I’ve been screwing with custom ROMs on my Viewsonic gTablet for a while now, but so far have settled on Froyo as I found the Gingerbread ROMs to be lacking in terms of stability and performance.  I’d heard rumors that they’d gotten Honeycomb going on the gTablet, but had been putting off playing with it [...]

I came across an article on Productivity 501 about a recent flight that the author had taken and what Delta had told customers to potentially “cover for” a cost-management decision made in the face of equipment failure.  Enjoy!

As I develop new projects for my classroom this summer, a recurring theme has been to explore just how many times it takes to get a new design right. As far as I’m concerned, nothing ever comes out perfectly the first time. It’s useful for student…

As I develop new projects for my classroom this summer, a recurring theme has been to explore just how many times it takes to get a new design right. As far as I’m concerned, nothing ever comes out perfectly the first time. It’s useful for student…

An semi-automatic guitar plays "Twinkle Twinkle, Little Star", with a bit of human help. Version 2 will be able to play all on its own.

    As I’m sure you’ve heard by now, Becky is doing the Seagull Century Bike Ride this fall for Team in Training, to benefit the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.  She’s done a few fundraising events, and on Friday, August 19th, she has an event at Panda Express at 168th and Maple, where 20% of [...]

The problem of persistent and reliable storage plagues us all. There are a myriad of solutions, some more expensive than others, but a dedicated and redundant network attached storage solution is hands down the best choice for all problems except na…

The problem of persistent and reliable storage plagues us all. There are a myriad of solutions, some more expensive than others, but a dedicated and redundant network attached storage solution is hands down the best choice for all problems except na…

Web comic xkcd notes that “through 20 years of effort, we’ve successfully trained everyone to use passwords that are hard for humans to remember, but easy for computers to guess.” The comic above makes…

Web comic xkcd notes that “through 20 years of effort, we’ve successfully trained everyone to use passwords that are hard for humans to remember, but easy for computers to guess.” The comic above makes…