My Top Indispensable Android Apps – Part 1

Top 10 Apps – BeyondPod

Everyone have their own favorite apps, whether they be games, launchers, productivity apps, wallpapers, sound boards and so on. I am no different. Although the stock Android experience is not terrible, there are so many ways it could be better. Over the years, and especially these last 12 months, I’ve stumbled over a number of [...]

Always Online Gaming Already Here?

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Those who consider themselves gamers have without a doubt followed the recent announcements of the PS4 and the XBox One with interest. Sony put a ton of software and games on display while Microsoft gave us a view of the physical console but much less in the form of software. Beyond all the hardware specs [...]

My New Android Blog: The Android Parent

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Tall Tech Tales has been around in one form or another for several years now. It’s always been geared towards technology, such as mobile tech, Ubuntu, gaming etc. Lately, with much of my life now involves my beautiful kids, my focus has changed a little bit. Although I tend to continue this blog, I’ll be [...]

Google Goofs Local Alaska News?

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The other day, I was doing my rounds on various sites, reading the latest news of the day. As my custom is, I hit up Google News first to get some general news before I dig into the stuff I really enjoy. However, I didn’t get too much further because Google ended up give me [...]

16 Apps I Installed After Installing Ubuntu 13.04

Every other blog out there does lists. Favorite apps, best things to do, new things to do. You name it, you can find it. A popular topic for Ubuntu users appears to be “10 things to do after you install Ubuntu xx.xx.” These articles shows up without fail within a week or so of the [...]

Ubuntu 13.04 Upgrade Complete And First Impressions

After spending a couple of days backing up large amounts of data I had no idea I actually still had, Friday night was the big day for the upgrade. The Installation My upgrade path this time around was a bit different than previously. I’ve been doing upgrades to existing installations for the last couple of [...]

Upgrading To Ubuntu 13.04 – Progress Report

The process has begun. The ISO has been downloaded, and the USA drive prepped and loaded, ready for a fresh install. Now I just wait for the backup to finish. As you may have read in my last post, I have decided to go with a fresh install this time around. However, before I can [...]

Upgrading to Ubuntu 13.04 And Ubuntu File Server Project

Within days, the official release of Ubuntu 13.04 will be available. Although the beta has been out for a while, I have long ago stopped messing with the betas after a bad experience a few releases back and also realizing that continually messing with beta software, release software, alpha, beta etc. just takes up time [...]

Ubuntu Touch For ASUS Transformer TF101

With the development of Ubuntu for smartphones and tablets, it’s an exciting thought to think that my TF101 one day can run Ubuntu specifically made for a tablet. Of course, as is the case in the various hardware hacking communities, work towards this has already begun. If you’re interested in trying out what’s currently out [...]

Upgrading The ASUS Transformer TF101 to Jelly Bean – Part II The Upgrade (Short Version)

I’m still in the process of typing up my Jelly Bean upgrade experience but to keep those of you from waiting that desperately are trying to find out how I did it, let me share the two sites I’ve used as a resource. First, www.transforumerforums.com is where I started. The following post regarding the TeamEOS [...]