forestmaster and I were both out of contract so we could have chosen any phone service provider we wanted. All three of the big providers now have the iPhone 4S and various Android phones, so which one to choose?

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In researching smart phones I actually made a list of what functions I needed or wanted in a phone ( Read more... )

forestmaster and I decided to give each other smart phones for Christmas. Neither of us have had smart phones before and we have only played with friends phones for a couple of minutes, so this is a new world for us. We ended up getting them a couple of weeks early so we have had a chance to play with them for the past couple of weeks. She ended up getting a ( Read more... )

I am late to this show, but my old college roommate introduced me to it this fall. I am not sure what it says about me (and my friend Mike) in that we can relate extremely well to Leonard and Sheldon. (For the record, HE is Sheldon.) ;) And yes, I do try to read the white boards and figure out the equations. And no, we still do not have a TV hooked ( Read more... )

Today is Halloween, right? October 31st? I just heard Christmas music on a local radio station a couple of minutes ago... the kids haven't even started trick-or-treating yet! Sheesh! And I like Christmas music... well, I like Christmas music that I select-- in DECEMBER!!! Christmas music is NOT appropriate for Halloween. Back to your Halloween ( Read more... )

The Michigan Attorney General has just issued the opinion that civilians may own firearm silencers in the state of Michigan per federal law! I did not expect to see this happen... THANK YOU Bill Schuette, MI AG ( Read more... )

Anybody know of any current USB flash drive speed test programs written for OS X? There are several for PC's, but X bench for Mac hasn't been updated since Tiger. (10.4) Yes, you can sort of use the Disk Activity tab under the Activity Monitor tool in applications, but it isn't as precise as a dedicated tool ( Read more... )

2 weeks ago my iMac suddenly started having performance issues, failing to open files or taking a very long time to do things. I tried to run Sophos to make sure it wasn't a new virus, but it failed to run. I booted up in safe mode and still had problems so I zapped the PRAM and reset the SMC. After that my computer really started having problems ( Read more... )

I am amazed at how useful my .22LR Ruger SP101 revolver has proven to be. I love the Ruger Mark II semi-auto’s and have taught hundreds of new shooters how to shoot well with them, but the double action revolver adds a new dimension to teaching. Maybe I will write about that in another post someday. But, this post is about fixing one of the few ( Read more... )

When staying overnight in the hospital after surgery, what is your preferred method of attracting the nurses attention for assistance ( Read more... )