2009-02-18
Blackberry Battery Life
My blackberry curve 8330 seemed to no longer be holding a charge, after about 8 months of use. No crazy apps running or anything, the WSJ reader is about the most data intensive that's open. It got to the point where it wouldn't last a half-day, even lose a bar overnight when it was only receiving e-mail.
I called Verizon, hoping to get a new battery, which incidentally is warrantied for one year, so that's good to know. But the nice helpful woman gave me a bunch of ideas, the simplest being: pull the battery out, wait a little while, and put it back in. And whaddyaknow, it worked! After the reset, suddenly it seemed to be back to a long-life battery.
Why in the world this works, and why the blackberry would be confused about the battery life, I have no idea... but it worked!
Smart Roads. Smart Bridges. Smart Grids. - WSJ.com
Spend the stimulus on smarter, more intelligent infrastructure? Probably not, it's not quite shovel-ready... but would put us back on top of R&D.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123447510631779255.html?mod=loomia&loomia_si=t0:a16:g2:r1:c0.099142:b0
2009-02-10
World Air Traffic Over 24 Hours - Video
No idea what the source of this is, but pretty cool to look at the way the airplanes move over the earth. And clearly the world doesn't sleep enough.
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/2235978/world_air_traffic_over_24_hours/
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