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Hey gang, Is anyone else using their iPhone to keep up with both audio and video podcasts? If so, what software do you use? I've been playing with iTunes and...well, yuck.

Went with the Acer Aspire One. For both me and the wife (who has small hands) the keyboard is a bit cramped, but battery life is good enough. And it's pink, which my wife says is "hawt".

I get cost of living + the somewhat nationally standardized pay for my level of training (about $2000 more per year). My work does supply many perks and my cost of living is cheap, so overall I make more than most in my position.

Merc - what phone do you use?

Anybody try running the iPhone without a data plan? Most of the time I'll be covered by Wifi and I'm wondering if it would make sense not to have a data plan to save some money. At least during the months when I'm not traveling.

My Cruzer, purchased about 2 months ago, came with U3. While at first I formatted the thing and put on PortableApps, I later re-installed U3 as it will let me run an MP3 player on work computers.

I agree, that Pre looks nice, but what is the compelling feature to get a Pre over an iPhone or G1? I remain very interested in Android, but for now the only network that has an Android phone lacks 3G in my area.

This certainly isn't an impulse buy. I thought about it seriously when the iPhone first came out, and then again when the iPhone 3G came out. The only urgency is that my wife's old Razor is dying and with my busy schedule, I want a phone I can actually email and text message on so I can...

Oops, typo. Why isn't there an edit button?!

Wow, 7 years? Here's a bit of history: I was in grad school, studying a fair bit of statistics. I remember talking (on the phone!) with Davin some about setting up a reliability survey. From what I remember, his early methods were far from rigorous. I think I proposed a few ways to make it...

Hey Gang, I'm thinking of taking the plunge this weekend and getting an iPhone. I've been using a Motorolla Razor for 2+ years, and I'm not sorry to say goodbye. Other than easily fitting into a suit pocket, I haven't been a fan of the Razor. The keys are so-so, the menus don't make sense, I...

Leave it to MS to screw up MP3s.

Are there any other than the HTC (T-mobile) G1? I'd love to get one but I'm afraid to get an early model.

Shortly before Christmas I found out I was accepted into a special training program that will allow me to combine my Internal Medicine Residency with a Fellowship in Cardiovascular Diseases and 2 years of research time in my current lab, and all at my academic medical center of choice. I'm...

What do you guys recommend for a decent basic sound card these days? I'm currently using my on-board Realtek ALC883 hooked up to my Sennheiser HD280 headphones. I typically listen to NPR radio or MP3s; I occasionally care about sound quality, but usually don't. Would I get any benefit from...

Hey Gang, Hope everybody is doing well and staying warm this holiday season. It's currently about 0 F outside, and feels like -22 F with the windchill. My folks are looking for a gift for my wife (thank God our families get along so well), and suggested a price range of about $300. My wife...

From my previous University I got both Office 2007 and Windows Vista Ultimate for $10 a piece. I've found Office 2007 to be mixed, although for poster creating I've found the Excel-PowerPoint integration to be wonderful. I just installed Vista on a spare HD, and found it to be nothing special...

Doh. Sorry.

News out of my old home, Minneapolis: Data from Columbia disk drives survived the shuttle accident Jon Edwards often manages what appears impossible. He has recovered precious data from computers wrecked in floods and fires and dumped in lakes. Now Edwards may have set a new standard: He found...

Hey gang, A few weeks ago the wife and I were re-arranging the basement office and unplugged our networking gear, and when we plugged in the old wireless router it failed to turn out. I tried a known-good outlet and power adapter, but the thing just would not come on. So I replaced it with an...

It was 1999, and I had just built a dual celeron 400 system using an Abit BP6 and I think 128 or 256 MB of RAM. The thing made BeOS fly. It was around the time that I was experimenting with Linux, and BeOS was much simpler to install which was a big plus, and it played back MP3s, the major...

I loved BeOS!

Wouldn't the memory speed depend on what kind of memory dividers the motherboard provides? IIRC, my motherboard provides a number of dividers and I suppose I could set my FSB (or whatever it is in the more modern motherboards) to whatever and adjust my memory speed per the dividers as needed...

I actually thought about looking for a used LJ4, but the hassle with finding supplies/parts for it made me reconsider.

