Monthly Archives: December 2012


Just a reminder to the American people, despite winning a majority of the seats in…

Just a reminder to the American people, despite winning a majority of the seats in the House of Representative, Democratic candidates actually got more votes

Democratic candidates accumulated almost 1.4 million votes in 2012 house elections than Republicans with a margin of 49.2% to 48.0% despite the GOP getting 234 seats to 208. This came purely as a result of the district gerrymandering that was propagated by Republican state legislatures in 2010. Democrats have of course done the same thing in the past when they led.

The point is that Republicans need to be reminded loudly that they do not have a mandate to drive our economy into the ground to meet their own political aims. 

Reshared post from +Dan Gillmor

Context: As you watch the "fiscal cliff" countdown proceed, remember that this is exactly what the Republicans think of as governing — obstruction.

Post Politics
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) has introduced a new bill that he says would soften the impact of going over the fiscal cliff. It’s called the Cliff Alleviation at the Last Minute (CALM) Act, and Manchin s…

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+Koushik Dutta is one of the most helpful Android developers on the scene

+Koushik Dutta is one of the most helpful Android developers on the scene

If you have an +Android phone/tablet running version 4.0 or later and you haven't rooted your device, you should definitely get a copy of this app. It provides a really simple interface to backup and restore all of the apps and more importantly the data on your phone. 

Reshared post from +Koushik Dutta

Android App Backup – super ultra alpha

Linked below is the rootless [1] app (and app data) backup solution I've been working on. Will only work on Android 4.0+.

Right now, just app backup/restore to/from a computer browser is implemented. Will be working on cloud backup and sync (via Google Drive) next. Probably only works on Firefox and Chrome. IE blows.

[1] Current version requires root. The rootless version has a PC side install that I am not ready to alpha/release yet.

http://download.clockworkmod.com/test/Backup.apk

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Back in the late 80s and early 90s, +Mazda USA was doing some really interesting…

Back in the late 80s and early 90s, +Mazda USA was doing some really interesting stuff

Unfortunately most of weird and wonderful cars never made it out of Japan but at least they did bless us with the Miata and the third generation RX-7. If only they would have offered us the truly insane 3-rotor Wankel…

These Are The Insane “Bubble Cars” From When Mazda Went Nuts 20 Years Ago
Automakers are at their best when they are at their boldest. Building unconventional cars, entering into markets that are new to them, trying their hands at a different form of auto racing, creating s…

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*Csaba Csere provides a detailed review of the new 2013 +Ford Motor Company Fusion… 1

*Csaba Csere provides a detailed review of the new 2013 +Ford Motor Company Fusion Hybrid *

He covers everything about it so it's pretty long but if you're interested it's worth watching

Reshared post from +Car and Driver Magazine

We test the all-new 2013 Fusion hybrid to see how well Ford has blended style, handling, and fuel economy. http://cardrive.co/6033ptl7

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A decade of mobile device evolution 2

In album

I dug some hardware out of the drawer the other day and put together a little gallery of mobile devices I've used. My first PDA was actually the Sharp SE-300 that when I purchased it around 1998 considerably cheaper than Palm devices of the time. Eventually it gave way to the first of four Palms a monochrome IIIx. 

A couple of years later I finally went color and ARM with the Tungsten T2 which was powered by a very early TI OMAP processor. The next generation brought consolidation as I got my first smartphone, a Treo 650. My final Palm device was a Treo 755p. 

During my time with the 755p, Palm made the switch to WebOS and I was planning to get a Pre once it finally came Verizon. Unfortunately for Palm, they had so many hardware quality issues and software performance flaws with the Pre that by the time it got to Verizon, the OG Droid launched at the same time. After hearing the Pre horror stories from others that had bought them, I went for the Droid and never looked back. 

Oh and note the grid of icons that pre-dated the iPhone by at least a decade.

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Good news for +Nissan Leaf owners, the automaker is stepping to address concerns…

Good news for +Nissan Leaf owners, the automaker is stepping to address concerns with prematurely falling battery capacity

Reshared post from +Green Car Reports

Nissan is extending its Leaf battery warranty in 2013, to cover capacity loss.

Nissan Leaf Battery Capacity Loss: Covered By Warranty, Now
Nissan is becoming the first manufacturer to offer limited warranty on battery capacity loss, when it implements a new warranty in Spring 2013. Announced via the MyNissanLeaf.com forums, Nissan execut…

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