I have a few guilty pleasures.
One is I like Sunday morning country music while I catch up my paperwork.
Cox strikes again.
“Temporarily Off Air”!
Do I get a refund?
Argh!
It’s not worth calling or email.
The TV guide was off for 4 days.
No acknowledgment.
Argh!
No competition; so why should they care.
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http://www.livescribe.com/en-us/
Bought one on a lark.
Some minor issues, but worked through them.
Even liked it.
Can think of some stuff that could be better.
BUT now I have come up with the KILLER negative.
I lost the darn thing.
OK. It’s a $200 gadget. But it was “useful”.
So I ask the question, “if I buy a new one, can I link it to my old stuff.”
Answer, <cue Jeopardy theme>, …
… NO!
Are u kidding me?
There’s an obvious “use” case!
Oh well, let me slap a big NOTRECOMMENDED on this one.
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Posted by reinkefj
All gadgets should have a find me feature.
Argh!
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At 1215, the beast dropped power are rebooted.
Lost the inet for a minute, tv took much longer to recover.
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Kindle 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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Posted by reinkefj
New 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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Posted by reinkefj
Interesting 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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New 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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Posted by reinkefj
http://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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Posted by reinkefj
When 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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