Cooking Mistakes, Unlimited Data, and Syncing Music to Your Car

This week on the podcast we're talking about the cooking mistakes everybody makes, creating your own private cloud syncing service, and which Linux distro is better for beginners. We're also answering questions about reusing old file cabinets, keeping your unlimited data after Verizon takes it away, and syncing music to a flash drive for your car.

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News and Top Stories

• Facebook Home Brings a Friend-Focused Home and Lock Screen to Android: The fabled "Facebook Phone" is here, but it's not a phone?it's a suite of apps for Android. "Facebook Home" replaces the lock and home screens that normally hold your Android apps with updates, pictures, and messaging, all delivered through Facebook. It'll be available later in April for a few select devices in the Play Store, with more devices to come later.</li.
• Firefox Updates with Per-Window Private Browsing, a New Download Manager, and More: Firefox's latest update brings a number of new features, included one highly anticipated one: per-window private browsing. Now you can browse privately without closing out your current session, and it's not just for porn, people!
• 5 Cooking Mistakes We All Make, and How to Fix Them: Cleaning your cast iron with soap and water? Squeezing every last bit of ground beef into that pan? Even if you know your way around the kitchen, there are a few mistakes nearly all of us make in the kitchen. We take a look at some common kitchen errors that may plague your cooking, and why they're bad for your food.
• How to Set Up Your Own Private Cloud Storage Service in Five Minutes with OwnCloud: With so many services like iCloud and Dropbox getting hacked these days, it's no surprise that more people want to pull their data off the cloud. Instead of missing out on those great syncing features, though, you can create your own cloud storage service that you control with a service called ownCloud. With it, you'll get syncing files, notes, calendars, and more. And, it only takes about five minutes to get it set up.
• Ubuntu vs. Mint: Which Linux Distro Is Better for Beginners?: There's nothing like digging into your first Linux distribution, whether you're a tech-savvy user looking to branch out or whether you're installing it on a friend's computer. But which distribution is actually better for beginners? Here, we'll delve into the differences between Ubuntu and Mint, the two most popular beginner distros, and perform a little experiment to see what new users prefer.

Questions and Answers

Each week we answer five questions from readers and listeners. Here's what we tackled this week. (Apologies for the bad audio in the video version, the questions did not come through very well.)

• Now that I've digitized my life, what should I do with all these filing cabinets I used to use? You could just use them as regular drawers and store things like spare cables in them, but we've also shared a number of cool DIY projects over the years. You could turn it into a standing desk, a little container garden, or?for you l33t hackers out there?a Linux server cluster.
• I just upgraded to the iPhone 5 on Verizon and lost my unlimited data. Can I move my iPhone to another carrier, or somehow get unlimited data back on Verizon? Unfortunately, you can't use the Verizon iPhone on other carriers like Sprint or T-Mobile (you can switch an AT&T or T-Mobile phone between those two networks, though). In the case of Verizon, you could possibly migrate it to a carrier that uses Verizon's cell towers?like the pay-as-you-go carrier Page Plus?but you won't necessarily have unlimited data. If you want truly unlimited data, you'll probably have to buy another phone and use it on Sprint. Some users may be able to get Verizon customer service to reinstate their unlimited data, but there are no guarantees. Make sure you actually need unlimited data, too, before you go through the trouble.
• Can I sync iTunes with an SD card or flash drive for playback in my car? iTunes won't sync with mass storage devices on its own, but you could do it with an app like DoubleTwist. Mac users should also check out Middleman, an app I put together for syncing iTunes playlists with flash drives and SD cards.
• I like your show and want to help you out with a review, but I don't like iTunes. Is there anywhere else I can leave a review? Sadly, iTunes is one of the primary ways people discover and listen to our podcast. Even if you don't listen to it with iTunes (most of us don't), you can still leave a review there if you want to help us out!
• Can I sync MP3 files from my Android phone to a cloud service? We dig Google Play Music and Amazon Cloud Player for that kind of stuff, but they sync from your computer to the cloud. We don't know of anything that syncs directly from your phone, if that's what you're asking, but perhaps other readers have suggestions?
• I want to get a Kindle. Can I read EPUB books on it, or just Amazon-bought books? You can't read EPUB books on a Kindle, but you can convert your EPUB books to the MOBI format with Calibre and then transfer them to your Kindle. You aren't limited to just Amazon books. Alternatively, we love the Nook Simple Touch, which can not only read EPUB but is rootable, which means you can turn it into the ultimate ereader with magazines and other Android apps.

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