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Main Area and Open Discussion / Living Room / Re: I read an eReader
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on: December 19, 2012, 02:41:37 AM
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Here's a fun/informed teardown of the Kindle Paperwhite. It's a beautifully designed device.  |
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Main Area and Open Discussion / Living Room / Re: Remember to make full drive image backups
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on: October 15, 2012, 12:36:00 PM
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You know what thing we need to add to our "kit" of tools recommended for dealing with data loss situations is: A second PC. +1 I added a Mac Mini to my home setup a couple of weeks back. It basically serves as an HTPC, and could serve as a backup computer if the main machine goes on the fritz. It's nice to be able to shut down the beast (noisy, hot...) at night. I'm sure my power bill's going to be considerably less since the AC and the main machine both run in the same room nearly 24x7. OT: |
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Main Area and Open Discussion / General Software Discussion / Re: The Demise of the Desktop (Free ALTools licenses too!)
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on: September 28, 2012, 01:24:58 AM
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I spent the last several days looking for the best tools to get my data off my trusty organizer app (<- seems wrong to call a desktop program that now, though I've been using that word for years.) A program that doesn't 'sync' & share data does look stagnant and unappealing compared to competing products that do. But a cloud only solution? Fxxx that! The scales are tipping in favor of mobile devices, but I don't see the desktop going out of the picture. I'll just say it here, all SAAS services strike me as that scene in Total Recall where some guy charged for air and turned it off when he didn't get what he wanted. I know Total Recall isn't a comedy but that description made me laugh. I can totally see a similar plot line with Mel Brooks playing the bad guy!  |
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Main Area and Open Discussion / General Software Discussion / Re: Automatically move files around tip (use your synchronizer program)
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on: September 24, 2012, 11:03:15 AM
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Just want to add Hygeia to the list of alternatives, it comes in two flavors and the "free for personal use" version is quite powerful. It lets you reuse actions, so you don't have to set everything up from scratch if you start monitoring a new batch of files. It has some other interesting features too, definitely deserves to be checked out.  Belvedere seems like something that was coded in a rush (and that's putting it politely). It has always plagued me with crashes, even when setting up the simplest of profiles. |
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Main Area and Open Discussion / Living Room / Re: Shit Apple Fanatics Say
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on: September 14, 2012, 05:37:53 AM
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Not a smaller version of the current device (if that's what the rumor was). A phone whose display folds in on itself, reducing its size to 1/2, 1/4, whatever... depending on the no. of folds. There are already flexible phones around so maybe we'll see one in a decade or so...? |
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Main Area and Open Discussion / Living Room / Re: Shit Apple Fanatics Say
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on: September 14, 2012, 03:35:10 AM
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Brand insanity aside, these phones are getting too f****** big! A PITA to lug around and easy to smash up!
For my next phone I'm seriously considering going for the smallest, lightest device available that lets me make and receive calls, that's it.
~hipster-nosh
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