Harmony: Somebody remembered to pick me up the sweetest unicorn. Guess someone was feeling guilty for standing me up in tenth grade. Brad: What? Had to get her something. She sired me. Peaches: Sire-whipped.

'Beneath You'


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Jon B. - Oct 16, 2011 8:51:07 am PDT #18153 of 25501
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

I got this one recently: [link]

It was cheaper when I bought it, but it has worked better with my Tivo than any router I've had previously.


Gris - Oct 18, 2011 11:11:56 am PDT #18154 of 25501
Hey. New board.

ita, you mentioned you were running through a Lifehacker list for best Android apps. Could you give me a link to that? I have a hard time finding anything using their search feature.

I have started using Swype again, mostly because I installed a new custom ROM (running MIUI - very, very pretty - and with a custom kernel that appears to have approximately doubled my battery life) and lost the HTC keyboard so I was trying a variety of replacements. I am doing better with it now, though I still have to correct a bit more than I'd like, but I'll try it for a few more days and see how I fare.


§ ita § - Oct 18, 2011 11:27:31 am PDT #18155 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Here it is, Gris.

I have just about everything on that list that works for Honeycomb. Some of them (like mint) I just don't want to run on my phone when I could be running it on my tablet. Which is non-productive and petty, but there you have it.

I would also add Grocery IQ for shopping list management. I just noticed they have a tablet version...time to install!

Oh, and I mostly do my app searching on market.android.com, because that way I can find out explicitly if it exists, even if it isn't compatible with either of my devices. And then I can push the install from there to either device even if I browsed there from my laptop or desktop. It's cool as hell.


Typo Boy - Oct 18, 2011 11:57:57 am PDT #18156 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.

Some buffistas recced Jaguar for low end web hosting. Unfortunately, there are several hosting services called Jaguar. Which is the one ita ! uses for low end stuff.


§ ita § - Oct 18, 2011 12:12:30 pm PDT #18157 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Jaguar PC, TB.


Typo Boy - Oct 18, 2011 12:22:26 pm PDT #18158 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.

thanks!


le nubian - Oct 18, 2011 3:01:32 pm PDT #18159 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

Gris,

I use google to search lifehacker. I would put in the google box: site:lifehacker.com best android apps

that might get you what you need in the future.


Vortex - Oct 18, 2011 5:27:34 pm PDT #18160 of 25501
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

So, I'm thinking about buying an iPad. I need something that will travel, so I was originally thinking a netbook, but it occurred to me that the iPad would be a great way to keep (and annotate) reference books that I might need in my new job. But, maybe another tablet or computer?

Thoughts?


le nubian - Oct 18, 2011 5:36:27 pm PDT #18161 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

are you interested in reading or do you need to do a lot of typing/editing?

If you need the latter, I would recommend a light laptop. If you are primarily going to read, watch media, then the ipad is perfect. The ipad is not ideal if you have a lot of editing to do.


Vortex - Oct 18, 2011 5:42:07 pm PDT #18162 of 25501
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman

Oh, I forgot to mention that I will be getting a laptop from work, so I will have something if I need to do editing/typing.