Funny thing about black and white. You mix it together and you get gray. And it doesn't matter how much white you try and put back in, you're never gonna get anything but gray.

Lilah ,'Destiny'


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§ ita § - Oct 22, 2011 8:34:51 am PDT #18248 of 25512
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Okay, I think I've found the location-aware app I was thinking of. It's called Locale and it costs $3.99. It switches configurations based on GPS and WiFi locations. I've bought it for my phone, and will try it out for a week and see if it's worth getting on the tablet too. Looks like there are a *ton* of plugins, so that should be interesting.


Stephanie - Oct 22, 2011 8:50:23 am PDT #18249 of 25512
Trust my rage

Maria, at&t

And thanks for the Apple Recyling link. I've been looking for that but couldn't find it anywhere.


Jessica - Oct 22, 2011 8:52:12 am PDT #18250 of 25512
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

I vaguely remember being told to avoid Seagate hard drives - is that still true? Because this seems like a pretty good price:

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NoiseDesign - Oct 22, 2011 9:15:44 am PDT #18251 of 25512
Our wings are not tired

I've had the opposite experience. Seagates are my preferred drives. I've had bad luck with Western Digital.


DCJensen - Oct 24, 2011 3:50:08 pm PDT #18252 of 25512
All is well that ends in pizza.

Great strides have been made hacking Siri back to iPhone 4 and even to the iPad...

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§ ita § - Oct 24, 2011 4:06:35 pm PDT #18253 of 25512
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

It's not actually usable yet, it's it?


§ ita § - Oct 24, 2011 7:45:52 pm PDT #18254 of 25512
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Gah! How do I get my Android to read my texts to me? I've pretty much worked out what I can get Voice Search and Voice Commands (now called Jeannie--cute, guys) to be marginally useful (but if they could message via Google Voice they'd be MUCH better), but I can't have a text conversation, since I need to do lots of hands stuff to read the replies.

eta: Great. Pannous says that they can read SMS messages with Jeannie, but not HOW. Cute, guys.


Tom Scola - Oct 25, 2011 9:37:44 am PDT #18255 of 25512
hwæt

I just realized that I would like Siri a whole lot more if they had called it "Dianne".


brenda m - Oct 25, 2011 9:40:25 am PDT #18256 of 25512
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

I imagine my friend Siri feels the same.


amyth - Oct 25, 2011 9:56:46 am PDT #18257 of 25512
And none of us deserving the cruelty or the grace -- Leonard Cohen

I just realized that I would like Siri a whole lot more if they had called it "Dianne".

You could ask her to recommend hotels that are clean and reasonably priced.