Did anybody else think of that old Nextel commercial..... (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19rVKy_pfFU) ?? In any case, it is a really interesting read for sure. Besides, with a beautiful, female nerd narrating, what geek wouldn't be interested? Score me low, that's fine, just my thoughts in the open today :-)

Wow, it's amazing how time has flown by.... It was 97-98 that I began my career in IT and in 99 was introduced to Slashdot. I have to admit, I read anonymously from my darkened caves and never posted, I didn't even sign up for an account. I've been reading pretty regularly, almost religiously since then. I finally created my account in the last little while and actually posted a couple of times. I hope that you have great success in whatever life is leading you into. I am glad that you are spending time with family, tis important, very important! You have been part of my 'extended' family for a long time, very sad to see you go. News for Nerds, stuff that matters! It's the reason I still read /. Thank you for what you started. Good Luck and Godspeed Cmdr, you will be missed.

I did not know this. I worked on an ODBII to USB app back when C# first came out. I haven't touched that project in a good while. Since I bought my Android phone, I've been looking at different app ideas. As I typed this post earlier I thought to myself, this might actually work. Thanks for the information, I may actually look into it!

You should just be able to plug your phone into your car to get the code and/or message, and then post it to FB or +. That way everyone will know your piece of junk broke down again and they can all 'Like' your rants about your broken card. You can also get tons of advice on what the problem is and how to fix it from all of your friends.

I signed up for + just because it wasn't FB! I wanted to be 'off the wall' so to speak. Google Apps, apps in general to be added to + would just turn it into FB. I hate most of the 'App Crap' on FB, though it is fun to tinker with development of little apps that many users will mindlessly download and use :-) I love almost everything Google related. I love my Android devices! I don't want another FB! That is where most of my friends and family are already. So far the only ones who have joined me on + are the Geeks, Super-Geeks, and otherwise Tech Savvy folks. So far, just about everything posted in +, has been related to either computers, programming, aquaponics, green technologies, sustainable tech, etc. Nerd stuff! I'm actually enjoying the separation. I still use FB, but I don't mind the separate worlds. Google+ is a refreshing change from FB.