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Apple Migration Update
Another few days, another update.
Although I can read the update summary as well as anyone else, I’m still not sure what this update actually does.
I’m sure it’s important though.
Google’s Mail Goggles
I’m sure you’ve all heard of “beer goggles” but here comes something really cool and really necessary for a few folks. (I used to need this but since I don’t really even drink an occasional adult beverage anymore, it doesn’t apply to me.)
If you have Google Mail or GMail, this option can be turned on inside of your preference settings. It’s under “Labs.”
The idea is that before you are allowed to send an email, you must first answer a few math questions. Obviously, if you’ve had too much to drink you will not be able to answer them and can avoid sending an email that you possibly shouldn’t.
Here’s Tekzilla’s Patrick Norton explaining the feature.
Devil Bones: A Quick Summary
Prepare to be either pleasantly surprised or possibly disappointed.
I liked the book. If you watch Bones on Fox then the Temperance Brennan you see will be slightly different than the one in the book.
The Dr. Brennan in the book is more real and much more human than the one on television. She doesn’t have an FBI love interest although she has better relationships in the book. In fact, her relationships are most of what you’ll read about while she investigates her case.
The book version of Temperance also has a grown daughter.
The book version is not a walking lethal weapon either. She is a real woman with real issues. She’s not as cold as the character on television.
I loved the book. Now, I have to get more of these. I was pleasantly surprised and I’m sure you will be too.
I strongly suggest this book.
iTunes versus Amazon
Amazon sells more than books. They also sell music. They don’t have a handy little app like iTunes to help you navigate and browse around looking for music but if you can type it in the search field and it exists, chances are that Amazon has it.
They have no DRM attached to the file either. You buy it. It’s yours. You can play it on any MP3 device you like.
For the past few years, even knowing that Amazon was selling MP3s without DRM wasn’t enough to sway me to buying my songs from Amazon.
Until…
I decided to change my credit card in iTunes.
I have tried numerous times to change my credit card within iTunes and I usually get a ‘your card information doesn’t match what the bank says.’ Meanwhile, literally everyone else is accepting my new bank card and as well they should, it’s a valid card.
Because of all of these needless iTunes problems with simply changing credit cards, I have made the switch to Amazon. I had to change my credit card information with Amazon and had absolutely no trouble doing so.
iTunes never even presented me with a number to call to help me fix the problem. Just gave me an error message and nothing more.
Now I give them nothing more too. Right back at ya! 🙂
Great Election Resource
This website will tell you how a state voted in the past presidential elections going back until the late 60’s.
They also have an indicator of how they think a state will go in 2008 based on the polling data. Needless to say, they expect Obama to win just about every state.
Fear not. They said the exact same thing before the last election and the polls and pollsters couldn’t have been more wrong.
Happy Birthday Michele!
It’s my sister’s 40th birthday. It seems like only yesterday that we were both wearing matching “Winnie The Pooh” sweaters and getting our picture taken together.
Most folks thought we were twins. I was 5 years old. My sister was 4.
That was so long ago.
I had long brown hair and my uncle Dave called me “Hippie.”
My uncle Tom called my sister “Chele Belle” which she hated.
36 years later, my sister is a grandmother.
Wow.
