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ehab - Oct 07, 2011 12:41:17 pm PDT #18029 of 25501
...all my words have been taken by my work. - Mala

ita ! I just wanted to chime in on Viber. I use it and as long as I'm connected to my home wifi it works really well to someone else connected to their home wifi. I thought it was only iPhone to iPhone, but maybe it's smart phone to smart phone? It does use my iPhone number and it maintains the same contact list adding a viber number to those who have the app.

I've learned it does not work well over my 3G connection. I use the text function to send texts to my cousins in Denmark all the time.

Cass - Oct 07, 2011 12:47:34 pm PDT #18030 of 25501
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.

(2) back up computer

Do this!

OMG, mine worked. Which means two things. One, I have my stuff back. Two, I still kinda need to clean up my stuff. But I am just too happy to have it back to care.

Time to set up the wireless backup now. I got lucky mine was recent enough, I know that. Because I slack at connecting external drives. Whooooooo! My stuff.

The new trackpad confuses me.

§ ita § - Oct 07, 2011 12:47:47 pm PDT #18031 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I thought it was only iPhone to iPhone

It's iPhone and Android, and apparently they're coming out with a Blackberry client soon.

I'm using my Google Voice number with it, which confuses the hell out of me, but I hope the computers understand what's going on.

Steph L. - Oct 07, 2011 1:10:31 pm PDT #18032 of 25501
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

(2) back up computer

Do this!

I did indeed!

Strix - Oct 08, 2011 7:55:13 am PDT #18033 of 25501
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger

Guys, can you to tell me if CIO.com is a pretty good, reputable tech website?

I can't say too much, but I have kind of an offer from them that would net me no money, but exposure, and I'm wondering if the time vs. potential profit would be worth it.

Do a lot of tech people read it?

Atropa - Oct 08, 2011 12:40:54 pm PDT #18034 of 25501
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

Because I slack at connecting external drives.

This is me. I should do that when I take a break from writing.

Cass - Oct 08, 2011 2:25:05 pm PDT #18035 of 25501
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.

What browsers are people using with Lion? Clearly my old Firefox is not the answer as it is mega-crashy. I need to go see why I hadn't updated before - could have had a reason, could have just been lazy.

I skimmed the last 1,000 messages but never saw browser talk in relation to Lion. I did see that they killed Front Row which makes me sad. I didn't use it before but I was planning to!

Oddly, I got (okay, am getting) used to the messed up, backwards scrolling on the trackpad pretty easily. It's wrong but I figure I might as well adapt.

aurelia - Oct 08, 2011 2:59:47 pm PDT #18036 of 25501
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

I haven't had any problems with Firefox.

Oddly, I got (okay, am getting) used to the messed up, backwards scrolling on the trackpad pretty easily. It's wrong but I figure I might as well adapt.

I spent a week going back and forth between laptops and I was constantly confused by that. I seemed to adapt to the scroll as if it were a touch screen pretty quickly though.

I still need to find compatible software for my camera.

Cass - Oct 08, 2011 3:05:06 pm PDT #18037 of 25501
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.

I haven't had any problems with Firefox.

What version?

I am running 3.6 and OMG they want to give me 7.0? How did I miss so many versions? Yikes!

aurelia - Oct 08, 2011 3:08:04 pm PDT #18038 of 25501
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

Wow! I'm on 3.6.23.

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