Niska: Mr. Reynolds? You died, Mr. Reynolds. Mal: Seemed like the thing to do.

'War Stories'


Natter 71: Someone is wrong on the Internet  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Consuela - Feb 07, 2013 7:00:19 am PST #10208 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

How many of you have had the way you think about shopping changed by any of these apps

I don't shop via app. I find even the Amazon app to be kind of difficult: it doesn't give me all the information I need. Give me a full computer interface, please.


Consuela - Feb 07, 2013 7:04:03 am PST #10209 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

Oh, dear. Courtesy of BoingBoing, a site that gives you a fresh conspiracy theory every time you refresh: [link]

Kind of unsettling, but fascinating.


Liese S. - Feb 07, 2013 7:27:00 am PST #10210 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

THAT'S AWESOME. I am going to believe in all of those. Plus, I need to set up my ham radio system, so I can get more information via anonymous shortband broadcasts about how the US Census bureau is giving me celiac disease! I need to know!

Also I'm thinking about abstaining from social media and wheat over Lent. These things are unrelated to me reading the above website, I swear.


§ ita § - Feb 07, 2013 7:28:06 am PST #10211 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

eBay has enough specific functionality that an app is decently suited for me. I am curious about what app/meatspace store integration can bring to the table, but other than comparison shopping (and Amazon's app is designed for you to leave the store, not spend), I have to admit ignorance of the functionality they try and lure customers with.

Also, I'd want a "theoretically" vendor-neutral comparison shopping app, even as I accept it's not really going to make sense for anyone to do that.


meara - Feb 07, 2013 7:46:44 am PST #10212 of 30001

Liese congrats! That's awesome!

Cash, that sounds like its good for DH but possibly a little harrowing for you being all single parent esque several days a week. Good luck!


Jesse - Feb 07, 2013 7:54:19 am PST #10213 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Aw, man -- I forgot I had a massage scheduled for Saturday, and now it's cancelled! They live in the woods, so are concerned about the snow.


Jesse - Feb 07, 2013 8:11:11 am PST #10214 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

OK, so I have an email from the fancy salon around the corner from my house about a mani/pedi deal -- I'll see if I can do that on Saturday. I need some personal services!


Liese S. - Feb 07, 2013 8:17:08 am PST #10215 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

Oh, right, snow. I have no idea, I assume it's separate systems, but we're supposed to get badass winds tomorrow, and then three days of snow. During which we'll have two days of concerts, and then school. And our band will be coming in from Flagstaff. Oy.


Jesse - Feb 07, 2013 8:19:56 am PST #10216 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Apparently we're going to get anywhere from "some" to "all" of the snow over the course of Friday and Saturday. I'm going to predict a foot, with massive overreaction.


Liese S. - Feb 07, 2013 8:24:02 am PST #10217 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

Yeah, I saw somewhere where it was all, 3 or 30 feet for you. !