Been playing with a Viewsonic Gtab for about two months and it is definitely not ready for primetime. Rooting and roming is pretty easy and it works pretty snappily with the Vegan Ginger Edition rom installed, but wifi connectivity is a little wonky and the whole experience just takes some getting used to. If your…

I think you have to have selected the "allow google to cache/backup your data" option in set up before this works. Not sure if it'll work right if you go to a different rom (assuming you're rooted and can thus change roms). I think it works better to back up apps with Titanium or use AppBrain. Then just reinstall…

umm, but you said above the Launcher Pro stuck the knife in your Droid X? Count me quizzical. Not an expert and didn't stay at an HI Express, but I think GO is essentially an ADW clone. Both are pretty resource hungry. If LP gives you problems, they'll probably give you more. If you're looking for something light…

True, it is a challenging mission to make archives of live shows that do them justice. Of course a good photo of a painting or a print can be a fine thing to have, since we all can't have Guernica or the Mona Lisa or the 1970 Greatful Dead at the Filmore in our living rooms. Back in the pre-digital days, I'd agree…

I'm blessed with a very good friend who is a "taper." I get access to some really amazing live music performances, recorded on near studio quality gear (sometimes right off the mixer boards). It's all in FLAC formats. The live music recording "community" (in years past, mainly "Dead Heads") is extremely quality…

Y'all are underestimating the difference in living expenses between LA, SF, and NY and a whole lot of the rest of the country. Not that one can't live very cheaply in outlying areas of those metropolises or by taking certain risks or living with established family. You may also be over-estimating the cost of…

It is both unfortunate and counterproductive to limit applications by geography, when we're talking about digital media. Moreover, it is abundantly evident to the entire rest of the country that the big media centers of LA, SF, NY, and even Chi-town are grossly out of touch with the vast majority of the U.S. and the…

Haters gonna hate, but cake is still cake. And the lagniappe that flows from personal and neighborhood relationsips is the best.

Said on other anti-skeeter posts, but bears repeating here—don't try to eliminate all standing water. It's probably not practical to do so, given weather, plants, and provisions for welcome animals (pets, song birds, etc.). Instead, make standing water your best weapon against mosquitoes and some flies by putting…

Interesting—skeeters are attracted to co2, so the dry ice thing makes real sense—generating a nice layer of moody fog is kinda cool, too.

If it doesn't kill you, it'll make you stronger. Presumably cooking would make some difference. I excise a spot of mold, like that pictured, pretty regularly and toast the bread. No ill effects—yet.

We actively avoid the waitress at our local fav Chinese restaurant who always has to try to upsell appetizers, add ons (egg rolls, fried rice, etc.), and desserts, then look pained when we don't go for it. We are very long-time, regular customers—others on the wait-staff know our probable order before we say a word. …

You are all 100% correct—security should have layers. I just happen to find the Android lock screens totally annoying. I'm ok with securing everything, but the front end UI of a phone. I use strong passwords and KeePass for anything with sensitive data, though I guess my contacts, accessible from the dialer, are…

Good answer indeed. I'm an old guy, married 25 years as of last month, so this is something I can only remember through a thick, pleasant, if sometimes piquant haze. One thing I recall and I notice it still seems to help in dealings with the opposite sex—look people in the eye or at least at their face when talking…

Mo betta idea—secure your data and secure your actual, physical, hardware phone. The lock screen is nothing but a nuisance. How many times have you had to swipe the lock screen or stuttered a little on the pattern and had to do it again and again, just to answer a call or while you were trying to do something else.…

Or you could say "I am legion!" for a very different reference and effect. Nonetheless, what a refreshing macrocosmic post in this normally very microcosmic, micromanaged day.

I suspect the effect of the bubbles is similar to that of hanging water-filled plastic bags around to repel flies. A local restaurant with a large patio area uses that technique and it works amazingly well (I was a customer before and after, so I can attest that there are fewer flies). Apparently, the reflections…

Watch for sales on windows notebooks/laptops in the 14-15" screen range. Netbooks are too limited in storage, processing power, etc. to serve the range of functions you'll need as a student. Armed with some market information, go to your Uni's site and find their IT department's pages. Look at what may be offered to…

Whoa, sorry to hear of your troubles. Get in contact with the mortgage holder to determine the status of the sale. Get in contact with the buyer—if the mortgage holder won't provide that information, it should be public record from the sheriff's sale. See if they'll do you some kind of deal to let you stay a while…

Above advice rings true. Also, if you've been using xp or vista, I think you will be pleased with the improvement Win7 will provide. Even if you need Mac software for something, seems I've heard and/or read on LH that one can dual boot a MacOS on a PC. Cost/performance ratio way favors windows notebooks.