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Droid X "Self Destructs" if you mod/jailbreak it

2010-07-14T21:10:00.001-04:00

Mobile Crunch reported yesterday that the new Droid X prevents you from modding it by 'bricking' itself. Bricking is a term for electronics that die, or cease to function, as they are just heavy objects that are as useful as a paperweight. This is ridiculous! With some phones, the only way to customize them sufficiently is with modification outside of the normal operating parameters. The security system is called "eFuse".

"If the eFuse failes to verify this information then the eFuse receives a command to “blow the fuse” or “trip the fuse”. This results in the booting process becoming corrupted and resulting in a permanent bricking of the Phone. This FailSafe is activated anytime the bootloader is tampered with or any of the above three parts of the phone has been tampered with." (source)

Some have even suggested that Motorola, the maker of the new device, be removed from the Open Handset Alliance, stating: "It violates EVERYTHING the Open Handset Alliance stands for."

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Updated Resume

2010-07-12T15:03:00.000-04:00

My Updated Resume
Connect with me on LinkedIn

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www.threesixtystudios.com/our_team.html
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http://bloomington.craigslist.org/sys/1827460542.html
http://www.thefixitfox.com/
http://eatmytech.blogspot.com/
http://robbroadwell.blogspot.com/2010_04_01_archive.html
http://eatmytech.blogspot.com/2010_05_01_archive.html
http://www.robbroadwell.com/resume.html

TESTING SEO...

2010-07-07T12:56:00.001-04:00

TESTING SEO...
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www.linkedin.com/in/richardbroadwell
www.vitals.com/doctors/Dr_Richard_Broadwell.html

AIRBENDER

2010-07-07T11:10:00.002-04:00

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Recent Involvement

2010-06-09T16:58:00.001-04:00

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richardbroadwell.blogspot.com/2010/05/fix-it-fox.html
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www.robbroadwell.com/resume.html

This is for SEO purposes. Please disregard.

-Richard Ollen Broadwell IV

I LOVE CRAIGSLIST

2010-06-02T18:20:00.001-04:00

It generates SO MANY LEADS!

bloomington.craigslist.org/cps/1714722797.html

A+ Certification

2010-06-02T17:51:00.003-04:00

I'm taking the two CompTIA A+ certification exams (220-701 & 220-702) next week! I feel prepared to take them now but I'm giving myself an extra week to get extra-ready. I have Meyers' "CompTIA A+ Certification Exam Guide" and am enjoying it. I like how he organizes information and mixes in tactful humor.

Now let's hope this cert and MCITP (a few months down the road) will help me get a job!!!

-Richard Ollen Broadwell IV

== SEO ==
The Fix it Fox
Three Sixty Studios
RobBroadwell.com
RichardBroadwell.com
Resume

End of college, Interview, The Next Step

2010-05-02T11:30:00.003-04:00

Two papers tomorrow, interview on Tuesday, exam on Friday... and I'll be a college graduate! My backup plan for the summer is to study for the MCITP: Server Administrator exams, work on The Fix it Fox, make a few new websites for Three Sixty Studios, and get in the best shape of my life. Run, swim, bike, lift... get in great shape.

My interview is with Arcellor Mittal, North America's largest steel producer. The position is an internship in networking. Wish me luck!

-Richard Ollen Broadwell IV (ROB)

Google is amazing part 2

2010-04-27T18:52:00.001-04:00

And that my great uncle (I think) Donnie Lee Broadwell, was reported missing and then later found.

North Carolinians Service Records November 22, 1944 to December 7, 1944

Amazing!

Google is amazing

2010-04-27T18:49:00.003-04:00

I was surfin' the net and found some very personal information about my dad... his medical licence, address, phone number:

North Carolina: DR. RICHARD OLLEN BROADWELL M.D. GOLDSBORO NC 27530 919-731-2023

Dr. Richard Broadwell

Goldsboro Doctors, Dentists, Hospitals, other Healthcare providers

The age of information is pretty scary.

I've been hacked!

2010-04-26T20:27:00.002-04:00

I discovered today that a classmate (Brian Oppenlander) took my resume formatting, stole it, and put in his own information. I've been hacked! Lesson learned - protect everything you make. If someone can steal something, they will.

The Fix it Fox

2010-04-10T20:26:00.000-04:00

Over the summer I'm going to do my best to expand the Fix it Fox. First I will add to the first page - a bio about me, a picture, and some SEO stuff. By "SEO stuff" I mean an RSS aggregator of tech repair (or something like it) to improve my pagerank.

