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Main Discussion Area => Stream of Consciousness => Topic started by: Alicat on November 12, 2006, 11:25:05 PM
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For a while I have wanted to get a small digital camera. So I do some online research. I go to camera stores a few times and touch and try the cameras. I narrow it down to two and decide on one. What's the deal with online stores who offer items significantly less than retail stores? They say it's "new." There is no tax and in most cases no shipping charge.
Are some deals too good to be true? Prices online range from $120-90 less than what I was looking at in person. Even more than that when you factor in no tax.
Any of you buy tech stuff online from vendors unknown to you? I even looked at cnet for reviews and many of the stores are "cnet certified." Urth, does that really add credibility? The store with the LOW price was Butterfly Photo out of New Jersey. Your personal experience or advice will be appreciated.
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What's the deal with online stores who offer items significantly less than retail stores? They say it's "new." There is no tax and in most cases no shipping charge.
Are some deals too good to be true? Prices online range from $120-90 less than what I was looking at in person. Even more than that when you factor in no tax.
I attribute much of the difference to warehouse space being so much cheaper than retail space. Just make sure any warranty comes from the original manufacturer rather than a third party.
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Ordered Monday night via Amazon, great price, and it just arrived this morning. That was with no expedited shipping. Happy Cat. I searched deeper and found a site of horror stories about customer care and shipping from the NJ company I was thinking of ordering from. Amazon got the business as I trust them.
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Ordered Monday night via Amazon, great price, and it just arrived this morning. That was with no expedited shipping. Happy Cat. I searched deeper and found a site of horror stories about customer care and shipping from the NJ company I was thinking of ordering from. Amazon got the business as I trust them.
My one caveat when ordering anything, particularly tech related, online is to make sure they have a liberal return policy, in case it arrives in tiny bits, or maybe turns into them a week after it arrives. But if you ordered from Amazon you should be OK--I think they stand behind their reseller-partners and will make good if there's any issues.
That said, I'd never buy something really fragile like a wide-screen TV online. Too much chance for breakage or damage in transit. And usually, once you've signed for it, it's yours, and if they do take it back, you're on the hook for the return shipping.
Before we went to England in May I shopped around for a bigger XD picture card for my camera, and the best deal was via an Amazon reseller in Jersey (why are they all in Jersey?) It was a good $30 less than anyplace else I found.
So what kind of camera did you get?
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Ordered Monday night via Amazon, great price, and it just arrived this morning. That was with no expedited shipping. Happy Cat. I searched deeper and found a site of horror stories about customer care and shipping from the NJ company I was thinking of ordering from. Amazon got the business as I trust them.
My one caveat when ordering anything, particularly tech related, online is to make sure they have a liberal return policy, in case it arrives in tiny bits, or maybe turns into them a week after it arrives. But if you ordered from Amazon you should be OK--I think they stand behind their reseller-partners and will make good if there's any issues.
That said, I'd never buy something really fragile like a wide-screen TV online. Too much chance for breakage or damage in transit. And usually, once you've signed for it, it's yours, and if they do take it back, you're on the hook for the return shipping.
Before we went to England in May I shopped around for a bigger XD picture card for my camera, and the best deal was via an Amazon reseller in Jersey (why are they all in Jersey?) It was a good $30 less than anyplace else I found.
So what kind of camera did you get?
Casio Exilim 850. I was choosing Canon and got introduced to the Casio. I'm still waiting for the 2 gig card shipping from another reseller, coming USPS.
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I'd never buy something really fragile like a wide-screen TV online. Too much chance for breakage or damage in transit. And usually, once you've signed for it, it's yours, and if they do take it back, you're on the hook for the return shipping.
Due to furniture restrictions, we're looking for a 26" flat screen TV (LCD) and wonder if you've come across these kind of beasts at CNET. Any advice is appreciated.
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I'd never buy something really fragile like a wide-screen TV online. Too much chance for breakage or damage in transit. And usually, once you've signed for it, it's yours, and if they do take it back, you're on the hook for the return shipping.
Due to furniture restrictions, we're looking for a 26" flat screen TV (LCD) and wonder if you've come across these kind of beasts at CNET. Any advice is appreciated.
http://reviews.cnet.com/4566-6475_7-0.html?filter=500963_11765569_&tag=dffl3_2
Also, for everything you never gave a crap about HDTV but now need to know:
http://www.cnet.com/4520-7874_1-5102926-1.html?tag=prmo1
Take an hour or so, read thru HDTV 101 and some of the other features on the above page, then go to Best Buy or Magnolia or even your local retailer and see what kind of a deal you can get.
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Well, I've finally decided to enter the 21st Century and get a cel phone -- Kaiser has employee-discount deals with Verizon, Sprint and AT&T/Cingular. Verizon seems to be a slightly better deal (free phone and 32.79 monthly service) but the others are comparable. So what do you folks use and what do you recommend?
I'd like to get the phone before my trip to NYC next month.
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Well, I've finally decided to enter the 21st Century and get a cel phone -- Kaiser has employee-discount deals with Verizon, Sprint and AT&T/Cingular. Verizon seems to be a slightly better deal (free phone and 32.79 monthly service) but the others are comparable. So what do you folks use and what do you recommend?
I'd like to get the phone before my trip to NYC next month.
I have Verizon. Never had any trouble. Pay about $40/mo for 450 minutes, unlimited long distance and nights after 9pm and weekends free/unlimited.
Bob has Cingulat/AT&T and he's good with that as it has rollover minutes.
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Well, I've finally decided to enter the 21st Century and get a cel phone -- Kaiser has employee-discount deals with Verizon, Sprint and AT&T/Cingular. Verizon seems to be a slightly better deal (free phone and 32.79 monthly service) but the others are comparable. So what do you folks use and what do you recommend?
I'd like to get the phone before my trip to NYC next month.
I have Verizon. Never had any trouble. Pay about $40/mo for 450 minutes, unlimited long distance and nights after 9pm and weekends free/unlimited.
Bob has Cingulat/AT&T and he's good with that as it has rollover minutes.
I have Verizon for the simple fact that it's the only carrier that works up in my neighborhood, but I had Sprint & Cingular in the past. Nice thing about Verizon is that all you minutes spent talking to other Verizon customers are free, so you can gab endlessly with Ali & me. Cingular's rollover is nice, particularly if you have some months where you use a lot more minutes than others.
I hate to say this, but now you're joining the 20th century.
Get a Blackberry or a Treo & you can join the 21st century! :wink: :lol: :wink: :lol:
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Well, I've finally decided to enter the 21st Century and get a cel phone -- Kaiser has employee-discount deals with Verizon, Sprint and AT&T/Cingular. Verizon seems to be a slightly better deal (free phone and 32.79 monthly service) but the others are comparable. So what do you folks use and what do you recommend?
I'd like to get the phone before my trip to NYC next month.
I have Verizon. Never had any trouble. Pay about $40/mo for 450 minutes, unlimited long distance and nights after 9pm and weekends free/unlimited.
Bob has Cingulat/AT&T and he's good with that as it has rollover minutes.
I've had both over the last few years--I liked the call quality better on Verizon, but Cingular covers more rural areas (west Marin, etc) and they do have those rollover minutes. If you're mostly going to be using it in SF, I'd say Verizon, but you know best what kind of calling you'll be doing.
At the risk of again sounding like a shill for my employers, might I offer this:
http://reviews.cnet.com/Wireless/4520-7609_7-5537615-1.html?tag=dir
Also, if you don't think you will be using the 500+ minutes a month they give you, you might want to consider a pay-as-you-go plan (T-Mobile), where you pay for the minutes you use (or rather, you pay in advance for a block of minutes, then "top it up" again once those are nearly exhausted, as they do in the UK. Sometimes I think I'd have done better with that sort of plan.
At least it'll give you some things to think about that you might not have considered when making your decision.
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I hate to say this, but now you're joining the 20th century.
Get a Blackberry or a Treo & you can join the 21st century! :wink: :lol: :wink: :lol:
Ha. One step at a time, bub.
Also on my list: A DVD player and high-speed internet at home (after I buy a new computer).
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Well, I've finally decided to enter the 21st Century and get a cel phone -- Kaiser has employee-discount deals with Verizon, Sprint and AT&T/Cingular. Verizon seems to be a slightly better deal (free phone and 32.79 monthly service) but the others are comparable. So what do you folks use and what do you recommend?
I'd like to get the phone before my trip to NYC next month.
I like the plan I have with Sprint PCS: unlimited nights/weekends and a tiered plan for day (included in monthly cost up to 300 minutes, then scales up if I use more than 300 day minutes in a month, which I only occasionally do). I do find I'm texting a lot more these days.
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i was pretty happy with t-mobile, but i don't remember why. maybe it was the picture of zeta on my phone. i had unlimited eves and weekends, too. for somewhere around $50.
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i was pretty happy with t-mobile, but i don't remember why. maybe it was the picture of zeta on my phone. i had unlimited eves and weekends, too. for somewhere around $50.
Unlimited eves & weekends with CZJ for 50 simoleans? Damn! No wonder Michael Douglas is a sex addict...
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i was pretty happy with t-mobile, but i don't remember why. maybe it was the picture of zeta on my phone. i had unlimited eves and weekends, too. for somewhere around $50.
Unlimited eves & weekends with CZJ for 50 simoleans? Damn! No wonder Michael Douglas is a sex addict...
that's a MILF even *i* could afford!
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For those contemplating an HD Radio (is that KFOG 10@10 Channel broadcasting yet?), here's one that damn cheap (half the cost of its cheapest rival):
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/31/technology/31radio.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
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I guess this thread will work:
I am in the market for an MP3 player, but don't know all that much about them.
