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Gudanov - Jan 13, 2009 10:40:20 am PST #8827 of 25501
Coding and Sleeping

The new Google icon is wrong.


Steph L. - Jan 13, 2009 10:41:15 am PST #8828 of 25501
I look more rad than Lutheranism

It reminds me of the Microsoft/Windows logo, too.


NoiseDesign - Jan 13, 2009 11:05:09 am PST #8829 of 25501
Our wings are not tired

Glamcookie, if you still have keyboard issues and end up switching I've got this keyboard from Logitech which uses bluetooth on my office iMac and it's great.

[link]

I use a Kensingtion bluetooth mouse with it.


Glamcookie - Jan 13, 2009 11:45:30 am PST #8830 of 25501
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister

Thanks for the info, ND. Bookmarked.


javachik - Jan 13, 2009 1:13:14 pm PST #8831 of 25501
Our wings are not tired.

I'm moving to Oakland, CA next month and am looking at Cable (Comcast) versus going with Direct TV. I have no idea of the pros/cons with switching to DirectTV.

Anyone here have wonder/horror stories of either?


Dana - Jan 13, 2009 1:14:14 pm PST #8832 of 25501
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.

Comcast is Satan in disguise, but that's pretty much my experience with all cable companies.


javachik - Jan 13, 2009 1:16:36 pm PST #8833 of 25501
Our wings are not tired.

Yeah, that's what I am afraid of. I'm leaving the last independent hold out in the Bay Area (San Bruno Cable) - little cable company so wonderful that the one time I accidentally missed a payment, I got a hand-written note on the next bill asking me if "everything was okay?". I am really going to miss them.


megan walker - Jan 13, 2009 1:22:16 pm PST #8834 of 25501
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

I'm moving to Oakland, CA next month and am looking at Cable (Comcast) versus going with Direct TV. I have no idea of the pros/cons with switching to DirectTV.

I know my housemate didn't go with Direct TV in our current place because whatever they had to do for installation was prohibitively expensive. There is also the question of which direction the satellite needs to face.


megan walker - Jan 13, 2009 1:25:24 pm PST #8835 of 25501
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

Stupid tech question.

I've somehow expanded my Word open-file dialogue box to full screen. I can't get to the edges to resize it. Any ideas on how I can get this back to the smaller size?


javachik - Jan 13, 2009 1:25:28 pm PST #8836 of 25501
Our wings are not tired.

I am confirming with the landlady, but I think she mentioned that she had the dish already installed. For some reason she went back to Comcast, so I am waiting for her input.

ETA: Turns out it wasn't DirectTV, it was something called "Dish Network".