personal blog of travels, tech & opinions
Updated: Released 12/27/2013 So I finally unwrapped my Nexus 5 Christmas gift, and have been playing with it for the last few days. So far it’s everything I expected, no surprises Battery life seems decent, build quality is pretty good, and screen display is amazing. The camera which I was…
01/2021 Update (OUT OF DATE BOX and Details): Note this Box and the Kodi services described below are no longer working properly , this is because a lot has changed in the 7 years since the article was written. Kodi as of right now is has a stable release of…
Why Planet Money Rocks! Planet Money (NPR) podcasts are awesome! the podcast on anything related to finance, economy, money with plenty of social commentary mixed in, are thoroughly entertaining, thought provoking ,downright frustrating and most of all enlightening. In my daily diet of podcasts, Planet Money are almost always universally…
Determining Oldest file and file age Today I had to write a short shell script to help figure out the oldest file in a particular folder, how old that file was (in secs or minutes). This is a pretty common requirement when dealing with file(s) folders such as working directories,…
Canadian professional triathlete Trevor Wurtele (part of Team Wurtele his wife Heather is also a pro triathlete) have some of the coolest and funniest photo video race reports. I had seen them before, and am thoroughly amused by them I can watch them over and over. The guy is freakin’ fast…
Update (12/2014) Iconia A1- Model 830 I recently picked up the successor to the Iconia A1 810, the A1 830, this is a bit of an improved model, The form factor stays the same 7.9″ 4:3 aspect ratio. What’s improved is the chassis, is slimmer and more premium feeling, the…
Saw this today on CNN.com , it shows some really interesting and colorful plane liveries. This appeals to both my interest in aviation and photography. To see more of these schemes visit airliners.net where you’ll find s boatload of airplane photos.