What are you guys recommending these days for entry-level, single-user laser printers? Samsung seems to have the cheapest but I know nothing of their printers. It would be connected to a single computer for a small business and really wouldn't get used that much. Speed would also be...

Hey Gang, My parents business is adding a computer in the office, and they want to be able to 1)see what websites the employee is going to, and 2)how much time he's spending. They were thinking about something like NetNanny, although I cringe at the implication of using child protection...

Since I'm now 80 miles away from most friends and family, and generally about as responsive to computer help requests as most of my sedated and intubated ICU patients, I'm sending friends and family to a local mom & pop shop. A little more expensive than Newegg and the like, but they can build...

When you guys are building basic office systems, do you specifically use dual-core chips? My parents need a basic business PC, and it looks like Athlons are going to be the cheaper route and I need to decide between something like an Athlon 64 3500 vs 4000 X2.

The nice thing about space heaters and gas furnaces is they typically have some feedback system. My computers don't. Regardless, it's -5 F today, so I clearly need more than a few computers.

In the past I've noticed that connecting through the router (vs directly do the modem) cuts 1-2 M off my top speed. I don't know why, but right now I'm just glad I'm getting 5 M and not 500 k.

How much light or motion does your CPU produce???

Well, OK, maybe Dick Morris isn't her friend, but I think he likely knows a hell of a lot about Hillary. And he isn't kind to her in this piece: http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/political_commentary/commentary_by_dick_morris/why_hillary_will_lose Anyone else finding the...

Well, apparently when Linksys says that to reset the router you need to hold down the reset button, what they really mean is that you need to unplug it and hold down the reset button. Turns out I wasn't actually resetting the router, just warm-rebooting it. I figured it out when I did ipconfig...

Another reason I'm looking forward to moving our office to the basement - it will heat it up.

Hey gang, My wife and I recently upgraded our cable internet from 5 Mbps to 10 Mbps. Never had trouble with the 5 Mbps. For the first few months of the 10 Mbps things were great. Frequently tested the internet connection from 6-8 Mbps. Recently, though, the internet has felt really slow, and...

I'm still using my MS Intellimouse Explorer 1.0A. I have no idea how old this thing is, but I suppose it could be from 1998. It will need replacing soon I imagine, so I've also been looking for my next mouse. My wife recently got a Logitech MX 400 and she's happy with it. It seems to light...

AVG Free. I was pleasantly surprised when I found out that my employer, a large health care organization, feels that this is sufficient AV protection to allow me to VPN into work and access intranet information, patient files, write notes, issue orders, etc.

Did Google somewhat recently add IMAP? I seem to have memories of Google not supporting IMAP back in the beta days.

I too have fallen in love with Foxit Reader. But I've got one problem: I have an electronic copy of a textbook that I have legitimate access to, and the chapters are in PDF and can't be printed, saying "the security permission in this document prohibits printing." Is there an easy way around this?

Most jobs will be <10 pages. Color is definitely not needed.

Sorry for the confusion. The business is growing, but for now it seems like ~100 pages per day printed and copied will be the usual demand.

The boss is thinking along the lines of $350, and something that can sit on a desk.

Hey Gang, My in-laws need a multifunction printer/scanner/fax machine for their business. The print volume will be high and some of this will be given to clients, so laser is necessary. Color would be great as well, though that would add cost and I'm not sure is worth it. And finally, my wife...

Through my old university I got Vista for $5 or so, and I'm also holding off on installing it.

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About 2 feet. Since this was the heaviest storm ever, at least in some places, I hope this never happens again. But I'll be looking for longer downspouts just to be safe.

Actually, we do have a hot tub out back.

Indeed, it was the rain. It seemed to have come in from at least 3 different spots in the basement, and a walk around the house during the rain did not reveal any significant problems.

And now, the crickets have water-front property: my basement flooded last night/early this AM. Nothing precious was damaged, but we'll have to replace at least a lot of the flooring downstairs.

For what it's worth, I thought the medical consultations given by the various doctors and health people in Supersize me was questionable at best. Definitely on the entertainment side of the edu-tainment spectrum. But I still liked the movie and that it had some good points, even if the vegan...