This article is the first of many in my new Improvements category. The idea behind these articles is self-improvement. I tend to read a lot on the subject, whether it be physical, mental, or spiritual (yes, I do) health so I figured it’d be fun to share the little things I do in order to live a better life. While not my most significant…
I’ve been facing some rather uncomfortable allergies for the past few weeks. I’m normally against drug remedies, but this has been going on long enough that I caved. My treatment plan started with Benadryl, which did nothing. I then moved to Claritin, which also had no effect. Finding ourselves at Rite-Aid for other items, Heather spotted some Claritin-D and had heard great things. I…
Yeah, I got some of you guys pretty good. This morning, I partook in the Washington Area Bicyclist Association‘s 50 States ride, which I happened to be the absolute last registrant for after seeing a random (hadn’t previously known it existed) post about it on Facebook. It’s a casual event that takes you on a winding route through our nation’s capital en route to…
It is here, and I happen to have one in my hands. Apple freaks the world over have been “stuck” with the same basic phone since the iPhone 4 was released in June of 2010. There was the iPhone 4S released last year, but it was more of a minor revision than anything else. Getting One If you weren’t up at 3am EST on September…
The day is upon us. No, not iPhone 5 day (that’s tomorrow). iOS 6 is here. If you have a compatible device, the upgrade steps are fairly simple; Settings → General → Software Update and do the obvious. The upgrade on each of my devices took 15-20 minutes. Major changes that I care about (less useful, but “major changes can be found here and some…
Backstory Ever since the Nexus 7 released, I’ve been bugging my boss to get me one. We’re working on an Android port of mobilEcho so I figured it was a pretty safe bet I’d get my hands on one as opposed to one of the absolutely abysmal older Android phones we have sitting around the office. After dropping several not-so-subtle hints, he finally relented and…