At 1215, the beast dropped power are rebooted.
Lost the inet for a minute, tv took much longer to recover.
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HARDWARE: VERIZON FIOS reboot
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HARDWARE: Kindle Paperwhite
Saturday, August 17, 2013Kindle Paperwhite
Wi-Fi, Paperwhite Display, Higher Resolution, Higher Contrast, Built-in Light
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OK, I relented and bought one. The IPADs, Mac reading app, and such are just too “heavy”.
I like it …
… BUT, (and there is always a BIG butt), …
It needs some UI (User Interface) help with respect to Library Books.
It’s a PIA to get stuff off the Kindle that has expired.
It also doesn’t (easily if at all) differntiate between content I’ve borrowed and stuff I’ve bought.
Getting stuff emailed to it seems neat but width-wise doesn’t always fit.
More as I play with it.
“But choose wisely, for while the true Grail will bring you life, the false Grail will take it from you.” Grail Knight in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097576/quotes
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HARDWARE: NEWTRENT POWERPAK+ NT135T
Saturday, July 6, 2013New Trent PowerPak+, NT135T: (13500mAh) 2A/1A Dual USB Ports Portable Back Up External Battery Charger/Power Bank/Power Pack for Apple: iPad 4 / 3 / 2/ iPad mini, iPhone 5 / 4S / 4 /3GS, iPod Touch (all version); Samsung: Galaxy Note, S4 / S3 / S2, Galaxy Nexus ; Google: Nexus 10 / 7, HTC: ONE, One X, One S, Droid Incredible 4G; Nexus 4, LG: Optimus series; Blackberry: Z10, Torch, Tour; Motorola: Razr Maxx HD, Droid series; Nokia: Lumia 900 / 800 / 700, Sony: Xperia series, GoPro, and most 5V chargeable devices (Upgraded Version of the NT120T)
by New Trent
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It’s not intuitively obvious to use.
When it’s recharging something, it looks like nothing is happening.
You have to carry the original device cables with you.
It can only charge something that will take power from a USB. (No laptops!)
It doesn’t come with it’s own wall wart.
There are two usb output ports, but no external markings on which is the “bigger one” for IPADs and which is the “smaller one” for IPHONEs. (Would a colored dot add that much cost?)
As an OTTERBOX fan, I’d like covers on all the holes.
I’m using it, but my first experiences were 5 stars.
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SOFTWARE: FINDFRIENDS interesting application
Monday, May 20, 2013Interesting use for it.
My friend Pete’s in the hospital in Jacksonville FL.
I know where is phone is!
Laff.
I assume he still has it with him.
So, without bothering anyone, I know he’s still there.
Now if it could just tell me the altitude, I’d know if he’s still in ICU or moved to a regular room.
Laff!
Stalking to a new level.
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HARDWARE: AT&T MIFI Sierra Wireless “UNITE” problem
Saturday, May 11, 2013New AT&T MIFI Sierra Wireless “UNITE”
MTTF about a week.
LOCKED in “shutting down”.
Not easy to get access to the battery. Pulled it and reinserted. Problem solved.
Then, I had to fix what I messed up floundering around.
I popped the SIM thinking that might break the “shutting down” lock.
No dice.
I guess when I put it back in I didn’t ram it home. Afraid of breaking it.
So when it came back up, it whined about “no sim card”.
Easy fix.
But strike one!
Argh!
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HARDWARE: It’s not the PC; it’s what can you do?
Saturday, April 20, 2013http://www.zdnet.com/windows-its-over-7000013964/
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Yes, we are entering a post-PC world. Tablets and smartphones are becoming more important… to sales. PCs are no more going to go away than mainframes did. We’re still going to be using them in offices and homes for the foreseeable future. They let us easily do things that we need to do every day that we can’t easily do with a tablet or a phone.
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I didn’t like Windoze when it started. I was a UNIX guy from AT&T. Then I saw the value of insulating Users for the operating system.
Now, I just focus on getting work done?
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SOFTWARE: Google changes CHROME and makes me reconsider that too
Monday, March 18, 2013When Google nuked GREADER, it also took the extension that supports RSS feeds out of CHROME.
Now, I’m rethinking EVERYTHING I do with GOOGLE.
Argh!
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SOFTWARE: Keeping the site up, listening and adding new features. | Building Feedly
Monday, March 18, 2013Have to move from Google Reader. Argh! Change is never fun. And, why should we ever trust Google again.
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Priorities: Keeping the site up, listening and adding new features. | Building Feedly: “Building Feedly Re-imagine how people keep in touch with their favorite sites.
SearchMain menu Skip to primary content Skip to secondary content Post navigation← Previous Priorities: Keeping the site up, listening and adding new features. Posted on March 15, 2013 by @feedly More than 500,000 Google Reader users have joined the feedly community over the last 48 hours. We love passionate readers. Welcome on board.
Our main priorities over the next 30 days are 1) to keep the service up, 2) listen to new users for suggestions and 3) add features weekly.
To keep the service up, we 10x our bandwidth and added new servers.
For new features, we are listening actively to our new uservoice forum and will be pushing out new releases on a weekly basis. Be vocal: we love candid feedback.
Note 1: Here are some tips on how to make feedly less pretty and more functional.
Note 2: If you are a Google Reader, give feedly a try before July 1st, and you will be able to migrate seamlesly: Feedly for i”
(Via.)
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IPAD: can’t interact with contacts from gmail client
Sunday, March 17, 2013Interesting.
From the natve GMAIL client on the IPAD, I can’t figure out how to save a contact.
Argh!
AND, it apparently doesn’t support the native IOS address book.
I am really getting tired of having to maintain addresses.
Plaxo had promise but all they wanted was to spam, charge, and interfere.
Maybe I should write an X500 directory service.
LinkedIn, Facebook, and everyone else has a different agenda.
I just want one synced address book!
Argh!
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TECHNOLOGY: Computers … …
Sunday, March 17, 2013Here’s a great quote to inspire you to write:
“To err is human, but to really foul things up you need a computer.” – Paul Ehrlich
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As a corollary of this, I came up with the idea of “negative progress”! I can screw up more in a wasted effort than any profess that I can make on a good day.
seems so obvious to me, other than the concept of checkpoints, where one can fall back to a previously know good state, that one can actually “destroy” progress.
Given enough time, I am sure I can come up with examples, but who cares?
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