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So nice to have no responsibility... Nothing is due, no tests to study for, no shopko to work at, No reading to catch up on or get ahead with... any writing i do is for myself or http://www.marissaology.com/... and I'm going to read a really good book over break that has nothing to do with any class. just as soon as I can figure out what I want to read
currently, I am curled up with some hot coco, listening to Billie Holiday, waiting for a certain someone to call.... in the mean time catching up on emails and browsing the web with no real purpose =]
- Marissa
9 more days for me ... :(
- Kevin Mohr
haha im lucky =]
- Marissa
Well, I only have 1 more semester to go too. So maybe I am kinda lucky. :)
- Kevin Mohr
ah, you win then... but for now it is I who is lucky
- Marissa
Shocking admission: >1 mth after getting my DROID, I only *just* set an unlock pattern on it #badsecurity . Don't be like me. Do this IMMEDIATELY
I don't have mine locked ... takes too long to open back up. And I have nothing to hide...
- Kevin Mohr
The D.E.N.N.I.S. System - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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Life tips. Take notes, this stuff is golden.
- Fulaan, inna Hebel
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It's Always Sunny is my favorite comedy airing.
- Stephen Mack
I love It's Always Sunny.
- Nicholas Kreidberg
Best sitcom on TV. Hands down.
- Kevin Mohr
Fwd: If I "like" something in GReader, it does not show up in my Shared Items, correct? (via http://friendfeed.com/castill...)
Yes.
- Kevin Mohr
Any other MyTouch (it pains me to even say that crappy name) considering switching to Verizon for the Droid? If not, what's keeping you on TMobile?
Hope.
- Kevin Mohr
haha Yeah, my dislike for Verizon is battling how much I like the Droid.
- Jeffrey Canton
The only thing not to like about VZ in my experience is the high cost of their unlimited plans. I get a corporate discount, but I shudder to think of what those who don't go through
- LANjackal
I stick with T-Mobile for several reasons. 1. Cost - I've rolled over a family plan for 8 years now. No one can be my current plan $. 2. The customer service rocks. Often when I call with a problem I get some kind of loyalty bonus (like free MyFaves). 3. In my area (Chicago area) the coverage is pretty good. 4. I actually really love my MyTouch. 20x better then the first gen iPhone I use to use.
- Ward Seward
Yeah , their customer service is definitely great. I just hope they continue to get new Android phones... they seem to have a tough time getting the GSM carriers to bring all of the latest and greatest their way and I really don't want to be subscribed to the GSM version of Sprint.
- Jeffrey Canton
I love T-Mobile. Seconding what Ward said, they always hook me up when I call. I love my MyTouch and I wouldn't trade it for the world.
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
WHDI specification hits 1.0 -- is this what wireless HD has been waiting for? -- Engadget - http://www.engadget.com/2009...
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LAN: Isn't this what you were asking about yesterday?
- Kevin Mohr
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Yeah it was. Nice find :) Now if only some affordable devices featuring it would drop ...
- LANjackal
The first thing I did after ordering a drink at the bar on Friday was: [_] Chat up some ladies [_] Flirt with the bartender chick [x] Finally finish reviewing all the apps on my DROID :)
Not kidding
- LANjackal
At least you have your priorities straight ;)
- Kevin Mohr
mmmhmmm
- LANjackal
I want to start a "least favorite friendfeed user" thread, but then again, I don't want to hurt anyone's feelings...
And yes, I do have one in mind. :P
- Kevin Mohr
We Should Have 1Gbps Wi-Fi by 2012 [Wi-Fi] - http://gizmodo.com/5421067...
Ummm could you do me a favor and remind me how long it took to ratify 802.11n? What makes Giz' think the IEEE is gonna be any faster this time around? Oh, remember 802.11i? What happened to that one? What about the disaster that has been wireless HDMI solutions? I wouldn't hold my breath.
- LANjackal
Yeah, I am not sure that I expect 802.11ac to be out in my lifetime ...lol.
