June 2009
63 posts
EtherPad better than Chat Room
I recently had to collaborate with 2 individuals, and we were all on chat programs, but we couldn’t spike it to a chat-room (HUGE short-coming of today’s chat software). So thinking back to all the research I’ve been doing on server-push, I remembered the EtherPad app, from which they’re going to be extracting the AppJet 2 engine. It’s a truly quick and easy way to...
Garmin GPS ghoul voice gets trunk searched by cop
Sam and Joe were on a 2AM McDonalds run on a rainy night in Camden Maine and were pulled over by a cop for going 5MPH UNDER the speed limit. Now, they were fine except for the Garmin GPS that was set to the Halloween voice and said “ignore the noise in the trunk” which the cop heard and had them open the trunk. True story. Ha ha ha! We’re going to be laughing about that one for a...
There’s no AT&T signal at the vacation house, so not much Tumbling will occur.
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I met a super-cool guy in a purple talis (prayer shawl), brim hat and tie, named Sam Steinberg at a Bar Mitzvoh yesterday. I introduced myself and complimented his style. He explained his (reasoned-out) belief that Mochiach will come as soon as all Jews wear purple. I’m going to friend him on Facebook.
While #Verizon mobile data plans are still to expensive, at least I could switch from the $40/mo 250MB plan to the $60/mo 5GB/mo retroactively to avoid ridiculous overage charges. The sent me a text message with a temporary password to activate my MyVerizon login, but I don’t have a mobile phone with them—just a PC cell modem (built-in). So where did the text message go? Amazinly, to...