Author Archives: Robert

Fixing the Google Android USB driver to work with the NOOK Color ADB on Windows

Posted on August 11, 2011 by Robert

Symptoms When attaching a Barnes & Noble NOOK Color to a Windows computer for app development, Windows is not able to automatically install a device driver that allows ADB to communicate with the NOOK Color. You may see a message … Continue reading →

Posted in Software Development | 1 Comment

GSmartControl for Hard Disk S.M.A.R.T. Information and Tests

Posted on January 28, 2011 by Robert

It’s surprising how few good tools there are for Windows for hard drive Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology System (S.M.A.R.T.) functionality. In addition to providing basic attributes like ‘Power-on Hours’ or ‘Temperature’, SMART can also include self-test ability and logs … Continue reading →

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Error 1327 “Invalid Drive” while installing or updating applications in Windows

Posted on January 21, 2011 by Robert

Symptoms When trying to install or update an application, you receive an error message similar to the following: Error 1327. Invalid Drive: Z: I’ve encountered this error installing Google Earth and another application, and it also apparently happens with many … Continue reading →

Posted in Windows Tech Support | 24 Comments

AT&T U-verse for the Curious Consumer – The Residential Gateway and Wiring Options

Posted on January 16, 2011 by Robert

AT&T U-verse is an Internet, TV (IPTV), and phone (VOIP) service delivered primarily by fiber and existing copper. This article is targeted at consumers who would like a little bit of light shed on the in-home hardware (what it does, … Continue reading →

Posted in Personal Technology | 8 Comments

bebooper

Posted on October 19, 2010 by Robert

bebooper [bee-boo-per]: beep + boop + computer -noun Those things in movies that look like computers, but beep or boop every time something is clicked on, whir whenever there’s a progress bar, or ever show an “ACCESS DENIED” message in … Continue reading →

Posted in portmanteau | 1 Comment

View Your Google Apps Calendar in Outlook 2007/2010

Posted on August 1, 2010 by Robert

Microsoft Outlook (2007 and 2010) and Google calendar both support the iCalendar format, which means you can view your Google calendars in Outlook. This is great if you, for example, want to be able to see your Google Apps personal … Continue reading →

Posted in Personal Technology, Web Technology | 19 Comments

s3nukem – Delete large Amazon S3 buckets

Posted on July 30, 2010 by Robert

s3nukem is a slightly improved version of s3nuke, a Ruby script by Steve Eley that relatively quickly deletes an Amazon Web Services (AWS) Simple Storage Service (S3) bucket with many objects (millions) by using multiple threads to retrieve and delete … Continue reading →

Posted in Web Technology | 6 Comments

WREST (Website REST)

Posted on October 14, 2009 by Robert

WREST [rest] = Website + REST -noun A RESTful API service that is made available to its own website. The distinguishing behavior from a regular RESTful API is that calls coming from the client are identified the same way as … Continue reading →

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haircro

Posted on October 10, 2009 by Robert

haircro [hair-kroh]: hair + Velcro -noun When hair is cut very short (using, say, #2 on clippers), the hair holds hoodie hoods on like it’s Velcro — but it’s hair! 

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Two Subnetworks on One LAN, and Linux arp_filter

Posted on August 31, 2009 by Robert

It’s a rare situation in a small networking environment that having two subnetworks on one broadcast domain can be an issue. I would normally avoid such a scenario (and it’s usually easy to do so) but I recently got AT&T’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Networking | 5 Comments