I followed the upgrade instructions in this post. There were no issues with my Nexus One. Everything worked as described. Rebooting took a while, but once it was back up, I was blown away. The performance is much better. I am working on my first Android app, and while I use the emulator for development [...]

I upgraded my FIOS service at home from 5/1 Mbps to 25/25 Mbps for almost the same cost ($10 more). This was a while ago, but for the first time today I actually measured transfer rates close to the nominal speed. I am not using the ActionTec router, but a Netgate M1n1wall running pfSense that [...]

The latest DVD from my Netflix queue came in the mail today, The Bucket List with Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman. I noticed that the DVD infringes on my privacy in a questionable way. There is a web page on the disk that, when loaded into a browser, will request an image from digitalcopy.warnerbros.com. This [...]

Aero peek is the name for probably the most annoying feature in Windows 7. When you press and hold Alt-Tab, the task switcher pops up with little thumbnails for all your active windows.Unfortunately, after 1000 ms, aero peek kicks in, the task switcher disappears randomly and the currently selected window is shown in its full [...]

The Boston driver – The Boston Globe The Boston Globe published this article today that makes an attempt to identify the characteristics of the “Boston Driver”. The article inevitably divides the readers into 2 groups – those who consider themselves a “Boston Driver” and those who don’t. The article suggests that the non-”Boston Drivers” are [...]

I recently purchased a new refrigerator on HomeDepot.com. I needed the old one to be hauled away. Since Home Depot includes this service at no extra charge when you buy a new one, I accepted their somewhat higher prices compared to other online retailers. After shopping around for a while, I settled for a GE [...]