- Kevin Mohr
QB finished with Fighting Irish - http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports...
"Jimmy Clausen has thrown his last pass at Notre Dame. Clausen told ESPN.com on Monday that he is skipping his senior season to enter the NFL draft. He said made his decision after talking Friday with fired coach Charlie Weis and with his parents."
- LANjackal
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Wow ... probably not the best move ...
- Kevin Mohr
Sounds like he's got quite the ego. It would be nice if no NFL teams picked him or at least took him way down in the draft. Not likely, I know. They need to start telling kids to stay in school though.
- Kenton
I don't think he's ready for the NFL, but at this point he's gotta take his chances: ND's new coaching hire will require learning a completely different system, which means his senior could be marred by poor performance. FWIW the NY Jets took Sanchez last year and are a decent .500 team right now with him starting. Then again there's no question that Sanchez is in a completely different class athletically than Clausen
- LANjackal
from IM
Convinced that if I don't learn how to sell myself; I'm never going to find a job. :(
Are you thinking about prostitution?
- Jeremy (cropmarks)
Nah, I couldn't even sell myself on the streets, let alone this piece of paper.
- Jimminy
I have the same problem ...
- Kevin Mohr
'Tis truth, Jimminy. This is why people need help with marketing if it is not a part of their skill-set.
- MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)
MVB, I don't have a problem marketing other things, it's just me, I hate fluffing stuff up about myself. I'm more experienced in programming than 95% of the world but of those 5 percent I'm not experienced at all. I am a certified architectural draftsmen, but haven't done any drafting in 2 years and who the hell needs any architectural design work done with the housing crisis. I...
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- Jimminy
At least, I'm honest.
- Jimminy
AT&T releases Mark the Spot, a network failure reporting tool - http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2009...
LOL
- Kevin Mohr
Tim Tebow is Superman - http://thequad.blogs.nytimes.com/2009...
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- LANjackal
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I think Alabama found some kryptonite.
- Bill Sodeman
Haha .... he's no superman ...
- Kevin Mohr
FontCapture: Make A Font From Your Handwriting - http://thenextweb.com/appetit...
Seth, make a font!
- Kevin Mohr
Ridiculous Users Interfaces In Film, and the Man Who Designs Them [Design] - http://gizmodo.com/5418342...
I always wonder who made those mashups ... like when they show Windows on a Mac ... lol
- Kevin Mohr
this is why i dont like my hair... it looks purple
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looks pretty darn good to me... and not really purple either.
- Jim Hearts FF
+++Jim
- Mo Kargas
Looks good...
- Kevin Mohr
Looks good to me as well.
- Mathew™ one of a kind
your facial expression is precious! and the hair rocks. you look like a million bucks!
- Morgan Haley
Doesn't look purple in the other pics..maybe just the light.
- Ned Garcia-Mathews
Symbian Overhaul Key to Nokia’s Smartphone Hopes in 2010 - http://gigaom.com/2009...
Just switch to Android...
- Kevin Mohr
Congratulations Mozilla. Firefox Overtakes Internet Explorer in Germany - http://thenextweb.com/europe...
Small victories FTW!
- Kevin Mohr
Put your town on the 3D map: Google Model Your Town Competition - http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/2009...
Josh, you and I should team up and build Wellington!
- Kevin Mohr
T-Mobile Ranks Second In Customer Service According To Consumer Reports - http://www.tmonews.com/2009...
The one time I had to call T-mobile, it was a breeze...
- Kevin Mohr
HP, Dell, and Lenovo Adding SDXC Card Readers to New Laptops? [Sdxc] - http://gizmodo.com/5415982...
About time!
- Kevin Mohr
Is anyone else finding that new versions of @twidroid r taking forever to download? I've been waiting for at least 3h now
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Nope.
- Kevin Mohr
Don't you have a map for that? hehe
- Kevin Mohr
I was just joking around ... you probably have to restart ... I restarted today and all my updated apps seemed to work fine.
