Sparker0i - A Techie's Blog

IPL Auction Strategies: Analysis and Likely XI Prediction

Sparker0i
#CRICKET
December 19, 2018December 20, 2018

With the auction for the 2019 season done and dusted, here is my review on the auction strategies used by the 8 teams for the 2019 season. Chennai Super Kings Captain: MS Dhoni.Batsmen: Suresh Raina, M Vijay, Kedar Jadhav, Sam… Read More »

Nokia 7 Plus review: The best Android One Smartphone?

Sparker0i
Review
September 2, 2018October 30, 2018

Hey all, a couple of months back I had purchased a Nokia 7 plus. The unit I received had a malfunctioning headphone jack. Thus I had to wait for a month to get a replacement phone. I have been using… Read More »

Factory Visit – Episode of a visit to a Wood Cutting Factory

Sparker0i
Episode
August 26, 2018August 26, 2018

Hey all, today I will write about my visit to a wood cutting factory situated near my home. This visit was back in December 2017, so I’m sorry for such a long delay because I got busy with academics and other… Read More »

Windows 10 Analysis: How does it fare after 3 years

Sparker0i
Review
July 22, 2018

Microsoft released Windows 10 three years ago, on July 29th 2015. With previous versions of Windows, Microsoft used to release a new version of Windows once every 3 years. This changed with Windows 10, when Microsoft started releasing a new… Read More »

Higher resolution in Linux without adding new hardware?

Sparker0i
Linux
July 6, 2018August 27, 2018

People with a Full HD Screen on a laptop will enjoy a large real estate, compared to those who do not have one. Those who don’t have a higher resolution display can now have one on their systems. The only… Read More »

UPDATE: Enable ADB over a Mobile Hotspot in Android

Sparker0i
#ANDRODEV, Android
July 1, 2018July 1, 2018

Hello folks, I am back with yet another post in the Solving Technical Series. Android developers use the ADB interface to debug their apps, and polish it until they release it. In a world full of wires, when a developer… Read More »

How to setup any Android Things device without an external monitor

Sparker0i
#ANDRODEV, Android, OS
June 20, 2018July 1, 2018

I have been trying to boot up my Raspberry Pi 3B ever since January 2018. I had tried Raspbian, Windows 10 for IoT, and Retro Pi. None of them seemed to work for me, because despite having a wireless router,… Read More »

Enable Natural Scrolling for Trackpads using libinput

Sparker0i
Linux, OS
May 26, 2018September 2, 2018

I had recently upgraded to Ubuntu 18.04 and installed Unity back. After installing, I found that Reverse Scrolling/Natural Scrolling option was missing from Settings in Unity, while it was available in GNOME settings. This was pretty much a deal breaker… Read More »

Add git to existing Android projects

Sparker0i
#ANDRODEV, Programming
March 29, 2018April 21, 2018

Towards the end of first year and before the start of my second year, one of the problems I had while developing Simple Weather was I had formatted my laptop, and I got panicked as I no longer had the… Read More »

Configure 2-Factor Authentication for Github

Sparker0i
Linux, Programming
March 24, 2018April 9, 2018

Hello everyone, two-factor authentication (2-FA) in GitHub is a pretty simple procedure, if you are using a GUI. It could prove to be a difficult task if you are working with repositories from a Command Line Interface. In this blog… Read More »