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General Software Discussion / Re: What Android Apps Do You Use?
« on: August 11, 2021, 04:49 PM »
For transferring files to/from my phone, I just use the Android version of Total Commander.

I remember when I needed to copy my Calibre Library folder onto my phone you told me about TC for Android.  This copy paste technique I expect to use for one-offs.  Speaking of ebooks I pick up quite a few kindle books from Amazon since many are only $.99.  Amazon lets you share the book across all your Android devices connected to the same google account.  But they are not so generous when it comes to reading them on my Windows Laptop.  I do not think there is a solution to this other than reading the book in the browser instead of the Windows Amazon Kindle App.  It would be way nicer to use the app.  Perhaps there is a technical reason they cannot control the kindle file once it gets on the PC.  Just a minor annoyance.   :'(

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General Software Discussion / Clipt by OnePlus
« on: August 11, 2021, 10:36 AM »
Having purchased a OnePlus phone recently I started perusing their community site.  I noticed a free Android App called Clipt that looked like it might make moving files between PC and phone easier.

Turns out it does as well as network spanning text copy/paste.  I haven't messed with the text pasting yet.  But it only took a few minutes to get a file from my phone to PC for the first time.  Most android phone service providers include google cloud storage.  The app makes the assumption you have Google Drive on your phone and that is the heart of the transfer mechanism.  On the PC side you need a chromium derived browser to install the Clipt extension from the Chrome store.  I tried it in Edge browser.

If you send a file from your phone using Clipt and are signed into the Clipt extension on your browser, clicking the Clipt button on the toolbar gives an option to download the file to your PC.  The idea is to be a bit more convenient than mailing yourself a file as attachment.

Searching Clipt in the Play Store did not get a direct hit until I added OnePlus as a search term.  They say they are also working on an IOS client.  It could grow into a very useful utility.   :Thmbsup:

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Living Room / Re: Who here makes ice cream?
« on: August 06, 2021, 08:45 AM »
I've done snow cream before (snow, vanilla, sweet cream) but never started from scratch.

Cue Frank Zappa: WATCH OUT WHERE THE HUSKIES GO AN' DON'T YOU EAT THAT YELLOW SNOW!


Don't worry.  It can't happen here.   8)

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General Software Discussion / Opera comes with kitchen sink?
« on: August 05, 2021, 09:35 AM »
Anyone notice that Opera chromium based browser has exploded in size all of a sudden?  Unbidden they added a bunch of features that bloated the carcass too much for me.  I went bacjk to version 76.0.4017.94 and installed it importing bookmarks and extensions from the default browser(which was the new Opera  update.)  Then I renamed opera_autoupdate.exe to opera_autoupdate_NOT.exe and deleted the subfolders full of old updates.

If I was on a 1/2 TB SSD I probably would not care but I am using 32GB of estorage and stuff gets cramped quickly!   8)

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Living Room / Re: Who here makes ice cream?
« on: August 05, 2021, 09:21 AM »
I never tried it myself.  I naively assumed one put in some amount of ice, cream and flavoring, then mixed it and froze it.  I never imagined adding eggs and whatnot.  If I saw someone churn butter it would likely also be more complicated than people assume.  Probably because of TV we are not aware how much goes into "simple" tasks.

Another thing I was curious about but never had the space to try myself was film development with the darkroom and the whole bit.

As far as consistency goes I always hated the Breyers ice cream.  It always seemed to have ice crystals mixed into it.  Not creamy at all.  Also any vanilla that did not look a bit yellow always seemed a bit unnatural to me.  Like the flavoring was out of a test tube.

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