- Kevin Mohr
Retry the download?
- Kevin Mohr
I am out of ideas ... kick phone?
- Kevin Mohr
Downloaded OK once I left the office. Odd.
- LANjackal
Your office is putting a block on the Android market! uh-oh. lol. jk.
- Kevin Mohr
Google Letting Gears Go – Declares HTML5 As The Future - http://thenextweb.com/appetit...
Hmmm... interesting. I wish HTML5 would come faster....
- Kevin Mohr
Judah Richardson to Judah's feed, Chrome, All Things Google, TheNextWeb Forum, RWW: The Future of Tech, building43
Is anyone else having trouble updating to the latest Chrome dev channel version?
Yes .... in Linux. And audio isn't working in my current version either...
- Kevin Mohr
I'm on Vista Ultimate x64 myself. Oh well, at least I'm not alone
- Judah Richardson
from IM
I am trying a total re-install of the dev version from here: http://dev.chromium.org/getting...
- Kevin Mohr
Tried that too, but the installer still can't reach the server apparently :/
- Judah Richardson
from IM
I have 4.0.249.11 on Vista - no drama. Not even sure when it was last updated.
- Brian Sullivan
Updated in the background.
- Judah Richardson
Updated in the background too
- Francisco Espinoza
My Droid experience thread
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Physical Keyboard: I don't know what reviewers were complaining about, this is actually pretty damn good. The only part that's not so great is the optional protective hard shell makes the top row of keys a bit hard to press because it consumes the "overflow" space that your fingers would normally have
- LANjackal
from IM
The only major niggle I have with the Droid is that so far I can't figure out how to make it vibrate to notify me of incoming SMS when the handset is locked and the ring volume is silenced. If I don't figure that out I'm gonna miss a LOT of text messages at work, which is not good :/
- LANjackal
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All charged up! Despair's (my Droid's Bluetooth name) first night on the town. He's already texted one girl and called another from his Contacts, which is fully integrated with my Facebook account (profile, pics, email addresses, phone numbers). This last part is absolutely amazing. Wish us well, I'll tell you more tomorrow when we embark on a 16h bar crawl (no joke)
- LANjackal
WOW. I have never set a custom ringtone this easily in my life. 1)Drag and drop song into phone from Windows Explorer (where it shows up as removable disk). 2)Go to Music App, which automagically finds ALL songs on the phone, regardless of location 3)Select track 4)Select "Set as ringtone". DONE. A-mazing, especially for a Verizon device (walled garden anyone?)
- LANjackal
"...especially for a Verizon device (walled garden anyone?)" They would had to have fucked with normal Android functionality. Have you tried, "Ringdroid," I think it's called? -- for editing audio on the handset. Perhaps there's something better now.
- Christopher A Carr
*WANT*!
- Travis Koger
Good hardware, presently. I would flash a fancier ROM.
- Christopher A Carr
I'm not going to throw down money until there is a 1 GhZ device. Soon. In 1/2 years, people who have this phone are going to feel silly.
- Christopher A Carr
... or we'll just get a new one? Handsets are salable dude.
- LANjackal
Speed: (because Chris Carr brought it up). The Droid is plenty fast. Speed is not an issue.
- LANjackal
Battery Life: Very good, but I'd bring my charger if I were going out of town for a weekend (I always do that anyway, so I don't consider than an issue)
- LANjackal
Browser: Faaaast. I don't miss the pinch multitouch capability reviewers have been bemoaning the lack of, since the high resolution means that 95% of pages are readable as is in the first place, and there's a handy zoom-in/zoom-out icon that pops up at the lower right of the screen
- LANjackal
UNPLEASANT SURPRISE: That charging cable that you think is a mini-USB cable? It's NOT. I don't WTF the port on the side of the Droid is, but it won't accept any other cable than the one that shipped with the device. Disappointing, but not a dealbreaker IMO
- LANjackal
Fancier ROM idea: If you wanna go for it, sure. However, my phone is one of those device (like my car) that I expect to just WORK, 100% of the time. Don't wanna risk bricking it, but if you wanna do that go right ahead.
