Y?

The ‘Y’ key stopped working on my beloved netbook. I scrubbed it down with a clorox disinfecting wipe last week when I last used it. I don’t recall if it worked then but I don’t use that letter much I guess. I think the sensor is probably just sticky and stuck, perhaps a little water rinse will fix it, but otherwise it’s another nail in the coffin. I’m close to ditching it and using only my Samsung Galaxy Player, which is slightly insane if you think about it. There are things I would lose, besides the obvious screen size, but it is 95% there and maybe sacrificing the rest isn’t so dire.

Leary Way

Xbox Update

I wanted to play a little more Skyrim and feed my addiction after getting home from being sociable. Instead my Xbox informed me of an update that upon declining would sign me out of Xbox Live. Boo hoo, I said no and launched my drug. Then after loading it prompted me again! Fine…

Android (Gingerbread) Proxy — Almost Useless

Here’s one thing that irks me to no end with my Samsung Galaxy Player: the proxy settings. In a word: useless. Why? Read on…

Samsung Galaxy Player (First Impressions)

This isn’t a full review for the Samsung Galaxy 4.0 Android MP3 Player, just some observations after tinkering with it for about an hour.

Wah!

Complaining is never useful or productive, but it’s devilishly desirable to do. When you’re patiently listening to another’s whining trying not to point out the obvious errors in their observations, it comes as a shock when your own attempts are mercilessly shot down. The ones that rattle me the most are “just don’t do that” when that’s about as helpful as telling someone who’s been shot not to bleed. Thanks!

Goodbye Google+

You can’t even write Google+ into most things because that non-alphanumeric character gets stripped or misinterpreted. It reminds me of initial search engine difficulty with C++ or then the additional complication with C# and how we solve them by saying CPP or CSharp. Does this mean I ought to use Google Plus in titles? Let’s stop it with the special characters in brands, okay? Wait, this isn’t even the topic of this post, just an observation when starting to write it.

Quit Hitting Yourself

Someone just punched me in the gut. There’s the sinking feeling of falling from a great height, the floor suddenly drops out and so goes my stomach as well. I stare uncomprehending for a moment, shocked … where are all my directories? Then the warnings I skimmed and blithely skipped begin resurfacing from memories written only minutes, no, seconds ago. You just deleted your entire Subversion repository in a couple of clicks. It’s that easy to lose everything, even on the internet, even on Google Code.

FanSiter – Browser Pie

My analytics data consistent provides surprising software usage statistics.

At Why Fie?

Vocabulary word of the day: fie = used to express disgust or outrage. “Fie on this crappy AT&T WiFi!” Sitting at my Starbucks recharging my disappointing iPod Touch, wondering what has happened to the previously reliable internet access, and pondering what to do next on FanSiter. These are the ing’s of my morning while outside a fine mist rains down among the fog and darkness where upon the sun hit the snooze and rolls over in his gray blankets.