It seems to work (the newer one I build for my Note 3 is actually better) and keeps me from having to cup my hand around the back of the phone to hear something. It's not loud and doesn't beat a pair of bluetooth speakers for filling a room full of sound, but it does the trick to hear something while I'm sitting in…

How I roll! Made my own with some wood and a few PVC elbows. This basically brings the sound from the rear speaker on my Galaxy Nexus to the front while watching videos and eating. I've since upgraded to a Note 3 and made a new version, but haven't taken pictures of it yet. All the pics of this one above are here: http…

Encryption works using a lock screen password (or PIN# for some devices) so even if the device is powered up, as long as it is locked, they cannot see anything when it's plugged into a PC. Once you unlock the phone, then someone can see the contents on it. So keep the screen lock timeout short and set the power…

Yup! I've got it working in sync across 4 devices (3 Android and 1 IOS). The secret is printing the QR codes and keeping them locked up safe.

Ubuntu (any maybe other Linux distros) has this feature too. If Linux is how you roll.

Using the WordPower apps from Innovative Language available on Android and IOS uses a bit of this technique from the article using a picture with the word. It is handy to some degree and I find that when I remember the word, the picture comes to mind.

Bah, iPhone only.... Checking out Relax Melodies Premium which I have on an Android Device. At least that has iPhone/iPad version. You can use the defaults or build your own soundscapes from the 108 sounds/music sequences.

Just buy the Success rice in the quick cook bags. You plop them in a bowl of water in the microwave for 10 minutes and you have hot good rice. You can be prepping the rest of the meal during that time since you don't have to tend to it. I lived on that in a dorm when I was in the military since a microwave was all we…

If you have kids, well, you know.....you keep a bottle of this stuff around to get any sticky goo up. Excellent at getting any stuck adhesive off something.

Chrome always seems slow in Android to me so I've been a Firefox Mobile fan (a bit biased though since I use Firefox on the desktop). It's really improved a ton since the early days so check it out if you haven't lately. I love the fact I can share a tab via Firefox Sync and pick the specific computer I want it to pop…

I use Downcast on IOS and Doggcatcher on Android since the two are very similar. I tried Beyond Pod for a week and went back to Doggcatcher because I didn't like the way Beyond Pod grouped podcasts. I like Doggcatcher because you can tweak what each individual feed update does (like not download or only download the…

I switched from Tape-a-talk to Recordense which is slick with it's tagging capabilities and super easy to use widget, but may have to check this one out for it's ability to only record what you need.

Yes encryption does twart this. This really is nothing new and affects any flash drive/memory card or hard drive that is not encrypted. Your best bet is to wipe the device and then encrypt it once and wipe again before selling it. The encryption process will overwrite the old retrievable data with garbage. For hard…

Buy the tag stickers at a $1 or less and just stick them right on the back. It would be cheaper, but still an expensive business card. I would just do the last step above and push them on the spot. If anything, it's a learning experience for them on what NFC can do.

With Android phones that have NFC built in you can beam your contact to another Android phone with NFC. People are in awe when I show them how this works. You could also write it to a NFC tag. I keep a NFC tag on my keyring for this purpose.

Yup, already tested and uninstalling the battery hogging, performance sapping app now!

Am I missing something because RSS doesn't seem to be an option for me:

India according to Fodor's. I'm sure Egypt is right in there somewhere, maybe #3. This came from a list in a book by Fodor's "The World's Most Dangerous Places". An odd travel book indeed, but total fun to read.

For #2 I'll also add that if you get near your destination and you are still confused, pull over safely and recheck. Scoping out your trip ahead of time really helps and takes the stresses out. Even when using a GPS it never hurts to look at a paper map or at least an online overview on a full size computer screen…

It does. Surprisingly the specs to run MythTV are not that high. I was running it on a 8 year old single core 2Ghz laptop and it recorded stuff just fine. Plex does need a little decent specs to transcode full HD video, but that too worked on a dual core 2Ghz Windows laptop just fine. Now I have all of it running on a…