i deleted all of my buddies in ichat because i wanted to reorganize it and somehow nuked my entire address book on my computer, phone and ipad.
is that usual?
also it seems like if you're syncing all of that stuff with mobileme you can't use time machine to go back to an older version of your address book?
― mr peabody (moonship journey to baja), Thursday, 8 September 2011 21:29 (twelve years ago) link
I was keeping a ridiculous number of contact backups for a while after playing around with letting Google Contact handle things, having misconfigurations stomp over things, or having facebook on mobile applying the wrong pictures/links to contacts after I tried that feature.
― mh, Thursday, 8 September 2011 21:32 (twelve years ago) link
so this is weird: ~/Library/Services has been deleted? and not by me? and now LaunchBar chokes on stuff? wtf
― remembrance of schwings past (gbx), Thursday, 8 September 2011 21:38 (twelve years ago) link
chrome extensions are pretty bad ass
this.
it kinda sucks w/ fonts a little, but idk, deal with it.
― science you guys (Clay), Thursday, 8 September 2011 21:40 (twelve years ago) link
safari was being a horrible memory hog for me on my 4-yr-old laptop too
― max, Thursday, 8 September 2011 22:06 (twelve years ago) link
chrome doesn't autofill the address bar for me so I sacked it
― ♪ ♫ my baby SBs all day ♫ ♪ (cozen), Thursday, 8 September 2011 22:14 (twelve years ago) link
yeah thats a big weakness for me too, but everything else outweighs it
― max, Thursday, 8 September 2011 22:15 (twelve years ago) link
like search from the address bar!
you know IE does search from the address bar now, right
― Tal Berkowitz - Vaccine advocate (DJP), Thursday, 8 September 2011 22:16 (twelve years ago) link
~downloads camino~
― ♪ ♫ my baby SBs all day ♫ ♪ (cozen), Thursday, 8 September 2011 22:16 (twelve years ago) link
yes, thats whats going to get me back on IE, search from the address bar
― max, Thursday, 8 September 2011 22:18 (twelve years ago) link
it's kind of hilarious, IE 8 is basically Chrome reverse-engineered
― Tal Berkowitz - Vaccine advocate (DJP), Thursday, 8 September 2011 22:19 (twelve years ago) link
we just need the hipsters to adopt IE8 and then it will be cool again
― dayo, Thursday, 8 September 2011 22:20 (twelve years ago) link
The two things that are stopping me moving wholesale from FF to Chrome are 1. lack of a properly effective NoScript extension and 2. never getting around to building up my extension library. I'm pretty particular about this stuff, e.g. AdBlock is stocked to within an inch of its life with rules, hidden elements, etc.
idg why anyone uses Safari (Mac) for anything when there's always something better (unless you really really care about acid tests).
― Autumn Almanac (Schlafsack), Thursday, 8 September 2011 22:20 (twelve years ago) link
I discovered that in lion you can do two finger forward and back in safari
― dayo, Thursday, 8 September 2011 22:22 (twelve years ago) link
maybe you can do that in SL too, maybe bush did 9/11
― dayo, Thursday, 8 September 2011 22:23 (twelve years ago) link
Safari is the best at Mac-integration. Syncs with iOS, three-finger tap on word and ctrl-alt-d, all the gestures, best font rendering, etc. plenty of reasons to use it.
― stet, Thursday, 8 September 2011 22:25 (twelve years ago) link
I've tried other browsers and I prefer Safari, but since updating the latest version it's been out of wack. I have more than enough memory so that can't be the problem.
― JacobSanders, Thursday, 8 September 2011 22:41 (twelve years ago) link
When I get the chance I'm going to dig out my old script that runs the tab-on-top build of safari with the latest webkit engine. Killer browser.
― stet, Thursday, 8 September 2011 22:51 (twelve years ago) link
http://f.cl.ly/items/3f442b3S081K2n121p1P/Screen%20shot%202011-09-09%20at%2016.32.15.jpg
ughhhhhhhh stop it
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Friday, 9 September 2011 15:33 (twelve years ago) link
haha why do you hate fun
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Friday, 9 September 2011 15:36 (twelve years ago) link
so i has iphone question:i've been living in the dark ages for the last few years and still have a super-cheap-o phone with no data or anything.a friend gave me his old G3 and i've been debating weather or not i should even bother getting a plan for it. everyone i know that is still using a g3 is complaining about how slow it's been getting. wondering if i should wait until g5 is out and get a discounted g4 or maybe splurge on a g5...
just wondering if it's worth the bother of getting a new plan for this thing or if i should just wait. how slow is the g3 for everyone here?
― Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 9 September 2011 15:41 (twelve years ago) link
wait you have an iphone 3g or 3gs?
I would wait until the new iphone 5 - the iphone 4 will likely be discounted to 'budget option' status and you could pick one up for maybe $50 or $100 with contract.
― dayo, Friday, 9 September 2011 15:43 (twelve years ago) link
http://i267.photobucket.com/albums/ii293/Thee_DG/GoogleThanks-3.jpg
― Once Were Moderators (DG), Friday, 9 September 2011 15:46 (twelve years ago) link
is anyone on a "family plan" w/ two iphones? my girlfriend and i are probably both gonna get iphones 5 in october, is there a deal on data or is it a thing where we share minutes/texts but have to be on individual data plans?
