to Amazon App Notifier (now named “Free App Notifier for Amazon”) has been released on Google Play. This update includes the following changes: Some Users reported the new notification icon was hard to see. How about some different icon colors? Find them in the settings menu. Will add label to settings tab later. For more details about the app, please see my previous post for the initial 2.

In a previous post I mentioned the icon for Amazon App Notifier (Free App Notifier for Amazon) had to be changed by request of Amazon. Currently the icon that is being used can be seen above. I am no graphic design expert and put the icon together in just under a week. Even though the icon turned out well, I believe it could be better. If you would like to help out, see this page over at GitHub and email me at derek@skylark95.

An update to Amazon App Notifier (now named “Free App Notifier for Amazon”) has been released on Google Play. This update includes the following changes: Changed App icon at the request of Amazon. If you can design a better icon email me 😉 Changed App name at the request of Amazon. Will move in your app drawer as name is now Free App Notifier Enabled in-app donations Added help button and help screen Added button to rate this app For more details about the app, please see my previous post for the initial 2.

An update to Amazon App Notifier has been released on Google Play. The update includes the following fixes: If the device does not have an internet connection on boot, wait for a maximum of 5 minutes for a connection before timing out and displaying device offline notification Change notification text on offline notification to “No Internet Connection” Hopefully fixed force close bug that occurred on some Android 2.1 devices  

A few months back I was working on rewriting Imgur Album Downloader to the more feature filled Reddit Image Downloader. Judging by some of the comments I have seen it seems there is still interest in the project being completed. I am sorry to say that I have not been actively working on Reddit Image Downloader lately as most of my work is being put towards my newly re-written Android app Amazon App Notifier as it now has over 10,000 active users.

Download The app is available on Google Play. Will also be available to download from F-Droid once out of beta status About Version: 2.0-BETA Amazon App Notifier is a free and open source notification manager for providing notifications for the free app of the day on theAmazon Appstore. Developer: Derek (Skylark95) Contact: derek@skylark95.com Website: http://www.skylark95.com/ Permissions This app requires the following permissions. Permissions labeled with _“optional”_ can be changed in settings to no longer be used.

    I have recently completed most of the work on the backend of the application and just have to write the UI before a working copy of the program is released. Above is a preview of the log output the backend generates when given my Reddit username (I don’t post many images as you can see). Also, as it stands right now I am still going for a “When it is done” timeline for release.

An update to Amazon Free App Notifier has been released on Google Play. Free Version Donate Version Both the Free and Donate versions are exactly the same, however buying the donate version is appreciated 🙂   Fixes for Version 1.0.1 : Fixed notifications not appearing on some phones Increased timeout for reading app name and price to 30 seconds Fixed notification so when clicked on it launches the appstore on the main store page instead of the last open view