Examining My TV Preferences: Assholes Solving Mysteries
Like most people in America, I've recently found that I watch way too much television. Taking stock of what I watch, I've categorized the shows into a few groups. Here's a description of one of them....
View ArticleDoctored NASA photos? What is doctoring, anyway?
Today on Google+, +Moon posted a really wonderful image of the lunar rover from the Apollo 17 mission, which had the effect of hundreds of amateur photo editors pointing out that the image is...
View ArticleMy Mac Switch Story, 2010 Edition
My third attempt to become a Mac user in the last decade is now in full swing, and it appears I've finally done it. As promised, here's the story. After 12 years of Linux exclusivity, I had a hardware...
View ArticleIs Bing Using Google's Search Results to Affect Their Own?
[Disclaimer: Google has treated me very well over the last several years; I am decidedly 'pro-Google.' I'm also almost entirely 'anti-Microsoft.' However, this article is not about those things. I just...
View Articlemy dumbassery finally comes back to bite me: threats from the Internet from...
Remember back in January when I 'fixed' the cover of INXS's 'Kick' album cover? Well, since then, people have been sending me feedback suggesting how I could have improved it further. Including,...
View ArticleGoogle I/O 2010 Addendum
Want to see pictures of a bunch of Android phones that aren't out yet?
View ArticleGoogle I/O: I'm checked into my hotel
I've arrived safe and sound at the San Francisco Mariott Marquis, despite the city's valiant efforts to prevent my arrival by way of shifting one-way streets that've learned a trick or two from the...
View ArticleGoogle I/O: I'm headed to it
I'm off to lovely San Francisco to take part in Google I/O. I was going to use the latest in technological innovations to embed a Google Wave here into which I could post live updates, but I couldn't...
View ArticleMobile Portland Covers the iPad
Last month's Mobile Portland meeting featured a panel discussion speculating on the upsides and downsides of the newly announced Apple iPad. I was there, and was contacted by iPadInsider.com to write...
View ArticleMore Dancing Predators: a meme is born
Remember that dancing Predator vid I re-edited to fit a new humorous soundtrack? Someone who saw it decided to try their hand at it as well. Predators dancing to funny music is now officially a...
View ArticleTelling Stories with my Thumbs: Noir Detective Story
I spent about 5 minutes yesterday trying to craft a one-sentence short story for Twitter, but gave up. Turns out I needed another 40 minutes and a whole lot more sentences to transfer the noir-ish...
View ArticleStrange Dancing Predators Improved by the Addition of Another Predator
I recently found some bizarre footage from the set of Predator 2, and have been trying to pass it off as being from the upcoming Robert Rodriguez film Predators, cuz I'm a jerk like that. Alexa...
View ArticleiPhone 5 and iOS6 from an Android User's Perspective
In a fit of masochism, I decided that I’d carry only an iPhone 5 for some undefined period of time, to see how the other half lives. (I’ve previously done this with Windows Phone 7.5, and found the...
View ArticleQuick Gadget Reviews: or, boy, it's been a long time and I don't know what to...
Hey Internet. Sorry to disturb you, but it's been quite a while, hasn't it. Sorry I haven't written, but there's been a lot keeping me busy. How about a recap by way of quick reviews of a few of the...
View ArticleGoogle I/O 2010 Debriefing
Google I/O was amazing, and I'd like to share the most important things I took away from it. Well, except for the free Motorola Droid and Sprint EVO 4G that I took away from it -- I'm not sharing...
View ArticleGoogle Apps on Open Source Android: I Propose a Work-around to Google's...
Lest everyone think I'm a total Google Fanboy, I'd like to suggest a really, really simple tactic folks like Cyanogen can take to continue Android innovations while complying 100% with the licensing...
View ArticleAnother Google Dust-Up: licenses schmicenses
If you haven't heard, there's been a bit of a dust-up today between Google and its throngs of Android phone users. If you have heard, chances are you heard it post-spin, where Google is painted as...
View ArticleAndroid App: RSS to Google Reader
Like most of the stuff I've done on android, my most recent app, "Send RSS to Google Reader" came out of being frustrated that Google's Mobile Browser wasn't smart enough to detect RSS feeds, and also...
View ArticleDon't Stop Developing Yet: Thoughts on Google's ChromeOS VS Android
I pretty frequently monitor what people are saying about Android on Twitter, and something I've seen recently is people lamenting the imminent death of Android now that Google's apparently shifted...
View ArticleUnlimited Free Calls Using Google Voice and Gizmo
Today, after some tinkering, I accomplished something of which I've long dreamt: placing a Voice-Over-IP call, from a real phone number to a real phone number, from my Android phone, using only my...
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