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Episode 5 – Notifications
This is a series of blog posts documenting my switch from iPhone to Android. To read the whole exciting saga, click here. It took iOS several iterations to get notifications right. When I first moved from a Blackberry to iPhone, there were several instances where my iPhone alarm didn’t go off because I’d received a […]
Episode 4 – Gingerbread
This is a series of blog posts documenting my switch from iPhone to Android. To read the whole exciting saga, click here. I’m trying to do a fair comparison between my year-old iPhone 5 and an Android phone, but a disclaimer would be appropriate — my Android phone is almost 4 years old. I didn’t […]
Episode 3 – Sync
This is a series of blog posts documenting my switch from iPhone to Android. To read the whole exciting saga, click here. Being able to bring my contacts, calendar items, notes and tasks into my phone is what makes it a Smart Phone. Android uses ActiveSync to connect to Exchange mail servers, and the capabilities […]
Episode 2 – Hardware Standards
This is a series of blog posts documenting my switch from iPhone to Android. To read the whole exciting saga, click here. The first step to getting my phone up and running was to move the SIM card from my iPhone to my Android phone. My iPhone uses a Nano-SIM, while the Android phone takes […]
Episode 1 – Making the Switch to Android
This is a series of blog posts documenting my switch from iPhone to Android. To read the whole exciting saga, click here. I’ve been an iPhone user for several years. I like Apple’s application support, and I’ve learned to work around the quirks in iTunes, the quirky support for Outlook connectivity and ActiveSync, and quirks […]
LC-A versus LC-A+
After shooting several rolls of film through my LOMO LC-A, I wanted to compare it to my trusty ’91 LOMO LC-A. Appearance? The two cameras are almost identical. The LC-A+ is missing the diaphragm setting, used to override the aperture and shutter settings for flash use. I don’t miss this much, as most of my […]
A solution for “Unidentified Networks” in VMWare under Windows
VMWare under Windows 7 and later create 2 network drivers — one for bridged networking and one for NAT. Windows can’t determine the workgroup state of these adapters, and refers to them as “unidentified network” when you hover over the network icon. There’s a simple registry hack to fix this: 1. Click Start, click Run, […]
Cardboard Camera from Ikea
This cardboard digital camera by IKEA was given away last week to members of the press during the 2012 Fuorisalone, a design expo in Milan. According to IT Gizmodo, the camera can hold up to 40 photos on internal memory, has a USB connector, and will soon be in IKEA stores. via laughingsquid photo via […]
Google Posterity Post — serving non-WordPress content
1. Create a PHP file in the themes directory with the name lomo.php <?php /* Template Name: <lomo> */ ?> HTML GOES HERE 2. Create a new page, and select “lomo” as the page template template. Leave the content blank – all the content will be served by the template HTML. 3. Add HTTP redirect […]
