{"id":360,"date":"2011-12-12T05:06:01","date_gmt":"2011-12-12T05:06:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/updates.xephalon.net\/?p=360"},"modified":"2011-12-12T05:06:01","modified_gmt":"2011-12-12T05:06:01","slug":"keys-and-nooks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/2011\/12\/12\/keys-and-nooks\/","title":{"rendered":"Keys and Nooks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/p\/nook-color-barnes-noble\/1100437663\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-394\" title=\"2011.12.11.a\" src=\"https:\/\/updates.xephalon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/2011.12.11.a.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.deusex.com\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-395\" title=\"2011.12.11.b\" src=\"https:\/\/updates.xephalon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/2011.12.11.b.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a>After our vacation last week, I drove back to Maine late Sunday night, only to realize that I had left the house keys in Boston! Fortunately, I also found out that I had left the house unlocked all week, so I was able to get inside and avoid hypothermia. Now who said two wrongs don&#8217;t make a right? My <a href=\"http:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/p\/nook-color-barnes-noble\/1100437663\">Nook Color<\/a> also came in the mail this week, which I proceeded to overclock and flash with the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cyanogenmod.com\/\">CyanogenMod<\/a> of the <a href=\"http:\/\/developer.android.com\/index.html\">Android<\/a> OS, essentially converting the refurbished e-reader into a snappy <a href=\"http:\/\/developer.android.com\/sdk\/android-3.0-highlights.html\">Honeycomb<\/a> tablet. That&#8217;s not bad for $120, especially since the HP Touchpad <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pcmag.com\/article2\/0,2817,2397515,00.asp\">fire sale<\/a> turned out to be a disaster, wasting me 30 minutes of my life on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ebay.com\">Ebay<\/a> and still leaving me empty-handed. Luckily, the Nook performed well in a test drive during our Chandler meeting. This year&#8217;s conference featured retina guru <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dukehealth.org\/physicians\/glenn_j_jaffe\">Glenn Jaffe<\/a>, and kept me well fed with both a pre-dinner at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chart-house.com\/\">Chart House<\/a> and a reception at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.millenniumhotels.com\/millenniumboston\/index.html\">Millenium Boston Hotel<\/a>. I spent the rest of the weekend with Melody playing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.deusex.com\">Deus Ex: Human Revolution<\/a>, a prequel to the acclaimed game in 2000 which is set in a beautifully-rendered dystopian future reminiscent of that in <a href=\"http:\/\/bladerunnerthemovie.warnerbros.com\/\">Blader Runner<\/a>, and mimics the stealth tactics from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.metalgearsolid.com\">MGS<\/a> series. Despite the fun of climbing through air ducts, hacking computer terminals, and silently taking down guards, we hope to crank through the game quickly to get to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.elderscrolls.com\/skyrim\/\">Skyrim<\/a> by Christmas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After our vacation last week, I drove back to Maine late Sunday night, only to realize that I had left the house keys in Boston! Fortunately, I also found out that I had left the house unlocked all week, so &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/2011\/12\/12\/keys-and-nooks\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-360","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=360"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}