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DCJensen - Mar 05, 2014 11:48:43 am PST #23672 of 25496
All is well that ends in pizza.

I think I'm going to do it.

[link]

Now, to find another G4 case, or use my G4 MDD with a bad power supply?

Decisions, Decisions.


DCJensen - Mar 07, 2014 2:48:17 pm PST #23673 of 25496
All is well that ends in pizza.

Ripping apart my MDD G4, I have it nearly gutted. I think I can keep the MDD look with a hinged piece of mirrored plastic, or the old doors itself, with a knob where the power button was.


dcp - Mar 07, 2014 4:15:43 pm PST #23674 of 25496
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.

Anyone else having trouble with Yahoo mail?

It works for me from phone/tablet/iPad, but not from my regular Win7 computer. I can log in, but when I try to open email, I get a blank white screen.

It is apparently a widespread problem.

Workaround for now is to access the "old" version using [link]

eta: 30 minutes later, it's working normally for me now.


Jessica - Mar 10, 2014 8:20:41 am PDT #23675 of 25496
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

I want to set up a production bible wiki for my team so that people will stop emailing me the same questions over and over.

What are my options for a free hosted wiki that I can make private? (Or if not free, low-cost. Basically I don't want to set up a server anywhere.)


amych - Mar 10, 2014 8:34:47 am PDT #23676 of 25496
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

Jess, the last time I used hosted wikis I was happy with pbwiki, which looks like it has become wikihub [link] -- I'm not sure how big your team is, but you can do 20 internal and 5 external logins on the free account.


Connie Neil - Mar 10, 2014 8:38:20 pm PDT #23677 of 25496
brillig

Does anyone know a good analog clock app I can put on my Win7 desktop? I've found several online, but they all want to install other things and change my defaults. I just want an analog clock, and my clock Gadget has stopped working.


Jessica - Mar 11, 2014 4:09:57 am PDT #23678 of 25496
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Thanks Amych, I'll look into that one.


Typo Boy - Mar 11, 2014 7:10:57 pm PDT #23679 of 25496
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.

The dying computer on which my Mom listens to audio while eating breakfast finally died. She needs something cheap with a headphone jack (to plug powered speakers into - she is a bit deaf and does not want to wear headphones while eating breakfast). Given arthritis and bad eyes she needs I think at least an 8 or 9 inch screen and (if not a touchscreen) a decent sized keyboard. So I'm thinking a cheap 8 or 9 inch android with a headphone jack. Since this is basically just to watch democracy now and the occasionally youtube vid or podcast it should be cheap. So cheap 8 to 9 inch android with headphone jack to plug powered speakers into. Recs? Under $80 ideally.


DCJensen - Mar 11, 2014 7:31:08 pm PDT #23680 of 25496
All is well that ends in pizza.

Maybe an android tablet with a bluetooth keyboard?


Gris - Mar 12, 2014 6:10:23 am PDT #23681 of 25496
Hey. New board.

There are some off-brand tablets in that size and price range, but I don't know much about them. There are a lot of Coby Kyros tablets on Amazon at that price. Unless you find a good deal on a used or refurb model you're not going to get that cheap with any of the name brands. You might be able to get an older Asus or Samsung device on eBay or Craigslist for that price range, though. For what she's doing, the biggest issue is going to be the screen; nice quality screens are pricey. So maybe going for a used older device from a name brand with a nice screen is a better idea than a cheap device. Makes internet shopping hard.

I have been very satisfied with my Nook HD+, which is as cheap as you can get in the name brand tablet market. They are $179 new but you should be able to find them cheaper used, though probably not under $100. Still, it's my only hands-on recommendation that comes close to your price. The B&N OS is not vanilla Android, but it's actually not bad; much better than the Kindle Fire OS, and allows you to install Google store apps. Should work fine for her needs and has a nice big screen. It's slower than premium tablets, but functional for your needs for sure. And it even has bluetooth, so if she every upgraded to bluetooth speakers then she'd be good to go (has a headphone jack too, of course).