<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>Technology for Mortals &#187; George Ou</title>
	<atom:link href="http://www.formortals.com/author/admin/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://www.formortals.com</link>
	<description>Because technology isn&#039;t just for geeks</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 06:16:52 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<language>en</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
	<generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3</generator>
		<item>
		<title>Embedding videos the old fashion way</title>
		<link>http://www.formortals.com/embedding-videos-the-old-fashion-way/</link>
		<comments>http://www.formortals.com/embedding-videos-the-old-fashion-way/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 08:22:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Ou</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tips]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.formortals.com/?p=1594</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There was a time when I embedded web videos manually by uploading the video file to a server, and then wrote some HTML emded code on the web page to show a video.  Then came YouTube which solved one of the biggest problems which is server bandwidth, but they insisted on transcoding the uploaded file [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.formortals.com/embedding-videos-the-old-fashion-way/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
<enclosure url="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/46862053/t1.mp4" length="9579815" type="video/mp4" />
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>&#8216;Pentium&#8217; branded Sandy Bridge laptop for $268!</title>
		<link>http://www.formortals.com/pentium-branded-sandy-bridge-laptop-for-268/</link>
		<comments>http://www.formortals.com/pentium-branded-sandy-bridge-laptop-for-268/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Aug 2011 12:13:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Ou</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Intel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tips]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.formortals.com/?p=1585</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[UPDATE 9/2/2011 &#8211; The deal is alive again.  I bought one and it is a reasonably nice screen and keyboard. Here is a Lenovo &#8220;Pentium&#8221; branded Sandy Bridge laptop for $268! at Fry&#8217;s (Silicon Valley, don&#8217;t know about other regions).  That&#8217;s a little too good for me to pass up as my old wooden computer experiment [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.formortals.com/pentium-branded-sandy-bridge-laptop-for-268/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Google Android 6 stage update process</title>
		<link>http://www.formortals.com/google-android-6-stage-update-process/</link>
		<comments>http://www.formortals.com/google-android-6-stage-update-process/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jul 2011 10:41:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Ou</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Google]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Security]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.formortals.com/?p=1571</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So I bought a new HTC Nexus One (brown with US warranty) last week and it came with a custom Vodafone UK ROM with Android Kernel Version: 2.16.405.1 CL223106 release-keys.  Unfortunately, this particular firmware prohibits any OTA updates or even manual updates and it was a nightmare trying to track down the problem.  Luckily I fell upon this [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.formortals.com/google-android-6-stage-update-process/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>The tablet wars are not a foregone conclusion</title>
		<link>http://www.formortals.com/the-tablet-wars-are-not-a-foregone-conclusion/</link>
		<comments>http://www.formortals.com/the-tablet-wars-are-not-a-foregone-conclusion/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2011 09:35:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Ou</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Apple]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Google]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Microsoft]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.formortals.com/?p=1564</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Marco Arment spent a hell of a lot of time trying to make the simple point that the tablet wars are a foregone conclusion in favor of Apple.  The thing that stuck out about his review of a review is that it spends so much time frothing at the mouth because someone said something nice [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.formortals.com/the-tablet-wars-are-not-a-foregone-conclusion/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Apple&#8217;s 3.5&#8243; tablet costs $749</title>
		<link>http://www.formortals.com/apples-3-5-tablet-costs-749/</link>
		<comments>http://www.formortals.com/apples-3-5-tablet-costs-749/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2011 11:01:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Ou</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Apple]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.formortals.com/?p=1561</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Apparently, Apple&#8217;s 3.5 inch tablet with 3G and phone capability (what Apple calls their &#8220;iPhone&#8221;) with 16 or 32 MB storage costs $649 or $749.  These devices are nice, but it&#8217;s against my principles to pay that kind of profit margin for a device like this. If I was in the market for a phone [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.formortals.com/apples-3-5-tablet-costs-749/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Angry Birds for Chrome browser review</title>
		<link>http://www.formortals.com/angry-birds-for-chrome-browser-review/</link>
		<comments>http://www.formortals.com/angry-birds-for-chrome-browser-review/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jun 2011 03:11:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Ou</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Google]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.formortals.com/?p=1559</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I just noticed that they now have Angry Birds for the Chrome web browser for free.  I own the $5 version for the Intel App store and wanted to see how this version compares so here are my impressions. The good It&#8217;s free. Installs very quickly with a few clicks. The bad No full screen [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.formortals.com/angry-birds-for-chrome-browser-review/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Hold off on Intel Sandy Bridge for a month</title>
		<link>http://www.formortals.com/hold-off-on-intel-sandy-bridge-for-a-month/</link>
		<comments>http://www.formortals.com/hold-off-on-intel-sandy-bridge-for-a-month/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2011 03:15:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Ou</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Intel]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.formortals.com/?p=1437</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Intel found a problem last week with the new H67 and P67 chipset used for the Sandy Bridge processors and decided to halt shipments last night.  The problem will be resolved by the end of February so hold off on the Sandy Bridge system purchases until the motherboard chipset is resolved.  Apparently the problem involves [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.formortals.com/hold-off-on-intel-sandy-bridge-for-a-month/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Put the scroll bar out to pasture already!</title>
		<link>http://www.formortals.com/put-the-scroll-bar-out-to-pasture-already/</link>
		<comments>http://www.formortals.com/put-the-scroll-bar-out-to-pasture-already/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Jan 2011 12:05:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Ou</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tips]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.formortals.com/?p=1424</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Put the scroll bar out to pasture already! Once you’ve tried finger based scrolling on smartphones and tablets, it makes you realize how antiquated the Desktop User Interface (UI) is, especially the scroll bar. A plugin called “Wet Banana” adds mouse drag tablet-like scrolling but it’s about time all desktop operating systems get a UI [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.formortals.com/put-the-scroll-bar-out-to-pasture-already/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Intel &#8216;Sandy Bridge&#8217; i5 2500K plus mobo for $280</title>
		<link>http://www.formortals.com/intel-sandy-bridge-i5-2500k-plus-mobo-for-280/</link>
		<comments>http://www.formortals.com/intel-sandy-bridge-i5-2500k-plus-mobo-for-280/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Jan 2011 14:23:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Ou</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Intel]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.formortals.com/?p=1414</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Wow, Micro Center really has a great bundle deal on the new Intel &#8220;Sandy Bridge&#8221; i5 2500K quad-core unlocked CPU and GA-P67A-UD3 LGA 1155 P67 ATX Motherboard for $280!  These new CPUs are the newest and most advanced consumer CPUs to date. Note that this price is for in-store pickup only, but they still offer [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.formortals.com/intel-sandy-bridge-i5-2500k-plus-mobo-for-280/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Nook Color ten times better rooted</title>
		<link>http://www.formortals.com/nook-color-ten-times-better-rooted/</link>
		<comments>http://www.formortals.com/nook-color-ten-times-better-rooted/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Dec 2010 12:11:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Ou</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mobile]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.formortals.com/?p=1405</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Just make sure you follow these instructions carefully. Why is this cool? Everything is way faster!  Well to be specific, it&#8217;s mainly the soft keyboard that&#8217;s way faster.  The old keyboard was somewhat laggy and annoying. Full Android market Should be easy to restore factory restore on 8 failed boot attempts Already used apps like [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.formortals.com/nook-color-ten-times-better-rooted/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>28</slash:comments>
		</item>
	</channel>
</rss>

