Annoyingly work sent out a link to pictures on Flickr today, and IE 8 (corporate standard) hung on the first page, and Mozilla's been trying to load the second page for over half an hour now.

THANKS GUYS.

I connect to work through VPN, and it was slightly hysterical trying to load Flickr today.

WTF? Flickr is a HOT MESS.

I created a family Flickr account for Tim's family to put up holiday/vacation/raking-the-leaves (seriously) pictures so that the rest of the family (but mostly Tim's 75-year-old, not-technologically-adept Dad) can see them. Tim's dad is NOT going to be okay with the changes. Jesus God.

sounds like this will be a good day for word press

If I purchase an app from the Google Store, and then I get a new phone, I don't have to re-buy the app, right? It looks like all the apps I've ever installed are in my account, even if I uninstalled them, so I can just go there and re-install everything on my new phone?

Man, I hope T-Mobile lets me get a new phone before my stupid contract is up in two months.

Also, my old phone can still be used as, like, a mini-computer thing, right? If I use WiFi, I can even be online with it? All that will happen is that I will no longer have access to the network on it since the SIM card will be in the new phone. So if I need to backup things and transfer them, I can do it after the fact too.

I haven't been rebuying things across the devices I currently have active, much less needing to rebut them for replaced devices. You should be fine on that front.

Doesn't T-Mobile let you get a new phone when your contract is up?

Oddly enough, never tried using one of the phones without a SIM. But you could pop that out right now to test.

Doesn't T-Mobile let you get a new phone when your contract is up?

When. Not before. If I try the website, it says I'm not eligible since my contract isn't up until July or so. But I think if I go into a store, they'll let me do it; I talked to someone before who said it would be okay.

Evernote on Mac and Ios added reminders for notes.

I'm kinda surprised that nobody posted anything about the Xbox One. Granted, it is rather underwhelming at the moment. Lot's of "might do this" type of thing. And rather ugly.

:: cross post with games ::

T-mobile has moved to a new system, at least for new customers, where the phone purchasing/financing are separate from the actual monthly bill, at least for new customers. Simplifies things: you know what portion of your phone is paid off and if you want a new one you can just finish paying off the old one whenever you want. If you are planning to switch to one of those plans (which I adore) and can afford to pay for a new phone upfront rather than spread over time, then you could just buy an unlocked used or new phone now and switch to the cheaper plan when your contract is up. The HTC One, for example, is $574.99 unlocked direct from HTC, which is basically the same price as you'll end up paying for it on T-Mobile over two years ($100 upfront plus $20/month for two years). If you go for an older phone (used), you could actually save money that way.

I just bought an unlocked used Galaxy Note II for $250 less than T-Mobile sells it new, and when my stupid AT&T contract is up and I don't owe an ETF on my last phone, will be switching to T-mobile plan.