Giles: I jump out of the circle, jump back in, and, and, shake my gourd. Buffy: Hey, I think I know this ritual. The ancient shamans were next called upon to do the Hokey-Pokey and to turn themselves around.

'Dirty Girls'


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

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Typo Boy - Nov 28, 2015 11:06:34 am PST #24677 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.

I've never been able to use regular home blood pressure monitors due to klutziness, but can do fine with wrist monitors. I know they are said to be less accurate than shoulder monitors, but I presume a wrist monitor I do use will be more accurate than a shoulder monitor I don't.. I'm looking for simple, basic , easy to use, inexpensive. I don't need pulse rate. (I can do that mannually.) I don't need umpteen million record recording capability. I just want large readout for someone with bad eyes, and lack of expense, klutz friendliness, and whatever degree of accuracy is compatible with other requirements.

Thoughts? Thanks.


DXMachina - Nov 28, 2015 11:54:41 am PST #24678 of 25496
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.

The main issue I've had with mine is that the pressure can vary wildly (from really good to really bad and everything in between) depending upon how you situate it on your wrist. Which means it won't be very useful until you figure out exactly how to place it to give an accurate reading, which means trying it out while measuring your BP some other way to see where the best match is.


Gris - Nov 28, 2015 4:28:10 pm PST #24679 of 25496
Hey. New board.

Juliebird, is your music collection stored on your computer? If it is, I would guess you can just plug the tablet into the computer, wait a few minutes for drivers to install, and it should show up as basically a flash drive. Then you can use finder (mac) or explorer (windows) to drag whatever music files you want from your iTunes library into the Music folder on the tablet.

If your music is in the apple cloud, it is probably a bit more trouble. Apple doesn't play well with other hardware.

If you want a more all inclusive sync program for files on your computer, there are options. LG might even have one you can install from their website. But iTunes won't talk to android.


Typo Boy - Nov 28, 2015 9:10:50 pm PST #24680 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.

DX - thanks.


Juliebird - Nov 29, 2015 3:12:19 am PST #24681 of 25496
I am the fly who dreams of the spider

Thanks Gris.


Juliebird - Nov 29, 2015 3:31:45 pm PST #24682 of 25496
I am the fly who dreams of the spider

So my tablet doesn't even show up in my folders as another device or drive.

My brother has a droid phone and wants s tablet. How difficult is it to get a SIM card that hooks into his data plan?


Gris - Nov 30, 2015 3:29:09 am PST #24683 of 25496
Hey. New board.

Depends on the carrier. But most make it possible.


Liese S. - Dec 02, 2015 4:19:49 pm PST #24684 of 25496
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

Dude! I just replaced my cellular modem and my router and suddenly my connection speeds are flat ripping! Who knew? Guess it was on the slide for a while.


aurelia - Dec 05, 2015 10:44:29 am PST #24685 of 25496
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

Anyone know how to make El Capitan and a Canon Pixma MP240 play nice together?

The computer gives me this message

You need to install software to use this printer. To install the software, choose App Store… from the Apple menu. If the software for your printer isn’t available in App Store…, contact the manufacturer of your printer.

The app store is full of specialty apps and cloud based stuff I don't need and the Canon website (which is much clearer to navigate) tells me there is no driver or firmware suggested for my printer.


Tom Scola - Dec 05, 2015 10:57:53 am PST #24686 of 25496
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500

What happens when you go into the App Store, and click on Updates?