Oh and Evernote! I love Evernote!
...burning baby fish swimming all round your head.
Drusilla ,'Conversations with Dead People'
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le nubian - Sep 24, 2010 1:22:15 pm PDT #14975 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
-t - Sep 24, 2010 1:40:05 pm PDT #14976 of 25501
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
iPad apps:
I don't remember the prices of anything, I have sometimes been estravagant but I don't know on what, so I'll just list the things I like and you'll have to beware of possible high prices
I get a ton of used out of StillTasty: from the website that tells you if your food is spoiled - with the pap you can inventory your kitchen. Enormously helpful in getting through my produce in a timely fashion AND knowing what I've got,
Auditorium: game, lights and music, I really like it
Sleep Cycle: does a gradual wake up alarm thing and tracks your sleeping pattern, but you have to leave the ipad (or iphone that it was really designed for) tucked into your sheets while you sleep, so it's a question of whether you're willing to do that. Doss help me get a good nights' rest when I commit to using it several nights in a row.
Farmer's Market Finder and Locavore I haven't used that much just because where I usually am doesn't have that much to keep track of, but they've both found useful stuff for me. I would think in a more urban area they could both be more valuable.
Comics (from Comixology, I'm not sure if I have the app name right) is a pretty sweet comic reader. I think the app is free and you pay for comics, and some of those are free.
Netflix. Watch Instantly.
Osmos is a pretty good physics-based game. It's all orbital mechanics type stuff, but with soothing images and music so it's kind of nice for waiting around trying not to stress about what you're waiting for. And physics, yay.
PeakFinder I love, but I am a freak about not knowing what mountains I am looking at and having the magical device tell me is awesome. Probably mire useful on an iPhone, but I don't have an iPhone; it's good on the iPad, I know.
EW Must List. I read EW religiously, so I like having this - the same list as the print edition but with links to downloads or videos or what have you embedded.
Evernote
Marking le nubian's post for things I might need...
Tom Scola - Sep 24, 2010 1:58:09 pm PDT #14977 of 25501
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
What le nubian said about Instapaper.
le nubian - Sep 24, 2010 2:43:25 pm PDT #14978 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Lee - Sep 24, 2010 3:25:15 pm PDT #14979 of 25501
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Thank you!
Una - Sep 24, 2010 4:37:26 pm PDT #14980 of 25501
when i die, please bake my ashes into a brick and use me to hit fascists.
I love GoodReader on my iPad. Love, love, love it.
I don't know if it's still free, but a fun stargazing app with some nice functionality is GoSkyWatch Planetarium.
Didn't know there was a VLC app!! *runs to store*
tiggy - Sep 25, 2010 7:32:41 am PDT #14981 of 25501
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore
anybody have any recs for a cooling pad for my laptop? i'm tired of the damn thing overheating when it's sitting in my lap.
Liese S. - Sep 26, 2010 6:10:39 am PDT #14982 of 25501
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
I just had to come in here to be annoyed at Rhapsody support chat.
Liese S. - Sep 26, 2010 7:34:15 am PDT #14983 of 25501
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Finally got a good tech, but am still on the web chat. Whoo.
tommyrot - Sep 26, 2010 7:49:43 am PDT #14984 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.
tiggy, many laptops have power-saving settings that cause the CPU to slow down during times of light load, etc. These settings should make your laptop run cooler (assuming you're not doing things that demand a lot of CPU).