- LANjackal
Contact management: This is simply the best implementation thereof you will ever come across, not only on phones but on ANY device. Full syncing of Google Contacts and your Facebook friends (all relevant fields, even job titles and pics from Facebook profiles), automatic duplicate entry handling, with search, email ... you name it. This is one thing the Droid beats everything else at. No competition.
- LANjackal
Camera: It's not the best, but it'll do. Besides, cameras like those are merciful to those who aren't naturally photogenic like me.
- LANjackal
Audio quality: Angelic. I know this sounds like an overstatement, but wait till you hear it. The audio on this device is just stunning. Everything else you've ever heard will sound like static afterwards in comparison
- LANjackal
Does it use a regular audio connector, or a custom one like the older Android phones?
- Glen Mistletoe
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Visual Voicemail is great, but if you have an active Wi-Fi connection it won't be able to sync. Which it tells you nicely. Perhaps Google Voice fixes that problem. Beginning to wish I had a GV account now. Oh well. Invite, anyone?
- LANjackal
I still can't get over the monthly fee for visual voicemail. Sigh.
- Glen Mistletoe
VZW has the weird setup where feature prices vary BOTH by plan AND phone. For example, VZ Navigator is free on some phones but paid on others. I *think* Visual Voicemail's included with the data plan when you get a Droid
- LANjackal
More on battery life: Charging takes a while (1.5h from 50% to full). Definitely enough for overnight, but people who rely on fast charge times will be in for a surprise. I'm really anal about charging, so I don't find this an issue. Less "responsible" users (read: college girls) whose phones are permanently "about to die" will run into trouble :P
- LANjackal
Hmmm, not true mini-USB, slight disappointment. How loud are the ringtones and the call itself? Do you think the phone will feel weird with an extended battery? Do you experience any lag that has been reported in apps? Can't wait to have in hand next week!
- manielse (Mark Nielsen)
Lan: You want a GV invite? Think I still have one or tww. How do you like Stanford pounding the shit out of Oregon? Wow.
- Christopher A Carr
Why do you say it's not true mini-USB? That contradicts what I've been told by a Googler who's been using the phone since August.
- Glen Mistletoe
Lag: bear in mind that you're dealing with a mini-computer that happens to be able to make calls, not a phone in the traditional sense. As with a PC, the more apps you run, the more lag you may notice (1 -2s sometimes, "missed" touches). In normal operation with mission critical apps though, there is no lag. I'd STRONGLY suggest Taskiller though, as the OS never seems to really kill...
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- LANjackal
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Battery Life Report: During a drinking marathon today filled with heavy use of web browsing, FB app friend adding, taking (and uploading) pics, texting, email checking, calling, hopping on and off free Wi-Fi, etc. the Droid lasted *drumroooooooollllll* 11 HOURS. Terrible for a phone, but pretty good for what's essentially a pocket computer. Word to the wise: the car charging kit? Get it. An extra USB cable for charging at work is a pretty good call too
- LANjackal
Correction about the USB connector. It's a micro-B one, NOT a min-B one, which is why the other cable I had wasn't working. So yes, it IS a standard USB cable. Sorry to have mislead anyone
- LANjackal
Nice feature: automagical backlighting that turns on and off in response to ambient light (even when going through shadows)
- LANjackal
Camera: I take back what I said about it earlier. This is pretty much the BEST party camera ever. Reviewers who complained about the pic quality were simply taking the wrong pics. No one uses smartphones to take pics of flowers idiots. They use 'em to take pics at parties. The important thing is how skin tone and color come out WITHOUT being too revealing (trust me, no one wants to see...
