As much as I love hanging out at root, there is no way to justify doing so for the sake of a piece of shit eReader. Velocity Cruz…Android 2.2, awful firmware, and laughable hardware… …sum to a bunch of bullshit. This tablet is the worst. I’ve made this thing usable by removing the stock apps via ADB, disabling javascript (really?) from the stock browser, and manually pushing the strangely nonexistent Google app set over via the SD card. The confusing part is the fact that Velocity’s latest firmware update fails to solve the issue that chokes both the stock Android browser and Dolphin HD…I updated thinking my refurb was dated. Nope. Apparently this is exactly the product that the clowns at Velocity intended to hit the market. Hats off. I’ll extract function out of this thing..the price-point pretty much ensures that. I tracked down a MIPS version of Opera that should work out, and have some ideas with respect to custom ROMs. It will browse, eRead, and serve some games with a great battery under the hood. A bunch of hacking later.

Our offer for this giant tree was accepted. Pending an inspection and some title work, this tree should belong to us on the 14th of July.

Fifty bucks. Fifty. This thing is almost as rad as a Transformer. Except that it is 7" and *probably* too under-powered to run Flash. It has killer battery life, so I will put this to use as an eReader. Not until I can maximize the performance…see if I can flash a ROM on this thing and overclock some stuff. Rooting and getting the Android Market will be the first step. Could be fun.

I would be lying to say that it wasn’t disappointing to see my Silverado SS from the rear view mirror of my new Old Man F150. Emma outgrew the SS about a year and a half earlier than I had anticipated. This 07 showed up on craigslist with 40k miles. Couldn’t pass it up. I’m not kidding about putting some stars and stripes on the license plate. I can’t picture anything else on this big white thing.

Good times with dad… …Linux VM on the work Win7. We don’t really mess around.

Hefty? In need of a red shirt? My third Woot BOC showed up, and lived up to its name. Incredibly crappy. Unboxing… Sort of sad that the Fuji 1.5V long life AA was the surprise hero of the box. I’m serious about the shirt. I’ll ship.

Rice cereal. By definition, gruel. +1 tasty

Woot! Things are coming up Milhouse…stay tuned for the un-boxing.

The only thing better than bacon is bonus bacon: the bacon left over from a bacon feast. The only thing better than bonus bacon is the ellusive bonus bacon lattice… Stack while hot, refrigerate, and enjoy.

Webcams: 2 Foscam FI8918W Android App: IP Cam Viewer Baby: Emma