I have a new favorite Android ROM for the Nook Color: MROM
My Nook Color is my experimental Android rig. Since it’s aging fast, I don’t use it nearly as heavily as my other Android devices, so if I accidentally do something wrong, I can live without it much...
View ArticleBenchmarking Android
After rooting a device and loading a ROM or two on it, it’s easy to start to wonder what tweaks and settings actually make a difference in performance or whether you’re just imagining things. For...
View ArticleBaidu: The lightweight browser for low-end Android
I went looking for a resource-friendly browser that would run well on a 1 GHz-ish Android tablet. Everything I read said that Baidu was the lightest browser on resources. Since Baidu is a Chinese...
View ArticleHacker chasing, circa 1987
I’m catching up on reading. Next on my reading list is The Cuckoo’s Egg, (Amazon link), Clifford Stoll’s memoir of chasing down a computer hacker in the late 1980s. In it, he describes a very different...
View ArticleLooking back at Sam Posey’s Playing With Trains
I finally got around to reading Playing With Trains (here’s a Nook link), sportscaster Sam Posey’s 2004 memoir of 50 years as a model railroader. Of course I was mostly interested in the first couple...
View ArticleAndroid Kit Kat lands on the Nook Color
I didn’t know if it would ever happen, but experimental nightly builds for Android 4.4 (Kit Kat) have arrived for the venerable Nook Color. I installed it tonight. Since I’ve previously run other...
View ArticleHow to disassemble a Nook Simple Touch to remove or replace a battery
If your Nook Simple Touch won’t power on, or is displaying a question mark (?) on its battery indicator, I have a four things to try. But before you go to the trouble of disassembly, try charging the...
View ArticleThe best e-book site I’ve found
The best ebooks site I’ve found, by far, is the archive at the University of Adelaide in Australia. The selection is outstanding, but the presentation is even better. Steve Thomas, the curator, takes...
View ArticleNook charger replacement
If you lost your charger for your Nook, you have some options for Nook charger replacement. What you need depends on what kind of Nook you have. The Nook Color and Nook tablets used a special adapter...
View ArticleDo AC adapters go bad?
Do AC adapters go bad? The answer surprises many people, but the answer is yes. The question, then, is how to lengthen their life expectancy and what to do if they do eventually go bad. Why AC adapters...
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