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Cloudscout's Avatar Picture Cloudscout – December 16, 2007 02:54PM Reply Quote
"Digital hubs." iPod and its successors. (iPhone?) Convergence. How ridiculous will DRM get? Yep, put it all together and it just might make for a successful thread.

tomierna (Admin) – January 23, 2010 02:38PM Reply Quote
Hideously Unnatural
I hated the 80's the first time around, so no popularity with me. Link? (for my wife, who lurves the 80's)

tliet – January 23, 2010 02:50PM Reply Quote
Of all the 80s music this is one of the best songs. (and I only discovered it this week)

http://vimeo.com/7297705

El Jeffe – January 23, 2010 02:56PM Reply Quote
What a journey.
Oh, I am indeed stuck in the 80s myself.
I just thought there might be some local ads or 'play' with either of those guys or the show itself.
When I first listened to them, I thought they were very immature. But, then the topics were stuff I liked. And then realized that the guys I hung out with were likely THAT immature, then, too. So, authentic, pretty much.

I think this link should work, kick off iTunes, etc.

http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=81501666

Cloudscout – January 23, 2010 04:24PM Reply Quote
˙pɹɐoqʎǝʞ ʎɯ ɥʇıʍ ƃuoɹʍ ƃuıɥʇǝɯos sı ǝɹǝɥʇ ʞuıɥʇ ı ?ɹǝʇndɯoɔ ʎɯ ɥʇıʍ ǝɯ dlǝɥ ǝuoǝɯos uɐɔ
In preparation for my departure tomorrow, I've switched from my iPhone to an old Pantech C810 Windows Mobile phone. I will leave it at home, plugged in to its AC adapter and paired with a Bluetooth VOIP gateway connected to my Asterisk server. This will let me send/receive calls on my mobile phone via VOIP while I'm in India. I also installed a Windows Mobile app called txtForward that automatically forwards all incoming text messages to my email address. I can then respond to those messages with Google Voice.

Hooray for technology.

El Jeffe – January 23, 2010 04:37PM Reply Quote
What a journey.
rip OUTSOURCED to watch on your flight over.
be safe

Cloudscout – January 23, 2010 04:55PM Reply Quote
˙pɹɐoqʎǝʞ ʎɯ ɥʇıʍ ƃuoɹʍ ƃuıɥʇǝɯos sı ǝɹǝɥʇ ʞuıɥʇ ı ?ɹǝʇndɯoɔ ʎɯ ɥʇıʍ ǝɯ dlǝɥ ǝuoǝɯos uɐɔ
Heh. I've already seen it twice now. :)

I'll do my best to be safe, though.

tliet – January 23, 2010 08:12PM Reply Quote
Have a good journey CS, I'm envious. India is a wonderful place.

Do you have someone who's able to reset the phone when it's frozen?

Mokers (Moderator) – January 24, 2010 07:30AM Reply Quote
Formerly Remy Martin
If you've ever been thinking about elective surgeries, you should give it a try while over there.

Also, if I am visiting the area, can I crash at your place?

Dr Phred (Moderator) – January 25, 2010 04:24AM Reply Quote
-Swine Flu free since...cough, cough...
Are you kidding? I'm already living in his home theater!

(he can't read this from India, right?)

Jeff Cooper – January 25, 2010 08:24AM Reply Quote
Good luck on your journey, CS.

bahamut – January 25, 2010 02:45PM Reply Quote
Awesome, CS. While in India, a friend had a guy (who is an expert on telecoms!) come up to him and ask to use his cell phone.

He was puzzled about how to react. Then the guy said...

No worry! I have SIM Card.

And held up such.

Oh, tliet, that is weird I don't recall the song, but it's good.

Cloudscout – January 25, 2010 07:00PM Reply Quote
˙pɹɐoqʎǝʞ ʎɯ ɥʇıʍ ƃuoɹʍ ƃuıɥʇǝɯos sı ǝɹǝɥʇ ʞuıɥʇ ı ?ɹǝʇndɯoɔ ʎɯ ɥʇıʍ ǝɯ dlǝɥ ǝuoǝɯos uɐɔ
Yeah. I have to say, the only thing about this country that has been any kind of a surprise to me is the fact that everybody seems to carry around more than one SIM card.

Cloudscout – February 02, 2010 09:59PM Reply Quote
˙pɹɐoqʎǝʞ ʎɯ ɥʇıʍ ƃuoɹʍ ƃuıɥʇǝɯos sı ǝɹǝɥʇ ʞuıɥʇ ı ?ɹǝʇndɯoɔ ʎɯ ɥʇıʍ ǝɯ dlǝɥ ǝuoǝɯos uɐɔ
I decided to look up the product page for the cellphone I'm using here in India. The best part is the "Fake Call" feature:

Quote
Fake call
• Fake Call simulates the sound of your phone ringing
: helping you escape potentially dangerous or uncomfortable situations

Cloudscout – February 14, 2010 04:50AM Reply Quote
˙pɹɐoqʎǝʞ ʎɯ ɥʇıʍ ƃuoɹʍ ƃuıɥʇǝɯos sı ǝɹǝɥʇ ʞuıɥʇ ı ?ɹǝʇndɯoɔ ʎɯ ɥʇıʍ ǝɯ dlǝɥ ǝuoǝɯos uɐɔ
My grandmother turns 76 years old in a couple of weeks.

She just joined Facebook.

It's interesting to note that she actually owned a computer before I did. They got a TI-99/4a before I got my Commodore 64.

El Jeffe – February 14, 2010 07:20AM Reply Quote
What a journey.
They have facebook client for TI/99?

John Willoughby – March 03, 2010 11:57AM Reply Quote
Homo Sapiens Sedentarius

stan adams – March 03, 2010 01:02PM Reply Quote
In all seriousness I have seen a few folks with mobility issues that would really like to have something like this -- as I'll bet Tony can attest their is not a whole lot of subtlety in most the adaptive technologies that folks with real mobility issues could use. If this would allow a "flying scroll" for folks that don't have fine motor control it would be a god send.

(and I am not implying that Tony does not have really fine motor control except when he has downed a few too many ;^) , but as I recall he did have job or association with a group where he worked with others that had even less mobility...)

John Willoughby – March 17, 2010 07:15PM Reply Quote
Homo Sapiens Sedentarius

Jeff Cooper – March 19, 2010 12:43PM Reply Quote
I'm currently reading my first Kindle book (Michael Lewis's The Blind Side) using the Kindle app for the iPhone. It's an odd experience--there's not enough text on a page, so it doesn't quite feel right. Not bad, though. As for the book, I'm still on the introductory part about the awesomeness of Lawrence Taylor, so as a Giants fan I'm loving it.

John Willoughby – March 26, 2010 10:59AM Reply Quote
Homo Sapiens Sedentarius

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