I tried this with the Swype keyboard that came preinstalled on my device, and it doesn't seem to work. Long-pressing the menu key didn't close it either. I guess this is one of the non-supported keyboards. Too bad, because my back button is a pain to operate sometimes, and something like this that would let me use…

I've gotten my own business cards, for a few different purposes, from Vistaprint ([www.vistaprint.com] You can get 250 of them for free, in one of 45 designs, but do have to pay the shipping charges. If you want more flexibility and are willing to pay more, premium cards start at $20 for 250, but I've seen deals on…

Normally, I include a greeting of the person's name when I write some new message, but when I'm replying and quoting, I don't put a greeting. I let the text introducing the quote serve as the intro instead. I always use some signature — usually just name, e-mail, web site on personal accounts, but full contact info…

I really only had a PDA and cell phone, and moving to a smartphone not only combined them, but gave me a whole lot more (camera, MP3 player, e-mail, web, GPS, apps, etc.). While it may not be the ideal device for every individual feature, having everything in one device means I really don't need anything else.

I currently have three computers, all laptops, that work to varying degrees. However, I really only work with one, the newest one.

I tried to e-mail this to a friend using the "Email this post" from the little sharing block to the right of the title, but my friend didn't get a link to the article. Where it should have been, there was a blank space and no link or information. It did the same thing twice, so I just copied/pasted the link into a…

Or just try a Fisher Space Pen. I got one of these recently, and bought a blue refill to replace the black ink it came with. Both wrote immediately — no need to scribble to get the ink flow started.

I suppose this will work, but I'm not sure I see an advantage in swiping more of the same dots in your unlock patter. Unless you don't touch the screen after unlocking, won't your usual taps and swipes made during using the device tend to wipe away the unlock pattern smudges? And whether it does or not, you can…

When I started my job, I didn't use all of my leave time in order to save up as much as I could. I wanted to have a bank of time that I could draw from if/when necessary. But once I reached the maximum amount my company allows us to carry over from year to year, I started using all of the time I accumulated each…

I suppose this makes some sense, but my primary project at work is a collaborative effort — I help lead a working group. E-mail communication is vital, and how we perform most of our work. If I don't check my e-mail right away I could miss important things like newer revsions of documents/papers or comments/feedback…

I saw this a day or few ago, and was definitely upset to read that this could be the reason the US Galaxy S phones still don't have Froyo. I know I haven't been waiting for it as long as some people, but this is frustrating and rooting is looking like a more viable option. Anyone know of a good guide for rooting and…

Been there, done that. :) Too bad I wasn't fast enough to get any of the really big prizes, but it was generally fun and I did get 1GB of space for free out of it. If you haven't done it yet, you should. It's not particularly long, and I'm sure you can find plenty of hint (and even answers) around if you look or…

No, I haven't experienced any problems, but I also don't text a whole lot. I've heard that this was a rather limited problem, affecting a very small percentage of users, and difficult to reproduce. That's probably why it took a while to develop fixes. It will be good to have this fixed though, since misdirected…

As you might expect, I also try to find free apps first. However, if I can't find something that meets my needs well enough and there's a paid app that will, I'd probably be willing to buy it as long as I thought the price was fair. I purchased a few programs for my Palm devices in the past. I haven't for my new…

I use Vim (Gvim) on Windows regularly. It works perfectly fine there, and since it is multi-platform, I can use it when I work on Linux machines. Being able to use the same editor pretty much everywhere is a big advantage in my book.

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For others who may have been wondering how to reject friend requests now that Facebook has put this "Not Now" feature in place, the linked article says the following:

First, the poll appears to be closed.

My company gives me flexi-time, where annual leave (vacation) and sick leave aren't separated from each other. We start with 15 days of leave time, move to 18 days after 5 years with the company, and to 20 days after 10 years with the company. I'm in the middle category, so I get 18 days a year of leave time.