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- LANjackal
Battery life: so my buddy BR who got one is complaining about the battery life also. And his phone was almost always dead BEFORE the Droid, so I can only imagine what the situation is like now
- LANjackal
Another niggle: No character count for text message composition
- LANjackal
UPDATE: OTA update will fix the SMS character count problem (exactly how that passed internal testing, I don't know)
- LANjackal
UPDATE on Visual Voicemail: I checked with VZW today and it really does cost $2.99 extra per month. Thanks to Chris' Carr, though, I installed Google Voice, so I chucked VVM.
- LANjackal
Bug: Google Navigation may forget to use the speakerphone at times. I think this happens if you attempt to navigate while the phone is in portrait orientation
- LANjackal
On the no character count for test messages --- doesn't it show you how many characters you have left when you get close to the 160 allowed?
- Kevin Mohr
I read that it does, but so far I haven't sent anything that long so I haven't seen for myself
- LANjackal
Worried about the Droid's 11h battery life? 1) Get the car charger 2) Head over to Monoprice.com and get a micro-B USB 2.0 cable for your office for all of *gasp* <$3, shipping included. Then you'll be able to charge at home, in the car, and in the office.
- LANjackal
Wait, an extra fee for VVM? That's just as lame as the extra fee for VZW Navigator.
- Wirehead
Not if you were on a Premium plan like I was. VZ Navigator's free then. Unfortunately, Premium plans are unavailable for the Droid, so you have to drop down to a Nationwide Select plan and then tack on a data package. This keeps the service affordable, but it means that VVM's not included. Don't really get VZ's thinking behind this one, although they probably reason that anyone who's savvy enough can get Google Voice anyway while the "average" users will lose $36/year to VVM.
- LANjackal
Guess who got his Droid set up on the office Wi-Fi and VPN today? It took all of 3 minutes, no management approval and just a verbal request to the IT guy. Turns out he got a Droid himself, so he breezed through the setup and handed it back to me. So yeah, if you were worried about joining domain networks and whatnot, don't be - the Droid is ready for work
- LANjackal
OK so after a few weeks of use, several bugs have become apparent:
- LANjackal
1) This probably applies to all smartphones that can run multiple apps simultaneously, but active task management is a serious necessity if you're a power user. That means manually killing apps/processes that you aren't using to prevent your phone from becoming laggy. I recommend the Task Manager app
- LANjackal
2) Switching between Wi-Fi and 3G sometimes isn't seemless. The Droid will sometimes forget it's a 3G device when moving out of Wi-Fi coverage, and similarly not automatically connect to a familiar network when it's within range.
- LANjackal
3) The micro-B USB 2.0 port has become really loose over numerous plug-unplug cycles. It's now possible to plug the device in and have nothing happen because the connections aren't being made (This is solved by a little jiggling). To be fair, most USB ports weren't designed for this many plugging cycles, but for a device that needs as much charging as this you'd *hope* the port was a bit sturdier
- LANjackal
4) Phone ringtone volume sometimes goes out of whack. Solved by simply re-entering the relevant menu, which seems to "remind" the handset what level it should be at
- LANjackal
5) Plugging the phone into an HP docking station before booting the laptop will cause the laptop to fail to boot. I'm not sure whose fault this is.
- LANjackal
And now for the good news:
- LANjackal
1) Contrary to what the SF Gate guy said in that article I'm too lazy to link to, Google Navigate IS SAFE to use in the boonies. Verizon's 3G coverage is beyond amazing, I traveled through some of the most sparsely populated regions in the country today with no problems. The phone lost the GPS signal a few times (regained within seconds) but never lost 3G coverage
- LANjackal
OH conversation in my living room: "I don't like the word moist."
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"You know which word I like to use following moist?"
- Mary Carmen
"Towelette?"
- Mary Carmen
"Panties."
- Mary Carmen
"Panties? Just call them underwear. I find the word panties creepy,"
- Mary Carmen
"Panties, moist and crevice are all words that bother me."