Richard Ollen Broadwell IV

2010-01-26T16:24:00.000-05:00

My name is Richard Ollen Broadwell IV but I've been Rob my entire life. When I was born, my parents decided to call me by my initials R.O.B. instead of Richard, Rich, Rick, etc. I've been Rob ever since.

THREE SIXTY STUDIOS!!!!

2009-07-17T15:30:00.001-04:00

My web design project is coming along. I'm working through a tough case of writers block and I cant seem to finish up the content. Until I finalize the content, I cant work on the design. Boo!

http://www.threesixtystudios.com/

Rainy sunday at work

2009-04-05T19:22:00.002-04:00

On this cold, rainy, Sunday evening I’m at work and very bored. I work for University Information Technology Services and on Sundays, I sit in a dorm computer lab for 4 hours. My lab is vacant which is surprising at this point in the semester.

Usually I work on homework or my website but today, I’ve been looking for recipes. Coming to work hungry is usually a bad idea, especially if I torture myself by reading food blogs. After salivating non-stop for about an hour, I decided I needed a change of pace.

Mondays aren’t my worst/longest day of the week but they’re close. Monday is, however, the day before Tuesday, and Tuesdays are terrible. I have class and work from 8am to 10pm with only two short breaks. 3 more weeks to go.

This summer is shaping up anti-climactically. It seems I will end up taking a class or two, working part time somewhere, and have plenty of time to develop myself independently. By that I mean exercising, reading, and developing my technical skill-set.

My first project is to build a server, set it up with Apache and MySQL server, and build a webpage with a database back-end. I will document the design process with pictures and a blog.
SKILLS: PHP or ASP.net, MySQL, and Apache.

My next project is to redesign my webpage. This may actually be the same project as my d-base project; I don’t know if my personal website needs a database backend but if I can think of a way to integrate it, this project and the first project will be the same. Either way, I want to re-design my webpage. When I built it, I didn’t know exactly what I needed content wise so it doesn’t handle everything I need.
SKILLS: CSS, HTML, Photoshop, Flash, and Apache

Next, I will get a book on Java and dive in. I am familiar with Processing, a Java extension, but my Java knowledge is lacking. My new website design will have a portfolio capable to displaying coding in an efficient way – I will post my programs to it.
SKILLS: Java

So far, those are my plans. Take a few classes, work part time, and develop my technical skills on my own.

Tampa, FL - Spring Break 09'

2009-04-04T15:18:00.003-04:00

I forgot about these pictures - this was a few weeks ago. My grandma has a condo in Dunedin, FL; near Tampa. Andrea and I spent the week there and had a wonderful time.

Andrea <3

Clearwater Beach, FL

Weeping Willow

BREAKING NEWS: Warner Brothers Entertainment Buys The Pirate Bay

2009-04-01T00:48:00.010-04:00

Warner Bros., one of the largest Hollywood Production companies, just purchased The Pirate Bay; the world's largest torrent tracker. WB financed the production of hundreds of films from 1918-present and The Pirate Bay stole them. WB paid them 16 BILLION DOLLARS for STEALING THEIR MEDIA! Good job stealing our stuff, pirate bay. WTG. Here, cookie.

EDIT: April Fools!!!

The Conficker Worm

2009-03-31T21:37:00.003-04:00

The Conficker worm has hit between 9 million to 15 million Windows PCs worldwide. According to the NYTimes, it is the largest viral impact in the last 5 years.

The worm is multifaceted and exists in multiple variants. Each variant with slightly different attacks but overall a similar attack. What is so interesting to me about this worm is its mechanism for flooding network traffic - it funnels its network payload of about 5000 domain names through a network on 512 to 1028 bit encryption. The effect is a crippled network and invisible traffic.

The good news: there are several working fixes for the worm. Symantec has a fix for the virus you can find here.

Good night and good luck. heheheh

Trip to Michigan

2009-03-30T21:31:00.004-04:00

("WHY IS IT SO COLD!!!") says the random, obviously very cold squirrel.

This is my cat KC. He is the ruler of his universe (aka. my mom and her house).

Twitter

2009-03-29T19:50:00.000-04:00

I have finally joined the newest phenomenon in cyberspace – twitter. So far I don’t exactly understand the appeal. I mean, I can tell people what I’m doing… someone might find a description of my day-to-day interesting. Dunno.

