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Important Note About “Heartbleed”

Posted on April 10, 2014 by jwk

This is a bit outside the normal repair shop posts you find here, but it’s important: A coding mistake that has existed for several years in one of the fundamental libraries used by about half of all servers on the Internet … Continue reading →

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Free Mapping and Tracking for Android [My Tracks]

Posted on May 29, 2012 by jwk

Beautiful weather has finally arrived in the Pacific Northwest and I’ve been taking advantage of it as often as I have time. One thing about living where it’s grey and rainy for so much of the year, it really almost … Continue reading →

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Google just killed Google Reader – and they don’t even understand why.

Posted on November 1, 2011 by jwk

Yesterday, Google officially rolled out the “much anticipated” (by them, perhaps) revisions to Google Reader which removed most of its compelling functionality and added integration with their social network Google+. We hope you’ll like the new Reader (and Google+) as … Continue reading →

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Google’s New, Really Awful Real Name Policy

Posted on August 12, 2011 by jwk

Early adopters of Google+, myself included, have been drawn to its clean interface , user-centric privacy and content controls, “Circles” model of friendship networks and general user-friendliness. It’s not open to everyone just yet, and they’ve recently decided to make … Continue reading →

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It’s tough to get data out of a phone.

Posted on June 26, 2011 by jwk

It’s surprisingly difficult to get data out of my Android phone, the T-Mobile G2. Much more difficult than I expected it to be, in fact. I recorded a short (7-minute) video clip using the build-in camera to demonstrate a radio … Continue reading →

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Bing vs. Google on Downloading WinRAR [Winner: Google]

Posted on April 11, 2011 by jwk

I’m fighting with the beta of System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012, a Microsoft utility for managing cloud computing resources. It’s a fight I shouldn’t have to engage in as Microsoft requires a pre-requisite that can’t actually be opened by … Continue reading →

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Google Chrome-to-Phone Usability Feedback

Posted on March 17, 2011 by jwk

Google offers an interesting extension called Chrome to Phone that works with Android 2.2+ devices to remove some of the barriers between computing. A small screen isn’t the best place for planning a trip or seeing transit data from multiple … Continue reading →

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