I find it fascinating that over 50 people clicked on this link. I did not realize that Brightkite tracked page views. We bought groceries.
- Mike Nencetti
Dell Optiplex XL 590 - Windows 95 (4.00.950a) 24 meg ram. 1 meg S3 video. 324 meg hard drive. Pentium 90 mhz processor. Creative Quad Speed CD burner. Diskette Drive. Yes this still works.
I don't have the heart to toss it. not sure what to do with it...other than a doorstop. good idea CW.
- Mike Nencetti
How is your writing skills and would you be interested in hunting down, testing, and writing some reviews for more recently made software capable of running on that? I'd always welcome any contributions and new writers to my Snailware blog.
- April Russo (app103)
writing skills are c+ at best, sorry. I have yet to open the case, it seems to be fused shut. until I can replace the diskette drive and cd drive, not much I can do with it...
- Mike Nencetti
AVG has been hogging resources a bit more on my Vista Business OS...switched to Avast when I did the Win 7 install. Much happier.
- FF's Bubba of Arizona
yea I think avast is less CPU intensive. my AVG install is on the desktop which has Vista on a Dual Core 2.5 I recommend avast for older pc's
- Mike Nencetti
This tweet does not appear anywhere on my Linked In profile. FriendFeed posts on Linked In fine. I had it set so that only tweets with #in would be sent to Linked In. Maybe I should just send them all.
- Mike Nencetti
@jbhathaw Thanks! We had more than 20 Japanese beetles mating on our back deck last weekend. They like our umbrella.
I am at the salon while my wife gets her hair cut. I don't mind waiting here. I have the WSJ to read. I am getting a buzz on the strong aroma of hairspray. I hope there are no long term effects....
- Mike Nencetti
from email
cost 140$ with a 70$ rebate. monthly costs for enterprise with unlimited data $62 - I also insure it for 6$ a month. I also bought a 10$ plastic case. I would recommend the case if you are prone to dropping your phone like I am.
- Mike Nencetti
Battery life is excellent. I charge it once a day. Rarely is it ever below 80% Verizon coverage rocks. Very few dropped calls. No audio issues. Excellent speaker phone.
- Mike Nencetti
Biggest drawback is the web. There are a few sites I can use. I would not recommend a Blackberry if you have a need for web surfing on your phone. Go with a Pre, Droid or Iphone. I can read the news, check sports scores, and Google search. I dont mind the poor web performance. (Yes Opera does have a mini browser for BB, but it is slow to use. FriendFeed still does not work with it. ) Fortunately Facebook for Blackberry is an excellent application. Twitterberry is OK, I don't tweet much.
- Mike Nencetti
Google Maps works, sort of. It uses cell towers to simulate GPS. it is a memory hog. You have to pull the battery to get the memory back.
- Mike Nencetti
I have Enterprise email and 3 additional email accounts. I do not run low on memory - however i don't like it dropping below 30 meg free. To free up memory I use a feature called "Delete Prior" which will purge old emails off of a phone. The phone does not auto purge after 15 days. Warning, it will auto purge all the email accounts from the date you select.
- Mike Nencetti
The camera is so-so - you can see my blurry pics here on FriendFeed, I have tried all the settings to get a clearer picture. I rarely use the video, it's also just OK. The MP3 Player works fine. I have a 2 gig micro sd card. I can play the MP3's off of any computer using the USB cable. (or use it as a USB storage drive)
- Mike Nencetti
Currently cannot open docx and xlsx files. (Office 07) Looking into this.
- Mike Nencetti
Rove Mobile Admin - allows access to Active Directory. Nice BB admin tool.
- Mike Nencetti
2nd biggest drawback is the trackball. I do not like it. I had issues with horizontal scrolling - that I fixed by increasing the sensitivity. Options, Screen/Keyboard, changing the horizontal from 70 to 90 and vertical from 70 to 80.
- Mike Nencetti
Mike the latest version of Google Maps fixes GPS on the Curve, unless you have verizon of course. :D
- Gunny Just Gunny
I am on 3.0.2 Yes Verizon... it really cannot tell where I am in Uptown Charlotte. Too many big buildings I suppose. it's fairly accurate on the interstates.
- Mike Nencetti
The best thing about the BB (I had the 8330 up until about a month ago) was the battery life. I have a HTC Hero and it loses power quick. The trackball does suck, I had to replace mine.
- Michelle Martinez
I used to have an HTC Flip Phone with (cough) Windows Mobile and AT&T yes poor battery, excellent camera. I sure did reboot it a lot...
- Mike Nencetti
hey folks now you see friendfeed is getting a new meaning! yeah a blog! see Mike is using it to do an equivalent of blog posts :)
- ffcode
and these are more comprehensive because these are point by point no crap at all
- ffcode
Hey Michelle if you find yourself longing for a Curve again, let me know. Mine is 2 days old, replaced by sprint because I had a bad one. :)
- Gunny Just Gunny
ffcode - I came to Friendfeed for tech, (but the lolcats and drama etc, distract me.) This BB thread is a reminder to myself to use FF for tech stuff.
- Mike Nencetti
No, I don't want another Curve :) After experiencing the awesomeness of the web browser on the Hero, I couldn't go back. I do miss the keyboard, though.
- Michelle Martinez
Mike: sadly i started a blog to write tech discussions but then ff became thin, now i am bereft of tech content :)
- ffcode
I am a former diet coke drinker. this is healthier. Took a while to get used to it.
- Mike Nencetti
I like your phone. :) I was a high school intern at Cisco when they (we?) started creating them.
- Miss Elle
My phone's ring is from the tv show 24. I don't watch the show, I like the link. Cisco Unity call manager is very reliable sending me weekend alerts. its a nice phone :)
- Mike Nencetti
I know I85, I work for the company that built Sugarloaf CC in Duluth GA. Many trips up and down the road.
- Mike Nencetti
I have a friend down in Charlotte who hasn't joined FriendFeed *yet*. Give it a week and you won't be the only person on it from the queen city.
- Miss Elle
People have accounts on FF in Charlotte, they just don't use it. I follow enough people here and on twitter to know.... (the numbers are getting kinda silly)
- Mike Nencetti
When they replaced the battery, they blew a few fuses. No I do not have to pay for the fuses. Beautiful fall day in North Carolina. Took this from our driveway.
- Mike Nencetti
from email
Oil change, tire rotation, new battery = car ready for holiday travel.
I was told if you are using a 5 year old battery, you are on borrowed time, and it may not survive the winter. (yes it also tested weak).
- Mike Nencetti
i forget services a lot but i do remember username password combinations but services? no so i think i need a aggreagating service like google accounts or friendfeed, but then i would have to keep my friendfeed profile private :)
- ffcode
It's not so much that I forget, but I try to use the minimum number of services that meet most of my needs, so the others fall by the wayside.
- LogEx
the hi.im site is slow, I guess everyone else who forgot they had an account is logging in...
- Mike Nencetti