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Wunderlist to Evernote
I’ve been using Evernote as recommended by Boy in a Band. I actually signed up for it in 2008 then briefly played with it in 2010 and last year.
Annotum, a WordPress Theme for Publications
In doing research on organizing the growing article repository, the new Annotum project was encountered. Note that the Annotum project came out of the Google Knol project as well as collaboration with Crowd Favorite and Automattic.
This project is basically a revamped/expanded WordPress installation with an “Article” data type (as well as Pages and Posts). This was released as a 1.0 late in 2011, and they are testing a 1.01 version. I will begin testing this platform, though it is a little early for robust deployment and will require Theme hacking at the very least to get running.
Workflow in Annotum is a bit more flexible than the standard editing workflow in WordPress.
Annotum is already available on WordPress.com and Annotum is available as a theme from WordPress.org.
Why Use CyanogenMod ROM (or custom ROMs)
A friend asked why use CyanogenMod ROM (or really, any custom ROM) instead of stock Android. Besides feeding the inner geek, there are several reason…
Chiang Mai City at Night
Hacking the Canon Camera with CHDK
Based on a lot of research, I decided to acquire a Canon G12 which is a pretty awesome camera for the price. One great feature is a firmware hack called the Canon Hack Development Kit (CHDK). Basically it unleashes a lot of the power available in the camera but not found in the standard Canon interface. Oh I like this!
Pinboard beats Delicious
There are various reasons to reconsider using Delicious. The first is the sale to YouTube founders, who still have no obvious real business or product idea. The second is that Pinboard has a business model. It also works better and faster. And there are many ways to use it, quite a bit of flexibility in Pinboard, including lots of Pinboard plugins. Don’t be caught out in a bad business model. It’s a good lesson. Thankfully there is an option for us Delicous users. I sure hope that someone figures away for me to get off of Flickr (out of the Yahoo ecosystem).
2012
2012 is the year the calendar ends… and a new one begins. Time to look back first, before we look forward. A new year dawns as another draws to a close. Sometimes it gets confusing. Is that a sunset or sunrise.
Hacking Android Root and Custom ROM
This year has been interesting. Turns out that without any plans at the start of the year, I’ve switched from Windows to Mac OSX and three linux machines and an iOS device. The three linux machines are the Kindle 3, Kindle Fire (Android) and an HTC Desire (Android). Well, no time like the present to get some new OSes under the belt and sharpen up the old hacking chops. Below is a description of most of the steps taking to get the HTC rooted and upgraded to Cyanogenmod 7.1 (Gingerbread).
Smartphone Hardware for 2012
There are many options for smartphones but the hardware is increasingly converging, just as it has done with desktops, laptops and netbooks. And so it is memory, screen size and pixel density, weight, processor speed, primary and secondary camera which need to be examined.
Linux and Unix-like Operating Systems
Linux and unix-like operating systems have basically won the battle, albeit on the server and mobile front rather than at the desktop. And while there will be Windows and it will continue to live on, its days are essentially numbered. How did this happen? At what point did the phone become a computer? How did Windows Mobile lose? Well that is a Ballmer story, most likely…
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