iPhone SMS Mailbox Almost Full????

How can an iPhone, with gigabytes of free memory, complain that the SMS mailbox is almost full? Give me a break, it's SMS for goodness sake!

We're talking bytes, individual bytes - as in eight bits to a byte. What is this, 1983, when 16K was a virtue? Are the other 17,179,869,184 free bits in my iPhone too good to store plain old bytes that represent ASCII text? How snobbish.

I sure would love to archive the SMSes before I delete them off the phone.

Interesting Thought on Consumerism

Here's an interesting thought:

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iChat: Too Much Information

What happens if you select all your buddies in iChat and then do a cmd-I?



That's almost as scary as pressing ctrl-option-cmd-8 at the same time.

Luckily, option-clicking on any of iChat's red (close window) buttons quickly resolves the issue in an animated way.

Wireless Keyboard & Mouse Companion

I hate battery operated devices that don't have rechargeable batteries. I tried getting by with devices which took AA batteries by using rechargeable AA batteries, but it was a pain since they have about 1/4 the life span of non-rechargeable batteries plus you need to keep the recharger handy.

So, when I heard about the USB Cell on a Podcast, I had to get it. It's a simple rechargeable AA battery which can be recharged by plugging it into a USB port. Brilliant!




I keep one battery in my wireless mouse and the other battery is plugged into one of my computer's USB hubs. Low battery warning from the mouse? ...no problem, just swap the batteries.

After using this handy device for several months I'm sold on it. (I no affiliation with this company other than being a satisfied customer.)

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Apple Software Update On Windows

How come the Apple Software Update on Windows XP doesn't say:
Downloading (12.70000000000001 MB / 22.399999999999912 MB)?

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Lies, Damn Lies, & Statistics

Stats like this really need to cite their sources to have any real creditability:
http://www.thefleecingofamerica.com/credibility/index.htm

While I don't doubt the meat of these stats, I'd like to know how old it is. For example, does it include Duke Cunningham who's no longer a Congressman, etc? Also, accused is a very weak word - does that mean accused in a police report or court of law or is it like when my wife accuses me of being a pig? (bad example, since the ladies are saying, "All men are pigs.")

Also, to say "little more than 500 employees" is like saying a fighter squadron only has 30 or 50 people since that's how many fighter pilots there are in a squadron. Never mind the support staff to run the Congress or a squadron.

E*Trade Dies As Fed Cuts Interest Rates

CNN Reports:


Unfortunately, E*Trade can't handle the load. At first, I couldn't get past the login page; now I can't even get the home page:


I guess the timer for their guaranteed two-second execution doesn't start until you can login and place the order.

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Good Deal?

Which is the better deal: The Annual Professional Courtesy Rate or the Annual Professional Courtesy Rate?

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Chop Chop

Every time I sit at this table, in the local cafe, I see these chopsticks out of the corner of my eye and I keep wanting to move them to the side of the table.

Powerball Winner's Nightmare

This guy has had nothing but trouble since winning $315M five years ago. For example, "At a strip club, thieves broke into his Lincoln Navigator and stole a briefcase stuffed with $245,000 in $100 bills and three $100,000 cashiers checks."
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