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le nubian - May 03, 2011 2:52:25 am PDT #16660 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

meara,

I see what you mean. I do not have very much on my ipad that I couldn't stand to lose. I used to back up my devices every day, but now it is something like 1-2 times a week. If you get Goodreader, your files could transfer pretty easily to dropbox (ftp, or another service).

Other content: instapaper, kindle (I can go to the web or redownload at another location and not lose anything).

I agree that if you get into the habit of making sure you email yourself a document or two if you have made substantive changes, you don't really need to fear there being a problem.

Gudanov - May 03, 2011 4:02:36 am PDT #16661 of 25501
Coding and Sleeping

I find FF4 to be very quick, partly that's the way it's installed and tuned on my computer, but even on a different computer it seemed pretty quick.

Steph L. - May 03, 2011 5:41:32 pm PDT #16662 of 25501
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

I am in the throes of the dizzying head rush known as I Just Spent A Daunting Sum Of Money All At Once...on a MacBook Pro! Woo!

The old iBook isn't dead, but the processor speed can't keep up with my media habit, and the hard drive is damn well full, and 6 years is a damn good run. And it's not like I'm getting rid of it; it can be my Emergency Paranoid Backup laptop.

Now you'll have to excuse me while I go hit "Refresh" for 3 days until the laptop is delivered.

Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - May 04, 2011 12:02:12 am PDT #16663 of 25501
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"

Thanks, Beverly. I'm giving up and reverting to Firefox 3.6 - for some reason 4 is running really slowly for me. I've looked at Mozilla's support forums, and it seems others are getting this problem, but not everyone. Hmm.

le nubian - May 04, 2011 2:54:32 am PDT #16664 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

Steph,

I am looking at the MBP and I would love to know your impressions of the machine after you get it. I can't get one till around Labor Day...

Jessica - May 04, 2011 3:10:02 am PDT #16665 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

FF4 is the reason I now use Chrome. Did. Not. Like.

le nubian - May 04, 2011 3:21:42 am PDT #16666 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

Chrome is pretty awesome. I used FF for YEARS and I don't really miss it.

§ ita § - May 04, 2011 3:24:25 am PDT #16667 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Opera. Seriously. Cures the sick and whitens your teeth.

Sue - May 04, 2011 3:28:24 am PDT #16668 of 25501
hip deep in pie

Yeah, I switched to Chrome too. It's pretty great. The only thing I miss about FF is being able to bookmark RSS feeds. ETA: There's probably an extension for that somewhere...I haven't looked yet.

le nubian - May 04, 2011 4:00:18 am PDT #16669 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

Sue, you don't read your RSS feeds through google reader?

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