I need a good boffin.
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Re: I need a good boffin.
By the way Flex, which version are you using?
There's a tiny, tiny hopeful part of me that says you guys are running a Kaufmanesque long con on the board
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Re: I need a good boffin.
Yeah, I can easily watch youtube videos, stream pandora and last.fm radio, etc.Heston wrote:Cheers Flex, I've been looking at those, is it handy for watching YouTube stuff etc?
I'm running the latest version of the Droid OS (2.1 I think). It's pretty sweet.
EDIT: Spelling.
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Re: I need a good boffin.
OK cheers. I'd rather take the recommendation of someone I trust over these greasy phone dealers.Flex wrote:Yeah, I can easily watch youtube videos, stream pandora and last.fm radio, etc.Heston wrote:Cheers Flex, I've been looking at those, is it handy for watching YouTube stuff etc?
I'm running the latest version of the Drois os (2.1 I think). It's pretty sweet.
Thanks again.
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Re: I need a good boffin.
Thanks, F. I've looked at that one, but I'm increasingly antsy about the fan-driven models because they all seem to suck air away from the laptop, all of which reduces the air available to the computer to absorb the heat in the first place. The search will continue …Flex wrote:If you don't need a coolung pad for your lap, and don't want spend around a hundred bucks or whatever for a top-of-the-line item, this is a model which works well:Dr. Medulla wrote:Question: Anybody use a laptop cooling pad? The one thing I hate about the MacBook Air is that it gets quite hot, so I'm thinking about a cooling pad to help it out. Recommendations, advice, thoughts?
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Ended up getting a Belkin cooling pad off eBay. I'll report back the results after it arrives.
Also, I bought a second monitor today for my iMac. Yesterday we visited with a historian who is part of B's research grant group. Her husband is a web designer / computer consultant with a terrifying Mac set-up—seven monitors (it makes it simpler when he needs to test pages on multiple platforms and browsers). Anyway, he convinced me that a second monitor, flipped on its side so it's tall rather than wide, would be especially beneficial when I'm doing layout work or working with scanned research and writing (as I'll be doing this week). So, I bought an 18" monitor for $100 and, damn, I'm kinda kicking myself that I'd never thought of the benefits of doing something like that before. The new monitor becomes dedicated exclusively to reading material (it's also pretty sweet for reading comics off of). Geekalicious …
Also, I bought a second monitor today for my iMac. Yesterday we visited with a historian who is part of B's research grant group. Her husband is a web designer / computer consultant with a terrifying Mac set-up—seven monitors (it makes it simpler when he needs to test pages on multiple platforms and browsers). Anyway, he convinced me that a second monitor, flipped on its side so it's tall rather than wide, would be especially beneficial when I'm doing layout work or working with scanned research and writing (as I'll be doing this week). So, I bought an 18" monitor for $100 and, damn, I'm kinda kicking myself that I'd never thought of the benefits of doing something like that before. The new monitor becomes dedicated exclusively to reading material (it's also pretty sweet for reading comics off of). Geekalicious …
"I used to bullseye womp rats in my T-16 back in Whittier, they're not much bigger than two meters.'" - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft
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Re: I need a good boffin.
Yeah, I have a multi-monitor setup and I basically can't imagine functioning without it anymore. Welcome to a brave new world, Doc.Dr. Medulla wrote:Ended up getting a Belkin cooling pad off eBay. I'll report back the results after it arrives.
Also, I bought a second monitor today for my iMac. Yesterday we visited with a historian who is part of B's research grant group. Her husband is a web designer / computer consultant with a terrifying Mac set-up—seven monitors (it makes it simpler when he needs to test pages on multiple platforms and browsers). Anyway, he convinced me that a second monitor, flipped on its side so it's tall rather than wide, would be especially beneficial when I'm doing layout work or working with scanned research and writing (as I'll be doing this week). So, I bought an 18" monitor for $100 and, damn, I'm kinda kicking myself that I'd never thought of the benefits of doing something like that before. The new monitor becomes dedicated exclusively to reading material (it's also pretty sweet for reading comics off of). Geekalicious …
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a bowl of soup
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a rolling hoop
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a ton of lead
Wiggle - you can raise the dead
Pex Lives!
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a rolling hoop
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a ton of lead
Wiggle - you can raise the dead
Pex Lives!
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Re: I need a good boffin.
After an hour and a half, I'm already wondering how I did without in the past. This guy's set-up was ridiculous. Apart from the whole house being wired (albeit wirelessly) and run from any one of the Macs in the house, the guy had 16TB of storage. Yeah, it's his job and all and there's no way I could justify having a set up like that, but I had serious geek envy.Flex wrote:Yeah, I have a multi-monitor setup and I basically can't imagine functioning without it anymore. Welcome to a brave new world, Doc.
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Re: I need a good boffin.
I'm declaring this the catch-all computer thread. And in that vein, The Onion nails the Cult of Jobs perfectly: http://www.theonion.com/articles/apple- ... oyal,2772/
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AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!Dr. Medulla wrote:I'm declaring this the catch-all computer thread. And in that vein, The Onion nails the Cult of Jobs perfectly: http://www.theonion.com/articles/apple- ... oyal,2772/
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Re: I need a good boffin.
My phone never did dry out, I tried rice, Super Noodles, I even wrapped it in pastrami.
Anyway, I've ended up getting a Samsung Galaxy X, has anyone had any experience of these? It's due to land on my doormat tomorrow.
Anyway, I've ended up getting a Samsung Galaxy X, has anyone had any experience of these? It's due to land on my doormat tomorrow.
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Re: I need a good boffin.
A Warning:-
Don't play Lee "Scratch" Perry's "Super Ape" at full blast through Apple earbuds unless you enjoy a farting Bass sound after the right one blows up... :(
Don't know about Samsung phones but they do sponser a fuckin' great football team...
Don't play Lee "Scratch" Perry's "Super Ape" at full blast through Apple earbuds unless you enjoy a farting Bass sound after the right one blows up... :(
Don't know about Samsung phones but they do sponser a fuckin' great football team...
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Re: I need a good boffin.
I thought this was the catch-all board prostitution ring thread?Dr. Medulla wrote:I'm declaring this the catch-all computer thread.
Nevermind, then.
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Can't it be both?Rat Patrol wrote:I thought this was the catch-all board prostitution ring thread?Dr. Medulla wrote:I'm declaring this the catch-all computer thread.
Nevermind, then.
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Re: I need a good boffin.
I want to go on record as preferring a dedicated board prostitution ring. Also a thread about it.Wolter wrote:Can't it be both?Rat Patrol wrote:I thought this was the catch-all board prostitution ring thread?Dr. Medulla wrote:I'm declaring this the catch-all computer thread.
Nevermind, then.
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Re: I need a good boffin.
I thought that's what they did in the Association Football (round) thread.Dr. Medulla wrote:I want to go on record as preferring a dedicated board prostitution ring. Also a thread about it.Wolter wrote:Can't it be both?Rat Patrol wrote:I thought this was the catch-all board prostitution ring thread?Dr. Medulla wrote:I'm declaring this the catch-all computer thread.
Nevermind, then.