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- HowTo: Using a Magazine as a Media Player Stand on Sep 15, 2009 in Howto iphone ipod mp3 stand touch video zune
A magazine can be used to make an adhoc viewing stand for your media device. When I travel, flying mostly, I often want to watch movies or video podcasts during the trip. On one flight I was frustrated by having to hold the player so I tried to find...
- Politicians, Manipulation, and the Healthcare Problem on Aug 15, 2009 in Opinion healthcare politics
In general, I’m not a big fan of politicians. I know they’re a necessary evil but I am troubled when they step over the line and over simplify and possibly just misstate facts just enough to inflame support for their position, whether the...
- Scandinavia 09: DFW to HEL on Aug 6, 2009 in Travel travel finland
Flights I seem to attract storms to DFW every time I fly in or out. Most of the day yesterday (Aug 5) was clear with not a cloud in sight. A few hours before I was suppose to leave, a storm front started moving into the metroplex. There was wind shee...
- Titanium Android Development on Jaunty Jackalope on Jul 7, 2009 in Development appcelerator titanium android ubuntu jaunty jackalope
I spent a good part of the morning looking for an answer to a support request: Run on Device Not Working. The details are documented on the Titanium documentation site in HowTo: Develop for Android on Jaunty Jackalope. Update: I moved the instruction...
- Twitter Decides We Have Enough Friends on May 13, 2009 in SocNet twitter
I don’t normally bother with posting about service changes, but Twitter has made a bone headed move in their latest service change: Small Settings Update. A lot of experienced Twitter users rely on the one sided conversation feature to find peo...
- Mistified on Apr 7, 2009 in Travel Humor
A little travel tale for my trip to San Jose yesterday, April 6th. On the Austin to San Jose leg, a guy who looked more sleep deprived than I felt, plopped down in the seat next to me with blanket in hand. He was quiet and immediately fell asleep. A...
- Howto: Get More Tweets Per Hour in Tweetdeck on Feb 27, 2009 in Software hack Howto tweetdeck twitter
I attended the #dfwtweetup, sponsored by Travelocity and Travel Studios, at Tastings in Grapevine, TX this evening and had the good luck to learn a new hack. While sitting around talking about twitter search, Matthew J Stevens aka @GadgetVirtuoso men...
