Author Archives: Tim Garrett

A renewed interest in Web 2.0

I’ve been doing “web stuff” since the mid-90s, both for fun and in various consulting and full-time professional engagements.  My focus has been primarily on Java web and [..]

Geek Speak

Avoiding identity theft online, or how not to screw up like I did

It has been a long, strange morning.  A hacker stole my accounts and purported to be me, asking everyone in my contact list to send him money since [..]

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Motorola Cliq Android 2.1 Update

Cliq owners everywhere likely appreciate the device’s hardware as much as I do.  The software is another thing entirely, weighed down heavily by Motoblur and other customized software [..]

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Blog Software Upgrade

After ignoring security alerts and upgrade notices for too long, I decided to upgrade the blog’s WordPress version to 3.x.  It was relatively, but not completely, painless.  It [..]

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Celebrity Look Alikes

This sounds fairly scientific. Take a look at my collage and tell me what you think!

Rants

Announcing ‘Spin a Friend’

I am in the process of releasing my first Android application to the Android Market. It is called Spin a Friend. It is an entertaining time waster and [..]

Rants

Android Application Development

I have started meandering down the road toward being a proficient Android mobile application developer.  I downloaded the SDK and Eclipse plugin last night and started working on [..]

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MacBook Pro Teardown

Dented Case Damaged LCD Bare Display Assembly I tore the upper display assembly of the MacBook Pro down to bare metal last night. Found some good articles online [..]

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Why Apple Will No Longer Be Part of My Life

Just a few weeks ago, I would have recommended an Apple product to anyone. My wife and I own 3 iPods and 2 portable computers–an iBook G4 and [..]

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A History of the World, As Told by Budweiser

I was mildly amused when a remodel of our small half bathroom uncovered an old Budweiser beer can hidden beneath the drywall. Amazingly, it was in great shape [..]

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