The Great RSS Scramble, Two Weeks In
Two and a half weeks after Google announced Reader's death, a rundown of what I actually tried migrating to: Feedly, The Old Reader, NewsBlur, and Digg's promised replacement.
Tutorials
Tutorials
What the Evernote Scare Actually Got Me To Do
Evernote's password reset scare finally got me to set up a real password manager. Here's the actual, slightly annoying process of doing it.
Flashing Ubuntu Touch Onto My Old Galaxy Nexus
I flashed Canonical's brand-new Ubuntu Touch developer preview onto my old Galaxy Nexus over the weekend and lived with it for 40 hours. Here's what actually works and what very much doesn't.
Data Privacy Day Made Me Actually Fix My Accounts
Data Privacy Day nudged me into finally locking down my Google and Facebook accounts and cleaning up reused passwords. Here's what actually got done in one evening.
Turning a $35 Raspberry Pi Into a Weekend Media Server
A weekend spent turning a $35 Raspberry Pi into a living room media box with Raspbmc, including the power supply mistake that cost me an entire evening.
Backing Up My Instagram Photos This Week
Instagram's confusing new terms of service scared half the internet this week, so I finally got around to backing up three years of photos with Instaport - here's how it went.
Two Days Into Windows 8 and I Still Can't Find Anything
I paid the $39.99 and spent Friday night upgrading my aging ThinkPad to Windows 8. Two days in, here's what actually happened once the install finished.
I Tried Every Map App Tim Cook Told Us To Use
The day Tim Cook apologized for Apple Maps, I spent an afternoon actually testing the four alternative apps his letter told everyone to download.
Google Drive vs Dropbox: Early Thoughts
Google Drive's been out for a couple months now. I've been using it alongside Dropbox to see what actually sticks. Here's what I'm finding.
Setting Up the Raspberry Pi That Took Three Months to Arrive
A walkthrough of finally getting my long-delayed Raspberry Pi board up and running, from imaging the SD card to first boot, including the power supply mistake nobody warns you about.
Optimizing Images for the Web (So Your Site Doesn't Take Forever to Load)
A practical rundown of picking the right image format, actually compressing your files, and other basic tricks to keep your page weight down for visitors still on slow connections.
Git Branches, Without Losing Your Mind
A follow-up to the basic Git post from a couple months back — this time covering branches: creating them, merging them, deleting them, and a simple workflow that actually keeps master clean.