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

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Atropa - Oct 14, 2011 12:38:52 pm PDT #18140 of 25501
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.

Custom text tones, mmmm. Now I just need to get a file of Geena Davis saying "Beetlejuice!" to turn into my custom text tone.


flea - Oct 14, 2011 1:45:00 pm PDT #18141 of 25501
information libertarian

The calendar owner has control over settings in Outlook, so if they make their meetings open, you can see everything they see. In my office most people left their meetings open, but a couple used the setting that showed them as booked but not for what. And a couple kept the calendars open but put" private meeting" for personal stuff.

Also, if you have delegate access to a calendar, you can go in and see that stuff if you want to, but I assume you just have view access. (I had delegate access to the whole office because I needed to, but we were a pretty small and cosy office anyway.)


Typo Boy - Oct 14, 2011 1:54:00 pm PDT #18142 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.

Question. If you know the length of a video, and the megapixel per second resolution, is there a rule of thumb for predicting video size? Or does it vary too much for there to be a useful rule of thumb?


Jessica - Oct 14, 2011 2:11:49 pm PDT #18143 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

You'd also need the codec and the bitrate.


Gris - Oct 14, 2011 3:30:38 pm PDT #18144 of 25501
Hey. New board.

Technically, all you'd need is the length and the bitrate - unit analysis says length in seconds times bitrate in bits/second = bits. I'm not sure what megapixel-per-second resolution is... that sounds like it might connect to bitrate somehow?


esse - Oct 14, 2011 3:31:54 pm PDT #18145 of 25501
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!

thanks, -t. I'd appreciate it.


-t - Oct 14, 2011 4:36:43 pm PDT #18146 of 25501
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

It works! Pretty nicely. You have to download the free Nike+ iPod app (or possibly you can just turn on Nike + iPod in Settings, I did both), but you don't need the dongle that the Nano does. You do need the sensor in your shoe (or on your laces). You can upload your run as soon as you are finished AND look at the nikerunning mobile site right there on the phone, immediate gratification FTW. I didn't try the heart rate band so I don't know that works, yet.

I actually meant to try out the Nike+ GPS app, but having the free "native" iPod app confused me...tomorrow...

Anyway, short answer, I like it. If you do go Nike+, I am TamaraS on there for exercise networking purposes.


esse - Oct 14, 2011 5:57:09 pm PDT #18147 of 25501
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!

thanks! I'm going to check it out after I buy the thing this weekend. I'll add you once I'm on there.


omnis_audis - Oct 14, 2011 11:28:19 pm PDT #18148 of 25501
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir

seems iOS 5 has the ability to change the vibration sequence for individual callers. You can even record your own patterns. Alas, it doesn't look like you can assign custom buzz sequences for text, voice mail, calendar alerts. A partial win. Maybe with the next update.

Anyhow, it's something you turn on in the Settings/General/Accessibility section. And then edit the contact in your address book and you can select which vibration tone you want for that caller.


esse - Oct 15, 2011 4:39:52 pm PDT #18149 of 25501
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!

I was playing around with that today. It's pretty amusing.

So, best idea ever or best idea ever: Siri (aka Skynet) operating like Tom Tom, so that Stephen Fry could tell me in a lovely posh voice that my text has been sent?