Archive for August, 2010
I’m not crazy about the digg revamp. But it is what it is and I’ll deal with the change. EXCEPT when it comes to advertisements in the digg posts. The list now contains ads (very clever guys).
I’m an adblock user, so I’ve added the following to my adblock filter:
http://dads.new.digg.com/*
http://dads.diggstatic.com/*
That seems to keep the digg list ads blocked for now.
C511 kicked off today. It’s the start of the course work for the in-residence cohort experience. The course focuses on Organizational Development & Change. Sheri Fella (the Prof) is asking us to look at why organizations change and how organizations approach change.
I’ve successfully rooted my Motorola Droid!
The only hiccup I had was getting the RSD Lite app to get the firmware file loaded. Seems as though there was a path issue. I copied it to C:\ and it took off without any issues.
Follow these Lifehacker instructions and you shouldn’t have any problems.
In a recent report by Marketplace, it was reported that the city of Boston’s MBTA recently released a public, web-based service interface to allow anyone to find out transit information and the location of city buses. I listened to that report and thought, “If I could do that in Phoenix, I’d probably ride the bus more often.” And I bet I’m not the only person who has had the same thought.
So I expressed my thoughts to Phoenix Valley Metro in the hopes that they might listen.
As some of you know, I’m a big fan of Android and absolutely love my Motorola Droid. I had been a loyal VZW subscriber for years and when they finally got a respectable smart phone (non-Windoze), I jumped at it.
I’ve been absolutely thrilled with my Droid since I picked it up in November ’09. The apps have been steadily improving and the free OS updates have made the phone consistently better. That is until today.
Today I read the following:
http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/02/motorola-says-original-droid-doesnt-have-the-hardware-to-supp/
The gist is the Motorola Droid won’t have mobile wifi hotspot or tethering support. This is a bunch of garbage since every Droid that has been root’d (hacked and now runs custom firmware) can easily support wifi hotspot and tethering.
Screw the update! I’m rooting my Droid and loading a custom firmware of Android 2.2.