This is the reason why I have a hard time truly recommending an Android phone – Verizon pushed an update (NG6) which caused the phone to reliably crash every half hour or more frequently. Full factory reset didn’t fix the issue. They then pushed another update, NK1 I think, which… Continue reading
Despite not caring much for most sports, I really like the Olympics, with a heavy weighting toward events that showcase strong individual performances. Since they started a few days ago, and I don’t have cable or (in an apparent change since the Winter Olympics) a useful antenna reception, I was… Continue reading
This post is one of pride as well as shame. I purchased a “Bag of Crap” from Woot. For the uninitiated, Woot is a site that features one item (often techy) for sale every day, available until midnight central time or it (occasionally) sells out. Then, there is the Woot-Off…… Continue reading
The bill made it through congress about two weeks ago and has now been signed by Obama. The quick summary is that for cars, if it gets 18mpg or less you’ll get $4500 trade for anything getting 10mpg improvement. For trucks, that $4500 comes for a 5mpg improvement. Both have… Continue reading
Took off Monday evening for Texas to visit a customer for some development guidance and discussions. Hit work early Tuesday to bring up the latest revision of hardware. Had a couple false-issues – one with a temp sensor and another with a couple FETs on the board which I erroneously… Continue reading
So, I plugged the Zune in and fired up the software. I don’t have the external drive with all my music on it plugged in, but I want to see if I can make some playlists from the songs on the device. Dabble around a bit trying to figure out… Continue reading
I will preface this by saying that I am not trying to jump on the MS sucks bandwagon. If MS really sucked that bad, people would be using Linux. I have tried Linux and I do not believe it is ready for wide spread adoption by people who “just want… Continue reading
I cannot figure out how to make IE in Vista download Firefox. If I select run, nothing happens. If I select save, either nothing happens or it is saved somewhere unknown to me. When I go to tweak internet options, nothing comes up. When I search for any file that… Continue reading
Ron Paul sounds like a right wing nut**. This is coming from me – who intends to vote based on gun possession. His most recent campaign ad basically has him endorsing the use of US military assassination as means of taking care of problems. I remember being in fourth grade… Continue reading
I just saw a commercial against cigarettes… it was one of the “truth” series. Some dude goes into a firearms shop and asks about light bullets or low lead shot shells. The owner tells him there’s no such thing, and he draws a parallel to light and low tar cigarettes…. Continue reading