Why not buy a digital recorder that plugs into your cell?
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Jon B. - Mar 12, 2007 10:23:21 am PDT #847 of 25496
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Jessica - Mar 12, 2007 10:27:25 am PDT #848 of 25496
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Why not buy a digital recorder that plugs into your cell?
Can you link to examples?
Sean K - Mar 12, 2007 10:35:48 am PDT #849 of 25496
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
So, the proliferation of remotes around the house, plus S's general tech-shyness, has me about ready to drive out to Best Buy and pick up a Logitech Harmony 550
I know ND had one of the more expensive Harmonys, but returned it because it wasn't working reliably with his off-brand TV.
Anybody else use on of these or its cousins and have good/bad stuff to say about it?
Jon B. - Mar 12, 2007 10:43:21 am PDT #850 of 25496
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Jessica: FAQWife used something like this to record an interview she did for a Boston Globe article last year. If the hubby just needs it to transcribe things, and/or as a memory aid, it should work fine. If the audio is going to be used publicly (like for radio), he\'ll need something fancier.
t edit I forgot -- you\'ll also need a little amp that boosts the audio out from the cell headphone jack to the recorder. Radio Shack has those too, but I can\'t find it online at the moment.
Jessica - Mar 12, 2007 10:56:56 am PDT #851 of 25496
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
The problem with the Olympus recorders is they're not Mac-compatible. I found a few wiretaps with 2.5mm jacks that might work, though. Thanks!
Jesse - Mar 12, 2007 11:14:38 am PDT #852 of 25496
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Cell phone question: My POS RAZR phone likes to pretend it doesn't have a battery. It seems like if I taped the battery down inside the case, that would help. (There's some "give" when the battery is in place, and I'm guessing it can move far enough that the little electrodes or whatever aren't touching.) Am I crazy? Should I just put down the duct tape?
tommyrot - Mar 12, 2007 11:16:44 am PDT #853 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.
The battery contact things are probably corroded.
tommyrot - Mar 12, 2007 11:37:27 am PDT #854 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.
In more Daylight Saving Time stuff....
Our phone system here is an automated menu thingie... it reset its time correctly by itself, as did our fax. I'm thinking that the time must be sent over the phone line, but my boss (who worked in the telecommunications industry years ago) doesn't thing that would happen.
But somehow these two devices knew to reset themselves, and neither is connected to the internet.
Jessica - Mar 12, 2007 11:39:34 am PDT #855 of 25496
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Our office's DST snafu for today was that only the XP machines updated the time change correctly -- the people still running Windows2000 are all an hour behind. Fun!
tommyrot - Mar 12, 2007 11:43:42 am PDT #856 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.
We finally figured that our XP machines are all pulling their time from one of our W2k servers, which explains why none of our computers reset themselves.