Tonight’s sake sampler
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Key remote office tools
Smoking Hot: AT&T 4G LTE Hotspot (Elevate)
Last month I decided to get a Mifi/Mobile hotspot device and went with the AT&T Elevate. It’s a 4G LTE device (or at least claims to deliver LTE speed). I’ve played with it for a few weeks and have noticed everything seems snappier when I’m on the Elevate when compared to Wifi on my home Uverse network. So I ran a series of tests with the Speedtest app and the two screenshots are representative of the results. Pretty impressive…
This first screenshot shows typical results with an iPad connected to my home Wifi. Respectable download speed (I’m on a fairly cheap rate plan) but as always Uverse upload speed totally sucks.
Below is the result using my iPad connected to the Elevate. Damn impressive as it is 40% faster for downloading and more than 3x faster for uploads. Note for these tests the Elevate was showing a single bar of signal strength.
So if I really need to do something in a hurry I’ll be sure I’ve connected to my Elevate. The service plan includes 5GB in the base fee. Fairly generous but certainly means I can’t use the Elevate full time.
RC Car + Arduino + iPad on Vimeo
This is a very cool Arduino-based project. An awesome setup allowing you to remotely control a RC car from an iPad (with video). Check it out!
Air perch
Mother and son :)
Don’t judge by this face - he said my brownies are delicious and was shoveling them in. :)
Feet up watching Broncos while enjoyingHacker-Pschorr Weisse Dunkel beer
Making cookies for Santa
German beer and Mexican queso - cause this is Texas
Get Loud!
Go!
A lovely Dunkel
Frosty in the yard
Arduino is out of puberty
Yep, it is now official. As I mentioned in this prior post, Arduino is coming of age and today’s announcement that the software development kit has reached version 1.0 is further proof. Hooray for all the makers in the world! Click the link below for the announcement and link to the free download.
Upside down Candyland
Another reason I distrust Google so very much
Google will allow you to opt out of them including your home wireless router in their Location Server database. So long as you’re willing to rename your access point by adding “_nomap” to the SSID. Read their privacy counsel’s justification and uttered an involuntary curse. So if you want privacy you have to modify the router and every device that connects to it…
Google intros privacy solution for home routers, forces users to opt out.
Apple’s Siri is eating Google's lunch
Very interesting take on Siri. I wonder if this is an intended result or a side effect of adding Siri to iOS. It also makes me think Apple is being very careful about opening up a Siri API in order to protect their backend revenue stream.
Spear-Phising: Remember when NetPen was the big concern?
No more. Network penetration and its ilk are all old-school. Highly specific targeted phishing (aka spear phishing) is all the rage. Are you on the pointy end?
Security firm: Hackers hit chemical companies
Our scary little leopard
Birthday scooter
Your mom was right - watch what you say online, it could cost you.
A surprisingly high percentage of recruiters/hiring managers have rejected employment candidates over posts to the main social media sites.
How Recruiters Use Social Networks to Screen Candidates [INFOGRAPHIC] | LinkedIn.
Teach Siri How to Pronounce Your Name
Or the name of any of your contacts. Typical Apple - Siri is personal so it must be teachable.
Cloudy weather for traditional IT outsourcers?
I’m not surprised by the data I’ve quoted below. The Cloud will definitely be disruptive to existing IT outsource partnerships. It will be fun to see how wins the upcoming battles :)
The survey indicated 77% of firms have started planning or have plans for some form of cloud computing and 64% said the cloud will be the best way to manage IT infrastructure three years from now. Asked who would be the best provider of that infrastructure three years from now, 55% said service providers who specialize in private cloud offerings; 39% said traditional outsourcing companies.