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Posted by on Jul 25, 2023 in Internet Geekdom, Real Life |

Well, okay Synovus

Well, okay Synovus

I work in the web development and hosting industry, and this error is probably just thrown because I attempted to look at the payment screen, i.e. the screen I would go to if I made a payment. Still – funny.

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Posted by on Nov 18, 2022 in Internet Geekdom, Real Life |

Knee-Deep in the Hoopla

Knee-Deep in the Hoopla

I keep thinking it would be nice if I got off social media altogether and got back to blogging.

It’s all narcissism; blogging was a different, more early-20th century flavor of it.

Facebook and Twitter you know (used to know?) that there were eyeballs on it; the question was – could you get a few shallow likes, comments, follows, etc. It’s like going to Wal-Mart and running into your friends from high school – not really all that satisfying but reminds you you’re alive.

Blogging is more WORK, for one thing, and even pretty good ones don’t get a lot of engagement relative to even an average Facebook/twitter poster. People have to go out of their way to look for you.

We shall see. I’ll try to check in here.

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Posted by on Oct 1, 2015 in Gadgetry, Internet Geekdom, Marketing, Technology |

iPhone 6S+, or, iPad Micro

iPhone 6S+, or, iPad Micro

Not sure what to call it – phone or phablet? But it’s going to have to go just about wherever I go for the next 2 years, at least…

Pictured here: my outgoing iPhone 5 (early 2013 vintage) and new iPhone 6S+, both entombed in Otterbox Defender cases. My iPad is shown for an additional reference point.

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Here’s my frame of reference for a phone this size. I’m a bari sax player. When you scale something up this much, in the picture, it seems like just a bigger version of the same thing, but it’s not, exactly. Watch this extremely random video of two talented young saxophonists and maybe you’ll see what I mean.

So how is this working out for you? I can (sorta) hear you asking:

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used with permission – mycleveragency.com

  • This phone (which does sport a reachability feature in deference to its extreme height, to which I hope they add an ability to contract left/right) is hard to use one-handed. That’s a tradeoff I decided to accept; as I get out and about and actually try to use it I’ll have to see what it’s like wearing it, using it, etc. As a frame of reference I’m 6 feet tall, built kinda large, wear gloves in the M/L size, and can comfortably play a bari sax. There are those for whom the 6S, not the 6S+, is definitely going to be the upper limit. There is actually a shoulder carry option for it (this company also makes them for other phones, and… this may be a little nuts, but to each their own). Here’s a significant dimension for you – the length of the 6S+ equals the width of the iPad…
  • It’s going to change how you use it. Again the bari sax analogy – it’s not just a big alto. It plays a different role and has different strengths and weaknesses. I decided to try it (the phone, not the bari sax) because in my current job I have fewer voice calls to make, I sit at a desk more, but when I’m away from the office I am more likely to absolutely need to get on an email. I’m going to need to use bluetooth more. It’s going to tempt me to get some kind of smart watch (pretty sneaky, Apple!). On the plus side, I will have more occasions when I can leave the iPad behind.
  • And about that iPad – the first time I ever saw a cellular-enabled iPad I thought – someone is going to use that thing for a phone. I think we’re reaching that convergence.
  • Another brilliant idea on convergence – the cell phone paradigm has been one device per phone number/SIM. With the increasing digitalization of the cell phone world, it would seem that the next step would be the ability to have a secondary phone. Maybe a simple feature phone that can share the number when all you need is – a phone.
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Posted by on Jul 1, 2015 in Internet Geekdom, Real Life, Technology |

Why be Social?

Yesterday I talked about getting over some negative feelings about posting. But that doesn’t supply a “why” answer to maintaining a personal website.

I’ve been inconsistent about writing, but I’ve written more than ever in the past few years because of Facebook, which allows you to feel like you’re posting to a smaller group of people who actually know you. 

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Posted by on Jan 17, 2014 in Internet Geekdom |

Well, this is odd

I discovered that this blog shows up on my work network (which uses Untangle) without the stylesheet showing up because the firewall strips it – it flags it as using an anonymizer service.

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