Archive for July 2009

Samsung Blackjack 2 and T-Mobile

Jul 29th, 2009 | By Christian Donner | Category: Mobile Devices, Smartphone

A user of my TripsnMiles mileage tracker software for Windows Mobile reported display issues on a Blackjack II phone running Windows Mobile 6.1. I was curious to see the problem myself and bought a used phone on Ebay. My application turned out to run just fine on it, so I could have re-sold the phone. [...]



I am scratching my head about Paypal

Jul 21st, 2009 | By Christian Donner | Category: Ebay, Web

A couple of days ago I received a phishing email involving two Russian sites that asked me to reactivate my Paypal account. Dutyfully I went to the Paypal website and found a link labeled “Security Center”. I clicked on it, and the page that was served contained what I was looking for – in a [...]



Climate change and capital investments

Jul 1st, 2009 | By Christian Donner | Category: Environment, Geek's Home

A comment posted in response to an article on Boston.com that predicted yet another day of rainfall:
Now you know why solar panels are not exactly a sure bet for an alternative energy source. My 6KW setup has barely generated enough to keep my computer running. I do not dare get up on the roof to connect the [...]