Talked to my aunt, my gift of a Kindle is a BIG hit with her and my uncle. At least a piece of technology that doesn't intimidate my aunt, especially because with her eyesight, being able to make the letters larger lets her read more easily.
Angel: How're you feeling? Faith: Like I did mushrooms and got eaten by a bear.
'A Hole in the World'
Buffistechnology 3: "Press Some Buttons, See What Happens."
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Theodosia - May 24, 2014 3:45:21 am PDT #23843 of 25505
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
megan walker - May 24, 2014 9:05:30 am PDT #23844 of 25505
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Anyone using Word 2013? An author on my team just got it and were having crazy versioning issues.
For example, I got a 46-page chapter from him and saw track changes perfectly until page 30, then nothing. He has been a huge pain-in-the-ass so I had suspected he hadn't finished but sent anyway (with the time difference, it was hard to verify the comment time codes once I could see all of them).
Today he says the 51-page document I sent to him is showing up as 18 pages. Googling shows this missing page thing happens, but it seems random and I'm not finding a clear fix. Anyone know of one?
[On a side note, I can't believe the default for track changes is essentially that changes are now invisible and there's no longer a built-in dictionary. WTF? I use my laptop often without being online. Planes, traveling, etc. To the Adobe issue Scola mentioned above, I so do not want software that depends on wifi access, or a subscription.]
tommyrot - May 28, 2014 4:51:58 am PDT #23845 of 25505
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Some nice ethernet cable for audiophiles: AudioQuest Diamond RJ/E Ethernet Cable 12m - FutureShop.co.uk
12 meters, £6,899.00, or about $11,500.
When insulation is unbiased, it slows down parts of the signal differently, a big problem for very time-sensitive multi-octave audio.
Well alrighty then.
Tom Scola - May 28, 2014 5:07:13 am PDT #23846 of 25505
hwæt
Makes sense.
tommyrot - May 28, 2014 5:09:31 am PDT #23847 of 25505
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Great tagline, Tom. I love that song, especially that line.
NoiseDesign - May 28, 2014 6:59:02 am PDT #23848 of 25505
Our wings are not tired
I'm clearly in the wrong part of the audio business.
omnis_audis - May 28, 2014 7:45:22 am PDT #23849 of 25505
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
Just need to sell a couple of those a year to make a living.
meara - May 28, 2014 10:08:35 am PDT #23850 of 25505
Argh. The charging port on my kindle is loose or something, and will only charge/transfer things when I hold it juuuuuust so. Just went and checked--it's 14 months old. Hrmph, Amazon. Not impressed.
NoiseDesign - May 28, 2014 11:36:32 am PDT #23851 of 25505
Our wings are not tired
Check and see if there's a build of of dust or grit or other junk in the port, that can cause the cable to not seat quite correctly.
Jesse - May 28, 2014 12:11:20 pm PDT #23852 of 25505
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Semi-related: I got the warranty on my latest earbuds at Radio Shack, hoping it would actually be worth it. And? TOTALLY WORTH IT. When they started crapping out, I just went in and they gave me a new set. No questions, no testing the equipment, just a new set.
A+ would buy again.