Installed an Ecobee3 a few months ago and love it!

The two best things to do in order to keep your phone secure are to: a) leave it non-rooted, and b) to be careful what applications you install. Look at the permissions they are requesting when installing, if you don't agree with the data that they can access, then don't install them! For example, a game that wants… Read more

VOTE: Nexus 4 Read more

Can't wait to see how fast the peeps at XDA do this! Read more

Another vote for the DB8. I've used it in the fast for great signal reception! Read more

Just a bit of info on Google+ - They also added Verified accounts for members who were also verified on Google Knol previously. This program is set to be discontinued and you can no longer add yourself or be verified via Knol, but it explains why Adam, and some of my < 100 circled friends are verified while others… Read more

I've looked into this and rsync just doesn't work very well on Windows. Its better to either run your own linux server or send it offsite to Amazon S3 or other external service. Read more

BackupWP is a good plugin for this! Read more

For some reason I feel that this article really hit home with me. Read more

I used Pidgin for a few months, where it worked out - OK. My computer seemed slow and I tracked it down by huge memory usage by Pidgin. It was continually using the disk to swap out status information on my contact list - which is admittedly huge. My PC sped up considerably when I uninstalled it. Read more

This paper is great for hiking maps. We'll either use water proof paper or just print on regular paper and then put into a heavy duty ziplok bag and it works very well. Read more

We've also been looking at Oxygen cloud! Very similar, more oriented towards groups. Read more

This looks sweet, but I was surprised they didn't go with a stand-up desk! Read more

VOTE: Camfrog Read more

Used to use AptBackup (free) for backing up the list of customized packages installed on my Cydia device. After having a few problems with that, used Pkgbackup just this past weekend to backup before upgrading to 4.3.1 and re-jailbreaking. It's a nice piece of software - although I did have it freeze a few times for… Read more

It most likely depends on the brand of the keyboard. Some will likely convert flawlessly, some might not work at all. Just depends on how it was designed. Read more

You are correct - it uses a direct connection; it does not pass the connection through to another server. Read more

They are working on a Windows and Linux client, but none yet. Read more

Interesting... I should try SUPER again. I had a hard time with it, not because it couldn't encode my DVD and other video but because I sometimes had a problem with desynched audio and video. Handbrake is the only program I found, paid or free, that has been able to handle all of my video without getting desynched. Read more

Gee, I don't know why they would say that! Read more