You got fired, and you still hang around here like a big loser. Why can't he?

Cordelia ,'Chosen'


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Jessica - Nov 12, 2007 4:01:14 am PST #3448 of 25497
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

I have the best DH in the whole wide world - I woke up this morning with a shiny new iPod Touch on my desk!!!

So my question to all the techistas is, what sites do I need to have bookmarked in order to make sure I'm using this new toy to its fullest? Has anyone figured out yet out to install Freecell or Scrabble on it?


Tom Scola - Nov 12, 2007 4:21:51 am PST #3449 of 25497
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

Happy Birthday, Jess!


Kevin - Nov 12, 2007 9:05:18 am PST #3450 of 25497
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.

Hey folks. I've got a website I want to monitor for changes: [link]

I want to have it checked about once a minute, and it display a visual notification, make a sound, send an email or some such when it changes.

And I'm on a Mac...

Anybody seen anything like that?


Sean K - Nov 12, 2007 9:25:45 am PST #3451 of 25497
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

Hey Jess, does the iPod touch do internet at all? I know iTunes doesn't have any games for the iPhone or iPod touch yet, so there's nothing native you can put on there yet (as far as I know, I only know the iPhone so far), but I know there's a couple of web pages out there with iPhone web apps/games, so if the iPod touch does internet in any way, you can find quite a few games for it that way.


le nubian - Nov 12, 2007 9:26:48 am PST #3452 of 25497
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

once a minute? you need an RSS feed of the page.

this is good, but I don't think it updates that frequently:

[link]


Jon B. - Nov 12, 2007 9:39:25 am PST #3453 of 25497
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

Hey Jess, does the iPod touch do internet at all?

That's one of its main selling points! It has wifi. It's an iPhone, without the phone.


Sean K - Nov 12, 2007 9:40:12 am PST #3454 of 25497
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

Oh, and apparently you can put native games on your iPod touch, if you're willing to hack it. Something I am utterly unwilling to do with my iPhone.


Sean K - Nov 12, 2007 9:41:45 am PST #3455 of 25497
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

That's one of its main selling points! It has wifi. It's an iPhone, without the phone.

I thought so. So yeah, Google "iPod touch web games." there's a few out there, including Bejeweled, and a few solitaire games (though I don't remember if I've seen Freecell out there anywhere).


tommyrot - Nov 12, 2007 9:42:47 am PST #3456 of 25497
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Oh, and apparently you can put native games on your iPod touch, if you're willing to hack it.

You can also install widgets on an iPod touch. (I'm pretty sure, anyway.) Or maybe only widgets based on HTML and Javascript. There are some Javascript games that run on web pages out there....


Dana - Nov 12, 2007 9:50:22 am PST #3457 of 25497
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

I have an IP address I'm supposed to publish something to, but there's an additional bit of information attached.

It looks like this: xxx.xxx.xx.xx:8000/foldername

I assume the folder name is the name on the server, but I don't know what the 8000 is, and I don't know how to google for it.