I don't care if it is an orgy of death, there's still such a thing as a napkin.

Willow ,'Lies My Parents Told Me'


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

Got a question about technology? Ask it here. Discussion of hardware, software, TiVos, multi-region DVDs, Windows, Macs, LINUX, hand-helds, iPods, anything tech related. Better than any helpdesk!


tommyrot - May 10, 2012 3:39:11 pm PDT #20041 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Seems fine for me.


Toddson - May 11, 2012 6:01:35 am PDT #20042 of 25501
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"

Thouht for the day: if you're having a problem with anything - a program, application, etc. - and the person who knows about it says "oh, you just ..." you're in trouble.


Jessica - May 11, 2012 6:06:03 am PDT #20043 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Yesterday on a helpdesk call, the IT guy said "Oh. That's interesting..."

I knew it was going to be a loooooooooooooooong call.


Jessica - May 11, 2012 6:38:49 am PDT #20044 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Any iPhone users familiar with ReQall?

[link]

It looks sort of similar to Tasker, which I know Android users in here rave about.


le nubian - May 11, 2012 8:16:09 am PDT #20045 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

I used Reqall before I had an iPhone. I don't use it at all now.


javachik - May 12, 2012 9:16:31 am PDT #20046 of 25501
Our wings are not tired.

Toddson, I don't know if you solved your .pdf issue, but feel free to send it to me at my profile address and let me know how many characters you need in each form field. I may be able to resolve the problem.


Typo Boy - May 14, 2012 10:08:50 am PDT #20047 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.

Just a reminder. For people who find various things on Facebook annoying, but wish to continue using it. Get Social Fixer [link]

It contains extensive custom features. Among the stuff I use it for: 1) Turn Timeline into a single column, width determined by me, and get rid of a lot of the extra things that interfere with finding posts 2) Make news feed in chronological order the default. 3) Hide "trending stories" 4) When news stories are shared via apps, making clicking on them go directly to the story instead of to an app invitation. T

All these things are options, so you can leave any of them alone of if you like the way Facebook does it. And there are hundreds of ways you can customize Facebook with this app to make it do things your way. Simple to install. Simple to use. I highly recommend it for any Facebook user unless you are thrilled with the interface Facebook provides as is.


tiggy - May 14, 2012 2:14:17 pm PDT #20048 of 25501
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore

love Social Fixer! the guy who created it is super nice too.


§ ita § - May 14, 2012 2:34:26 pm PDT #20049 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Dammit, I wish there was a Skitch for the PC. It's quickly become my screencap application of choice for the Mac. Lots of different options (being able to set the borders of the Skitch window as a frame, for instance, so you clip exactly the same size and position every time is surprisingly useful to me). And it's nifty on Android too, for quick annotation and stuff.

But...no Windows. Hmmph.

[link]


§ ita § - May 14, 2012 9:07:00 pm PDT #20050 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Gnargh. I've got to chase this down tomorrow. I bought a LG BP40 DVD burner (external) and it doesn't ship with OS X software. I would not put it past the guy who tried to help me, because he was clueless, but the web does say it's Mac supported. However the web doesn't say *how*. VLC and FFMPEGX are both having none of it. At least VLC got as far as an error message which I will hunt down tomorrow.

But if anyone here knows a quick answer like: you're fucked, or I know some free software that brilliant at that, that would be gratefully received. I'm just...entirely spoon free at this moment.