With Google shuttering the wildly popular Reader, I’ve looked at some alternatives such as Flipboard, Feedly and even the other Google product, Currents.
I am also trying to create a feed reader on my server using the TinyTiny RSS schema. Having issues with the PHP and mySQL files. Really don’t want to rely on a third party service anymore.
Also comes with an Android app. w00t.
Wish I was where I was when I was wishing I was here.
The minute I stopped caring about what other people thought and started doing what I wanted to do is the minute I finally felt free.
Just formatted my Linux laptop and am adding Windows 7 to it. I will then format the desktop drive from W7 and add Linux server to it instead.
The desktop just can’t handle W7 but can run Linux easily.
Of course my backup schema allows for this and will restore files to both automagically.
*03/07 Update* The data is secured and migrated already. Was attempting to format the drives. Now BIOS can’t find either of them or the Master Boot Record.
“No boot device available.”
After investing 3 days and going no where, I have set it aside for now.
I’m always a sucker for apps and software that doesn’t look like it is generic or stock. I want something functional and sophisticated looking. That’s why my devices are in a constant state of evolution.
Recently I purchased a few apps that have upgraded my Android experience. My Nexus tablet is running the latest Android version 4.2. However, my Galaxy mobile is running 4.1. Big difference? Oh yeah.
The clock/alarm app does not have a widget for display. I just changed that with the JB+ app. Also, it doesn’t have the updated camera app to take advantage of the new software so I installed a camera app simply called Snap for a cleaner interface.
Also added are two productivity apps. Agenda is a calendar app that syncs with Google Calendar. The design is retro, clean. Love it.
Press, is an app that syncs with Google Reader. A more sophisticated style of reading the news.
All of these apps are in the Google Play store and are paid apps up to $3. Bargain!
The signal-to-noise ratio is measured by comparing the level of a desired signal to the level of background noise.
A lot of people on the web, myself included, are comparing the level of desired information to the level of distractions.
How can we possibly filter out something meaningful and useful when we have so many posts, tweets, and likes?
I’ve been in a year long process of cutting back. In the past, I subscribed to everything and contributed as well.
There were personal posts and business tweets and hundreds of web feeds to consume. Since then I’ve changed my online persona, deleted my Facebook account, pared down the number of people I was following and more.
If something didn’t have value or if someone wasn’t enriching my life with their posts about what they had for dinner, it got cut.
As a photographer, I’ve even changed the way I display my images. Flickr is more for personal use, if that. Instagram? Gone.
Socially, I am on Google Plus and on Twitter. This website is my personal hub from which everything else revolves around.
Doing these things have allowed me to regain my time and be more productive. I can focus on what is important to me and not what others want to tell me is important. That’s not how the digital life works. The web is what you make it.
I’ve taken on another project that involves diving deep inside the Linux operating itself.
For a few years I’ve been using a dual boot hybrid desktop using Ubuntu and Windows 7.
I’ve added the Fedora distribution inside a virtual machine inside Ubuntu and deleted the Windows partition.
Oh, and GNU = “Gnu’s Not Unix”
Completely customized desktop running Linux. Clean, minimal and eye-catching in it’s simplicity.
I have two Android devices that are heavily used. The Samsung Galaxy S3 mobile phone and the Google Nexus 7 tablet.
A few friends have asked which are the best Android apps out there. Well, that is subjective to opinion. I can share which apps I use constantly and why. Everyone is passionate about their own platform and apps and there will be heated discussions.
Keep in mind, this is not a top 10 list that is to spark a debate. In no order of importance, here I go…
What is in your list?
Sick on a cold grey day is a great excuse to stay in bed.
The Samsung Chromebook is a fantastic browser with a keyboard. It weighs less than 3 pounds with an 11.6” screen. The 16GB solid state drive is quiet and fast. Boot time is exactly 8 seconds to power on and go. True, 16GB is not much but it does come with an integrated 100 GB of free storage space in Google Drive!
Google documents and mobile photos do not count against your free storage space. So how in the hell would you be able to use it all? Wait, how will I even fill up my 16 GB of hard drive space? Music files? Please. Google Music gives me up to 20,000 song space, again, free.
Speaking of integrated and Google, it gives me immediate access to it’s ecosystem of apps. Apps like Docs, Gmail, Reader, G+, Picasa, webcam, Music and more.
Wifi, HDMI, 3 USB ports, Bluetooth (for my mouse) and SD card slot round out the features. No, it doesn’t have an optical drive.
Inexpensive at $249, lighter, faster, portable and entirely cloud-based. Welcome to the future.
So I recently turned 40.
I also just weighed myself at 197.6 pounds. Let’s round up to 198.
This is the heaviest I’ve ever been. On a 5’7” frame…that’s a lot of BMI.
In the past, I’ve participated in a few adventure races and loved it.
There is a new one coming up in a few months that I will train for.
Recently signed up with a great fitness center and looking forward to dropping those pounds to around 175.
For some reason this song lyric resonates with me…
Well I don’t know but I’ve been told, you never slow down, you never grow old.
– Tom Petty
