Articles (page 28 of 50)
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2010 Utah GOP Nominating Convention Report
State Delegate Ben Borchet was unable to attend this year's Nominating Convention and asked that as an Elected Alternate if I would serve in his place. Parking lot I arrived with…
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Control Your Android with your Wii Controller
Have you ever been sitting on the couch, playing your Wii, and said to yourself "hey, this Wii controller is pretty cool, I'd like to control my Android with it!" Wait, what?!…
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How To Surf Faster on Your Android Using the Hosts Table
Before you go any further, this hack requires that you have SuperUser (su) access on your phone, a terminal emulator app, and the ability to type precise and case-sensitive…
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A tradeshow for LEDs? You betcha!
Anyone who doubts, ask my wife : I’m a sucker for light bulbs. Every time we walk into a home improvement store or Ikea, I get what I’m looking for then head straight for the…
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Retro Boot Animation for Your Android
Today I thought we'd take a break from "useful" tips that help make your life easier, and go with a neat little hack that will make your Nexus One, Droid, Liquid, or Milestone…
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Spencer hams it up in front of the camera (video)
Spencer (2.5) decided he wanted to be on camera, he dances, counts his fingers, and shows us what his favorite animal sounds like.
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pocketnow.com Throwback: HTC Star Trek (i-Mate Smartflip)
Today's video in the throwback series is a retrospective of the HTC Star Trek, also known as the i-Mate Smartflip. This phone is a flip phone reminiscent of the Motorola Razr, but…
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Do You Have and Android Phone?
If you have an Android phone you might be interested in an article I wrote for pocketnow.com on the subject of political involvement using your Android phone…
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Senator Hatch Replies Letter on S.669
I recently wrote to Senator Hatch asking that he support this legislation in its original form and received the following reply: Dear Mr. Levi: Thank you for contacting me…
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Can a cop threaten to kill you and get away with it?
There’s an article over on SittingDuckPolicy.com that details an account of a Law Enforcement Officer from California who apparently doesn’t like the fact that it’s not illegal…
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Conflicker.B Infection Alert
I don't know why, but I seem to get a lot of malicious emails. I’m a computer geek, so I know they’re malicious and I know to delete them right away, but others out there might…
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Email: “Very, Very Serious Warning” or “If This Passes, There Will be War”
Recently an email has been making its rounds, this one challenges the reader to see “how fast can we get this one around the United States of America?” It says: On Wednesday [11…
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Welcome to Syracuse 08!
Hello! Welcome to www.Syracuse08.com, the official web site of Precinct SY08! This site is hosted and administrated by Joe Lev i, Precinct Vice Chair, in an effort to keep the…
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Take your kids shooting
I had the day off today and decided to take the boys shooting. Michael (10.5) has been a few times before, but Porter (5.5) had never been. We headed over to Impact Guns and…
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Call Connected through the NSA, They Might Be Giants
Listened to this “ringtone” by They Might Be Giants and laughed out loud. Thought you might like it too! (Hat tip to Mike Dopp for sharing it with me)
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Pixel Imperfect
Having been in the web business for 15+ years I get my fair share of people contacting me about potential employment with their company. While I’m not actively looking for a new…
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Census: How’s your neighborhood doing?
According to 2010.census.gov, my neighborhood is well above the National Average of participation rate in the 2010 Census…
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Turn Your Android Phone into a Tricorder
Let's face it, many of us are fans of Star Trek. While it's true that not all of us have a Starfleet uniform hanging in our closet, chances are if you're reading pocketnow.com…
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Would you like to be a prepper, too?
I’m a geek I’m a geek. I know it. You know it. Everybody who knows me knows that I’m a geek. I work in front of a computer 8-12 hours/day. I have a phone on my hip that runs a…
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Hands-on with the Nexus One Desktop Dock
Article by Joe Levi: Hands-on with the Nexus One Desktop Dock.
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Android’s Calendar App and a Couple Widgets
Article by Joe Levi: Android’s Calendar App and a Couple Widgets.
