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amych - Jan 20, 2006 10:06:49 am PST #6713 of 10003
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

Gmail finally has a delete button! (WHY did they think this was such an optional feature for so long? Why??)

Because of course merely having the space means that you actually *want* to have every stupid me-too response to anything ever?

(It confused the hell out of me, actually, because I'd installed the Greasemonkey script to give myself a delete button, and then all of a sudden I had two.)


§ ita § - Jan 20, 2006 10:46:55 am PST #6714 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Wireless USB.

I do like that. A lot.


le nubian - Jan 20, 2006 12:22:31 pm PST #6715 of 10003
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

That price needs to come down some, but I like the idea. Wasn't that one of the prize winners at PC World?


Ginger - Jan 20, 2006 12:24:24 pm PST #6716 of 10003
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

I might pay that to get rid of the horrifying nest of wires under my desk.


Consuela - Jan 20, 2006 3:45:28 pm PST #6717 of 10003
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

I'm having an LJ problem. I have cookies disabled on my work computer, except for a cookie for www.livejournal.com. And now I've added one for myljname.livejournal.com. This allows me to read my flist. But when I go to click on a locked post on a friend's LJ, I cannot open it -- because I don't have a cookie for that LJ domain, just mine.

Is the only way around this to just enable cookies universally? I tried to tell Firefox to grant cookies to *.livejournal.com, but apparently it didn't work.

And does my question make any sense?


amych - Jan 20, 2006 3:47:43 pm PST #6718 of 10003
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

Does it work using just livejournal.com?

edit: my guess is no, but there's a firefox extension that will do it for you: [link]


tina f. - Jan 21, 2006 10:00:30 am PST #6719 of 10003

PC question from a PC-ignoramus:

I have a not-very-tech-literate friend who is looking for free software to rip music from his iPod to his PC. Any recs?

I use (and am mostly happy with) Senuti on my Mac but it is not available for Windows. I ask especially because I want to find something super user-friendly for him due to his not-very-techness and I don't know anything about PCs.

Also - iPod users - it is possible to have your iPod cross-formated for both PCs and Macs, correct? Are there problems with doing that?

I just gave him my old iMac because he is computer-less, but his iPod has only ever been used with his folks' PC. I just wondered if I should warn him about potential problems. Or if it's just not possible at all.

Thanks.


flea - Jan 21, 2006 10:44:51 am PST #6720 of 10003
information libertarian

Anyone know of a reason to prefer a Netgear router vs a Linksys? For DSL service for Macs running OS X. We currently steal internet from the Frat Boys Next Door, who have a Linksys that works great (for us), but the Netgear is cheaper by 1/2. Thoughts?


DCJensen - Jan 21, 2006 10:59:17 am PST #6721 of 10003
All is well that ends in pizza.

I have a not-very-tech-literate friend who is looking for free software to rip music from his iPod to his PC. Any recs?

Ephpod has been mentioned around here.


tina f. - Jan 21, 2006 11:45:12 am PST #6722 of 10003

Anyone know of a reason to prefer a Netgear router vs a Linksys?

I originally bought a Linksys and returned it because I was having installation issues (I am running OX 10.4). Apparently the issue was the Linkys I bought had a speed booster that doesn't get along with OS X. It was much easier for me to install the Netgear I purchased next (which was about $20 cheaper as well). The Netgear router has worked great for me so far.

Ephpod has been mentioned

I will do some googling. Thanks, Daniel.