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  1. pastafarian

    Hey, remember me?

    It's been a hot minute. WTF happened to this place?
  2. pastafarian

    Thought this might amuse...beware a little adult language

    Why every new Macbook needs a different goddamn charger
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    Why did Radio Shack fail?

    Just went into the local radio shack, haven't been in there in years. Needed an audio cable. Checked the wed site first, $6. A bit high, but it's local. In store? $12 and this is generic find for a buck on ebay quality, not name brand!! Ethernet cables, I'm short a couple. Can buy online...
  4. pastafarian

    Just got mine

    Maybe the best $20 I ever spent. I've seen some reviews saying it's laggy compared to the full size Fire TV. I've never use one of those, but this thing is easily the equal of my Roku 3 in my casual use. The app takes a little getting used to though. I find it counterintuitive to press and...
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    Player vs Fire TV vs Roku 3

    I have a Roku 3 and am in the market for a second streaming box. The prices are similar SO what would/should get me to choose the Player over the other two. One glaring omission with the Nexus Player is no Amazon Prime access. Though understandable that Amazon might not want to support the...
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    Help Keyboard...go away

    Not a major issue, but the LG keyboard keeps resetting as default even though I prefer and set Swiftkey as default. This happens randomly from time to time, I go to use the keyboard and it's not Swiftkey anymore. The check box for the LG keyboard is grayed out, so there's no way to deactivate...
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    IR blaster anyone?

    So, I was just playing with quick remote for the first time. Not very impressed. I found my TV and got it working, but you need to point almost laser pointer precise at the devices IR receiver for it to work. So far, I have been u able to get a learned code to work at all. Not for a TiVo or a...
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    Root [Sprint] /data corrupted or unavailable

    Not a question, I fixed the problem but thought I should leave this around for others. I had a issue about a month ago that may be connected, it sure complicated things for me. My SD card became corrupted. I was able to fix it and recover some of the stuff there, but lost my stored nandroids...
  9. pastafarian

    Chromebook anyone?

    Samsung Series 3 Exynos 5 1.7GHz 11.6in Google Chromebook $189.99 I jumped on this. Wanted to try a Chromebook and $190 delivered was too good to pass up. MFG page. Samsung Chromebook & Chromebox: Google Chrome OS Computers | Samsung
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    Help Dialer BT switch

    Got my Note 2 (via ebay) on Friday and so far so good. One issue that cropped up was with the dialer. On my (wife's) LTEvo, when in a call there's a button on the dialer screen that allows an easy swap between bt and the phone. I'm guessing this is a Sense feature as I can't find it on the...
  11. pastafarian

    Is this something that causes brain tumors?

    Got home from work yesterday and received a panic call from a close family friend that they had a virus on their computer and could I help. Like many here, I fill the MIS needs of many of my less computer literate friends and family. These friends in particular were there for us when we need...
  12. pastafarian

    Why I dine local,don't use Yelp and can't find decent Ethiopian food or black coffee in paris!

    Well, at least one of the reasons... I've taken on the philosophy to avoid chain restaurants whenever possible (I do have young kids, so some visits are inevitable) and dine at local owned establishments. This underlines why I do it.- We recently traveled from Tampa airport. When we...
  13. pastafarian

    There be blizzard comming

    Many on the east coast (myself included) are facing a serious snow storm, some in the New England area are going to be pounded. I hope everyone here stays safe and warm. Many of us were hit hard by Sandy not long ago (yours truly), so this storm brings an extra load of anxiety. Stay of the...
  14. pastafarian

    More Android slight

    I was watching Top Chef last night. Today, I sent this to Bravo TV- ********************************************************** Hi, Want to know the definition of epic fail? I'm watching Top Chef last night and at the end of the show they say "watch last chance kitchen on your mobile...
  15. pastafarian

    It's New Years Eve Monday....Watcha dooin?

    I have young kids, so we're staying home once again. A bag of chips, some champagne and sparking apple juice for the kids. Not complaining mind you, I'm kind of glad to have the pressure of having the perfect NYE experience behind me. My wife still wants to go to Times Square. I still say...
  16. pastafarian

    Rogue radio station disables key fobs

    Hollywood: Cops say pirate radio jammed electronic car keys - South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com Kind of funny, not so much for those affected. A statement of our times that some had their cars towed because they could no longer figure out how to use a key.
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    Either my laptop is possessed or it really hates me.

    The culprit- Older cheap Toshiba Core2Duo laptop originally Vista upgraded to Win7. Recently, windows has been warning of imminent HD death, Spinrite confirmed. The victim- Me! I did not want to put any $$$ into this machine, but was convinced by the wife that a $90 hybrid drive was worth...
  18. pastafarian

    Most outrageous experience while voting

    I don't usually post in politics and I'm not going to go into my political preference BUT.. While voting yesterday, an old woman was struggling with the electronic voting process. A poll worker attempted to assist her. You could here the frustration in her voice when she blurts out "I just...
  19. pastafarian

    Frankenstorm

    So, for those of us on the east coast, the forecast is for some monster storm. The hyperbole from the media is over the top. Apparently, we're all going to die and there will be no traces left of our existence. The big question? What to wear and will there be snacks served? I do know one thing...
  20. pastafarian

    I think I'm now a former cycling fan

    I was an avid cyclist and a club racer rising to Cat 3 and masters before a bad back and age took me out. I know George Hincappie's dad and rode with George and some of the Team Motorola guys once many years ago (my slight now invalidated claim to fame). I followed Armstrong's (and Hincappie...
  21. pastafarian

    Hard reset with no touch screen

    Just sent back my N7 to Asus. Since the touch screen is non functional, I had to use the hardware method to accomplish a factory restore (wipe my data). Following Asus's official method doesn't work, the N7 will go to bootloader and that's it. I searched and found there's a flaw, you need to...
  22. pastafarian

    Help And my Nexus 7 time comes to a close???

    I was having a great time with my N7, then the end came(?). I came home last night, removed the N7 that was in a case from my padded messenger bag and found the screen cracked and the digitizer inoperable. BUMMER! No warranty for this damage. Double bummer. Then it got a whole lot worse...
  23. pastafarian

    Screen hyper sensitive

    Had a strange occurrence with my N7 last night, one that I haven't seen in any capacitive device I've owned (and that's quite a lot!). While browsing in chrome, the screen went "crazy" changing from link to link. I played around a bit and found that the lower left corner of the screen had...
  24. pastafarian

    Strange..scary..perplexing

    Last night, I received a purchase confirmation from Google Play for Slingplayer ($30!!!). I've never owned a slingplayer and have no use for the app. Checking my account, it appears that the purchase was made using my OGEvo, which I sold over a month ago. The devices page has the Evo still...
  25. pastafarian

    Help Getting Flash to work

    Last night I decided to try to get Flash enabled on my N7. I read a couple of tutorials and set to work. I extracted flash from my LTEvo , installed it on the N7, d/l and installed Firefox beta. This didn't work at all, all I get is unsupported mime type where the video should be. I tried...
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