Five Standard Deviations: android

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Monday, January 26, 2009

G1 Android problems connecting to my Linksys WRT110 Wifi

The only way I could get the Android G1 to even acknowledge the existence of my wireless network was to change from "Mixed" mode to "Wireless G" mode only. Before that the SSID wouldn't even show up; after that it has worked perfectly.

What is this?

A friend of mine once told me I was "five standard deviations from the mean [1]." That might have been a put-down to some, but it filled me with glee. I get a perverse sense of validation from being unique.

But being unique also poses some problems. It means that most products are not made with your priorities in mind. It means more work on your part to find the goods and services that are right for you.

That's where this blog comes in. I am hoping that there are a few people out there can identify with my weirdness and benefit from my findings.

[1] Roughly speaking, this means being more different from average/normal than 99.99994267% of all people.