Shrift injured herself with her jacket this month.

Six weeks ago now. I'm hoping my stupid dislocated hand will heal up by Christmas.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, EM!

They've got moral quandaries and dilemmas but they don't address them as such

Yeah--they're worried about who they get to sleep with, but that's about it. There's no punishment for bad deeds, and you don't need to repent to be considered worthy of friendship or fucking. Oh, and there are power plays, but I don't really understand what any of those end games are supposed to look like? Do you want to take over a small town? The PNW? US? World? Or are you just here to irritate as many people as possible and block all the cocks?

And, yet--I didn't watch yesterday and I feel myself wondering "What thing I don't like did they do?" So...all on me, that.

I have concerns about adding that to my household of Macs and ipads, but I still might make the switch.

Is there anything in specific you're worried about doing? I've only ever had Android alongside Macs and my iPod, and I can't think of potential issues beyond where you store your photos, and by "issue" I mean "I don't already know the answer". I'm sure someone does, if it's at all complicated. I just never had an occurrence to try anything other than Flickr.

what is the benefit of unlocked phone?

It's not tied to a carrier so I don't get their discounted phones + contract, and my monthly rates are lower. Even given the higher price of the unlocked phone, I usually end up breaking even inside of a year.

My first tablet is one of the iPad sized one. It's where my brain is backed up. It fits easily into the small bag I carry with me anywhere, and can function as a laptop replacement (as long as I don't have to work) for about a week. It's fast, it plays videos well, and I can personalise the fuck out of it--it's where the productivity tools I'm actually still using live. This one I paid full market price for.

1 tablet was experimental--when HP decided to leave the market, they dumped a lot of their cheap TouchPads running WebOS for really cheap, and I wanted to experiment with a new operating system and learn more about it. First thing I learnt is that it seems to be a simple and user friendly OS--I like it a lot, but I'm not sure if it's as tweakable for the end user as Android. Second thing to learn is that there are about five apps out for WebOS, and four of them aren't free. It's really not used for much.

The last tablet was another spotted deal (I think I have Brenda to thank/blame for this one). It's the same OS as the first one, but it's a chunky tablet and the biggest differentiators are the detachable keyboard and extra storage and battery--with keyboard on, it's 16 hours of use before recharging, and I can insert both a microSD and an SD card, and although it's not as great with video, if I need something nice and portable to code on, or know I'll not go near a power source--I'll jam the extra weight into my bag instead.

I wouldn't have bought the second two at full price, but having one nice tablet that's highly portable, and one that leaves home less makes an attractive developed world scenario for me--portable media viewing, bringing it into the kitchen has cut down on the number of recipes I've printed, and make putting shopping lists together simpler and more accurate (scan those barcodes, baby). Tablets are now my alarm clocks--I'm not replacing the one I had that suddenly stopped working. I keep all the manuals and instructions for household devices on it, take notes from important phone calls on it, have my calendar in my lap every time someone asks a when or where question. And, yes, I can do that with my primary tablet, but the Asus is a lot less delicate feeling, and because of the keyboard the display is propped and easy to read everywhere.

Is there anything in specific you're worried about doing?

Honestly, it's just my music at this point-- I usually have my ipad with me for anything that lasts longer than weekend errand trips, so I don't even really care about apps.

Well, the music and the fact that I am lazy and switching systems seems like work.

Until I bought an iphone, I was buying unlocked phones. I loved them. I could just put my SIM card and go. I didn't have to be tied to a contract. I didn't have to worry about getting the phone unlocked by AT&T. I loved my nokia phones until the design division fucked themselves.

If I weren't using an iphone, I'd still have unlocked phones.

Argh, I was going to go check in my folks this morning, but E just called and they went off driving, back to the old apartment.

SIGH.

And my BIL's car got smushed by an out-of-control driver who didn't slow down as he exited the freeway. Thankfully my BIL's car was empty of my BIL.

And it's pouring and dark out. And I have a gazillion loads of laundry to do. Woot.

t pouts

Suela, in my considered opinion your morning fully qualifies you to bust out the mulled wine right exactly now.

Happy Birthday, Em!

What a lovely story, JZ.

TVD- the "no heroes" thing is why I have hopes for Jeremy.

ita - TVD is supposedly set in Virginia. . .

Ugh, Consuela. It sounds like managing your dad might actually be Job #1 now.

possibly sabotage his car.