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tommyrot - Oct 30, 2013 2:49:04 pm PDT #23282 of 25496

Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

So I ended up getting a 15" RMBP off-the-shelf. It's the one with 16GB RAM and 500GB SSD.

Very shiny! Although everything appears too large. Guess I gotta mess with settings a bit.

eta: Huh. Using a scaled down resolution rather than what's supposed to be the best for the Retina Display looks better, size-wise.

eta²: Gods, my old MBP was getting slow. It's so nice to have a 'puter that scrolls smoothly while using Feedly and Facebook.

Jessica - Oct 30, 2013 5:10:03 pm PDT #23283 of 25496

And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Ugh, Android podcast managers are CRAP. Downcast, why have you forsaken me?

Unless I'm missing something, BeyondPod doesn't have a way to rank podcasts for smart playlists unless I create categories for each one.

DoggCatcher *kind of* has this functionality, but it doesn't work as well as Downcast did, and the interface is hideous.

Basically, what I want is the ability to set priorities and then put feeds into a playlist that will always play the oldest unplayed highest priority podcast next. Downcast did this beautifully. I haven't tried PocketCasts yet because it doesn't have a free trial version.

I also want the ability to skip forward and back in 15 or 30 second intervals to get past ads and boring bits.

Help?

Gris - Oct 31, 2013 2:38:08 am PDT #23284 of 25496

Hey. New board.

Jessica, Pocket casts can do the skipping but not the priority ranking as far as I can tell. That is a pretty cool idea that I would probably use so let me know if you do find one.

Gris - Oct 31, 2013 2:43:44 am PDT #23285 of 25496

Hey. New board.

You could try Podtrapper. It is pricey but there is a free trial on their website

Edit: never mind it sucks.

Jessica - Oct 31, 2013 4:43:10 am PDT #23286 of 25496

And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Edit: never mind it sucks.

Ha, thanks for the quick feedback!

I will keep looking and let you know, but I'm guessing if there were an Android app as good as Downcast, someone would have blogged about it by now.

Tom Scola - Oct 31, 2013 5:19:33 am PDT #23287 of 25496

Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

W00T! FAA officially allowing electronics during all phases of flight.

meara - Oct 31, 2013 5:48:08 am PDT #23288 of 25496

Yeah, they've been talking about it for a while, but it'll sill be months while the airlines come up with "plans" and submit them. I will be super excited when it actually happens though

SuziQ - Oct 31, 2013 6:10:59 am PDT #23289 of 25496

Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame

I guess Virgin is going to have to come up with a new dance video now.

Tom Scola - Oct 31, 2013 7:07:53 am PDT #23290 of 25496

Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

it'll sill be months while the airlines come up with "plans" and submit them.

Delta First to Submit Plan to Allow Customer Use of Portable Electronic Devices

JetBlue Files Plan with FAA to be the First Airline to Allow Personal Electronics Use

Dana - Oct 31, 2013 7:14:07 am PDT #23291 of 25496

I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

Sweet! I fly on Delta next week.

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