Bunkaido: The Way of Bunkai

Email from Netflix

2011-09-19T15:13:00.000-05:00

Dear [Bunkai], I messed up. I owe you an explanation. It is clear from the feedback over the past two months that many members felt we lacked respect and humility in the way we announced the separation of DVD and streaming and the price changes. That was certainly not our intent, and I offer my sincere apology. Let me explain what we are doing. For the past

Is Now The Time For You To Go Google?

2011-07-12T17:01:00.000-05:00

With the upcoming (hopefully sooner rather than later) public release of Google's newest service, Google+, and the wildly growing Android mobile operating system; now may be the time for you to Go Google. What do I mean by "go Google"? Well, I mean to move to a Google platform for each category of computer software and service that you are currently using. Although that sounds like a very

2011 is the 20th Year of Linux

2011-04-07T16:26:00.000-05:00

Are you celebrating? Tell us how in the comments.

4G: The Ugly Truth

2011-03-11T17:30:00.001-06:00

We've all read and watched the advertisements about who's cellular wireless network is larger, faster and more reliable. The big thing these days is the push of "4G", but what does that really mean? For most people, it means absolutely nothing. That's because coverage is still sparse at best. However, if you are lucky enough to be in an area that can receive 4G service then what, exactly, can you

Migrate to Free Open Source Software (FOSS): Part 5 - Cross-Platform Applications

2011-02-06T18:38:00.003-06:00

It's been a long time since I wrote Part 4 of my Migrate to Free Open Source Software series, but rest assured, I haven't forgotten about those of you that have been waiting on the next chapter. To get back in to the swing of things after such a long intermission on this series, I'd like to start the ball rolling with just a simple list of FOSS applications known as "cross-platform", meaning

How Strong are your Passwords? (follow-up)

2011-02-02T15:47:00.003-06:00

This is a follow-up article to my previous password-related post in which I offered up a very basic explanation of how passwords are seen and what actually makes your passwords stronger or weaker. Now that you have that knowledge, I'd like to share a site with you that will allow you to test the strength of your new passwords right there in your web browser. This site lets you ask the question:

Open Source Growth is Good!

2011-01-20T14:32:00.000-06:00

I've said it for years. Open Source Software will one day surpass closed source in popular market share. It seems that there's a good chance it could happen in the forseeable future. I read a blog post today that was full of interesting statistics that show just how much growth there has been over the past decade or so. I don't take credit for this reporting, but I would like to share some of the

Passwords: You're probably doing it wrong.

2010-12-15T12:00:00.002-06:00

Let me start out by saying that I, just like everyone else, think passwords are very frustrating to deal with. I have way more accounts and passwords to manage than the average person, and remembering to change them all on a regular basis is near impossible. However, it's a necessary evil if you want to protect your information. With that said, simply changing your password every 30, 60 or 90

Android: There is no Fragmentation

2010-11-24T15:09:00.008-06:00

The rapid advancement of Android is being misrepresented by the reporting media as "fragmentation". I'm here to tell you, they're wrong. frag·men·ta·tion: The act or process of breaking into fragments. There has been no breaking of Android, it's only advanced and improved over time. This so-called fragmentation that everyone keeps complaining about with Android is no different than what

How-To: Side loading apps on Samsung Galaxy S (official)

2010-08-23T20:11:00.000-05:00

Many customer of AT&T in the United States are very unhappy with the fact that they have blocked side loading of applications. It appears that Samsung applies no such restriction and instead offers the steps necessary to accomplish the task. However, since the instructions aren't exactly readily accessible on their site (you have to dig through the FAQ to find them), I've decided to help out all