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Cordelia ,'The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco'


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

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meara - Mar 29, 2012 8:40:53 am PDT #19778 of 25501

smonster, for a while with Atlanta I was using something called like, "textplusgold"--it functioned just like the regular text app, but you had to give everyone a SEPARATE text message number. And every once in a while it would eat a text. ...these days I'd recommend only texting people who have iPhones, because then it's free. ;)


Liese S. - Mar 29, 2012 10:45:56 am PDT #19779 of 25501
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

I got email back from astrid saying their site was down. So it's weird it was working for you, ita. But oh well. It's not like I don't know what I need to get done, and it's on the phone anyway.


§ ita § - Mar 29, 2012 11:28:40 am PDT #19780 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Did I ever mention I radiate pure awesome? Possibly enough to fuel a webserver, but it certainly let me go in and mark a task complete just before I replied to you.


meara - Mar 29, 2012 12:38:28 pm PDT #19781 of 25501

Anyone know anything about cable modem phones? My phone (through the cable company) cut out about three days ago. I tried resetting the cable modem repeatedly, etc. I called their help but they weren't very helpful. I managed to figure out if I plug my phone directly into the modem (instead of modem-into-wall), it works. But that's not helpful--I don't want to make all calls via a phone tied into that! Anyone have an easy answer before I sit for half an hour (on my cellphone minutes) with a new helpdesk guy?


smonster - Mar 29, 2012 2:35:30 pm PDT #19782 of 25501
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.

Thanks, ita ! and meara.


meara - Mar 29, 2012 3:13:57 pm PDT #19783 of 25501

Argh. Half an hour on the phone (which is to say, burning up my cell minutes) and the guy basically said "well, must be something on your end". GRRR.

ETA: I'm paying for a tech to come out, and hoping he'll magically fix things, but my point to them is if the only phone service I can get is when it's attached to the modem, I want to cancel the service because it's not worth it to me.


Liese S. - Mar 29, 2012 3:52:34 pm PDT #19784 of 25501
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

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Liese S. - Mar 30, 2012 6:12:43 am PDT #19785 of 25501
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

Astrid.com is still out for me today, argh!


Liese S. - Mar 30, 2012 6:23:28 am PDT #19786 of 25501
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

Also, can I associate multiple tasks with a single context profile in Tasker? Like, I have a task named "Class" that switches my ringer to vibrate, but turns my media up and keeps my screen alive, so I can quickly play reference tracks. I use that same "Class" task at each of my school locations profiles. But now I want to add the Astrid to-do list filters for each location. So it needs to be a different task for each school.


§ ita § - Mar 30, 2012 6:24:38 am PDT #19787 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I just logged in and deleted a task, so I got nothing for you Liese.