Suppress for a few minutes any issues you may have about invasions of privacy. I’m going to talk about something very cool from a technology point of view…namely an Android Spy App. The theme alone may send the paranoid looking for their tinfoil hats, but at the core is something pretty impressive. So, from a technical standpoint, Mobile Spy is awesome. Once the app is installed upon the tracked device, it will run under the radar. It spins a PID and runs undetected. The viewing interface is a live control panel…you can view the remote device’s screen, see the GPS info (overlayed onto a map…you bet) in real-timne, send silent SMS commands… The next level of interaction is even more involved. Via Mobile Spy, you can view the photos on the device…see Gmail messages…see Facebook and other social network activity. You can view the apps installed onthe device, URLs that the browser has hit, and phone contacts. Sort of creepy. Perhaps the two items that have been incorporated into the feature suite involve the exit path. You can initiate a block on any of the applications. This would be useful for something along the lines of blocking Astro File Manager, to keep hidden files and apks from being exposed. The second is nothing short of brilliant…a built-in remote uninstall. End of story. Snap back to reality. This is powerful stuff, and not to be taken lightly. If the usage is legit, this tool is amazingly legit.

First trip out with the new shades… …Vulcan Salute-worthy.

Ever since the announcement of the Google Glass project, I have had an image of Geordi La Forge in my head. Good old Geordi… Honestly, the project is pretty cool. The prototype units are sort of reminiscent of Star Trek, but they serve a unique function. Merging computing and vision is not an easy thing, once the whole ‘rest of the world aside from the text written to screen’ comes in to play. Where will this end up? I have a strong suspicion that the goofy looking units will end up being swept under the rug. The future, my friends, is in the contact lens. The small, not very obtrusive, disposable, can still wear sunglasses, little contact lens. The kicker is the link between contact lenses and high tech stuff that already exists. If vision correction isn’t enough to float your boat, how about Microsoft’s past work to implement a glucose tester into contact lenses. You don’t have to be diabetic to appreciate that. You don’t have to be a Microsoft fanboy to give them credit for a cool project. Swap Microsoft out for Google, who is arguably way more bleeding edge. Add in the fact that the Google Glass project has been declared an early success, and that the contact lens makes more sense down the road. I’m guessing we see Star Trek Glasses, and then shortly behind Star Trek Contacts for sale before too long.

Up and running on the 47 inch Vizio… So cool. Next item: get WiFi configured and working. Next next item: poke around with the pin-outs. Next next next item: something awesome involving Python.

2.0_beta V2.0 features a window, giant banana plant, and on-desk fire extinguisher. Action item #1: drop Debian on SD card for RPi. Status: in progress.

It has arrived… My condolences go out to my Arduino and IOIO boards. This thing is very amazing. Long story short, we have a full blown Linux box with a bunch of interface options. Stay very tuned. My small sidekick and I shot an unboxing vid out of excitement: Need to put the new house together quickly so I can play with this thing.

Ford, Montana, Stars, Stripes, Bald Eagle. Bunch of guns. Just missing a PBR and one of the Hank Williams in the background.

4G device-having Bozeman residents awoke to a nice surprise today…Verizon flipped the LTE switch a few months earlier than anticipated. They must be calibrating the network, as my speed tests are all over the board. I have one run that was 14M down / 4M up, but several that sit in the 3G range. Either way, exciting stuff and incredible timing.

This was bound to happen.

I haven’t had the best phone on the market in my posession since the LG flip-phone era. Until this afterlunch… Samsung Galaxy S III. I’ll post plenty about this good-looking thing. This stock ROM is solid, but I’m fighting the urge to dump JB on this sucker and go all out. Stay tuned.