Wow. Look at the free (if you already have their internet service) wi fi Time Warner Cable has set up in LA. There are some stripes in my neighbourhood, and I know I was in one during my errands today, because I saw the SSID flash off my screen.

Neato.

Oh Jon, that was absolutely hilarious.

I'm thinking of signing up to be an iOS developer. Has anyone here done this? Any recommendations of good books for iOS development? I've got an idea for a pretty narrow focus app that I'd like to work on.

I've been doing desktop Cocoa app development for years, but haven't done iOS yet beyond "Hello World".

What programming languages do you already know?

I haven't dived in yet myself, but a couple of iOS devs I know highly recommended the Big Nerd Ranch iPhone Programming book: [link]

I pretty much love Google voice, and love not usually needing to check voicemails, but this transcription was a doozy:

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What I love about it is that pretty much the only thing they got right was my name, capitalisation and all. As for the rest, I did have to give in and listen to this puppy. Yeah, he had an accent--Spanish.

Interestingly enough they can't handle my sister's pretty damned articulate accent well either.

Damn. I kept waiting for the Nigerian prince to show up.

you should click the transcription inaccurate button for that one.

the sound on my new work computer just went kaput. one minute i was listening to my SiriusXM and the next all i'm getting is static. tried other programs with the same outcome. restarted to see if maybe it was just some weird glitch. nope...still doing it.

did the soundcard die?

Check the audio cables. Unplug and replug. See if that helps. Maybe the wall wart power supply for the speakers fell out the wall plug just enough to not get power? Or are they battery powered?