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T-mobile G1 / Google Android… Goodbye T-mobile Wing

October 24th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Info, Ramblings, Smarts, Tech, linux

A moment of thanks…
First off, I’d to thank a lot of you… most of the traffic I get to my site comes from people looking for information on the T-Mobile Wing.  I had the phone for about 1.5 years and posted all sorts of information.  Most importantly, many of you posted comments and offered help [...]

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Theremin

August 14th, 2008 · 7 Comments · GPS, Info, Ramblings, Tech

Holy geez, I wan to build a theremin something fierce.   I have ALWAYS been fascinated by this.  I also want to build my own RDS-TMC traffic receiver.  It can’t be that hard.  Probably the hardest part is finding the right parts.

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R.I.P Mio, Hello TomTom

August 5th, 2008 · 2 Comments · GPS, Info, Ramblings, Smarts, Tech

First off, let me first apologize for not posting more frequently.  I’m sorry.  I’ve been really busy with my not-so-new job, (which I love and am thankful for), but the our son is already back in school and I’ve been wrapping up some consulting gigs that I had lingering.
Having said that, you might remember that [...]

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R.I.P., my Mio c310x…

May 22nd, 2008 · 1 Comment · Info, Ramblings

sniff, sniff…
Good bye, Mio c310x…
My Mio is dead.  Well, sort of.  This weekend I turned it on and the touch screen wasn’t working.  I did a soft reset, no dice.  I did a hard reset and no luck.  Everything else seems to work, and the buttons make sounds, so I called into Mio Tech Support.
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a kiss of death for Mio?

August 16th, 2007 · 2 Comments · GPS, News, Rants

Notice, I said “a kiss of death,” not “the kiss of death.”
Mio really screwed up. They made enemies for life.
If you’ve been coming here to learn about my Mio c310x and hacking it, you’ve probably either seen here or on some of the forums that Mio has been promising a map update for some [...]

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