Author: Jon

Jon’s Broken, come back on Monday

As you may have seen on my twitter, Akido killed me last night, nothing useful to post today.

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Developing on an Android device under Windows 7

One of the first things I did after getting my shiny new Nexus One was to plug it into my computer for development. After all, development was the entire reason I bought this very expensive new toy (well, it might not be the only reason, but it is the one I use to justify actually…

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Video: First impressions of the Nexus One (AT&T)

As I previously promised/threatened: more videos. Here’s my first impressions of the Nexus One after about 12 hours of playing with it. The video is short, just 5 minutes. I move fairly quick and don’t show off a lot of depth, but I’ll cover more detailed aspects down the road in separate videos. (Click to…

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How to Export Contacts from Outlook 2010 (Beta)

You’d think it is fairly easy to export something in Outlook 2010, but apparently Microsoft has decided that anything that isn’t in a ribbon should be completely counter intuitive. So here’s how to export: File (tab) Import (Yes… Import) “Export to a file” Next “Comma Separated Values (Windows)” Next Select your Contacts folder Next Select…

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Video: Four Generations of Cell Phones

Well, I previously threatened to make some video blog entries and now I’m finally making good on that threat. THIS IS NOT A VIDEO DIARY. In fact, if all goes according to plan, you’ll never see my face on camera. So before I get into the entry itself, a quick bit about making the videos….

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MythBusters is the Best Show Ever

This past evening I was watching some of the latest MythBusters’ episodes after I had returned from Aikido. It just so happened that after class a few guys had gotten to talking about court, then DUI checks, then to the MythBusters’ test on how to beat breathalyzers. As I was watching the show, I realized…

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