- Mary Carmen
Moist cake is good. Moist cake panties (or moist panty cakes)--not so good.
- josh neff, geek at large
Were you all watching Black Adder when you were watching this? http://www.youtube.com/watch...
- WorldofHiglet
Nope, watching the Jets game.
- Mary Carmen
I'm afraid to think of what a panty cake might be.
- DJF
I'm a fan of moist warm crumpets. Big fan.
- Mark Jepsen
I'm afraid to think of what a moist crevice cake might be.
- LogEx
I read something somewhere on the intartubes about "moist" being a word that squicks a lot of people.[citation needed]
- Deborah Fitchett
lol This thread rocks hard.
- Junebug (aka Sarah Jill)
Does this stem from the HIMYM episode, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... ?
- Kevin Mohr
I've never watched that show. It was just a random conversation. There are many of those in my living room.
- Mary Carmen
Ah ok ... one of the main characters hates the sound of the word "moist".
- Kevin Mohr
It also came in one of the first episodes of Dead Like Me - George's mother hates the word moist.
- ÉllbeeÇee
I'm with Mary. "Moist" and "panties" both rub me the wrong way. As does "tender." Hence, people who know these things about me seem to manage to work sentences into our conversations involving "moist, tender, panties."
- Jenny R.
Most any word can sound a bit pervy, as long as you have that kind of mind. Just give me some wet celery and a flying helmet, preferably WW2 variety, leather, and certainly not a moist one. I'll leave that for the carrot cake.
- Ian May
I love crumpet!
- Ian May
You'd best have a word with Kevin Smith - he uses "that word" when he swearily describes Twilight http://friendfeed.com/itafrom...
- WorldofHiglet
y'all make me laugh so much.
- Mary Carmen
I had a friend at university who didn't like the word moist. Or shaft. Also as someone once pointed out 'panties' is a porno word.
- Pete, Enabling Force
I don't like the band Moist.
- Garin Kilpatrick
Do anybody no how to get genius playlists and other iTunes playlists onto your Android based phones? Does everyone use the native music player or has anyone fell in special kind of love with a music playing app?
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I'm having trouble getting the native app to launch under the latest cyanogen, but I was never a fan of it anyway.
- Matthew DeVries
when you find out, let me know!
- DO ANYBODY NO MONIQUE
doubleTwist can help manage music with your Android device. It is for Windows and Mac.
- Kevin Mohr
But does it sync/swap playlists?
- Matthew DeVries
doubleTwist doesn't grab updated iTunes playlists. Only on the initial import. I hope an update comes soon to fix that.
- Rodfather
I like TuneWiki for the lyrics ;)
- Rodfather
yeesh, I just redid my music library, but DoubleTwist still had the old library, and I'd deleted or renamed about every file I had....And you can't fix that with a vice grip and a hand grenade. Uninstalled, reinstalled. It was a mess, finally found some data files that ignored the uninstall order in Docs and setting folder.
- Matthew DeVries
Google Calendar Starts Testing “Sneak Preview” - http://www.techcrunch.com/2009...
Now if you could only transfer an event made by someone else that you have been invited to a different, personal calendar...
- Kevin Mohr
I hate when people are irresponsible and it effects me! damn.
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I have roommates like that ...
- Kevin Mohr
I had made plans around one other set of plans ...then come to find out, the other person had no intentions of keeping their part of the plan
- Marissa
That sucks ... I just hate that my roommates can't be on time for anything.
- Kevin Mohr
this person loses shit, all the time! and never owns up to it, or takes responsibility
- Marissa
guess next comedy movie title: And God created roommate...
- Mahmood Padura
Exclusive: AOL Hires Bankers to Sell Off ICQ, As Internet Service Starts to Shed Non-Core Assets [BoomTown] - http://kara.allthingsd.com/2009111...
ICQ should either be sold to someone who will merge user bases or restructure and become a xmpp service...
- Kevin Mohr
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