Should I go iPod? I don't have major philosophical objections to apple products, but don't want to pay a premium for the apple trademark either.
All I want my device to do is play music. I would think 2 Gigs would hold all the music I'll ever need.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
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I guess this thread will work:
I am in the market for an MP3 player, but don't know all that much about them.
Should I go iPod? I don't have major philosophical objections to apple products, but don't want to pay a premium for the apple trademark either.
All I want my device to do is play music. I would think 2 Gigs would hold all the music I'll ever need.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
I am quickly becoming an expert on MP3 players.
Do you want it to have much in the way of display features? Will you want to easily manage your content (adding, subtracting, making new playlists, etc) or will you just load it up once & then hit shuffle most of the time?
You can get 2GB in a small no-name player for under $40 at Fry's (I have one).
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I guess this thread will work:
I am in the market for an MP3 player, but don't know all that much about them.
Should I go iPod? I don't have major philosophical objections to apple products, but don't want to pay a premium for the apple trademark either.
All I want my device to do is play music. I would think 2 Gigs would hold all the music I'll ever need.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
I have a dinky Chinese knockoff courtesy of the unscrupulous street vendor who sold it to my roommate for about $20. It doesn't play the MP3s I ripped from CD via iTunes (proprietary format? DRM thing?), it only holds about 50 songs, and the battery power's only good for at best 90 min. of playback (in other words, I can use it for the commutes to and from work or for a run, and that's it).
Which doesn't help you, I know. But I'm warming to the idea that if you're gonna do it, do it right, and so when I've saved up the cash, I think I will go for a higher-end iPod. For me, it's important to have 2hrs.+ battery power, ease of organizing files (oh yeah, this knockoff has no sorting function), and a directory as big as my audio appetite.
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I guess this thread will work:
I am in the market for an MP3 player, but don't know all that much about them.
Should I go iPod? I don't have major philosophical objections to apple products, but don't want to pay a premium for the apple trademark either.
All I want my device to do is play music. I would think 2 Gigs would hold all the music I'll ever need.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
I don't think I'm just being an Apple-phile here, so here's my advice:
At the minimum, get an iPod nano. It's small, easy to carry around, and has lots of music. Later on you might value having a huge jukebox at your fingertips, then get the classic. The Touch and iPhone are awesome, but you seem to put out a utilitarian vibe on your request, so the nano will do just fine. No other brand can be counted on to be around in two years. I still have my 4GB iPod mini, now obsolete, and it works just fine.
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I guess this thread will work:
I am in the market for an MP3 player, but don't know all that much about them.
Should I go iPod? I don't have major philosophical objections to apple products, but don't want to pay a premium for the apple trademark either.
All I want my device to do is play music. I would think 2 Gigs would hold all the music I'll ever need.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Gotta say, I agree with Gaz. Even if you think you may only need two gigs now, that might change in a year or two. Two gigs is probably around 500+ songs, depending on what bitrate you rip at and how long the songs are, and while that sounds like a lot, you might get tired of hearing the same songs--even if they only come up once a week or so. And the price bump from 2 gigs to, say, 8, is not that big.
Since you're not looking for huge capacity, stick with flash-memory players. Hard drive players have a lot more room, but I worry that one day it'll get dropped or something and suddenly your drive won't spin anymore.
Also, consider if you want any other features with it, like video (sounds like not) or maybe a radio. I got my first iPod (an 8gig Nano) a few months ago after having a 500MB player for a couple years, and the radio is the one thing I really wish it had. I love it otherwise, but when I want to tune in 10@10 or a ballgame, I gotta look elsewhere. But its sound is decent, it has good battery life (8-10 hours between charges), it's very light and portable. It holds about 2K songs, and it's pretty user friendly. (Btw, if you do consider an iPod, you have to use iTunes to load music on it, so make sure you like the iPod interface before you buy one, and also that your home system will accommodate it (the Windows version is a real memory hog). Oh, and plan on getting some aftermarket 'phones--I think the ones that come in the box kinda suck, and are very uncomfortable. I know some folks that don't mind 'em though.
But don't feel you have to get an iPod to get a quality player. Creative makes some really nice ones as well, and generally for less than your average iPod will run you. iRiver is another name to look at, as well as Samsung.
If you want to read up the various types out there (you knew this was coming, didn't you?), here's a link to the CNET MP3 player buying guide:
http://reviews.cnet.com/mp3-player-buying-guide/?tag=dir
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I have the 4 gig iPod that I guess is obsolete and is now the nano. No complaints other than I maxed it out at almost 1,000 songs. I have a wireless FM tuner thing that lets me play it in the car. I have a mini speaker set up that travels or stays on my nightstand so I have it avail at home. Never use it that way tho.
I just perused the Apple site an man o man, the new "classic" iPod has 160 GB storage, 40,000 songs or 200 hours video. Wow, starting at $249. I'm still satisfied with what I have. My littlest rugrat keeps asking for an iPod and I keep saying no. I'm sure the time will come eventually. I already burn CD's for them. This way I control what they hear and train them appropriately :wink:
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This way I control what they hear and train them appropriately :wink:
You are such a cool mom!
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A word of caution on the iPod Classic:
http://ilounge.com/index.php/news/comments/ipod-classic-tests-reveal-audio-problems/
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Wow, thanks everybody!
I've been to Cnet's site, but the personal knowledge from people I trust is more helpful...
I had almost settled on a Samsung with 2 gigs, but 500 songs aint gonna cut it. So I'll keep looking.
I forgot to mention that part of the reason I'm going to get one now is that my company just gifted me with $100 at Amazon for efforts above and beyond. So it now looks like that is going to cost me another couple hundred. But as Gaz points out, you get what you pay for.
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A word of caution on the iPod Classic:
http://ilounge.com/index.php/news/comments/ipod-classic-tests-reveal-audio-problems/
Rod, you should at least hear an iPod. Check it out. I just can't believe anything else can compete when you factor in everything iTunes does for you.
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A word of caution on the iPod Classic:
http://ilounge.com/index.php/news/comments/ipod-classic-tests-reveal-audio-problems/
Rod, you should at least hear an iPod. Check it out. I just can't believe anything else can compete when you factor in everything iTunes does for you.
Well, I took the iPod plunge, the 8 gig Nano (second generation). I liked it's simplicity, and the Cnet reviews were impressive.
I'll probably need a new computer at home now -- iTunes is going to crush my current pc.
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A word of caution on the iPod Classic:
http://ilounge.com/index.php/news/comments/ipod-classic-tests-reveal-audio-problems/
Rod, you should at least hear an iPod. Check it out. I just can't believe anything else can compete when you factor in everything iTunes does for you.
Well, I took the iPod plunge, the 8 gig Nano (second generation). I liked it's simplicity, and the Cnet reviews were impressive.
I'll probably need a new computer at home now -- iTunes is going to crush my current pc.
sounds like you got the practical sweet spot of the iPod line, cool. What color? When you eventually watch video on it, let me know if it looks any good.
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A word of caution on the iPod Classic:
http://ilounge.com/index.php/news/comments/ipod-classic-tests-reveal-audio-problems/
Rod, you should at least hear an iPod. Check it out. I just can't believe anything else can compete when you factor in everything iTunes does for you.
Well, I took the iPod plunge, the 8 gig Nano (second generation). I liked it's simplicity, and the Cnet reviews were impressive.
I'll probably need a new computer at home now -- iTunes is going to crush my current pc.
sounds like you got the practical sweet spot of the iPod line, cool. What color? When you eventually watch video on it, let me know if it looks any good.
Black, like my, um, coffee.
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A word of caution on the iPod Classic:
http://ilounge.com/index.php/news/comments/ipod-classic-tests-reveal-audio-problems/
Rod, you should at least hear an iPod. Check it out. I just can't believe anything else can compete when you factor in everything iTunes does for you.
Well, I took the iPod plunge, the 8 gig Nano (second generation). I liked it's simplicity, and the Cnet reviews were impressive.
I'll probably need a new computer at home now -- iTunes is going to crush my current pc.
sounds like you got the practical sweet spot of the iPod line, cool. What color? When you eventually watch video on it, let me know if it looks any good.
Black, like my, um, coffee.
"Ah likes mah iPods like ah likes mah men -- black and full of rhythm!"
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I took the leap today and bought the 80gig iPod.
80 gigs is a freaking lot of room.
Gaz is pleased.
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PS: I've only ripped a fraction of my CD collection, but here are the stats so far:
3,424 songs
14.81 GB used
playlist length: 8.8 days
This will be so lovely next weekend when I'm spending hours on Greyhound en route to Boston and then New Hampshire.
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Have any of you encountered or heard about any utilities that will export the data from iTunes into an Excel spreadsheet? I've wanted to have a spreadsheet of my library for years now - both for convo/bragging with friends and for insurance purposes - but haven't wanted to type all that shit out. This would be a great way and time to do it since I'm uploading much more of my library to my computer (and iPod) these days.
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Have any of you encountered or heard about any utilities that will export the data from iTunes into an Excel spreadsheet? I've wanted to have a spreadsheet of my library for years now - both for convo/bragging with friends and for insurance purposes - but haven't wanted to type all that shit out. This would be a great way and time to do it since I'm uploading much more of my library to my computer (and iPod) these days.
Not myself, but I will enquire of my coworkers whose business it is to know these things.
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Have any of you encountered or heard about any utilities that will export the data from iTunes into an Excel spreadsheet? I've wanted to have a spreadsheet of my library for years now - both for convo/bragging with friends and for insurance purposes - but haven't wanted to type all that shit out. This would be a great way and time to do it since I'm uploading much more of my library to my computer (and iPod) these days.
