You know, with the exception of one deadly and unpredictable midget, this girl is the smallest cargo I've ever had to transport. Yet by far the most troublesome. Does that seem right to you?

Early ,'Objects In Space'


Buffistechnology 3: "Press Some Buttons, See What Happens."

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Gudanov - Oct 05, 2011 5:19:03 am PDT #18012 of 25505
Coding and Sleeping

Do you have anti-virus software that scans e-mail? It could be borking things up for your e-mail client.


Polter-Cow - Oct 05, 2011 5:34:17 am PDT #18013 of 25505
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

I hoped that was it, but disabling the AVG e-mail scanner and the McAfee Firewall and real-time protection didn't have any effect.

I removed the account and added it again, and it's downloading the inbox again. This time, I moved the largest files out of the inbox temporarily to keep it from hanging, so let's see if it gets all synced up this time.


aurelia - Oct 05, 2011 5:21:02 pm PDT #18014 of 25505
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

It seems I need a new modem. Suggestions?

Actually, the old modem just needs the power switch replaced. Is that something a Best Buy or other shop could/would do?


Jon B. - Oct 05, 2011 5:56:31 pm PDT #18015 of 25505
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

Modem? Like for dial-up?


aurelia - Oct 05, 2011 7:18:18 pm PDT #18016 of 25505
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

DSL


Polter-Cow - Oct 05, 2011 9:36:30 pm PDT #18017 of 25505
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

Godfuckingdammit. It managed to download the entire inbox and THEN get the error, so now it won't actually, you know, download new e-mail. I don't know what is going on. I was so close. So close.


Jon B. - Oct 06, 2011 4:57:49 am PDT #18018 of 25505
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

DSL

Ahh, sorry, I've only ever used a cable modem that was supplied by the provider.

Unrelated, I'm looking for a small boombox or micro-stereo for the nursery(!). Something that'll play CDs as well as as iPod hookup would be nice. For the iPod, an aux input is fine; I don't need a proper dock. Any suggestions?


Jessica - Oct 06, 2011 5:46:10 am PDT #18019 of 25505
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

For the kids' room we just have an old pair of computer speakers and plug the iPod into the headphone jack. Lo-tech, but it works.


Jon B. - Oct 06, 2011 10:54:22 am PDT #18020 of 25505
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

Oooh, I think I do have some old speakers in the attic. Thanks, Jessica!


Atropa - Oct 07, 2011 9:01:12 am PDT #18021 of 25505
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

I feel so geeky and up-to-the-minute: I ordered my iPhone 4s last night, and Pete is on the phone with the (very nice!) AT&T person ordering his and changing my plan to a family plan.

This means Pete will start texting. And possibly stop complaining about people texting instead of calling.