I use to blog about my blackberry when I got it and would post reviews of different apps. I have since then migrated to Android, but I haven’t posted anything android related yet, so I thought I would start.

To start off, I have an HTC Evo, rooted with CyanogenMod 7 on it. If you do not know anything about Cyanogenmod, I would recommend checking out their website.

The biggest advantage to using cyanogenmod is the customization you can do with it. With Android 4.0 source being released, I like the new design, which has insipred me to try out some of the ice cream sandwich themes for CM7 which is based on the AOSP Gingerbread 2.3.x.

To start off I have this theme for Cyanogenmod installed.

I recently switched from adw launcher to go launcher, but this launcher theme is for all the major third party launchers.

Then I use the ring locks on cyanogenmod, with this modification to the unlocker.

Here is the final results.

Here is the wallpaper I am using. Link

Since I am done with grad school now, I have set a goal for myself in 2012 to run a half marathon. This should be fun and challanging goal. I have already started my training, but if you are interested you can follow me on Daily Mile.

I did this modification a few months ago, but thought I would write a post about it. My xbox laser stopped working, and you have a few options when this happens

A) Buy a new xbox
B) Return the unit to get fixed by Microsoft
C) Fix it!

I choose option C.

I looked online and found lots of help, found out there is several different models of cd-roms in xboxs. The cd-rom I ordered off amazon was actually the wrong cd-rom, but had the same laser. So I had to remove just the physical laser assembly and replace it. I wont actually provide any instruction on how to replace the lasers, there are many websites out on the web that explain that better then I can, I just wanted to share a picture of the drive assembly and my experience.

Check out my website I made for a last graduate class. Its a fully functionally recipe website. You can login through facebook, and add recipes, view facebook friends recipes, and view others recipes. The link is http://recipetome.akschaefer.com/

akschaefer.com is now Smart Phone Friendly! Thanks wptouch

Enjoy

Wow where does the time go? Its been a while since I wrote something, so I thought I would posted since I got the week off from school. Its a couple of days before Thanksgiving, been really really really busy with School, its consuming 100% of my time, on top of family and work. Only about a month left, then it will be winter break, Time to party!!! Kayla and I got new phones, we finally retired the Blackberry’s and moved onto Android Phones, we got the Epic and EVO. I posted a few pictures from Halloween and our trip to Milwaukee, WI. We had some baseball game tickets, so we toured everything we had time for, we are power vacationers! It was tons of fun!