Right click on Library | Music
Select Export Song List (only option)
Click save (defaults to Music.txt, in my documents)
Open Music.txt in Excel
Follow import wizard.
The export exports, by default, to tab delimited.
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I was being pushed out of my old phone by AT&T (can't stand them) so took the plunge, as a friend at Apple gave me his personal once-a-year discount. It's pretty freakin' cool, but of course is only 8GB. I'm barely scratching the surface of what it does, and it looks like next year they will open it to outside developers to really harness the power. Right now, it's a beast caged up and only allowed to do certain things.
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Have any of you encountered or heard about any utilities that will export the data from iTunes into an Excel spreadsheet? I've wanted to have a spreadsheet of my library for years now - both for convo/bragging with friends and for insurance purposes - but haven't wanted to type all that shit out. This would be a great way and time to do it since I'm uploading much more of my library to my computer (and iPod) these days.
Right click on Library | Music
Select Export Song List (only option)
Click save (defaults to Music.txt, in my documents)
Open Music.txt in Excel
Follow import wizard.
The export exports, by default, to tab delimited.
OMG! Rod, I heart you so much right now.
Just exported. If anyone's ever curious to see what's in the library, e-mail me.
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Have any of you encountered or heard about any utilities that will export the data from iTunes into an Excel spreadsheet? I've wanted to have a spreadsheet of my library for years now - both for convo/bragging with friends and for insurance purposes - but haven't wanted to type all that shit out. This would be a great way and time to do it since I'm uploading much more of my library to my computer (and iPod) these days.
Right click on Library | Music
Select Export Song List (only option)
Click save (defaults to Music.txt, in my documents)
Open Music.txt in Excel
Follow import wizard.
The export exports, by default, to tab delimited.
OMG! Rod, I heart you so much right now.
Just exported. If anyone's ever curious to see what's in the library, e-mail me.
My cow orker Donald gave me essentially the same solution, but when I came back to post it, Rod had already checked in with it, shortly after you asked--well done, Rod, you ubergeek! Incredibly easy.
Gaz, I'm curious about the library, but get everything ripped that you intend to, then send.
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Not necessarily buying online but a tech question all of you might know something about.
On my personal computer I am 100% negligent about backing up. I want to get a back up device with software to get this done. Please tell me about how you back up or secure your data. I saw an iomega 160 gig(?) hard drive for about $130 that does the job I think. Please offer advice and recommendations. My hard drive has music, pictures, contact database and files that if lost would just devastate me.
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Not necessarily buying online but a tech question all of you might know something about.
On my personal computer I am 100% negligent about backing up. I want to get a back up device with software to get this done. Please tell me about how you back up or secure your data. I saw an iomega 160 gig(?) hard drive for about $130 that does the job I think. Please offer advice and recommendations. My hard drive has music, pictures, contact database and files that if lost would just devastate me.
Don't feel too guilty--probably 90 percent of everyone doesn't back up their hard drives, but that doesn't mean they shouldn't--they'd all feel terrible if it went down and they lost everything. There are a number of external drives out there like the one you saw that come with the softeware to back up your documents and media files, either on a scheduled basis or whenever you think to click the backup button (def. smarter to go with the scheduled option). Iomega's as good as anyone but shop around--there are always sales, and you may be able to find a bigger drive for less.
I've got this one:
http://reviews.cnet.com/hard-drives/maxtor-onetouch-iii-usb/4505-3186_7-31649966.html
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Not necessarily buying online but a tech question all of you might know something about.
On my personal computer I am 100% negligent about backing up. I want to get a back up device with software to get this done. Please tell me about how you back up or secure your data. I saw an iomega 160 gig(?) hard drive for about $130 that does the job I think. Please offer advice and recommendations. My hard drive has music, pictures, contact database and files that if lost would just devastate me.
My current computer came installed with Sonic RecordNow, which I use to back up my files to CD 2-3x a year. Very simple and functional program.
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Not necessarily buying online but a tech question all of you might know something about.
On my personal computer I am 100% negligent about backing up. I want to get a back up device with software to get this done. Please tell me about how you back up or secure your data. I saw an iomega 160 gig(?) hard drive for about $130 that does the job I think. Please offer advice and recommendations. My hard drive has music, pictures, contact database and files that if lost would just devastate me.
My current computer came installed with Sonic RecordNow, which I use to back up my files to CD 2-3x a year. Very simple and functional program.
I was going to suggest a simple cd/dvd solution as well. I burn to cd that which I care about very occasionally. Not as often as I should. A scheduled backup using the external drive is the better idea, but incurs cost and managing another device. With cds, you burn them and file them. Uncomplicated.
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Not necessarily buying online but a tech question all of you might know something about.
On my personal computer I am 100% negligent about backing up. I want to get a back up device with software to get this done. Please tell me about how you back up or secure your data. I saw an iomega 160 gig(?) hard drive for about $130 that does the job I think. Please offer advice and recommendations. My hard drive has music, pictures, contact database and files that if lost would just devastate me.
Don't feel too guilty--probably 90 percent of everyone doesn't back up their hard drives, but that doesn't mean they shouldn't--they'd all feel terrible if it went down and they lost everything. There are a number of external drives out there like the one you saw that come with the softeware to back up your documents and media files, either on a scheduled basis or whenever you think to click the backup button (def. smarter to go with the scheduled option). Iomega's as good as anyone but shop around--there are always sales, and you may be able to find a bigger drive for less.
I've got this one:
http://reviews.cnet.com/hard-drives/maxtor-onetouch-iii-usb/4505-3186_7-31649966.html
Another option if you want to go the hardware route: Next month costco is offering a Western Digital 1Terabyte (1000GB) external hard-drive with auto backup features for only $269 with coupon (one of which I can give you if you don't already have the Costco coupon book)
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Not necessarily buying online but a tech question all of you might know something about.
On my personal computer I am 100% negligent about backing up. I want to get a back up device with software to get this done. Please tell me about how you back up or secure your data. I saw an iomega 160 gig(?) hard drive for about $130 that does the job I think. Please offer advice and recommendations. My hard drive has music, pictures, contact database and files that if lost would just devastate me.
Don't feel too guilty--probably 90 percent of everyone doesn't back up their hard drives, but that doesn't mean they shouldn't--they'd all feel terrible if it went down and they lost everything. There are a number of external drives out there like the one you saw that come with the softeware to back up your documents and media files, either on a scheduled basis or whenever you think to click the backup button (def. smarter to go with the scheduled option). Iomega's as good as anyone but shop around--there are always sales, and you may be able to find a bigger drive for less.
I've got this one:
http://reviews.cnet.com/hard-drives/maxtor-onetouch-iii-usb/4505-3186_7-31649966.html
Another option if you want to go the hardware rout: Next month costco is offering a Western Digital 1Terabyte (1000GB) external hard-drive with auto backup features for only $269 with coupon (one of which I can give you if you don't already have the Costco coupon book)
Ooooh, a terabyte drive! Shifting into uber-geek mode -- I so want one! Even if I am only using less than half the 80 gigs on my home computer.
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I just went to the Apple store and it's "offline". Something new getting introed at MacWorld today?
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I just went to the Apple store and it's "offline". Something new getting introed at MacWorld today?
Of course! It's Macworld.
So far, the latest skinny is Apple's take on a UMPC (ultra mini laptop). No big iPhone or iPod news yet.
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I just went to the Apple store and it's "offline". Something new getting introed at MacWorld today?
Ali, that was quite the come-from-behind Sharks game you were at Sat nite -- watched on TV and was just floored. Too bad they couldn't hold on Sunday against the Duckies. Hope they can do well when I go this week -- Red Wings are red hot.
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I just went to the Apple store and it's "offline". Something new getting introed at MacWorld today?
Of course! It's Macworld.
So far, the latest skinny is Apple's take on a UMPC (ultra mini laptop). No big iPhone or iPod news yet.
Oops, must clarify: not a UMPC, but the skinniest damn laptop you've ever seen. Three-quarters of an inch thick at its thickest point. The MacBook Air. Out in two weeks and it'll cost under 2Gs. Pretty competitive.
Only other news is the iPhone and iPod touch are getting some added features (still no 3G for the iPhone tho--bummer) and they're taking another whack at Apple TV, and renting movies via iTunes. Ho hum.
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I just went to the Apple store and it's "offline". Something new getting introed at MacWorld today?
Of course! It's Macworld.
So far, the latest skinny is Apple's take on a UMPC (ultra mini laptop). No big iPhone or iPod news yet.
Oops, must clarify: not a UMPC, but the skinniest damn laptop you've ever seen. Three-quarters of an inch thick at its thickest point. The MacBook Air. Out in two weeks and it'll cost under 2Gs. Pretty competitive.
Only other news is the iPhone and iPod touch are getting some added features (still no 3G for the iPhone tho--bummer) and they're taking another whack at Apple TV, and renting movies via iTunes. Ho hum.
definitely got the techno-lust for the new laptop. They also introduced this new wireless base station/server/backup device called the time capsule, which comes in half and full terrabyte flavors. I can't wait to get home and update my iPhone and get the new apps!
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I'm interested in getting a new turntable. My old Phillips is pretty dead, and there's all these new USB turntables on the market. Does anyone have any experience with these? I'd like it to sound good too. I liked the belt drive on my Phillips.
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Wireless internet in your car? CGSS or KPOO anywhere you go? Chrysler says yes:
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-wificar25-2008jun25,0,1676276.story
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Wireless internet in your car? CGSS or KPOO anywhere you go? Chrysler says yes:
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-wificar25-2008jun25,0,1676276.story
WTH? Imagine the distraction.
