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-t - May 18, 2010 8:15:42 am PDT #13859 of 25501
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

No, it does not. Stupid progress bumping into my cannot replace things when they are still working ethic.


tommyrot - May 18, 2010 9:57:46 am PDT #13860 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Speaking of the Nano....

Nike+ Heart Rate Monitor Due for Launch June 1st

Great news! I have a U.S. launch date for the Nike+ compatible heart rate monitor. It will officially launch on June 1, 2010, although it may reach some retail outlets slightly sooner. It will reach Canadian markets in June and will launch internationally in summer 2010, exact date to be determined.

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Plans for the heart rate monitor were revealed last September in a revision to Apple's Nike + iPod User Guide, which claimed that the device will only be compatible with the fifth-generation iPod nano.

I'd love to have the heart rate monitor, except I can't jog and I don't wanna wear headphones while riding my bike (for safety reasons)....


-t - May 18, 2010 10:17:04 am PDT #13861 of 25501
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Oh, I've been wanting that for a long time! In a not really believing it would ever really exist way. That will make me buy yet another Nano, if it's required.

If you stick on earbud in one ear only it won't keep you from hearing ambient noise, and you don't have to listen to it for it to work, you just miss out on the voice telling you how far you've gone or how much time has passed or whatever. All the data is still recorded.


tommyrot - May 18, 2010 10:20:33 am PDT #13862 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

If you stick on earbud in one ear only it won't keep you from hearing ambient noise, and you don't have to listen to it for it to work, you just miss out on the voice telling you how far you've gone or how much time has passed or whatever. All the data is still recorded.

Huh. Good to know. I'll have to think about it once we know how much the heart thing will cost.


§ ita § - May 18, 2010 3:34:07 pm PDT #13863 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Does anyone have a recommendation for a Twitter app for Android that lets me view lists easily and also does alerts? I like sobees, except it doesn't tell you when someone tweets to you. I also tried Twidroid, Seesmic, Yap Yap, and Twidgit Lite.


Consuela - May 18, 2010 5:40:25 pm PDT #13864 of 25501
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

Anyone have any idea why LJ would log me out every frelling day? It's getting damned annoying. Only happens on the MacBook at home, which is running the updated version of Firefox. And I don't get logged out of anything else, just LJ.


Steph L. - May 18, 2010 5:42:09 pm PDT #13865 of 25501
I look more rad than Lutheranism

Anyone have any idea why LJ would log me out every frelling day? It's getting damned annoying. Only happens on the MacBook at home, which is running the updated version of Firefox. And I don't get logged out of anything else, just LJ.

It's happening to me, too; at home, on the iBook. But Safari. And I occasionally get logged out of Facebook, too.


megan walker - May 18, 2010 9:07:53 pm PDT #13866 of 25501
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

I've been getting this weird thing on FB, both today at work and here at home--a pop-up window saying something about being out of memory at line 27 (sometimes 31). I click OK and it just keeps popping up and I can't do anything else until I ctl+alt+del to close Explorer.


flea - May 19, 2010 3:28:12 am PDT #13867 of 25501
information libertarian

LJ logs me off at home (old Mac, not very new Firefox) and at work (PC, current Firefox). I blame LJ, and started the switch to DW.


tommyrot - May 19, 2010 5:39:59 am PDT #13868 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

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