If you’re one of those people, you can find my twitter here: http://twitter.com/heymanslowdown.

moon cricket

2009-02-19T18:18:00.001-05:00

I'm not quite sure what moon crickets are, but apparently they are the #5 trend today on Google Trends. I was told that mentioning these Trends in blogs and websites effects the PageRank algorithm significantly. I'm testing over the next few posts to see if it noticeably changes the hits to my site.

my new monitor

2009-02-19T16:00:00.000-05:00

http://www.buy.com/prod/westinghouse-26-inch-widescreen-1080p-lcd-monitor-1920x1200-hdmi-hdcp/q/loc/101/207540840.html - ON SALE $250 WOW

A lot of the reviews, between buy.com and newegg, are incorrect. (1) this monitor DOES auto adjust to inputs [there is a setting to make this happen - not setup this way out of the box] (2) HDMI works as it should - the highest res HDMI supports is 1080p. To get the full resolution, you must use VGA. (3) 1920x1200 is AWESOME I cant believe how beautiful games are at this res. (4) the monitors response time is excellent I see no ghosting what-so-ever. (5a) there are two negative things I have to say about it. The speakers do buzz - but muting them fixes it. (5b) the controls on the side suck and it really takes some getting used to. but, if you get it setup right, you don't have to mess with them ever again. I haven't touched them since I set it up originally.

(the bottom line) this monitor is amazing. you will not be disappointed!

UPDATES!!!

2009-02-11T20:42:00.002-05:00

I've been practicing Flash and Illustrator. Check out my updated portfolio!

I'm going to re-organize so that within the portfolio tab there is a sub-menu for works in flash, photography, illustration, and web-design. As it is now, the page will get super long as I expand my portfolio... I need to divide it into sub-categories.

More Jamaica Pictures... (2)

2008-12-14T23:38:00.002-05:00

My favorite shots from Jamaica at full resolution: here
A collection of all 416 pictures: here

Data system project

2008-12-10T21:52:00.007-05:00

Make a data system similar to this. The look is nice and minimal. Use CSS for style, don't get lazy with Dreamweaver. Design an effective front and backend for a website.

Be able to post projects, writings, pictures, etc.. Make a living digital portfolio that can expand to support new projects. PLANNING. I need to design it without bottlenecks so it can adapt to new mediums, projects, scenarios.

TECHNICAL SKILL SET
Oracle or SQL
Windows 2007 Server / some Linux distro / ...?
Apache
PHP or ASP.net

REQUIREMENTS
Webserver machine ($200ish)
O.S.
Free version of Oracle or SQL

the remainder of my college curriculum

2008-12-09T20:10:00.000-05:00

Spring 2009
BIO 311 – Genetics
INFO 300 – HCI
INFO 310 – Multimedia
INFO 400 – Topics
TEL 283 – Prod Techniques and Practices

Fall 2009
INFO 494 - Capstone
INFO 3XX - any 300 level Info
TEL 354 – Program Graphics and Animation
TEL 353 – Audio Production
PHIL 130 – Ethics
SPEA 300 - Stats

Spring 2010
INFO 495 - Capstone
INFO 3XX - any 300 level Info
TEL 364 – 3D Modeling and Animation
Intensive Writing
PSY 315 – Developmental Psychology

Fun eh?

More Jamaica Pictures...

2008-12-05T14:45:00.000-05:00

So I've been back in the states for a week now... and it sucks. I miss Jamaica so much. Buuut I got some more pictures -- most of them were taken by my sister and mom.

the ANIMALS
the LANDSCAPE
the PEOPLE

Enjoy.

Privacy in the Information Age

2008-12-04T00:41:00.000-05:00

In the last 50 years, the world has seen rapid changes in commerce and everyday life. These changes are the result of the information boom – the rise of the computer. Despite the astounding advancements to technology since its inception, it is still in its infancy. The impact of living in this age has not even begun to be understood, especially by the average person. Computers have provided the ability to efficiently collect, organize, and store information. This has resulted in a stockpiling of information on an astounding scale. Every day, information is collected from people with or without their knowledge, by voluntary or involuntary collection methods. The data is sorted, processed, and eventually stored at near-instantaneous speeds. Corporations and governments collect this data and in many cases, sell or share the information with other companies and governments, resulting in enormous collaborative information systems. The data continues to amass, like a snowball down an infinite mountain, continuing to gain size and momentum… and to what end?