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Wireless internet in your car? CGSS or KPOO anywhere you go? Chrysler says yes:
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-wificar25-2008jun25,0,1676276.story
WTH? Imagine the distraction.
seems quite logical to me, as mapping and phone services, not to mention music services can all come over the IP bandwidth. It still remains to be seen how good (fast/reliable) this will be.
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Don't buy that BlackBerry Storm just yet...
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/27/technology/personaltech/27pogue.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin
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Tech type question. I'm cleaning out things to de-clutter a bit and came across an Iomega 16x10x40 CD-RW drive. USB connection. How outdated is this? Anything I should want to keep.? I think I got it when I had a computer without a CD drive that could write.
Something to offer for free on Craigslist?
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Tech type question. I'm cleaning out things to de-clutter a bit and came across an Iomega 16x10x40 CD-RW drive. USB connection. How outdated is this? Anything I should want to keep.? I think I got it when I had a computer without a CD drive that could write.
Something to offer for free on Craigslist?
You might ask if your kids' school could use it, then it's a write-off. Even the best public schools often have semi-outdated equipment & they might have something lacking the RW function somewhere.
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Internet radios keep getting better and cheaper:
http://ces.cnet.com/8301-19167_1-10139946-100.html
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This could be big. I hope they do it right.
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/07/introducing-google-chrome-os.html
Introducing the Google Chrome OS
7/07/2009 09:37:00 PM
It's been an exciting nine months since we launched the Google Chrome
browser. Already, over 30 million people use it regularly. We designed
Google Chrome for people who live on the web — searching for
information, checking email, catching up on the news, shopping or just
staying in touch with friends. However, the operating systems that
browsers run on were designed in an era where there was no web. So
today, we're announcing a new project that's a natural extension of
Google Chrome — the Google Chrome Operating System. It's our attempt
to re-think what operating systems should be.
Google Chrome OS is an open source, lightweight operating system that
will initially be targeted at netbooks. Later this year we will
open-source its code, and netbooks running Google Chrome OS will be
available for consumers in the second half of 2010. Because we're
already talking to partners about the project, and we'll soon be
working with the open source community, we wanted to share our vision
now so everyone understands what we are trying to achieve.
Speed, simplicity and security are the key aspects of Google Chrome
OS. We're designing the OS to be fast and lightweight, to start up and
get you onto the web in a few seconds. The user interface is minimal
to stay out of your way, and most of the user experience takes place
on the web. And as we did for the Google Chrome browser, we are going
back to the basics and completely redesigning the underlying security
architecture of the OS so that users don't have to deal with viruses,
malware and security updates. It should just work.
Google Chrome OS will run on both x86 as well as ARM chips and we are
working with multiple OEMs to bring a number of netbooks to market
next year. The software architecture is simple — Google Chrome running
within a new windowing system on top of a Linux kernel. For
application developers, the web is the platform. All web-based
applications will automatically work and new applications can be
written using your favorite web technologies. And of course, these
apps will run not only on Google Chrome OS, but on any standards-based
browser on Windows, Mac and Linux thereby giving developers the
largest user base of any platform.
Google Chrome OS is a new project, separate from Android. Android was
designed from the beginning to work across a variety of devices from
phones to set-top boxes to netbooks. Google Chrome OS is being created
for people who spend most of their time on the web, and is being
designed to power computers ranging from small netbooks to full-size
desktop systems. While there are areas where Google Chrome OS and
Android overlap, we believe choice will drive innovation for the
benefit of everyone, including Google.
We hear a lot from our users and their message is clear — computers
need to get better. People want to get to their email instantly,
without wasting time waiting for their computers to boot and browsers
to start up. They want their computers to always run as fast as when
they first bought them. They want their data to be accessible to them
wherever they are and not have to worry about losing their computer or
forgetting to back up files. Even more importantly, they don't want to
spend hours configuring their computers to work with every new piece
of hardware, or have to worry about constant software updates. And any
time our users have a better computing experience, Google benefits as
well by having happier users who are more likely to spend time on the
Internet.
We have a lot of work to do, and we're definitely going to need a lot
of help from the open source community to accomplish this vision.
We're excited for what's to come and we hope you are too. Stay tuned
for more updates in the fall and have a great summer.
Posted by Sundar Pichai, VP Product Management and Linus Upson,
Engineering Director
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This could be big. I hope they do it right.
I think, just by itself, the plain language way that the blurb was written is refreshing.
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So my 4-year-old Dell PC is almost wheezing its last. Its hard drive is 98% full, it lets out whirring groans after an hour or two, and the iTunes Genius runs r-e-a-l-l-y slow on it.
But I don't know what to move on to. I'd hoped this would last another year or two on my home desktop and I'd get a laptop for travel. I'd still like the latter, but I don't know that I want to run a laptop as my home unit - I run it for hours (for correspondence, writing, and Net radio) and know how they can overheat. Would probably be inefficient to get a Netbook + a separate hard drive for storage.
Any advice? I like my Mac at work, but have PC versions of Photoshop and other progs here at home ...
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So my 4-year-old Dell PC is almost wheezing its last. Its hard drive is 98% full, it lets out whirring groans after an hour or two, and the iTunes Genius runs r-e-a-l-l-y slow on it.
But I don't know what to move on to. I'd hoped this would last another year or two on my home desktop and I'd get a laptop for travel. I'd still like the latter, but I don't know that I want to run a laptop as my home unit - I run it for hours (for correspondence, writing, and Net radio) and know how they can overheat. Would probably be inefficient to get a Netbook + a separate hard drive for storage.
Any advice? I like my Mac at work, but have PC versions of Photoshop and other progs here at home ...
<forrest gump>Well, you know how I feel!</forrest gump>
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So my 4-year-old Dell PC is almost wheezing its last. Its hard drive is 98% full, it lets out whirring groans after an hour or two, and the iTunes Genius runs r-e-a-l-l-y slow on it.
But I don't know what to move on to. I'd hoped this would last another year or two on my home desktop and I'd get a laptop for travel. I'd still like the latter, but I don't know that I want to run a laptop as my home unit - I run it for hours (for correspondence, writing, and Net radio) and know how they can overheat. Would probably be inefficient to get a Netbook + a separate hard drive for storage.
Any advice? I like my Mac at work, but have PC versions of Photoshop and other progs here at home ...
as noted previously, I'm in a similar boat: my PC, a Gateway, is 11 years old (!) -- I'm on my 2nd monitor and keyboard -- and I really need to get a new one so that i can (finally) switch from dial-up to high-speed. I'll probably either buy another Gateway or do Dell.
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So my 4-year-old Dell PC is almost wheezing its last. Its hard drive is 98% full, it lets out whirring groans after an hour or two, and the iTunes Genius runs r-e-a-l-l-y slow on it.
But I don't know what to move on to. I'd hoped this would last another year or two on my home desktop and I'd get a laptop for travel. I'd still like the latter, but I don't know that I want to run a laptop as my home unit - I run it for hours (for correspondence, writing, and Net radio) and know how they can overheat. Would probably be inefficient to get a Netbook + a separate hard drive for storage.
Any advice? I like my Mac at work, but have PC versions of Photoshop and other progs here at home ...
as noted previously, I'm in a similar boat: my PC, a Gateway, is 11 years old (!) -- I'm on my 2nd monitor and keyboard -- and I really need to get a new one so that i can (finally) switch from dial-up to high-speed. I'll probably either buy another Gateway or do Dell.
Dell's good on price - is Gateway still in the personal-computer biz? - and as I've said before, high-speed net will change everything for you. Macs: as Sly once wrote, "the nicer the nice, the higher the price." I like them but they're out of my range. Looks like for now my best bet is to replace my Dell PC with another Dell PC while they're cheap, and maybe get one of those dinky Netbooks if I find I need portability in the coming months.
Thanks, all!
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So my 4-year-old Dell PC is almost wheezing its last. Its hard drive is 98% full, it lets out whirring groans after an hour or two, and the iTunes Genius runs r-e-a-l-l-y slow on it.
But I don't know what to move on to. I'd hoped this would last another year or two on my home desktop and I'd get a laptop for travel. I'd still like the latter, but I don't know that I want to run a laptop as my home unit - I run it for hours (for correspondence, writing, and Net radio) and know how they can overheat. Would probably be inefficient to get a Netbook + a separate hard drive for storage.
Any advice? I like my Mac at work, but have PC versions of Photoshop and other progs here at home ...
as noted previously, I'm in a similar boat: my PC, a Gateway, is 11 years old (!) -- I'm on my 2nd monitor and keyboard -- and I really need to get a new one so that i can (finally) switch from dial-up to high-speed. I'll probably either buy another Gateway or do Dell.
Dell's good on price - is Gateway still in the personal-computer biz? - and as I've said before, high-speed net will change everything for you. Macs: as Sly once wrote, "the nicer the nice, the higher the price." I like them but they're out of my range. Looks like for now my best bet is to replace my Dell PC with another Dell PC while they're cheap, and maybe get one of those dinky Netbooks if I find I need portability in the coming months.
Thanks, all!
Gateway: http://www.gateway.com/
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So my 4-year-old Dell PC is almost wheezing its last. Its hard drive is 98% full, it lets out whirring groans after an hour or two, and the iTunes Genius runs r-e-a-l-l-y slow on it.
But I don't know what to move on to. I'd hoped this would last another year or two on my home desktop and I'd get a laptop for travel. I'd still like the latter, but I don't know that I want to run a laptop as my home unit - I run it for hours (for correspondence, writing, and Net radio) and know how they can overheat. Would probably be inefficient to get a Netbook + a separate hard drive for storage.
