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Ballpoint Adventures for January 6, 2006: This is the secret to dealing with all tech snooping!

Posted on 2012/01/06 23:59 pm by thepete

But it also illustrates the absurdity of the snooping--the only way to avoid it is to not use the device.  It would be easier if companies (and the government) would simply not snoop.

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I TOTALLY want to do this: How to Install Android on an iPhone in Six Easy Steps

Posted on 2010/11/19 13:20 pm by thepete

Link: I TOTALLY want to do this: How to Install Android on an iPhone in Six Easy Steps

And I just might!

Seeing how smoothly it works on an iPhone 2G makes me reeeeally want to see how well it works on a 3G—MY 3G.  Especially since I’ve been so SICK of iOS and iTunes giving me endless shit about what I can and can’t do.

What’s really great is that, apparently, you can dual boot—so it leaves your iOS install untouched.  Pretty cool.

If I do it, I’ll be sure to take pics and/or video…

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Life with an iPhone without a data plan (GPS thinks I’m on the holodeck).Why does A

Posted on 2010/08/26 11:16 am by thepete

Life with an iPhone without a data plan (GPS thinks I’m on the holodeck).

Why does Apple have to be so lame? I would gladly sacrifice a couple gigs of space on my iPhone for all the maps of NYC stored locally.  Lame, Apple. Lame.

Luckily, I’ve Jailbroken, so I can download the Maps Enhancer which allows me to cache maps.  This is cool, but it still means I need to plan ahead and find the places I plan on visiting in gMaps before I visit them IRL. I always forget to do this. :\

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When the Empire wants their iPhone back...

Posted on 2010/04/20 17:58 pm by thepete

stellarola:

Jesus…Phone.

This makes me giggle a little.

How I’d respond:

“Dear sir,

I am no longer in possession of said item and have given it to a Chinese gentlemen who said he was the one who had lost it.  He offered me a substantial reward, so I didn’t hesitate to return it to him.  As he wandered off, I could hear him muttering something about a backwards train driver? Or maybe it was a reverse engineer?

Anyway, sorry for the inconvenience. You can contact the gentleman through his website “hkknockoff.com”.

Thanks for your interest in my tech blog, Mr. Sewell! I am a big fan of your client’s products.

Have a nice day!

-ThePete

;P

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