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Pros and Cons of Location Awareness in Android
One of the biggest advantages of Android over other mobile operating systems is the momentum that Google is adding to the platform, with OS updates, pushing the hardware envelope,…
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Personalizing your Android with custom ringtones and system sounds
Yet another in my “customizing your Android” series, I’ve written an article over at pocketnow.com all about making your Android sound like you… wait, that didn’t sound right……
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Customizing your Android phone with Custom ROMs and themes
Taking your Android’s look-and-feel to the nth-degree is best accomplished through custom ROMs and themes. My recent article on pocketnow.com shows you how you can load up a…
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Personalizing your Android with Custom Wallpaper
If you’ve got an Android phone, wallpapers are the easiest way to apply your own personality to your phone. My recent article on pocketnow.com goes into how you can do it…
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Inside a Nelson Media “Black box”
While helping my brother move into his new place we found an odd little black box tucked away into a basement closet. On the back were ports typical of a modern computer, but no…
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How To Backup Your Android
A long, long time ago I worked for a local (and now defunct) computer manufacturer. I worked almost every position the company had to offer, but one of the more adventurous was…
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Old Spice Manmercials (video)
If you haven't seen the new Old Spice "Manmercials" you're missing out... now look at your man, now back at me. These commercials are Old Spice's attempt to reboot their "stodgy…
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In Idaho a “Good Guy with a Gun” thwarted an armed robbery attempt, except the “Good Guy” was a woman
Just a quick post... In Idaho a "Good Guy with a Gun" thwarted an armed robbery attempt, except the "Good Guy" was a woman. Read more about it here: Sitting Duck Policy
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Personalizing your Android Phone with Custom System Sounds
One of the most popular things to do with any phone is customization. This is usually accomplished through wallpapers and sounds on "dumb phones" and through themes, skins,…
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How to Install Non-Market Apps on Your Android Phone
If you have an Android phone you've likely installed at least one app from the Market. It was an easy process: open the Market, find the app you're looking for, tap it, then tap…
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Conflicker.B Infection Alert
Beware of emails that are circulating from “Microsoft Windows Computer Safety Division” regarding the Conflicker.B worm. The text of the email encourages you to run the attached…
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tatHome: Android’s Killer-App?
If we’ve learned anything from the Windows Mobile, iPhone, and Android wars it’s that UI/UX is arguably the most important aspect to a PDA (yes, I said PDA). Whether it’s a phone…
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What happens to apps I bought for my old Android when I get a new one?
Back in the olden days when you bought software it came in a box with discs. In the really olden days, those discs were magnetic, but more recently the industry switched to…
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How using an Android-powered G1 made the best of a hit-and-run
Background Most articles on pocketnow.com offer news, tips, and rumors about our favorite handheld and pocketable gadgets. This article is a little different. In this article…
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Pros and Cons of Rooting Your Android
Before we get too far, what is "rooting"? Rooting refers to gaining access to the "root" user on the phone. Telcos may impose limitations to prevent using the handset in a manner…
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Google Phasing Out Support for MSIE6
Most web developers will tell you Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 is the bane of their existence. We spend more time trying to get standards-complaint xHTML and CSS to display…
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Nexus One Over-the-air update
According to Google’s Nexus One Blog , starting February 2hd, 2010, Nexus One users will begin to receive an over-the-air software update on their phones. This update will…
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How Android Differs from Windows Mobile
My first official article How Android Differs from Windows Mobile , is now available for you to read at pocketnow.com .
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Windows Mobile 7 Predictions
According to sources, Microsoft will be holding a press conference to officially announce Windows Mobile 7 on Monday, February 15th, 2010. So what is new in WinMo 7? We’ll have…
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Utah on the way legalize rainwater collection
Background For decades now it’s been illegal in Utah to collect rainwater that falls on your own property. Sounds crazy, right? That’s what I thought, too. It seems there is an…
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My Big Announcement
Today’s the big day! I’m now an official, credentialed “journalist”! Just before the 2010 edition of CES, Brandon Miniman (pocketnow’s Editor-in-Chief) posted a Tweet: Would…
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iPad: It’s just a big iPhone… without the phone
Today Apple announced a long rumored “tablet” pc. Except it’s not a pc, it’s not even a Mac. It runs the iPhone operating system. For the most part, it’s just a big iPhone. Well…
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Dualboot Android and Windows Mobile
Yes folks, you read that correctly. It is now possible to dual boot Android and Windows Mobile on select Windows Mobile devices. Similar to what we’ve seen in the past, running…
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Google Voice, now available on iPhone, sort of
Google Voice is amazing. But I’m not going to tell you why, or try and convince you fence-sitters in this post. This post is about iPhone and Pre users being left out in the cold…
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Using Twitter the RIGHT way
Today I had quite an adventure. I wanted to pull some documents and whatnot out of my safe deposit box. Needless to say, I had problems with what should have been a very easy…
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Patch Windows Now
This is a very time-sensitive post, so if you’re reading this, make sure you check the date to ensure it’s still relevant. Microsoft recently released “Cumulative Security Update…
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The Future of Google in China
Unless you’ve been living in a cave, you’re aware of the recent events that have transpired between Google and China over the past few months. Google officially entered China…
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Playing with YouTube Thumbnails & CSS3
I threw together a little demo of using YouTube image thumbnails as hyperlinks to their corresponding videos, and how we could use their image sizes to work with different sizes…
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My thoughts on REAL Health Care Reform
Let’s face it, the multi-thousand page “ Health Care Reform” bills circulating the Senate and Congress don’t do much to really “reform” health care, rather, they serve as a huge…