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Everyone know that when you retire an old iPhone you are supposed to remove it from all your google accounts [tech.kateva.org]?

Posted on September 26, 2015 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/1G9wfj6.

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Wanted: new name for “synthetic marijuana”. Is really Spray-On Chinese Neuropharm. Maybe SOCN – pronounced socken?

Posted on September 25, 2015 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/1FmzXeA.

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… The AppleCar could pioneer use of augmented driving tech for safety of walkers and cyclists.

Posted on September 23, 2015 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/1Mqmdig.

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I understand why we don’t see many 93yo men flying from their nursing home in Montreal to visit their sister in California.

Posted on September 22, 2015 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/1MHUzAd.

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If iOS ad blockers worked (they won’t) the newspaper ads would be worth more.

Posted on September 21, 2015 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/1WdSMoi.

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Sounds like Chinese devs violated Apple security rules because Great Firewall makes Xcode download impossibly slow.

Posted on September 21, 2015 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/1WdsZN3.

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I think Bicycling magazine was first “mainstream” periodical to point out that Amazon sells a _lot_ of counterfeit goods. I just googled and NYT has _nothing_. Google Trends projects increasing interest [www.google.com]. — http://bit.ly/1Mt75U6

Posted on September 17, 2015 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/1P3X2m5.

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Apple has restricted access to the 84 “page” post-8.4 extended Discussion on the disastrous 8.4 audiobook app (iBooks.app). Hope someone immortalized it.

Posted on September 17, 2015 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/1P3jlZ4.

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Simplenote.app for OS X does phrase search instead of ‘starts with word search’. That is so dumb.

Posted on September 16, 2015 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/1QGo3gu.

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iOS 9: So ANN is the monetized version of RSS. What’s the chance Apple will make this available elsewhere? Yeah, I figured that.

Posted on September 16, 2015 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/1FMJupH.

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Just got Google Notification of a flight delay. But I had flight down for Thursday. Appears related to an email from my brother on his flight today (same last name). Heart rate normalizing now. Expect more like this.

Posted on September 15, 2015 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/1OU1t2A.

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NPR segment on net fraud ends with small business security advice. Bad advice. Which shows banks must share liability.

Posted on September 15, 2015 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/1idDP6s.

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Yahoo has worked perfectly as my EmailRequiredToRegisterAndGetSPam account for at least 10 years. Thank you Yahoo!

Posted on September 14, 2015 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/1ibFGZz.

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Is Craigslist officially dead? I want autopsy report.

Posted on September 14, 2015 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/1Ki106m.

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Is there really no way in OmniOutliner 3 to move outline sections around by mouse select and drag? Such a strange application…

Posted on September 14, 2015 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/1Nrx39c.

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FeelingVirtuous: created my periodic local archive copy of Contacts, Google Stuff (CloudPull), Blogger blogs (top 3), Facebook, Simplenote (via nvAlt), Pinboard (JSON & XML).

Posted on September 13, 2015 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/1Y1ij5K.

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Replaced broken doorbell push button. Original prob 25 yo. Replacement is a perfect copy with far inferior materials. Unlikely to last 1-2 years. Just in case you believe in perfect markets.

Posted on September 13, 2015 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/1EWjrl8.

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Apple’s upgrade program requires trade-in of 1yo iPhone. What are they going to do with all the 1 yo devices?

Posted on September 12, 2015 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/1O7XQsM.

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The more I use iOS 8 audiobooks the more persuaded I am that this is Apple’s most comprehensively broken product since MacTCP 1.0.

Posted on September 11, 2015 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/1UGWqtk.

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When open .docx in TextEdit the edit/save, TextEdit saves .docx without complaint. Is there a (secret) terminal command to make TextEdit use .docx when creating new files? …

Posted on September 10, 2015 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/1Kb6Y8R.

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Standard web Pub (blog) and *Proprietary* Notification:Sub (Fb/Twit) are doing well …

Posted on September 6, 2015 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/1O6jgW6.

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When you replace the chain on a 20yo bike with original cassette, you really should replace the cassette as well.

Posted on September 4, 2015 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/1JFKlKo.

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Sanford antimicrobial therapy medical text has had 45 editions (one a year). Amazing record.

Posted on September 3, 2015 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/1XnmMzv.

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Ported *another* H2O number to AT&T. This time I screwed up port, needed AT&T porting specialist to fix. She spent 30 minutes on hold with H2O, called me back when done. Post-port no data! I forgot to delete H2O profile. Good now.

Posted on September 3, 2015 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/1Oeajb8.

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Forgot to set spotlight category sort order on new Mac. Default order kinda sucks. In magical world these prefs would be stored in iCloud…

Posted on September 2, 2015 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/1ii3bk8.

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Friend 4s dead, no backup since iTunes became iextra-incomprehensible. (iCloud backup overflow.)

Posted on September 2, 2015 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/1LTKW12.

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Found iPhone in woods, no ID at all. Siri “who’s phone is this” worked.