― max, Friday, 9 September 2011 15:47 (twelve years ago) link
the latter IIRC, let me check
― Tal Berkowitz - Vaccine advocate (DJP), Friday, 9 September 2011 15:48 (twelve years ago) link
I think the second, I'm on my cousins family plan but I still pay for my data plan ($15 for 200mb a month, there is a $25 option for 2 gigs a month)
if you get iphone 5s at a subsidized price though that means you are probably locked into a new 2 year contract on their terms
― dayo, Friday, 9 September 2011 15:49 (twelve years ago) link
kk: shared minutes and texts, separate data plans
― Tal Berkowitz - Vaccine advocate (DJP), Friday, 9 September 2011 15:50 (twelve years ago) link
dayo the correct nomenclature is iphones 5
― max, Friday, 9 September 2011 15:53 (twelve years ago) link
hahah
― dayo, Friday, 9 September 2011 16:01 (twelve years ago) link
Other Bookmarks
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Saturday, 10 September 2011 10:50 (twelve years ago) link
wtf, I have been putting off bumping my MBP to 8GB of ram due to laziness and not feeling like spending cash, but it's only $50 for that! ordered.
― mh, Monday, 12 September 2011 02:21 (twelve years ago) link
oh really? I'm not even sure if mine supports it - have they added universal support under Lion?
― dayo, Monday, 12 September 2011 10:28 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=664H5FQPCCk&feature=related
kind of mad I talked my wife out of the Air now
― Tal Berkowitz - Vaccine advocate (DJP), Monday, 12 September 2011 15:03 (twelve years ago) link
bought a replacement apple express last week. got a free wireless router from virgin in interim.
would apple give me a refund on the airport?
― is it hrostep? (cozen), Monday, 12 September 2011 21:27 (twelve years ago) link
yeah, if you've got the receipt and box
― stet, Monday, 12 September 2011 21:41 (twelve years ago) link
I'd definitely go for the refund based on this: http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/09/12/apple_readying_second_generation_of_airport_express_802_11n.html
― Stockhausen's Ekranoplan Quartet (Elvis Telecom), Tuesday, 13 September 2011 07:43 (twelve years ago) link
aces
― is it hrostep? (cozen), Tuesday, 13 September 2011 11:13 (twelve years ago) link
i hear there is an express update coming soon. i have a line on an early 2011 airport express for $60.
how important is this next update? should i ask for less? should i just go for it right now?
how well does airport extreme + express + stereo work these days? i haven't had an airport since 2009 (ex-wife got the airports) but i recall not being able to stream music to the airport and use the internet at the same time. is that worked out yet?
― mr peabody (moonship journey to baja), Wednesday, 14 September 2011 02:59 (twelve years ago) link
Definitely works fine for me. I have a Time Capsule (extreme) and can stream to both an old express and an app etc at the same time while web browsing
― mh, Wednesday, 14 September 2011 03:59 (twelve years ago) link
refund get
apple assistant entered "buyer's remorse" as the reason on her return doohickey
― is it hrostep? (cozen), Wednesday, 14 September 2011 12:15 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14926601
― Once Were Moderators (DG), Thursday, 15 September 2011 14:07 (twelve years ago) link
shame HTC don't believe in remorse eh
― stet, Thursday, 15 September 2011 17:08 (twelve years ago) link
so wait his app is a list of jewish people?
― mr peabody (moonship journey to baja), Thursday, 15 September 2011 17:13 (twelve years ago) link
Developer Johann Levy, who is Jewish, said the app was "recreational".
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, 15 September 2011 17:28 (twelve years ago) link
The maker of a mobile game highlighting the uglier side of electronics production has seen the game banned from Apple's App Store just hours after its release.The creators of "Phone Story" describe it as a game that "attempts to provoke a critical reflection on its own technological platform."According to the developer's website, the game involves a player in cartoon versions of real-world scenarios involving mineral mining in the Congo, the reported suicides of workers at an Apple manufacturer's plant in China, the "planned obsolescence" of tech gadgets and the resulting environmental impact.
The creators of "Phone Story" describe it as a game that "attempts to provoke a critical reflection on its own technological platform."
According to the developer's website, the game involves a player in cartoon versions of real-world scenarios involving mineral mining in the Congo, the reported suicides of workers at an Apple manufacturer's plant in China, the "planned obsolescence" of tech gadgets and the resulting environmental impact.
http://www.cnn.com/2011/09/14/tech/mobile/apple-bans-app/index.html
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, 15 September 2011 17:29 (twelve years ago) link
btw congratulate my wife on her new MBP
― now I have to imagine your penis (DJP), Monday, August 29, 2011 4:06 PM Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
UPDATE: the new MBP is still in its box
MONEY WELL SPENT
― Tal Berkowitz - Vaccine advocate (DJP), Thursday, 8 September 2011 04:10 (1 week ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
My wife's MBA arrived today. She only took it out of the box because I kept hassling her. Her only opinion so far is that she hates how much the W key looks like an upside-down M.
― Autumn Almanac, Monday, 19 September 2011 11:32 (twelve years ago) link
To be fair she was grumpy as hell because (a) she's shit tired and (b) it forced her to enter her name, her address, her email address, her telephone number, her password and her fucking user photo before it would let her anywhere near the desktop.
― Autumn Almanac, Monday, 19 September 2011 11:37 (twelve years ago) link
AA referred to his wife as his wife!
It's a banner day on ilx!
― mh, Monday, 19 September 2011 14:22 (twelve years ago) link
oh I meant to mention, my wife finally set up her MBP on the 9th, while her sister was visiting, after her sister, her sister's partner and I all spent a good 5 minutes teasing her for leaving it in the box for 10 days
obv she now loves it
― sick yr finger up his butt (DJP), Monday, 19 September 2011 14:30 (twelve years ago) link