Quick iOS tip: Getting Rid Of Keyboard Predictions

I personally like the keyboard prediction feature in iOS 8. However some people don't. For those people, it's easy to turn it off. Simply go Settings->General->Keyboard and turn off the "Predictive" option. You can re-enable predictions by turning the option back on.
Alternatively, if you only occasionally want to hide the predictions, you can simply swipe down from the prediction bar.
Hope that helps.

Keyboard with Predictions Turned On

Settings to Turn Off Keyboard Predictions

Keyboard with Predictions Turned Off

Sunday Afternoon on the Moon of Endor: Episode III - Playing with Color

I'm playing around with pencil crayons to try out adding color to the picture. I've started with color splotches but I'll try some characters with just dots next. It turns out that this is a very tiresome process. Lots of patience is required. Still, I think it's pretty cool.

Sunday Afternoon on the Moon of Endor: Episode II

Added a few more characters to my sketch today: Luke doing handstands in the background, some ewoks, yoda next to Princess Leia, Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan in the background, an AT-AT in the far shore, and various droids. Think it's coming along nicely. I really wish that I had centered C3PO and R2D2 better. Totally throwing off the balance of the picture.

A Sunday Afternoon on the Moon of Endor

Quite possibly one of the geekiest things that I've worked on in a while...
Still an early sketch but I think it's coming along quite nicely.

I'm attempting to keep the people in the original painting consistent with their Star Wars counterparts. In some cases, I've invoked some artistic licenses. For example, the three people in the bottom left have been morphed into Jabba The Hutt. However, I've kept the general shape of the three consistent with Jabba's.
Lots of work yet to be done. The scale and relative positions of many of the people is totally off but, all-in-all, I think it is a pretty good start. A fun little project.

My Awesome Moto X just got KitKat! (will it ever see another update again?)

I love my Moto X. It is, in my opinion, *the* best Android device ever made and probably my favorite Android since the Nexus One. Other than the camera, this phone has gotten everything right. Beautiful hardware, AMAZING battery, mostly stock android, and some additional software tweaks that make me so much more productive. Updates to the phone's software came out at a blistering pace (at least for a non-Nexus) and the phone has had the power of Google behind it. At least until yesterday when Google sold Motorola to Lenovo.
I was so excited to see the KitKat OTA arrive on my device yesterday. This version update unlocks some great additional functionality. Unfortunately, my excitement was tempered by a feeling of impending disappointment.
Hopefully, time will prove me wrong but I have zero faith that Lenovo will bother keeping up with the standard set by Google and Motorola. How soon before Lenovo ignores the glorious Moto X for it's own Lenovo-designed devices? How long before Lenovo starts messing up the almost stock version of Android with it's own ugly software implementation? How inclined will Lenovo be to release major version upgrades at near-Nexus speeds? Should I have any expectations that Lenovo will support this phone as anything other than an also-ran? Oy! The Moto X was one of a kind. I always felt it represented the future of Android even better than the Nexus line. It will be so sad to see this great phone meet such an undignified end.