a fantastic social halfwit… 
Wow! It has been quite a while since I’ve posted here (or even looked here). Things have dramatically changed over the seven months. And they’ve all been for the better. I think it’s about time I get back into the swing of posting here just for the hell of it. I wouldn’t want to disappoint my millions of four readers.
Now go on and get back to your lives. I’ll be rippin’ and tearin’ in the meantime.
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One of the biggest caveats when it comes to downloading any application onto your Android device is the permissions that an app requests. An application can be programmed to do just about anything that it wants. This includes, but is not limited to, send SMS, intercept phone calls, send private data, etc. All of this can be set to be performed unbeknownst to you. However, in order for the apps to do so, they must be granted the permission to do so. Although the lack of initial moderation on the Android Market may be as much of a problem as it is a benefit, any app that has requested permissions that tie into any type of personal data causes a permission warning to display before you can install. So what kind of things should you look out for when installing a new application in order to avoid potential trouble and billing catastrophies? Read on to find out.
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The U.S. smartphone market has changed so dramatically over the five years. There is no doubt about that. Motions have shifted and the current reigning kings in the industry are iOS, Android, and BlackBerry. There are also the obvious runners up such as WebOS and the upcoming Windows Phone 7 (yes, a runner up because it has built enough hype to get it there but doesn’t have the chance to earn top status until release).
TD Bank, the bank known very well for its convenient hours and exceptional customer service, has finally released a much anticipated mobile application for customers on the go. Immediately after seeing the advertisement online, I downloaded it onto my Nexus One. It works great. But then I noticed the available device list and saw that it is only available for iOS and Android. So where’s the BlackBerry love?
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For those who might be asking “why the rainbow Andy?”, take a look at the Google logo and then I think you’ll realize why I colored him like that. 
Are you an Android user who uses Google Apps as their e-mail service? If so, you too have probably experienced the frustration of multiple services not being able to authenticate properly with your Google Account that shares the same credentials. The issue is a known one that has been acknowledged multiple times.
Is it enough to make me give Google and Android the middle finger? Absolutely not. I understand the complexity of the separation of their account types. But that doesn’t mean I can’t rant about it! After the break is a rant I posted over at Android Central and I just felt like sharing it here.
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Well, having had an extremely busy week, I will admit to not having thought of an idea for this week until today. So this weeks #ttt is a very quick and obvious one. But it is one that I was surprised that many people who work in command prompt or terminal aren’t even aware of.
This week’s lesson: how to very quickly navigate to a new directory in command prompt or terminal.
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And just like that, it is official. As reported last week, RIM and AT&T renewed their vows to celebrate the birth of the Torch line into the BlackBerry world. With the Torch line now joining the series rankings which also include Bold, Curve, Pearl, and Tour (RIP), there’s definitely a good variety of device styles within the family.
It’s Tuesday night and the mood is right. Gonna have some fun, show ya how it’s done, Tech Tip Tuesday.
For that line alone, I could be quite possibly the biggest loser to ever blog…
But back to the point of this post. If you are managing a Windows-based infrastructure that is handing out IP leases using DHCP, you more than likely will have a few workstations that are going to need static IP’s. This could be for a number of reasons such as, but not limited to, software/sites that will only validate themselves with pre-authorized IP’s. In these types of situations, I recommend setting DHCP reservations.
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The date has been set, the invitations have been delivered, and the reception has been prepared. On August 3rd, those special attendees will be given the pleasure of witnessing AT&T and the BB6-toting BlackBerry 9800 tie the knot in the bonds of cellular matrimony.
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Alright techies. Here’s a simple one for ya. But if you’re a sysadmin/netadmin, it’s one that you should know without any hesitation. And that is the shutdown command.
If you don’t know why this might be helpful to you, the shutdown command will give you the power (assuming you have proper admin rights over the machine the command is being run for) to perform various functions in regards to the machine’s current power state. This includes, but is not limited to, remotely shutting down workstations and servers that are not responding well to local GUI methods.
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I will start this post out with one very important fact in order to clarify that this isn’t a bashing in any sort of way. I love Foursquare. I’ve been an active user for a quite a while now and have “checked-in” hundreds of times (as of this post, 328 times). As long as you use it wisely, it is a great method of social networking. But I have been getting on my last nerve with it lately and have slowed my use down to simply to checking into existing places I had used it at previously. No more do I use it when going to new places and I am letting my amount of mayorship diminish. And I just don’t care.
So why am I slowly letting go of my love for Foursquare? Simply put, it’s becoming more and more of a cluttered mess everyday.
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