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This blog is about technology, the future, and science fiction. Some posts are about our world's current tech. Others will focus on what could be. I'll post some stories of the future to muse about how strange things could really get if humans ever make it to the stars.
Or, how much they might stay the same.
STATUS OF THE MS: Nearly done! I have taken the lessons from workshopping it, and from reading some other seminal works of Sci-Fi to squeeze out all but the tension, conflict, excitement and, I hope, satisfaction of characters who struggle and only just overcome their challenges and themselves.
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Category Archives: Technology
Seven magnificent use cases for Android Wear
[Edit – I had Jerry’s “run them off the road” quote on the wrong context earlier – fixed.] You know, I like the Android Central podcast. I drive a lot for my job, hours at a time, so I have … Continue reading
Posted in AndroidWear, Moto360, Technology
Tagged Android Central, Android Wear, Moto 360
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How Dell sells tablets for NVidia
Or, ‘How Dell annoys its customers and enables its competition’ All I wanted was a mid-sized tablet for hanging out at breakfast & on the couch/in bed — and also take notes with a stylus, since I hate transliterating my … Continue reading
Moto360 – matching band length with SteelConnects
I matched my Moto360 with the black SteelConnect lugs, and it’s a nice upgrade — I can use any 22mm band I want without any hassle or fear of cracking the back. So far so good. But a SteelConnect lug … Continue reading
Moto360, SteelConnect and Traser band
Just a quick update – I received my SteelConnect lugs yesterday — the ZPJ folks are great international sellers. They keep you informed and offer an expedited shipping option, which I took. I’ll have an ‘unboxing’ post later this week. … Continue reading
Posted in AndroidWear, Moto360, Reviews, Technology
Tagged Moto360, SteelConnect, Traser, Zuhanden
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Developing immunity to the Apple Reality Distortion Field
N.B: When I say below I was an early adopter, I mean it. I loved the Mac–I subscribed to MacWorld and MacUser. I haunted MacOrchard in Berkeley and got my first Mac-based consulting jobs there. They were fun when they … Continue reading
Posted in Android, Technology
Tagged Android, Apple, Microsoft, NeXTSTEP, Steve Jobs, WIn32s
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Android Wear 5.1.1: WTF update and why Bubble Cloud Launcher is still needed
The big stream, little pipe problem Android wear is actually version 1.3.0.2166028, but most folks refer to the Android OS version that’s pushing it – currently 5.1.1. In an earlier post about Wear, I complained about the lack of options … Continue reading
Posted in AndroidWear, Moto360, Technology
Tagged Android Wear, Coffee App, Coffee Time App, Norm Crosby, Tweetings, Tweetings app
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Moto 360 repair report
UPDATE: I’ve had TWO other Motos since this post. The first refurbished Moto would not sync with Google play music — it kept getting a ‘Watch disconnected’ error from the Google Play app on the watch, and the new 5.1.1 … Continue reading
Posted in Moto360, Reviews
Tagged Moto360, motorola, Motorola repairs, step tracking
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