As my regular readers know, I like to turn Barnes & Noble Nook Colors into full-fledged Android tablets. For reasons that don’t bear further exploration at this juncture, I found myself with three Nooks to convert this past week. Having already converted several, I though this time would be a breeze. The first two were …
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Going 2 Weeks on Mobile Alone
I am often asked my opinion on whether or not people with tablets need to bring their laptops when travelling. My standard response it to lay out of the pros and cons of mobile technology and leave it at that. I have been travelling a lot lately and in deference to my back (I chose …
Hey, Jealousy
Earlier this week my mother-in-law gave my husband a Kindle. That’s not particularly unusual. She tends towards being overly generous. I have learned not to complement her on anything in her house lest she make me take it home. The unusual part is that I am envious of his Kindle. This is very unlike me. …
Electronic vs. Paper Books
I am a fast and voracious reader (I have been known to finish 3-4 books in a single weekend). I also have family on the East Coast, so I take a fair number of cross-country trips. The end result being that I have been known to devote more space to books than clothes when traveling. …
How I Became a Hacker (and How You Can Become One Too)
Until relatively recently (the past few years), I was too uncertain of my skills to do much of anything for myself. I felt trapped by my own ineptitude. I wouldn’t move a piece of furniture, lest it be a wrong move. I tolerated bad designs, kept all the default setting on my computers and …
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Inspiration by Peter Pan
Yesterday morning I rooted a Barnes and Noble Color Nook so I could load Cyanogenmod and turn it into an Android tablet. As per my previous experiences, the actual rooting and installation went very smoothly. But that is not to say that I didn’t hit any snags. In fact, an installation process that should have …
Do you really want a smartphone?
I was bored in the waiting room at my doctor’s office a week or so ago so I decided to have a look around. In addition to some seriously outdated magazines (there were a couple of People’s from last century) I saw almost everyone fiddling with their smartphones. It brought to mind an episode from …