Author: Dave
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The CD Turns 30
In celebration of the CDs 30th birthday, the Forester gets an upgrade from it’s original cassette deck to a new “compact disc” player. By “new”, I actually mean an OEM Subaru/Clarion head unit out of a 2001 Subaru Liberty RX. This $60 eBay purchase, and subsequent $15 Nissan Double Diversity antenna adapter purchase, has brought the…
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HTC Desire Z
I like reviewing old, obsolete products, so here’s another. The USB port on my Nexus S died recently, and I got this loaner HTC with the Nexus is in for repair. While the HTC is a fairly recent phone, it still runs Gingerbread (2.3.3), and feels very dated when coming from my Nexus S running Jelly…
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Google Play Store Localization
Twice I’ve encountered Google’s attempts to keep me from accessing some apps for my phone. In both cases, the apps I wanted were restricted to the U.S. market. In both cases, I had to look up how to fix the problem. So, here’s the simplest solution I found: Disable all location services on the device…