Posted on September 2, 2015 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/1JxSWyS.

Posted in w | Tagged Appdotnet, IFTTT

OmniOutliner 3 had undocumented support for importing MORE 3.1 files. OO 4 doesn’t. No surprise, except they actually tried to keep the feature. Was too hard.

Posted on September 1, 2015 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/1O6PFKa.

Posted in w | Tagged Appdotnet, IFTTT

Undo delete with Gmail and iOS8/Yosemite Mail isn’t working for me. Anyone else notice this?

Posted on September 1, 2015 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/1XbWQ9O.

Posted in w | Tagged Appdotnet, IFTTT

Would be nice if, when one invoked Air Drop, El Cap would say “This isn’t supported on your 6 year old Mac. Buy a new one.” Instead of, you know, just sitting there and wasting time like Yosemite.

Posted on September 1, 2015 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/1JKkAHX.

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If you bounce around long enough your run into things that should have changed the world, but didn’t. Like Professor Steve Yelon’s approach to education [www.amazon.com]. Random world! He put the core of it on a wallet card in 90s. #b — http://bit.ly/1hRuAti

Posted on September 1, 2015 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/1hRuC4e.

Posted in w | Tagged Appdotnet, IFTTT

I wonder if ICD-10-CM (US version of old WHO disease classification) will be the proverbial breaking point for American physicians.

Posted on August 31, 2015 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/1Uibduj.

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What year will printed directions start including coordinates? So annoying to trace directions on Google when I just want coordinates.

Posted on August 30, 2015 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/1JETzKD.

Posted in w | Tagged Appdotnet, IFTTT

Google Groups “About Groups” page shows RSS feeds. They don’t work on our closed membership group however, looking at URL I suspect they never did. Doubt Google is going to fix this now :-).

Posted on August 29, 2015 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/1fNr417.

Posted in w | Tagged Appdotnet, IFTTT

Any alternatives to NYT? I think they’ve broken their feeds.

Posted on August 28, 2015 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/1N1s3cB.

Posted in w | Tagged Appdotnet, IFTTT

Anyone using Reeder with NYT? Today in Reeder article display fails. Can open in Safari.

Posted on August 28, 2015 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/1PY3hZf.

Posted in w | Tagged Appdotnet, IFTTT

Typical that a few weeks after Emily and I commit to using Quicken/Mac for personal finance the product is euthanized.

Posted on August 27, 2015 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/1NCKbcR.

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Doc note: a monthly prescribing reference registration unleashes spam hellfire. Use a spam account.

Posted on August 26, 2015 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/1LwsTLp.

Posted in w | Tagged Appdotnet, IFTTT

So both Fidelity and Vanguard web sites getting very slow … chat overwhelmed… Can’t do account creation on Vanguard … Ahh, this feels familiar.

Posted on August 24, 2015 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/1WOh7Co.

Posted in w | Tagged Appdotnet, IFTTT

On the internet everyone knows you are a dog. Also breed, collar size, and that poop eating habit.

Posted on August 19, 2015 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/1E47Aky.

Posted in w | Tagged Appdotnet, IFTTT

File/folder hierarchy changes made when in context of Finder Search are very confusing. Try it sometime. You can drag and drop to folder, but search will still show files at root — because UI is a mix of flat search and hierarchy.

Posted on August 17, 2015 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/1Phs9Ky.

Posted in w | Tagged Appdotnet, IFTTT

I haven’t appreciated the genius of Google Doc, Sheets, Drive. Docs/Sheet behave like iOS apps, no files/folders, mass solution. Add Drive get files/folders/power solution. Accident? Planned? Emergent? Credit due. #b

Posted on August 17, 2015 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/1fkQN0B.

Posted in w | Tagged Appdotnet, IFTTT

Special needs employment relies on magical middle-managers who, largely unrelated to their job, have a saintly temperament and extreme coaching skills. Which is why it is unlikely and precarious.

Posted on August 17, 2015 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/1hHMEFT.

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The real trick in parenting (and coaching) is to turn utter failure into something useful. Special needs parents get a lot of practice.

Posted on August 17, 2015 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/1Jml4Kp.

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Shimano has fallen. Two pairs of new Shimano pedals failed in past 3 months.

Posted on August 17, 2015 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/1NnD0nW.

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Google’s bicycle directions mean I can never love Apple maps.

Posted on August 17, 2015 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/1fkvsEy.

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I wonder if a President Trump would resemble Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura.

Posted on August 15, 2015 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/1DUiY2j.

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The world needs a skijoring harness for keel chest (not flat chest) dogs.

Posted on August 15, 2015 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/1UKQLPv.

Posted in w | Tagged Appdotnet, IFTTT

Google Maps and Facebook (no video) are both using much more data on our mobi plan. Just us?

Posted on August 15, 2015 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/1ff7QBi.

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By moving apps into iOS and OS X Apple avoids 1-2 star ratings. #happyaccident

Posted on August 15, 2015 by jgordon

From app.net – http://bit.ly/1feJOGD.

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