Imagine a 22 year old man graduating from college in 2038. After the farewells and celebration, he is in search of a job. On Monday morning he walks into a prestigious accounting firm in his finest suit, with great confidence, his biggest smile, and his resume in hand. He is greeted by the receptionist who he informs of his 9:00am appointment with Jeff Lebowski, the firm’s Executive Vice President. The receptionist gently taps the touch screen in front of her and instructs him to follow the hallway, first door on the left. He is surprised to find not an Executive VP but instead a single workstation, with a simple, yet ominous message on it. “Enter your SSN:” He obediently enters it, and the screen responds with “Processing…” In the next few moments, while his mind ponders this strange computer’s possible functions, a ubiquitous umbrella system of databases is electrified as millions of elements of this person life are fed into a central processing node. The machines sit in the dark, quietly humming as they make millions of calculations per second. In a few seconds, every recorded event of the man’s life is grouped and categorized, resulting in a profile of a man. It does not breathe or have a personality. It cannot defend itself. He receives a message on the screen: “JOHN CONNER – 22 – Accounting B.A. Indiana University …” A full page of information is displayed in front of him; basically the contents of his resume. He is startled as a printer he had not previously noticed kicks on and spits out a single sheet of paper. It begins with, “Mr. Conner, We regret to inform you…” He is escorted out of the building.

What John didn’t know, is that the decision about his employment had just as much to do with an aggregation of smaller, seemingly insignificant details about his life as it did about his resume and its contents. Small facts about his life that he was oblivious to, and events he himself had even forgotten were somehow remembered. How accurate could a profile such as this be? What is artificially or incorrectly added? What is lost?

a Jamaican Thanksgiving

2008-11-27T19:02:00.001-05:00

Wagwan. I go Trelawny, Jamaica for Thanksgiving and tin. We be ere till sataday. I take picture, show you now:

the BEACH
the CAVES

Soon come.

Photoshop

2008-11-02T18:26:00.006-05:00

So I've been practicing a little Photoshop today -- thought I'd share something I made with you

Logo Thingy

RIP LHB

2008-10-27T14:57:00.001-04:00

"So in true open source fashion, as the maintainer of this project, I am going to arbitrarily drop off the face off the of this earth for purely selfish reasons, and leave the entire cause in limbo. That is how open source projects truly die. But hey, all the material is out there for y'all to see (it's "open source" in it's own way), so maybe someone else will take up the cause. Carry on, lusers!"
-- Linux Hater's Blog

Resident Evil 5

2008-10-26T16:55:00.009-04:00

The beginning is all cut-scene. After the bloody eyed dude, it moves to a mixture of cut-scene and gameplay footage... and its hard to tell the difference. The character movement is almost too good, the camera work is visionary; the FEEL of this video is second to none.

E3 Gameplay Trailer || WOW. What else can I say?

Projected Release: March 2009
Platforms: Xbox 360, PS3

Java Applets

2008-10-23T19:30:00.002-04:00

I made a couple interesting Java animations in my class this week. To view them, you need a Java browser plugin.

Animation #1
Animation #2

The source code is linked below the animation if you're interested. They were built in Processing, a Java extension. Enjoy!

New MacBooks!

2008-10-12T21:33:00.008-04:00

Apple has formally invited the media to a special "notebook event" this Tuesday, October 14th. Today, an Apple document describing the installation of AirPort cards in "MacBook/MacBook Pro (Late 2008)" leaked and seems to prove that (1) the MacBook and MacBook Pro are being updated and (2) Apple will continue to use AirPort cards instead of onboard wireless LAN devices. It has also been widely speculated that these new notebooks will contain nVidia graphics processing(link).

I'm excited =D

A little bit about me...

2008-09-18T22:01:00.004-04:00

Hi! My name is Richard but I go by Rob. Its my initials: (R)ichard (O)llen (B)roadwell. I am currently a senior at Indiana University in Bloomington working on a B.S. of Informatics. I work for UITS (University IT Services) as a consultant. I am an avid golfer, movie buff, and cyberathlete (aka. Gamer). I enjoy long walks on the beach and intimate conversation... just kidding. But seriously I do love the beach. I lived in Georgia from birth to 12 years old. My parents had a beach cottage in the Outer Banks of North Carolina and I spent a great deal of my childhood there. In 7th grade I moved to Grand Rapids, Michigan. Aside from the initial weather shock of my first winter, I loved my new home. I picked up downhill skiing and still go as often as I can. I've been out west a couple of times to Aspen/Snowmass and Breckenridge and it makes the Indiana "mountains" look puny.

My academic passions are Biology, Psychology, Telecommunications, and anything technical. I will graduate with minors in all 3. I develop my portfolio and technical skill set in my spare time. Right now my focus is web-design. My dream job is two-fold: half of my time (25 hrs a week) spent on collaborative consulting for IT projects. The other half I want to nurture a warehouse full of databases; troubleshoot, maintain, upgrade... take care of them.

I will graduate in May 2010 with a B.S. in Informatics, minors in Biology, Psychology, and Telecommunications. I hope to move south - to North Carolina (Wilmington, Chapel Hill), South Carolina, Florida, or California (San Diego, San Fransisco). I'll keep you posted =D

Anyways, thats a little bit about me. Chao!