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My Android Data Problem

Overall I’d still say I’m more than satisfied with my Galaxy S II. The device itself is fantastic. It’s thin, light, powerful, has a gorgeous screen, and decent battery life. I really cannot find any faults with the hardware. Some of the software, on the other hand, I take issue with. Android as a whole is nice. But there are some things that either don’t make sense to me, or I don’t care about. The font sizes for one. For having such a large screen, it feels like everything is HUGE on it. Like I just bought a 24″ LCD …

Root Your AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II with a Mac, Easily

So I’ve come to a situation with my phone (to be explained later) that has all but required me to root it. Well, basically it HAS required me to root it because I have yet to find an actual solution that doesn’t involve rooting. Anyway… I’ve been reading root info and stuff for the last few weeks and all I can say is that the way these people write these things, it doesn’t seem as easy as they make it out to be. I have yet to find clear, explicit instructions for someone like me who knows very little about …

2011 AutoX Season Summary

Going into any autox season is usually a pretty exciting time for me… and with a brand new car that (at the time) was just 6 months old, there was a whole other level of anticipation involved. I was going from a 160-ish HP, FWD, naturally aspirated car with quite a few suspension modifications to a 100% stock, 265 HP, AWD, turbo monster. Time to throw out the rule book. Everything I had learned in the last few years about pushing my car is practically useless. And I approached every event in that same way… starting from scratch. I just …

Car Drama… Continued

Before we begin… let’s make sure you’re up to speed. You’ll want to read this. Go ahead… I’ll wait. Back? Awesome, let’s go. So after waiting over a week to get an appointment because they only have ONE certified Subaru technician (this makes me very nervous) I dropped my car off yesterday to finally get everything fixed (and by “everything” I mean fixing the wheel bearing, replacing the steering rack, fixing the rear seat latch rattle, and checking out a rattle in the passenger door). Thankfully Subaru’s warranty program gave me a decent loaner – a new-ish Subaru Legacy. It …

I Have a New Phone

I wouldn’t say that I was “disappointed” with the iPhone 4S. Any rational thought would have said there was basically zero REAL evidence of the iPhone 5 being announced that day – as all of the tech blogs were eager to point out the morning of the announcement. You know… just days after they continued to run story after story of iPhone 5 rumors. Derp. Anyway… the one thing to manage in these situations is your expectations. I didn’t expect my dream phone to be announced. I expected them to update the iPhone 4. Now what I had HOPED for …

Subaru, I am Disappoint

I bought my last car brand new… drove it over 80k miles and had 3 warranty claims in total. One was a weather seal pealing up on the rear window. The second was a problem with the alignment adjustment bolts in the rear – they had seized up. And the third was a check engine light (CEL) for a vacuum leak. All were fixed promptly and correctly. The first time. I’m at just over 11k miles with my WRX and I have already lost count of how many times I’ve been back to the dealer. Given, some of them are …

Statistics Tell a Sad Story

Let’s look at a couple Penn State statistics/rankings (as of 9/19/11, source): Passing Offense: 12th out of 12 in the BigTen. Passing Efficiency: 12th out of 12 in the BigTen Rushing Offense: 10th out of 12 in the BigTen Scoring Offense: 12th out of 12 in the BigTen Total Offense: 12th out of 12 in the BigTen This… is a problem. It also makes me very sad. This quarterback “problem” is becoming a team “problem” very quickly. I don’t know how anyone can expect things to improve until someone actually chooses a QB and sticks with him. Most people (me included) …

That Thing to Not Forget

I wasn’t going to bother saying anything… but I at least wanted to share a photo. This is from Corning Credit Union. Apparently their 9/11 tribute involves making one of their buildings a flag. It actually turned out pretty cool.

Seriously Indonesia, Knock it Off

We get it… you don’t want to play foursquare like everyone else. But STOP HARASSING LEGITIMATE USERS FOR BADGES. I have a Fitbit. It’s awesome. Part of the reason I got it (well, really, just the final deciding factor that pushed me over the edge) is that it will link with my foursquare account and potentially earn badges. Today I earned my 20K Step Day badge (after a LONG day at the Vintage Grand Prix followed by a 3 mile run at the gym). And just in the last couple hours I’ve been asked TWICE by 2 different Indonesians on …

Please Just Fix My Car

Buying a new car means, to me, that everything should be perfect. No strange noises, no weird smells, no funky behavior. And if any of those things should creep up, it’s going to the dealer to be fixed. Back in May I noticed a rattle… I actually thought it was something with my suspension. It sounded like a loose sway bar endlink or something (I’ve had that problem before, on the tC). It started on the driver’s side and eventually also started on the passenger side as well. So I took it in… When my car was “ready” the first …