Any advice? I like my Mac at work, but have PC versions of Photoshop and other progs here at home ...
as noted previously, I'm in a similar boat: my PC, a Gateway, is 11 years old (!) -- I'm on my 2nd monitor and keyboard -- and I really need to get a new one so that i can (finally) switch from dial-up to high-speed. I'll probably either buy another Gateway or do Dell.
Dell's good on price - is Gateway still in the personal-computer biz? - and as I've said before, high-speed net will change everything for you. Macs: as Sly once wrote, "the nicer the nice, the higher the price." I like them but they're out of my range. Looks like for now my best bet is to replace my Dell PC with another Dell PC while they're cheap, and maybe get one of those dinky Netbooks if I find I need portability in the coming months.
Thanks, all!
Should have conversed here vs. more publicly on FB. Mike, 11years! wtf!? Wow.
My Dell is from Jan 2005 and Quick Time doesn't update meaning now I can't update software versions for iTunes and iTouch. Tried PC doctors about 2 years ago and they could not fix. Have hi speed and everything else works well. Seems wrong to get a new system but I too have been considering.
Geoff: I mentioned this years ago and you said you might be able to use it as a server or something. I have a Power Mac G4. No software, at least I don't think it has the OS loaded. Worth anything? Want it for anything?
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So my 4-year-old Dell PC is almost wheezing its last. Its hard drive is 98% full, it lets out whirring groans after an hour or two, and the iTunes Genius runs r-e-a-l-l-y slow on it.
But I don't know what to move on to. I'd hoped this would last another year or two on my home desktop and I'd get a laptop for travel. I'd still like the latter, but I don't know that I want to run a laptop as my home unit - I run it for hours (for correspondence, writing, and Net radio) and know how they can overheat. Would probably be inefficient to get a Netbook + a separate hard drive for storage.
Any advice? I like my Mac at work, but have PC versions of Photoshop and other progs here at home ...
as noted previously, I'm in a similar boat: my PC, a Gateway, is 11 years old (!) -- I'm on my 2nd monitor and keyboard -- and I really need to get a new one so that i can (finally) switch from dial-up to high-speed. I'll probably either buy another Gateway or do Dell.
Dell's good on price - is Gateway still in the personal-computer biz? - and as I've said before, high-speed net will change everything for you. Macs: as Sly once wrote, "the nicer the nice, the higher the price." I like them but they're out of my range. Looks like for now my best bet is to replace my Dell PC with another Dell PC while they're cheap, and maybe get one of those dinky Netbooks if I find I need portability in the coming months.
Thanks, all!
Should have conversed here vs. more publicly on FB. Mike, 11years! wtf!? Wow.
My Dell is from Jan 2005 and Quick Time doesn't update meaning now I can't update software versions for iTunes and iTouch. Tried PC doctors about 2 years ago and they could not fix. Have hi speed and everything else works well. Seems wrong to get a new system but I too have been considering.
Geoff: I mentioned this years ago and you said you might be able to use it as a server or something. I have a Power Mac G4. No software, at least I don't think it has the OS loaded. Worth anything? Want it for anything?
I'd put it to work at school as a droid, even though Macs are outcasts there!
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So my 4-year-old Dell PC is almost wheezing its last. Its hard drive is 98% full, it lets out whirring groans after an hour or two, and the iTunes Genius runs r-e-a-l-l-y slow on it.
But I don't know what to move on to. I'd hoped this would last another year or two on my home desktop and I'd get a laptop for travel. I'd still like the latter, but I don't know that I want to run a laptop as my home unit - I run it for hours (for correspondence, writing, and Net radio) and know how they can overheat. Would probably be inefficient to get a Netbook + a separate hard drive for storage.
Any advice? I like my Mac at work, but have PC versions of Photoshop and other progs here at home ...
as noted previously, I'm in a similar boat: my PC, a Gateway, is 11 years old (!) -- I'm on my 2nd monitor and keyboard -- and I really need to get a new one so that i can (finally) switch from dial-up to high-speed. I'll probably either buy another Gateway or do Dell.
Dell's good on price - is Gateway still in the personal-computer biz? - and as I've said before, high-speed net will change everything for you. Macs: as Sly once wrote, "the nicer the nice, the higher the price." I like them but they're out of my range. Looks like for now my best bet is to replace my Dell PC with another Dell PC while they're cheap, and maybe get one of those dinky Netbooks if I find I need portability in the coming months.
Thanks, all!
Should have conversed here vs. more publicly on FB. Mike, 11years! wtf!? Wow.
My Dell is from Jan 2005 and Quick Time doesn't update meaning now I can't update software versions for iTunes and iTouch. Tried PC doctors about 2 years ago and they could not fix. Have hi speed and everything else works well. Seems wrong to get a new system but I too have been considering.
Geoff: I mentioned this years ago and you said you might be able to use it as a server or something. I have a Power Mac G4. No software, at least I don't think it has the OS loaded. Worth anything? Want it for anything?
I'd put it to work at school as a droid, even though Macs are outcasts there!
Glad to donate!
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Well, radio must really be dead if Radio Shack is dropping the "radio" part...
http://www.betanews.com/article/RadioShack-calls-itself-The-Shack-in-attempt-to-modernize-image/1249313805
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So, any thoughts from you tech-head types about Snow Leopard?
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So, any thoughts from you tech-head types about Snow Leopard?
not much to think about. Only $30, quicker, less buggy, some cool new features. If you have an Intel Mac, just do it. I have had no problems in the 24 hours so far.
Of course, always have a backup if things go south!
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So, any thoughts from you tech-head types about Snow Leopard?
Being a tad further removed from the belly of the beast these days, I had to go read what my ex-colleagues at CNET had to say (I confess to not even having heard of Snow Leopard until yesterday). The short story is, if you are running a stock, "off the rack" Mac with OS X, go ahead and do the upgrade. If you're more of a geek with a lot of add-ons and customized apps, you might want to hold off until the developers can catch up.
Here's the entire take:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-19882_3-10322624-250.html
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So, any thoughts from you tech-head types about Snow Leopard?
Being a tad further removed from the belly of the beast these days, I had to go read what my ex-colleagues at CNET had to say (I confess to not even having heard of Snow Leopard until yesterday). The short story is, if you are running a stock, "off the rack" Mac with OS X, go ahead and do the upgrade. If you're more of a geek with a lot of add-ons and customized apps, you might want to hold off until the developers can catch up.
Here's the entire take:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-19882_3-10322624-250.html
I think that's excellent advice. People running ProTools or other specialized programs always have to wait until the new systems are 'blessed' by the respective software/hardware vendors.
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The NY Times gives Windows 7 a thumbs-up:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/22/technology/personaltech/22pogue.html?_r=1&hp
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Anyone considering a new phone needs to this out:
AT&T iPhone* vs. Sprint Palm Pre vs. T-Mobile My Touch vs. Verizon Droid** (http://www.billshrink.com/blog/total-cost-of-ownership-motorola-droid-versus-iphone-3gs-versus-palm-pre/)
*keep in mind Google CEO Eric Schmidt sits on Apple's Board of Directors because...
**this is the just-released Motorola phone that is the first&only one available right now from any of the Big4 telecoms running Google's Android OS. Android Market is now a direct competitor to iTunes Apps Store. iTunes apps has close to 100k, but Android already has 10k & will likely increase exponentially now that there's actually a phone & carrier connected to it.
My imho take: The media hype is immediately geared toward Android/Verizon being an "iPhone Killer" but that's ridiculous. No 'Disruptive Technology' has ever immediately killed the dominant incumbent, full stop. It almost certainly kills off the 3rd & 4th players in that market unless they are supremely agile. But the dominant incumbent (by virtue of their market dominance) only has to be moderately nimble to adjust and survive. Granted history is filled with such examples, but does anyone think Apple realistically belongs in that category as long as Steve Jobs is alive? So I think what this really is a Sprint killer, and a marginalizer of Palm (sorry Darryl!) & T-Mobile. Apple is great, no question, but AT&T sucks compared to Verizon, so Google/Verizon will take a chunk out of Apple?AT&T's market share (but not revenue as that will grow faster than the market share loss). Palm will never lose their (small) share of the market because of customer loyalty (unless they choke) ((you're wlecome Darryl!)), but any dreams they had of carving out chunks of market share at the expense of Apple can be forgotten. Furthermore, Sprint has made a massive commitment to WiMax becoming the 4G standard, and from what I hear in the tech world it will lose out to LTE. You don't really need to know what all this means, but one can find lots of info on all of this alphabet soup on Wiki. However, since you are all my friends here, I would say that if you have a Sprint or T-Mobile contract, you should definitely consider swtitching when you can.
If you hold Sprint stock, I would sell at the soonest possibility. Same for any stock held in a GPS company, like Garmin or TomTom, which the Google Navigator app has just reduced to the margins of non-tech customers & rental car companies.
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Anyone considering a new phone needs to this out:
AT&T iPhone* vs. Sprint Palm Pre vs. T-Mobile My Touch vs. Verizon Droid** (http://www.billshrink.com/blog/total-cost-of-ownership-motorola-droid-versus-iphone-3gs-versus-palm-pre/)
*keep in mind Google CEO Eric Schmidt sits on Apple's Board of Directors because...
**this is the just-released Motorola phone that is the first&only one available right now from any of the Big4 telecoms running Google's Android OS. Android Market is now a direct competitor to iTunes Apps Store. iTunes apps has close to 100k, but Android already has 10k & will likely increase exponentially now that there's actually a phone & carrier connected to it.
