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'Objects In Space'


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-t - Oct 24, 2012 1:07:33 pm PDT #21330 of 25501
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Appears to be the same.


Rob - Oct 24, 2012 2:19:02 pm PDT #21331 of 25501

Do you use a router to share the comcast connection?


-t - Oct 24, 2012 2:29:49 pm PDT #21332 of 25501
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Yes, a Time Capsule.


Jessica - Oct 24, 2012 2:53:07 pm PDT #21333 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Is there a way to customize the Google services that appear in the top bar thingy? I have less than no use for a Play link, but would very much like to see Reader up there.


§ ita § - Oct 24, 2012 3:28:40 pm PDT #21334 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Dammit. I think I might need to dive deeper into Tasker. I want to work out how to conditionally read some things aloud. Just, in general--say want the phone to say the number of the caller if it doesn't know the name. Or tell me when certain emails (or from certain senders) arrive. Read me certain SMS messages.

Before I start chasing my tail--does anyone know if there's anything in the market that does that? My phone does already announce who's calling, which is such an energy saver. Group ringtones tell me if I need to get near enough to hear, and then I get the specifics if I want.


Rob - Oct 24, 2012 3:41:23 pm PDT #21335 of 25501

A time capsule shouldn't do anything to interfere.

I'm afraid I'm stumped.


dcp - Oct 24, 2012 3:41:37 pm PDT #21336 of 25501
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.

Is there a way to customize the Google services that appear in the top bar thingy?

On a computer, or a phone, or in a Chrome browser, or what?


Jessica - Oct 24, 2012 3:53:51 pm PDT #21337 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

On a computer, or a phone, or in a Chrome browser, or what?

In the browser. In Gmail, Calendar and Reader (the three Google tabs I have open now) there's a black bar at the top of the screen with links to other Google services. Some of them I'll never use, and Reader is stuck in a "More" dropdown.


-t - Oct 24, 2012 4:01:46 pm PDT #21338 of 25501
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Thanks for trying, Rob. I think something like this happened before and cleared up when something outside my control changed ro updated or something. So I'll hope that happens again.

My other computers are not cooperating (one won't find the internet, the other won't even boot. I haven't turned either on in a while, those are not surprising results), but I fired up Parallels and tried Chrome in emulated XP and that was no better.


dcp - Oct 24, 2012 4:35:48 pm PDT #21339 of 25501
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.

...a black bar at the top of the screen with links to other Google services.

Sorry, all I've been able to learn is that it is called the "Google bar." [link]

Haven't found any way to customize or configure it.