The Tech Thread (was "Buying tech stuff online")

[Lightnin' Rod]

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...

[Wayback]

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/

[sundaygal]

Sprint + iPhone = happy dance! 

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44246833/ns/technology_and_science-wireless/

[ggould]

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!

[Wayback]

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

[RGMike]

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"

[RGMike]

Just say no to Crackberry -- fo' REALZ!

http://blog.sfgate.com/techchron/2011/10/12/blackberry-outage-spreads-to-us/?tsp=1

[RGMike]

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.

[ggould]

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.

[Lightnin' Rod]

Playing with my klndle fire.  Not easy for brwsrzzzzz.  Browserx.  F*ck!!!  Browsers!

[ggould]

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?