My imho take: The media hype is immediately geared toward Android/Verizon being an "iPhone Killer" but that's ridiculous. No 'Disruptive Technology' has ever immediately killed the dominant incumbent, full stop. It almost certainly kills off the 3rd & 4th players in that market unless they are supremely agile. But the dominant incumbent (by virtue of their market dominance) only has to be moderately nimble to adjust and survive. Granted history is filled with such examples, but does anyone think Apple realistically belongs in that category as long as Steve Jobs is alive? So I think what this really is a Sprint killer, and a marginalizer of Palm (sorry Darryl!) & T-Mobile. Apple is great, no question, but AT&T sucks compared to Verizon, so Google/Verizon will take a chunk out of Apple?AT&T's market share (but not revenue as that will grow faster than the market share loss). Palm will never lose their (small) share of the market because of customer loyalty (unless they choke) ((you're wlecome Darryl!)), but any dreams they had of carving out chunks of market share at the expense of Apple can be forgotten. Furthermore, Sprint has made a massive commitment to WiMax becoming the 4G standard, and from what I hear in the tech world it will lose out to LTE. You don't really need to know what all this means, but one can find lots of info on all of this alphabet soup on Wiki. However, since you are all my friends here, I would say that if you have a Sprint or T-Mobile contract, you should definitely consider swtitching when you can.
If you hold Sprint stock, I would sell at the soonest possibility. Same for any stock held in a GPS company, like Garmin or TomTom, which the Google Navigator app has just reduced to the margins of non-tech customers & rental car companies.
yes, I have an iPhone (original model; can't wait to get 3GS) and it's awesome what they've done, considering how heavily AT&T sucks. Just imagine what would/will happen when/if Verizon is allowed to sell iPhone. I think the fight is for dominance in the Verizon market, which is huge, as long as Apple is hooked up with AT&T
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Anyone considering a new phone needs to this out:
AT&T iPhone* vs. Sprint Palm Pre vs. T-Mobile My Touch vs. Verizon Droid** (http://www.billshrink.com/blog/total-cost-of-ownership-motorola-droid-versus-iphone-3gs-versus-palm-pre/)
*keep in mind Google CEO Eric Schmidt sits on Apple's Board of Directors because...
**this is the just-released Motorola phone that is the first&only one available right now from any of the Big4 telecoms running Google's Android OS. Android Market is now a direct competitor to iTunes Apps Store. iTunes apps has close to 100k, but Android already has 10k & will likely increase exponentially now that there's actually a phone & carrier connected to it.
My imho take: The media hype is immediately geared toward Android/Verizon being an "iPhone Killer" but that's ridiculous. No 'Disruptive Technology' has ever immediately killed the dominant incumbent, full stop. It almost certainly kills off the 3rd & 4th players in that market unless they are supremely agile. But the dominant incumbent (by virtue of their market dominance) only has to be moderately nimble to adjust and survive. Granted history is filled with such examples, but does anyone think Apple realistically belongs in that category as long as Steve Jobs is alive? So I think what this really is a Sprint killer, and a marginalizer of Palm (sorry Darryl!) & T-Mobile. Apple is great, no question, but AT&T sucks compared to Verizon, so Google/Verizon will take a chunk out of Apple?AT&T's market share (but not revenue as that will grow faster than the market share loss). Palm will never lose their (small) share of the market because of customer loyalty (unless they choke) ((you're wlecome Darryl!)), but any dreams they had of carving out chunks of market share at the expense of Apple can be forgotten. Furthermore, Sprint has made a massive commitment to WiMax becoming the 4G standard, and from what I hear in the tech world it will lose out to LTE. You don't really need to know what all this means, but one can find lots of info on all of this alphabet soup on Wiki. However, since you are all my friends here, I would say that if you have a Sprint or T-Mobile contract, you should definitely consider swtitching when you can.
If you hold Sprint stock, I would sell at the soonest possibility. Same for any stock held in a GPS company, like Garmin or TomTom, which the Google Navigator app has just reduced to the margins of non-tech customers & rental car companies.
yes, I have an iPhone (original model; can't wait to get 3GS) and it's awesome what they've done, considering how heavily AT&T sucks. Just imagine what would/will happen when/if Verizon is allowed to sell iPhone. I think the fight is for dominance in the Verizon market, which is huge, as long as Apple is hooked up with AT&T
You guys all know I'm working for Verizon now? Come to ME if you are leaving ATT or other for the Droid or just if you need to sign up for VZW service. I am commission based and need all the business I can get! The HTC Imagio is very iPhone-like and the Droid really does look amazing. I have been fooling around with it for a few days now and I'm getting formal training on Monday. Droid launches for sale on Friday. There are 2, the Moto Droid and the HTC Eris. Droid really seems to be a kick-ass smartphone. I have a feeling the iPhone won't get to Verizon because Apple wants a $$$ piece of all apps sold and Verizon doesn't bend over the way ATT did/does. Everyday I hear how people love the iPhone but hate the ATT network.
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Barack Obama's State of the iPad address.
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCHzgRPXRCM)
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Colbert's bit with the iPad at the Grammy opening was pretty cool!
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I finally took the leap and bought an I-Phone. Pretty geeked about it. Now I have to figure out how to get apps. The golf course app looks pretty cool. A golf buddy was showing me.
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I finally took the leap and bought an I-Phone. Pretty geeked about it. Now I have to figure out how to get apps. The golf course app looks pretty cool. A golf buddy was showing me.
you'll find it pretty easy to add apps.
Keep me posted about the golf app. I have avoided spending a dime so far on apps, but I'm sure some are worth the price.
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So now I'm finally able to burn CDs -- where do y'all buy good cheap blank CDs for burning?
BTW, I'm using Nemo to copy & burn (which came with my PC). Anyone else use it? If not, what apps do you use?
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So now I'm finally able to burn CDs -- where do y'all buy good cheap blank CDs for burning?
BTW, I'm using Nemo to copy & burn (which came with my PC). Anyone else use it? If not, what apps do you use?
I've probably got 100 more blank CD's than I will ever use. Want me to mail you a couple dozen? Then again they are very cheap these days & you can buy them just about anywhere.
I don't do a lot of burning, but I mostly just use Windows Media Player for ripping, which I do a lot of.
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So now I'm finally able to burn CDs -- where do y'all buy good cheap blank CDs for burning?
BTW, I'm using Nemo to copy & burn (which came with my PC). Anyone else use it? If not, what apps do you use?
costco. Also blank DVD's
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So now I'm finally able to burn CDs -- where do y'all buy good cheap blank CDs for burning?
BTW, I'm using Nemo to copy & burn (which came with my PC). Anyone else use it? If not, what apps do you use?
costco. Also blank DVD's
Don't buy TDK blank discs. They used to be trustworthy, but about 4 or 5 years ago their quality control went in the toilet and they started getting shoddy. I've got a number of discs I burned around that time that are faulty, and some of them are not able to be replaced. Never again.
I use Taiyo Yudens that I order online. Tape.com has 'em for $27 per 100 on a spindle.
http://www.tape.com/products/taiyo-yuden-cd-r.html
100 may sound like a lot of discs but you'd be surprised how fast you go thru them, particularly if you copy stuff for other people.
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So now I'm finally able to burn CDs -- where do y'all buy good cheap blank CDs for burning?
BTW, I'm using Nemo to copy & burn (which came with my PC). Anyone else use it? If not, what apps do you use?
costco. Also blank DVD's
Don't buy TDK blank discs. They used to be trustworthy, but about 4 or 5 years ago their quality control went in the toilet and they started getting shoddy. I've got a number of discs I burned around that time that are faulty, and some of them are not able to be replaced. Never again.
I use Taiyo Yudens that I order online. Tape.com has 'em for $27 per 100 on a spindle.
http://www.tape.com/products/taiyo-yuden-cd-r.html
100 may sound like a lot of discs but you'd be surprised how fast you go thru them, particularly if you copy stuff for other people.
I have no idea what kind of discs Costco sells. I would take Urth's word on this over mine. I don't do much disc burning. I bought a stack of DVD blanks, and haven't opened them yet.
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Btw, Mike, I am guessing you meant "Nero" as your media burning application. That's what I use, too. It's fairly straightforward, easy to figure out. A couple of suggestions: Don't burn CDs faster than 8X. Any faster than that increases the chance of errors being transcribed. And if you're copying something linear like a live show, or, say, a 10@10 broadcast, remember to check the box that says "no 2-second gap between tracks" (or words to that effect).
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Btw, Mike, I am guessing you meant "Nero" as your media burning application. That's what I use, too. It's fairly straightforward, easy to figure out. A couple of suggestions: Don't burn CDs faster than 8X. Any faster than that increases the chance of errors being transcribed. And if you're copying something linear like a live show, or, say, a 10@10 broadcast, remember to check the box that says "no 2-second gap between tracks" (or words to that effect).
Thanks for the tip, and yes it's "Nero" not "Nemo". And I just now got the joke in that name -- Nero, Rome burns, CD burner... cute.
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You want to buy online, supermediastore.com is a good place. I buy from them for DVD-R.
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I buy Sony discs at Staples, where they're frequently on sale, and have always been satisfied. (I use iTunes to burn.)
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I buy Sony discs at Staples, where they're frequently on sale, and have always been satisfied. (I use iTunes to burn.)
wow, Sony blank CD-R 100-pack: 16.98 @ Staples; The Taiyo Yudens @ tape.com are $27 for 100 (plus shipping).
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I have a stack of Memorex CD-Rs I got at Office Depot. Quite inexpensive if memory serves. Haven't burned in a while, use iTunes. Let's plan a club get together sometime soon and incorporate a CD swap.
