I replaced my iPhone battery last month with no success. It turns out it was the seller that was the problem. I ordered a new battery from Amazon: Maximal Power Battery with Change Tool Kit and Photo Instructions for iPhone 3G, 3G S (Silver) Worked like a charm. Battery is taking a charge and came [...]

I finally got around to taking some of the old apps I wrote – practicing apps – to github. My youngest daughter is just old enough to start using the colors and letters apps I wrote back in the day. These are VERY simple apps that ask the child to pick the right color or [...]

I like to use KeePass on my laptop. I find it is an easy enough way to create random passwords and NOT remember them. The problem I have is that when I go to use that same website or app on my iPhone I need that random password. Typing that password on my iPhone is [...]

A cool tool I started to use in late January is Prezi.. Just a PPT replacement, but think about the uses. Record yourself presenting in front of class then share the prezi and the video. Two for one. You can drill as deep as you want, so share concepts and as you go deeper perhaps [...]

I found something like 1400 folders that had no content. I ran the vanity remover yesterday and haven’t missed anything yet. Does it really matter that you remove empty folders from your HDD? I cannot imagine why, but I am sure someone somewhere will tell you. Check Google. The funny thing about this app is [...]

My iPhone lasts about 1 hour. There is nothing I can do to make it last longer. If it is charging when I am talking on it I can see the power drain. I tried to purchase a new battery from ebay user ecell. I received the battery: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=200363623970&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT. I installed it using the instructions [...]

I work for Sage Software as well as DeVry. Both use exchange for their email and I initially thought I could get both Exchange accounts on my iPhone. As most of yo know you can only have one exchange account on your iPhone at a time however. DeVry was a wash since I could not [...]

After reading the “Human’s guide to running Google OS” I was ready to give it a shot. I downloaded Virtual Box (again) and also downloaded The Virtual Machine from gdgt. After that I loaded it up like and virtual hard drive and logged in with my google creds. I was pleasantly surprised, but certainly underwhelmed. [...]

Song of the day. I just found thesixtyone.com and figured I could fill in the days sharing songs that I liked. The Payer by Kid Cudi although it does contain a little bit of explicit lyrics is a great simple song with an easy beat. You can sing along, beat the brain a bit or [...]

So I sell a fair share of my old computers and I have computers from two of my jobs that I regularly turn in for upgrades. When I do this I like to make sure my data is no longer on the machine. It isn’t that I am doing anything wrong, it is just that [...]

So you know the saying that you need to have a separate password for each site you access right? Most of us do not. I am as guilty of this as anyone. Why is it so important (and why am I going to change my behavior)? Let’s say China gets into Google’s servers and finds [...]

FireFox users are a funny bunch. We think that we are more secure, and generally that the Mozilla foundation takes care of us better than Microsoft is willing to. For the most part this is true and what I am about to expose does not dispel that belief at all. Do you use the Remember [...]

I use TrueCrypt to encrypt on of my thumb drives that I store sensitive information on. Why? Because I can and I should. It can be as simple as creating a TrueCrypt volume on a certain drive, which will look like a file or you can encrypt an entire volume. You can also encrypt a [...]

I use KeePass to keep track of the various usernames and passwords I use. I generally use the same password on a majority of sites and change it regularly — I know bad idea. I like KeePass because it can also generate good passwords for you. Things like !)(*)@LLLJDLKSJDIIijsladksjiiisdjsldasjLKJl##33 if you like. Then you do [...]

I have a virtual dedicated server from godaddy. This is basically a virtual machine running on a shared host. So far it has been awesome. Works really well if I could get my forums to stop taking up too much memory I wanted to open up FTP for a project some of my former students [...]