First thing I soldered was an Xbox modchip, and it was a colossal failure. :<
- Clark Baumgartner 蔵明 馬武刀
My husband built a Radio Shack FM tuner from a kit. His hands were too big to reach in and solder everything, so I did it. I really had fun. Thinking of trying it to put together some Steampunk jewely.
- m9m, Crone of FriendFeed
I also see a few posts about trickery regarding editions. The SCCC is cautioning that if you don't get the EXACT version of the book used for the class you are screwed.
- Sparky, liker of beards
Related question - does the ISBN of a book change when a new edition comes out? Am I safe buying online by ISBN alone?
- Sparky, liker of beards
Of course they say that. They want you to buy books at their bookstore. :) Trust me, I WENT there! Just make sure that the ISBN you get matches the one required for the class. If in doubt, email the instructor and ask. Depending on the class, a lot of them actually don't even care if you have the previous edition.
- Rochelle
Confirmed! A co-worker of mine used to edit college textbooks for a living and she said that every time a new edition comes out it should have a new ISBN number. This means I'm 100% set to buy cheap, used books online :))))))
- Sparky, liker of beards
I took a history of photography class a couple terms ago and my textbook was $116 dollars. There were no used ones. We used maybe three chapters of the book for about four weeks of the class. I'm still pissed.
- Derrick
Sweet - total bill with bigwords.com is $54 for all three classes by getting used books. This compares to the cheapest of the books from the SCCC store at $65 for ONE of them.
- Sparky, liker of beards
My experience: Don't buy a textbook until you know you need it. Uh, I use one of four of my textbooks every semester, and save lots of money this way. Again, that's specific to me, I dunno how it will work for you. Bookstores occasionally are cheaper than buying online + shipping. It's happened to me a few times.
- Clark Baumgartner 蔵明 馬武刀
AT&T towers keep flaking out on me here on Beacon Hill tonight.
There has been a wave of this going around. A possible solution is to reset your network settings. I've had lots of flaking in Lincoln, and uh, a reset appears to make thing better, but maybe I'm just trying to convince myself. Settings > General > Reset > Reset Network Settings. It will clear your wifi passwords and the like. Good luck.
- Clark Baumgartner 蔵明 馬武刀
When not in use, the handle goes from the square section to a round at either the top or bottom of the stairs and so the handle folds away parallel with the wall and is unobtrusive. This allows the stairs to be used by both those with unlimited and limited mobility in the household. Invented by Sheffield girl Ruth Amos who won the prestigious Young Engineer for Great Britain award for its creation, the StairSteady is produced in Sheffield, by one of the top engineering companies, to the highest standards and is distributed by her own company StairSteady Ltd.
- Sparky, liker of beards
from Bookmarklet
Currently pushing the button toggles LED on or off, next rev the button press will cause the device to go into a killing rampage.
- Sparky, liker of beards
from email
I've made a device which stores state (toggled by a momentary button press) and blinks an LED madly when the state is set to true.
- Sparky, liker of beards
My boss and I have like, "My phone can do X with Y app" battles at lunch. He just got one too. :S I gotta say though, pretty neat. I'd like to use it for longer than 30 minutes..., like borrow it for a week. Only thing I don't like are the gold accents. I would have preferred gunmetal or silver. That's..., really minor though.
- Clark Baumgartner 蔵明 馬武刀
I agree, it's heavier than my iPhone with Mophie Air. The screen is gorgeous though... *hint hint* Apple...
- Mike