I have found a USB device in my house that confuses me. It has two cables that branch off the main cable at one end, one with a USB plug and the other with an audio jack. At the other end is a 3-port USB hub and a cylindrical bit that rotates to a 90-degree angle from the plane of the hub. Hubby things the rotating bit may be a microphone. There are no words on the device that I can Google. Does this sound familiar to anyone? I plugged it into my computer and it was IDed as a generic USB hub. So, bonus, a new hub, but I'm curious as to the rest of it.
Anya: It's lovely! I wish it was mine! Oh like you weren't all thinking the same thing. Giles: I'm fairly certain I wasn't.
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Connie Neil - Nov 15, 2011 6:30:29 pm PST #18516 of 25501
brillig
le nubian - Nov 15, 2011 6:56:20 pm PST #18517 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
alien technology, Connie.
do you have strange fillings?
Connie Neil - Nov 15, 2011 6:59:28 pm PST #18518 of 25501
brillig
there was that root canal a year ago . . .
Jon B. - Nov 16, 2011 3:55:49 am PST #18519 of 25501
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Connie, is it this? [link]
Connie Neil - Nov 16, 2011 7:00:50 am PST #18520 of 25501
brillig
Yes, that's it exactly! Thank you!
and it's only compatible up to XP, which may be why it didn't work on my 64-bit Win7 system.
DCJensen - Nov 16, 2011 7:04:57 am PST #18521 of 25501
All is well that ends in pizza.
What an odd thing to find just laying around.
Toddson - Nov 16, 2011 7:18:12 am PST #18522 of 25501
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Compared to some of the stuff the rest of us having kicking around? NSM
Connie Neil - Nov 16, 2011 7:55:25 am PST #18523 of 25501
brillig
I have no idea where it came from, we all just stared at it, trying to deduce its function.
At least if it's an automotive part, Hubby can look at it and go "Oh, that's the whatzit switch from the thingie valve from a '68 Mustang fastback."
-t - Nov 16, 2011 1:05:58 pm PST #18524 of 25501
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I wonder if there's one for Librarything.
I just came across instructions for using RedLaser to scan ISBNs into LibraryThing [link] I bet that is easily modified for some Android app
Eta: I think I am deciding that I'd rather keep my library records on the web than on my phone, so I'd better finish getting everything into LibraryThing...
Connie Neil - Nov 16, 2011 2:01:52 pm PST #18525 of 25501
brillig
There's a LibraryThing app that will put your catalog on a PDA. This group over there discusses it: [link]