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Mike Nencetti
a tech from Upstate NY who lives in Charlotte NC. I try to be interesting...
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.
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Diskette drive does not work. CD drive will not open. case will not open. no ethernet, no USB, no modem.
- Mike Nencetti
Hell yes 24megs of RAM!
- Eric @ CS Techcast
I have not checked the drive for errors in 2,929 days. the drive has not been defragmented in 1,453 days
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no audio
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no default web browser
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I bet it runs minesweeper like a BANSHEE though.
- mikepk
sweet :)
- mike "glemak" dunn
You should install K-Meleon CCF ME on it and give it a nice modern default browser. :-) (btw, I love snails!)
- April Russo (app103)
it loads Word for Windows 95 in 2 seconds. it's a nice PC.
- Mike Nencetti
but will it blend?
- CW™
Bet it can hold a door open pretty good.
- CW™
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)
If not, here are some other ideas: http://www.dailycupoftech.com/2007...
- 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...
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Friday Sunrise
Sascha Silberholz Wasek, Katie: Whelmed Overly, Michelle Martinez and 6 other people liked this
I've always secretly envied high rise dwellers. Is this home or office?
- MASTER OF THE OBVIOUS
office - 13th floor.
- Mike Nencetti
upgraded to AVG 9 - no issues. happy with both avast and avg for free virus protection. neither hogs the cpu.
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
I can finally use http://foursquare.com/ They added Charlotte NC. hmm... now I just need to do something.....
Hahahaha, I know what you mean.
- Michelle Martinez
I don't get out much. maybe I can be the mayor of my back yard.
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http://twitpic.com/q4n5j - Parking lot soon to be full of tailgaters for tonights Panthers Dolphins football game
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taken at 2pm with my curve at 5x
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Dollar Tree - http://brightkite.com/objects...
once again I guessed the wrong chain store on brightkite. I did not go to this one.
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Hidden Treasures from the national museum, Kabul. - http://nencetti.tumblr.com/post...
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I forgot I had this pic. took it in 2008 in DC. yes that is my wife at the bottom of the pic. Very nice museum.
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Testing Linked In Twitter feature. #in This is only a test
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
Blackberry Curve 8330 notes
ffcode, Michelle Martinez and Gunny Just Gunny liked this
I have been the owner of a Verizon Blackberry Curve for most of 2009. I will put my comments here.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Rove Mobile Admin - allows access to Active Directory. Nice BB admin tool.
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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.
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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 like seltzer
Micah Wittman, Ciaoenrico, Melanie Reed and 3 other people liked this
Yes, the plain seltzer.
- Mike Nencetti
from email
ingredients: carbonated water.
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I like (a) Seltzer - Alka Seltzer :D
- Acharad Sami vanJoulee
Better than tonic water?
- Ciaoenrico
I am a former diet coke drinker. this is healthier. Took a while to get used to it.
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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
Double-like!
- Micah Wittman
I think I am the only person in Charlotte NC, who uses FriendFeed.
Alex Scrivener, Sascha Silberholz Wasek, Steven Perez and 2 other people liked this
City population: 664,432
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(Not in Charlotte, but I'm in the same state. And my town name starts with "C". ... Chapel Hill ... Do I count?)
- Miss Elle
Dude, if I'm not the only person in Greenville, SC on FF you're DEFINITELY not the only person in Charlotte.
- FFing Enigma (aka Tina)
well I *know* I am not the only person in Dunn,NC and we are *way* smaller than Charlotte
- JSNFLMNG
Where is Wayne Sutton at?
- Rahsheen ™, Coach of FF
Raleigh I think
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I know I85, I work for the company that built Sugarloaf CC in Duluth GA. Many trips up and down the road.
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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)
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I like pinot grigio
Eric @ CS Techcast liked this
I have yet to try a pinot grigio that I did not like.
- Mike Nencetti
from email
Same here.
- John (a.k.a. dendroica)
Caribou Coffee now has 3 different types of Turtle Mocca. I tried the dark chocolate. No need to try the other two.
Holly Rae, FFer, MASTER OF THE OBVIOUS, Bonnie Foster and Curtiss Grymala liked this
I love the Turtle Mocha
- Alan Simpson
Headed to get the car
"Flo14wer", John E. Bredehoft, Charles Heaton and 3 other people liked this
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.
Sarah June, RAPatton, VAL D. and Sarah's Got Talent liked this
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).
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Sounds good, have a nice and safe travel.
- Mary
Sites I forget to use.
Maxamad, PENGUIN: MAJOR CAPS LOCK, Jim Hearts FF and 3 other people liked this
Hi I'm
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Linked in
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Digg
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Plurk
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stumbleupon
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Brightkite
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last.fm
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Geocities
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yelp
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delicious
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I'm guessing this is sparked by the Hi.im update email?
- Jimminy
wakoopa
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YES JIMMINY YOU WIN!
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looks like you got the Hi.im email too.
- Jim Hearts FF
goodreads
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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...
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You just got the Hi I'm mail as well? :)
- Eivind
yes, and I still cannot log in...
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tumblr
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12seconds
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google reader (friend feed is better)
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most of them
- VAL D.
Seesmic
- Vezquex: God of FF
This is one of the reasons that I've deleted many of my dead accounts on sites like these.
- Maxamad
Can't remember the last time I have needed one of these....10 years ago they were a big deal.
Kol Tregaskes, Roberto Bonini, Andrew Terry and 3 other people liked this
Don't leave home without your dongle
- Mike Nencetti
dongle dongle dongle
- holly
Dell has a super thin laptop that requires dongles.
- CW™
And the one you had was always broken.
- Kenton
so I should hang on to my dongle, just in case. thanks CW!
- Mike Nencetti
Google just alerted me (via a Google Alert) that I am now on http://listorious.com/
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I am listed because I created a FriendFeed list in Twitter.
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rain
Tsali, The Native of FF and Nia liked this
rain, and wind
- JSNFLMNG
and did the grass seed all get washed away.... I'll check this weekend.
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rain <3
- Nia
Personality Test graph from http://www.signalpatterns.com/
Holly Rae, FFer, Nia, Steven Perez and 3 other people liked this
You're like Rahsheen.
- Anika
I don't know if this works for me, sometimes I think that I'm some kind of mutant or alien!
- sistema428
I don't trust the results. a bit wary of self testing. i like the web site.
- Mike Nencetti
never click on a link in a DM. (a twitter direct message) never.
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4 bags of lime and 1/2 bag of fertilizer (and weed control) are now on the lawn.
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