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Couple of (CD-)burning questions: Just made my first mix CD, checked all the boxes to delete the pause between songs and changed "2 seconds" to "0 seconds" in that field in the properties for each individual track (this is using Nero). And there are still pauses. WTF?
Also, one of the CDs I was copying tracks from, a Joan Jett GH comp, is one of those "enhanced" CDs with video'n'stuff on it, and the audio tracks would not show up in Windows Explorer (or WMP) so that I could add them to a burn menu. I actually had to download the song i wanted ("Bad Reputation") individually from Amazon so that I could use it. It was only 99 cents, but still, it shouldn't've been necessary. Suggestions?
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I'll be getting one ASAP. I've been waiting, and the specs look like more than what I was hoping for.
I'll keep you posted.
http://www.apple.com/iphone/
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Couple of (CD-)burning questions: Just made my first mix CD, checked all the boxes to delete the pause between songs and changed "2 seconds" to "0 seconds" in that field in the properties for each individual track (this is using Nero). And there are still pauses. WTF?
Your first mix CD? Have you been using cassettes up to now? ;-}
Hrm, are you sure the individual tracks don't have some silence built-in? They might need trimming.
The other thing you could try is turning on crossfading between tracks... Not exactly the same, I know.
Also, one of the CDs I was copying tracks from, a Joan Jett GH comp, is one of those "enhanced" CDs with video'n'stuff on it, and the audio tracks would not show up in Windows Explorer (or WMP) so that I could add them to a burn menu. I actually had to download the song i wanted ("Bad Reputation") individually from Amazon so that I could use it. It was only 99 cents, but still, it shouldn't've been necessary. Suggestions?
Yeah, use a program like CDex to rip the tracks: http://cdexos.sourceforge.net/
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Couple of (CD-)burning questions: Just made my first mix CD, checked all the boxes to delete the pause between songs and changed "2 seconds" to "0 seconds" in that field in the properties for each individual track (this is using Nero). And there are still pauses. WTF?
Your first mix CD? Have you been using cassettes up to now? ;-}
Hrm, are you sure the individual tracks don't have some silence built-in? They might need trimming.
The other thing you could try is turning on crossfading between tracks... Not exactly the same, I know.
Also, one of the CDs I was copying tracks from, a Joan Jett GH comp, is one of those "enhanced" CDs with video'n'stuff on it, and the audio tracks would not show up in Windows Explorer (or WMP) so that I could add them to a burn menu. I actually had to download the song i wanted ("Bad Reputation") individually from Amazon so that I could use it. It was only 99 cents, but still, it shouldn't've been necessary. Suggestions?
Yeah, use a program like CDex to rip the tracks: http://cdexos.sourceforge.net/
thank you sir!
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Present company excluded, of course, just in case Geoff already has one ;D:
http://www.thestreet.com/story/10821345/ipad-users-are-selfish-elitists.html?puc=outbrain&cm_ven=outbrain&obref=obnetwork
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Present company excluded, of course, just in case Geoff already has one ;D:
http://www.thestreet.com/story/10821345/ipad-users-are-selfish-elitists.html?puc=outbrain&cm_ven=outbrain&obref=obnetwork
I don't have one, although it would be fun. Already having a laptop and an iPhone, the space not covered by those two is not large enough to justify the expense.
"It's not necessarily geeks that have gone out and bought it -- if you already have a laptop, do you really need this?" he told TheStreet. "The one exception is marketing people in customer-facing roles who want to show you, for example, a Web-based presentation."
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use your cell phone as a room key:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/cmcginnis/detail?entry_id=72999&type=travel
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This is more of an anti-tech question, but there you have it.
A bit of childhood memorabilia I still keep in the closet is my old TI-99/4A computer. My roommate Andy (born in '85, same year I got it) was fascinated and wanted to see it. But back in the day, the computer connected to the TV with a VHF/UHF cable:
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/994.jpg/300px-994.jpg)
It's the box near the middle with two things that small screws hold to the (old) TV.
My (newer) TV doesn't have those. Anyone know how I would connect the computer to a modern TV?
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This is more of an anti-tech question, but there you have it.
A bit of childhood memorabilia I still keep in the closet is my old TI-99/4A computer. My roommate Andy (born in '85, same year I got it) was fascinated and wanted to see it. But back in the day, the computer connected to the TV with a VHF/UHF cable:
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/994.jpg/300px-994.jpg)
It's the box near the middle with two things that small screws hold to the (old) TV.
My (newer) TV doesn't have those. Anyone know how I would connect the computer to a modern TV?
You should be able to find some kind of adapter that would have the two screws to attach your wires to (as you describe above) and then also has a male coaxial connection, to which you could then connect a standard coax cable which would then run to your television. Of course, depending on how new your TV is, the advent of digital TV a couple of years ago may have rendered all that out-of-date as well. It's scary how fast tech is rendering itself obsolete.
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This is more of an anti-tech question, but there you have it.
A bit of childhood memorabilia I still keep in the closet is my old TI-99/4A computer. My roommate Andy (born in '85, same year I got it) was fascinated and wanted to see it. But back in the day, the computer connected to the TV with a VHF/UHF cable:
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/994.jpg/300px-994.jpg)
It's the box near the middle with two things that small screws hold to the (old) TV.
My (newer) TV doesn't have those. Anyone know how I would connect the computer to a modern TV?
You should be able to find some kind of adapter that would have the two screws to attach your wires to (as you describe above) and then also has a male coaxial connection, to which you could then connect a standard coax cable which would then run to your television. Of course, depending on how new your TV is, the advent of digital TV a couple of years ago may have rendered all that out-of-date as well. It's scary how fast tech is rendering itself obsolete.
The (Radio) Shack will hook you up. Prolly w something like this:
(http://www.summitsource.com/images/products/CO320P.jpg)
http://www.summitsource.com/steren-200510-75-to-300-ohm-matching-transformer-connect-balun-75300-ohm-offair-tv-antenna-balum-coax-cable-female-signal-adapter-part-200510-p-8191.html
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Confession time: Despite my having worked at CNET, that temple of tech gadgetry, for several years, when it comes to my personal tech, I'm kind of a luddite. So when I recently upgraded my cellphone from a pre-Civil War Nokia 6230
(http://www.welectronics.com/gsm/nokia6230big.jpg)
to a just-released Inspire Android smartphone
(http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/i/tim/2011/02/04/34468800_OVR_440x330.png)
it was kind of a big deal for me. Suddenly I can text without having to hit various keys on the number pad multiple times to select a letter. Suddenly I can view websites and read e-mails wherever I am. And suddenly I have a wealth of apps at my disposal. All of this is pretty cool. (We'll see how cool I think it is when the first bill arrives however.)
But anyway, assuming that at least some of you have already jumped to using a smartphone of some sort, be it an iPhone (nodding at you, Geoff), an Android, or whatever, I'm just wondering what apps you've found that you think are indispensible, fairly useful or clever, fun, or just really cool. Or any other suggestions or words of advice for a smartphone newb.
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Congrats!
I also have an Android phone (HTC Hero) and I love it. It's great for FB, but not so great at posting on this forum because of the touchscreen. You can tell when I'm using my phone to post during 10@10 - my answers are considerably shorter.
As far as the apps I use the most go, I use the NextMuni app (not really applicable to you in Portland), the FX camera app is also a good one (lets you take Polaroid, Holga and Fisheye shots). I also use the IHeartRadio app - too bad KFOG isn't one of the stations on its list. I also use the Kodak Gallery app by Pixelpipe to download photos from my phone.
Oh, and I also use the Yelp and Facebook apps. You don't strike me as the celebrity gossip type, but the TMZ app is pretty fun!
That Nokia phone looks like it weighs 5 lbs!
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Thanks for the tips! I'll check out those photo apps once I get used to having a decent camera in my phone. The one that was in the Nokia was pretty shabby. (Btw, that Nokia is about three times as thick as my new one, but it weighs about half as much.
I found a free radio-streaming app that has KFOG--in fact, it was the first station they listed! It's called TuneIn Radio. I haven't used it for 10@10 yet, but I expect I will if I'm in the car at the 10am hour. I haven't used the phone to post here yet either, just checking posts a few times. But I'm sure that day is coming as well. Still pretty clumsy with the touch-screen, at least for typing. Hoping there's a learning curve there that I just need to get past.
Going to see Yo La Tengo tonight. Please Lord, don't let me one of those doofuses holding up his phone taking pics for half the evening! ;)
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Thanks for the tips! I'll check out those photo apps once I get used to having a decent camera in my phone. The one that was in the Nokia was pretty shabby. (Btw, that Nokia is about three times as thick as my new one, but it weighs about half as much.
I found a free radio-streaming app that has KFOG--in fact, it was the first station they listed! It's called TuneIn Radio. I haven't used it for 10@10 yet, but I expect I will if I'm in the car at the 10am hour. I haven't used the phone to post here yet either, just checking posts a few times. But I'm sure that day is coming as well. Still pretty clumsy with the touch-screen, at least for typing. Hoping there's a learning curve there that I just need to get past.
Going to see Yo La Tengo tonight. Please Lord, don't let me one of those doofuses holding up his phone taking pics for half the evening! ;)
OMG - Just downloaded the TuneIn Radio app. I don't have to carry around my portable radio for 10@10 anymore!
