It seems the Pope launched a Twitter account today. NBC Nightly news did a little story on it, joking "how many vatican people does it take...". Then, on the iPad NBC News app, they have some b-roll footage without any commentary, just the filming of the event. It's rather entertaining. Seeing all these guys showing the Pope how to zoom. At one point, it looked like 4 folks were touching the screen at once. I wonder if the Apple Engineers factored that in when developing the product.
Ouhh! Snacks! The secret to any successful migration! Who's up for some tasty fried meat products!?
Anya ,'Touched'
Buffistechnology 3: "Press Some Buttons, See What Happens."
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omnis_audis - Jun 28, 2011 3:32:18 pm PDT #17065 of 25501
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
Jon B. - Jun 28, 2011 4:38:12 pm PDT #17066 of 25501
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
I'm confused. The Pope got a Twitter account, an iPad, or both?
Consuela - Jun 28, 2011 4:39:32 pm PDT #17067 of 25501
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
both, i guess
Gudanov - Jun 28, 2011 4:54:48 pm PDT #17068 of 25501
Coding and Sleeping
Go with Motorola... not that I have any conflict of interest.
I really like the Windows 7 taskbar. I have all my primary application up there and I like how you can right click and get a list of your recently used files from right there.
You can turn off transparency on Aero themes as well. Click on the color selection of the theme and you can uncheck it, or adjust the level of translucency.
§ ita § - Jun 28, 2011 5:14:34 pm PDT #17069 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I must have some degree of corporate lockdown on my OS or something, because I'm just not seeing the options. But I'll look again tomorrow. Changing to Windows 7 Basic or Classic is the only way I can see easily to stop the behaviour I don't like.
Strix - Jun 28, 2011 5:37:58 pm PDT #17070 of 25501
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
I think Dan and I are both going to get smartphones for our next upgrade. We have T-Mobile, and he was really reluctant, because of how pricey the data pan is, but he's too much of a tech geek to let that stop him.
We're looking at Hulu paid in lieu of our cable, to try and ameliorate some of the costs, and I'm hoping I can also write off part of my phone use, since I use it for business and personal.
I am definitely getting a touchscreen, whatever I do, as apparently I have huge Godzilla-sized thumbs, and I frickin' HATE the tiny, tiny keys on my slide out screen. But I have no probs with the screen on my old iTouch.
Ginger - Jun 28, 2011 5:44:34 pm PDT #17071 of 25501
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
It seems the Pope launched a Twitter account today.
I think there's something about this in Revelation.
le nubian - Jun 28, 2011 6:03:37 pm PDT #17072 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
ha! has the moon turned blood red?
§ ita § - Jun 28, 2011 7:28:18 pm PDT #17073 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Who here uses Google Voice? I seem to have partially configured it for my phone late one night and suddenly I'm receiving emails of my voicemail messages and what???
I don't even know what the pros are for it, or what I was thinking when I signed up--why would one recommend using it?
Typo Boy - Jun 28, 2011 8:01:13 pm PDT #17074 of 25501
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
The pros are that unlike Skype incoming calls and calls to phones are free. Since I already have an unlimited on year skype plan for the North America (excluding Mexico and n. Guatemala) I've had no reason to try it yet.