Jane Talks Tech!

So, I got an Android phone, specifically, the T-Mobile G1. Yes, it's no longer officially supported by T-Mobile and second, I'm with AT & T! However, the person I purchased the device from had done the hardwork in rooting the G1 and flashing the CyanogenMod ROM v. 5 onto the G1. See this excellent XDA forum post on why you should root your G1. Due to some mixed signals, I was under the impression the phone was unlocked. Alas, I was to discover that a Rooted G1 does NOT an Unlocked G1 make. After I got the G1 ...

It's been over eight months since I migrated my blog (Jane Talks Tech!) from Wordpress to Habari. It wasn't done lightly and I did my due diligence by creating a test installation of Habari, making sure the importer worked, ironing out issues (credit entirely due to the devs in the Habari IRC channel) and finally pulling the trigger. That said, my experience with Habari has been a rollercoaster, but I'm still hanging on. :P I feel connected to this fledgling blogging system and believe it has a strong chance of surviving in the crowded content management ...

I'm a happy user of Norton Internet Security 2010 (referrred to as NIS 2010 henceforth). I have never been infected with any nasties primarily due to a combo of taking common-sense precautions (like not downloading "free ringtones", "sexy videos" or any "codecs" to view said sexy videos), being aware of my internet surroundings and having NIS take care of things when I'm lax. However, NIS 2010 has issues that I need to vent about....

I take the role of "computer-problem-fixer" in my family very seriously. :) I love tinkering and troubleshooting so helping out doesn't feel like a burden to me. So, I thought I'd do a post on how I'm able to assist my family members and friends from afar. ...

First thing: I'm *not* a coder, but I've got the next best thing: search engines like Bing, Google and DuckDuckGo on my side. For every theme I've used on the blogging software running my blogs (janetalkstech.com and fadingwhispers.org/home), I've ended up editing the theme's files to include some small features I admired in previously used themes (see a list of available themes for Habari). This particular post will attempt to go over little tweaks I've made to the current theme (Georgia by Thomas Silkjær) running this blog as of 06/15/2010. By the way, ...