Ha! I'm going to see Yo La Tengo next Tuesday at The Fox. Let me know your thoughts on tonight's show! I kinda wish I'd known about Prince's concerts next week sooner. Would've gone to see him instead. Oh, and you're only allowed 2 photos during shows. ;)
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I'm just wondering what apps you've found that you think are indispensible, fairly useful or clever, fun, or just really cool. Or any other suggestions or words of advice for a smartphone newb.
well, not sure what's not available on and Android that I might have, but I use a lot of the regular stuff all the time: weather, scientific calculator, xfinity app (allows me to control the cable box), facebook, starbucks, maps, twitter, urbanspoon, opentable, and so on, I'm boring myself! I actually use the Chase banking thing where I deposit checks by taking the photo! Our band gets paid to play in a church, they give me a check, I photo-deposit and issue checks to the others right there on the phone! Martha and I play Words with Friends all the time, which is a lot of fun. Then there are specific interest things like astronomy apps that show the names of stars you point at, Red Laser, which scans barcodes, etc, etc, etc. Sorry to run on so much. And oh yes, mail, web, txt, video, photos.
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Listened to the "Classic" Live 105 HD station on the TuneIn Radio app Urth suggested. Couldn't listen long, but they played Ca Plane Pour Moi, Vacation, I Got You, Solsbury Hill and Shout. It really did take me back to ye olde Live 105 days. *Love* ;D
I haven't had a chance to see if there's a classic KROQ HD station on the app. Now, that would be somethin'!
ETA: Found KROQ2 (ROQ of the 80s) HD. They played in the short time that I listened: The Reflex, Rise, Brand New Lover and Hit That Perfect Beat. I can get used to this! :) :) :)
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I'm just wondering what apps you've found that you think are indispensible, fairly useful or clever, fun, or just really cool. Or any other suggestions or words of advice for a smartphone newb.
well, not sure what's not available on and Android that I might have, but I use a lot of the regular stuff all the time: ...
I have an iphone, but I'm not a power user because I don't have a data plan, and therefore I only connect to the internet via wifi. The iphone was a hand-me-down, it's unlocked so I can use my T-Mobile SIM card, and it's jailbreaked, so I can download open-source apps.
Not sure if they have these for Droid, but a couple stand-alone apps that I like (they don't require internet) are:
- Poetry App from the Poetry Foundation -- if you listen to The Writers' Almanac, you always hear Garrison Keillor mention it.
- Seafood Watch from Monterey Bay Aquarium. If you eat fish (cooked or sushi), this helps you make wise, sustainable choices.
- Photoshop Express - free graphics manipulation app that's good for tweaking photos you take w your phone.
- Angry Birds, of course. :)
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I'm just wondering what apps you've found that you think are indispensible, fairly useful or clever, fun, or just really cool. Or any other suggestions or words of advice for a smartphone newb.
well, not sure what's not available on and Android that I might have, but I use a lot of the regular stuff all the time: ...
I have an iphone, but I'm not a power user because I don't have a data plan, and therefore I only connect to the internet via wifi. The iphone was a hand-me-down, it's unlocked so I can use my T-Mobile SIM card, and it's jailbreaked, so I can download open-source apps.
Not sure if they have these for Droid, but a couple stand-alone apps that I like (they don't require internet) are:
- Poetry App from the Poetry Foundation -- if you listen to The Writers' Almanac, you always hear Garrison Keillor mention it.
- Seafood Watch from Monterey Bay Aquarium. If you eat fish (cooked or sushi), this helps you make wise, sustainable choices.
- Photoshop Express - free graphics manipulation app that's good for tweaking photos you take w your phone.
- Angry Birds, of course. :)
I'm a new Iphone user. Got it Feb 7. Apps I like:
THN; The Hockey News
Facebook
Star Walk; downloaded upon recommendation but have not tried. Geoff, you should check this one out.
Games: Angry Birds (Free and Lite); Fruit Ninja; Line up; Sheep Launcher; Skee Ball; MemBlock;Battery Magic; Cool Facts
I have not investigated ringtones yet and want to.
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I'm here playing with my new Sony VAIO laptop. This is nice! I might even turn on my computer at home now -- my old machine was so slow as to be nearly unusable. Still some more setup to do, and I'll need some more peripherals, but I am happy.
But there went my tax return money.
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I have not investigated ringtones yet and want to.
I make my own, using Garageband.
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I have not investigated ringtones yet and want to.
I make my own, using Garageband.
This has me quite excited! Can you tell me how or should I pop into the Apple store for a lesson? Is it using snippets for iTunes stuff?
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I have not investigated ringtones yet and want to.
I make my own, using Garageband.
This has me quite excited! Can you tell me how or should I pop into the Apple store for a lesson? Is it using snippets for iTunes stuff?
I've seen other links, but this is how I do it:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1358
just Google "create iphone ringtone" and you'll find other ways too.
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OK, forgive my tech stupidity here, but I just bought a Netbook thru Verizion -- it's an HP Mini 110-3098NR. Works great so far, but there's no information anywhere in any of the materials they provided regarding how to charge the battery, how long it should take, etc. I've already used it with AC power for a couple of hours, but... do I need to do something else? Googling has not helped me find anything on the subject. I'm taking to NY in a few weeks, and I don't want to suddenly discover I didn't do something I was supposed to.
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OK, forgive my tech stupidity here, but I just bought a Netbook thru Verizion -- it's an HP Mini 110-3098NR. Works great so far, but there's no information anywhere in any of the materials they provided regarding how to charge the battery, how long it should take, etc. I've already used it with AC power for a couple of hours, but... do I need to do something else? Googling has not helped me find anything on the subject. I'm taking to NY in a few weeks, and I don't want to suddenly discover I didn't do something I was supposed to.
Call VZW tech support and they can advise. Or, pop into a VZW store and ask.
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WTFF? they spent millions promoting the thing, didn't they?
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/04/13/BUC31IV1Q4.DTL
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WTFF? they spent millions promoting the thing, didn't they?
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/04/13/BUC31IV1Q4.DTL
I found the news a little weird indeed!
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watch out what you click on in Google Image Search:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/05/06/google-images-malware_n_858845.html
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so yesterday I tried to take advantage of the "special offer" on Amazon -- you could download the entire Book of Mormon cast album for $1.99...
... but to do so you had to first download Amazon's download thingy (not necessary when you buy a single song but you have to do it to download an entire CD). And... the file has a suffix that my computer (which is barely a year old, folks) doesn't support. "axz" or "axs" or somesuch. So, no download thingy, no $1.99 album. WTF, Amazon?
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so yesterday I tried to take advantage of the "special offer" on Amazon -- you could download the entire Book of Mormon cast album for $1.99...
... but to do so you had to first download Amazon's download thingy (not necessary when you buy a single song but you have to do it to download an entire CD). And... the file has a suffix that my computer (which is barely a year old, folks) doesn't support. "axz" or "axs" or somesuch. So, no download thingy, no $1.99 album. WTF, Amazon?
Hmm, I had no problem downloading and installing the app ( a few months ago ). My computer is 4 or 5 years old. So I would assume it's a problem with your machine, the way it is set up...
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World Wide Web older than incoming college freshmen
(08-22) 22:15 PDT MILWAUKEE, (AP) -- Mention Amazon to this year's incoming college freshmen class and they're more likely to think of shopping than the South American river. The class of 2015 also prefers to break up on Facebook rather than end a relationship in person. And they're younger than the Internet. These are among 75 items on this year's Beloit College Mindset List, a compilation released Tuesday by the private school in Wisconsin. The list intends to remind professors that cultural references familiar to them might draw blank stares from freshmen born mostly in 1993. OJ Simpson has been searching for his wife's killer ever since these students were in diapers. And the initials LBJ remind them of LeBron James more than President Lyndon B. Johnson. Oh, and Ferris Bueller could be their father. See the list: http://www.beloit.edu/mindset/2015/
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Sprint + iPhone = happy dance! :) :) :)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44246833/ns/technology_and_science-wireless/
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Sprint + iPhone = happy dance! :) :) :)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44246833/ns/technology_and_science-wireless/
There are so many people waiting for the iPhone 5, and this just adds to the frenzy!
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Steve Jobs resigning as Apple CEO, effective immediately
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/08/24/BUUV1KRIJP.DTL&tsp=1
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Steve Jobs resigning as Apple CEO, effective immediately
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/08/24/BUUV1KRIJP.DTL&tsp=1
a friend just posted on FB:
"Steve Jobs introduces his latest: the iQuit"
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Just say no to Crackberry -- fo' REALZ!
http://blog.sfgate.com/techchron/2011/10/12/blackberry-outage-spreads-to-us/?tsp=1
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Over the weekend I burned a couple of Xmas mix CD's using Nero as I always do. I brought them to work today to listen to for quality before I start making copies.
The first one I made sounded just awful -- lots of what I can only descibe as some sort of digital echo on all the tracks, a sort of "chigga-chigga-chigga" sound that made it a chore to listen to. Un-usable, in any case. The second one, made 2 days later and using some of the same source tracks, sounds just fine.
So... What would cause the bad one? a faulty or dirty blank CD? I'm puzzled.
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Over the weekend I burned a couple of Xmas mix CD's using Nero as I always do. I brought them to work today to listen to for quality before I start making copies.
The first one I made sounded just awful -- lots of what I can only descibe as some sort of digital echo on all the tracks, a sort of "chigga-chigga-chigga" sound that made it a chore to listen to. Un-usable, in any case. The second one, made 2 days later and using some of the same source tracks, sounds just fine.
So... What would cause the bad one? a faulty or dirty blank CD? I'm puzzled.
could be a bad laser. Try iTunes. At least on the Mac, it's good software. Great MP3 imports, good burning.
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Playing with my klndle fire. Not easy for brwsrzzzzz. Browserx. F*ck!!! Browsers!
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Playing with my klndle fire. Not easy for brwsrzzzzz. Browserx. F*ck!!! Browsers!
It's so much cheaper than an iPad, I guess you just need to have reasonable expectations for what it does. My sister really likes her old Kindle, did you have an older one?