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purposeful-practice-mistake — While I usually fill this space with some technology news (or something depressing in the realm of security and privacy), this past week I’ve gotten a little sidetracked. It started when I started reading this article on the favorite Ars Technica video games from 1998-2008. That article led to lots […]

So I Got Sidetracked…

6 Sep, 2019 in Tech tagged first world problems / gadgets / tech by Colin Dorman (updated 178 days ago)

usb cables — One of the potential downsides to the newest two Nexus phone models, the Nexus 5X and the Nexus 6P, as well as the new Google Pixel C (among all its other downsides) and the Chromebook Pixel is that they both switch out the usual microUSB ports that are the standard […]

Google Engineer is Sherlock Holmes for USB Type C Cables

14 Dec, 2015 in Tech tagged android / smartphone / tech / usb by Colin Dorman (updated 1401 days ago)

When Google announced the Pixel C – a combination tablet/laptop similar to a Windows Surface or Apple iPad Pro, but running Android and not ChromeOS – it seemed like a bit of an odd announcement. The “Pixel” name is used for high-end Google-designed hardware devices. It has recently been used for the […]