My Note: I wish I could do this, but most of my houses were on military bases hidden away from Google
Thanks to Google Streetview’s new 95% coverage of the UK, which went live yesterday, here’s a visual history of all the houses I ever lived in over there, until I moved to Ireland. Obviously I’m not tel...
My Note: These types of announcements are stupid. I hate PR
Cisco Systems says it will make a major announcement on Tuesday, news that the technology giant says "will forever change the Internet". Shares of Cisco gained 3.65% to close at $26.13 Monday, hitting a new 52...
My Note: A joke that is funny for 10 people in the world. Love it. Can't wait for his new book to drop. The artist lives in Richmond near Becca and I always want to meet up with the guy
I might get a demo n900 unit from Nokia. Having owned the n800 and n810 I am excited to see the new capabilities for home and work #
@chuckshaw Living in the cloud is the a security nightmare. I wonder if we should just become "security nudists" and bare it all #securityin reply to chuckshaw#
WOOT WOOT! #nokia is shipping me a demo #n900 for a few weeks. I have high hopes for OSS. Will compare with my BB, Android, iPhone, s60 #
I love Parks and Recreation. What started as Office knockoff has really grown into its own. A clip on last week’s episode made me stop and go hmmmm….
What struck me is I hear some of those same things from my beloved friends and family. Deep down I know the missed holidays and dinners must make it appear that I am just leisurely exploring their lives. I am hoping that with the change in jobs that I will have the opportunity to be a part of this world and not simply a tourist.
February 19, 2010 at 10:47 · Filed under Personal, Techie
I think in part to my tweets of N900 lust and desire, Nokia contacted me to see if I was interested in a demo unit. After validating the email was NOT from Nigeria I quickly responded with a “YES PLZ SEND MEZ FONE!”
Why the gadget lust when I have a top-of-the-line iPhone? Easy, I am a geek. While I enjoy the hell out of having nice and easy to use devices, deep down I want to tinker. My original move to Mac was because I didn’t trust myself to have a Linux or BSD machine with me on the road. Every waking moment would be spent tweaking the kernel or compiler options for just a little bit more speed. Bleeding Edge, you betcha.
Linux though has become a lot easier to use as of late. My days of Debian 1.3 are long gone and it has evolved to grandma levels. Can the same happen on a phone? The n700/800/810 I once owned were not able to.
The geeky things I care about:
SDK that allows for quick-n-easy cross compiling of code
Active user community
nmap/kismet/libpcap based tools available
IM client with encryption
Terminal
Multiplatform support
The shiny-side things I care about:
Skype support
Syncable media player
Browser that can surf standard web
Google Voice Support
App support
Multi-touch
Maps
Sync with the cloud
Things that annoy me:
Steve Jobs
iTunes
DRM
No published spec
When the device arrives I plan on walking through the device with each of those areas. I will pop the SIM card from my iPhone and turn it off for the period of time I have the demo unit. Results to follow in the coming weeks.
