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Re: Ep. 2223 Smaller Is Better

thehotiron — Sun, 23 Oct 2022 12:17:27 -0000

Thanks Tom - this podcast and the one on the Idaho movement have been enlightening. Growing up in Massachusetts (on the other end of the state as you) there was always some chatter about secession, as there is with the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and Vermont from the Union. I'm interested in reading this book to see one area that didn't come up in the interview but I always heard about these other efforts - the economy of the new autonomous territory. Would western Mass be able to survive without the eastern Mass tax base? Could Vermont, with its aversion to industry, survive on tourism alone? This also comes up where I am in Wisconsin, as towns (unincorporated) will incorporate as a village or city but sometimes only parts of it, as the state (who else?!) determines that incorporating all of the town would be a drag on the economy.

More to think about with a different lens...

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Re: State of the Un(derConsiderat)ion

thehotiron — Tue, 26 May 2020 15:45:20 -0000

This is exactly the tone of a post that I wanted to finish writing but kept deleting it.

It does fucking suck. And put a donation link on the site please? Us Midwesterners need to stick together!

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Re: The Impossible Year | Film Failure at Begyle, 24 April 2020 Polaroid SLR...

thehotiron — Sun, 26 Apr 2020 16:21:37 -0000

Hey John... so how can I buy you a pack of 600 film? Send you the $ for it via PayPal, you setup a link to buy from Amazon?! :)

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Re: 5 Tips for Staying Productive During COVID-19

thehotiron — Wed, 08 Apr 2020 11:43:29 -0000

I was hoping under #3 you would have listed some free or discounted courses for Progress technology... #HINT

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Re: LA Rams Logo Leak

thehotiron — Sat, 14 Mar 2020 23:10:35 -0000

The Patriots "new" logo wasn't received well in the early 90's when it was released, yet it has settled in well.

Who knows what would have happened to the Pats logo if social media was around then... or the Web as we know it today!

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Re: The Best Password Managers

thehotiron — Tue, 22 Oct 2019 14:56:24 -0000

I have been using Keeper since it launched, and it's features are improving and always stable. Working across all platforms is a key, and it has an intuitive user interface. I don't use the browser plugins - my preference - but it is something I am in every day and it works great!

Re: Safeguard Your Business with Keeper Enterprise: An All-in-One Platform for Preventing Costly Password-Related Breaches and Mitigating Threats

thehotiron — Fri, 27 Sep 2019 16:03:44 -0000

I have been a user of Keeper since it launched, and use it on a daily basis across laptop and mobile. It is convenient, intuitive and performs great, and a bargain for all it does!

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Re: RSS Club - daverupert.com

thehotiron — Wed, 18 Sep 2019 13:29:39 -0000

So if I have both an RSS feed and email (which is fed by RSS) am I not eligible?

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Re: Keeper Password & Digital Vault 8

thehotiron — Thu, 19 Apr 2018 10:03:21 -0000

I have been using Keeper for years, and it is a solid, reliable password manager that works cross-platform, which is a bonus for me. The Web interface is convenient when I don't have the client installed on a computer.

Re: You Need a Password Manager. Here Are the Best Ones

thehotiron — Sun, 21 May 2017 09:35:55 -0000

Keeper has been my saving grace for years - watching this app evolve in its security and convenience has made it my go-to on a daily basis! You must evaluate Keeper if you are evaluating others.

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Re: Sloopin - A South Loop Blog: Ald. Dowell, Police and Businesses Work to Address Safety and Loitering Concerns at Roosevelt/Wabash

thehotiron — Thu, 20 Oct 2016 11:29:48 -0000

I stopped at BP on Monday night just after midnight as I was on E and needed to fill up. I was prepared for the usual loitering, and no sooner did I pull up did someone approach me. Then seconds behind him was an armed guard - and I mean guns, mace, cuffs, stick, the works! The loiterer scampered off the property.

I had a short chat with the guard, and he said they are there from 6pm to 6am. He also said they had to hire guards as they were losing business! Not surprising, as I know people who are hesitant to go there during the day, let alone at night.

It's a start.

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Re: New Logo for FDA

thehotiron — Wed, 05 Oct 2016 22:06:43 -0000

Looks like the FDA copied the direction of the ADA - American Dental Association...

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Re: Sloopin - A South Loop Blog: Progress at Northwest Corner of Wabash and Balbo

thehotiron — Tue, 10 May 2016 16:28:24 -0000

I too can't wait to try a corner restaurant... if one moves in.

I love living in the South Loop, but we don't have the diversity of restaurants that are in other neighborhoods. Where are the quick, cheap and delicious eats? As a lot of the South Loop is relatively new, there are no long-standing, locally owned restaurants that fill the street levels of buildings. Most of them are empty. And the ones that are there are not an inexpensive night out.

I'm curious of others thoughts on this.

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Re: You Need a Password Manager. Here Are the Best Ones

thehotiron — Mon, 25 Jan 2016 15:05:17 -0000

I am surprised not to see the Keeper app on this list. I started using the free version right after it came out, and it has been a great product that has advanced in features, such as multi-device, Web browser and app and now I can upload files and images to the app - great backup for certain important documents you need on the fly. For these later features of Keeper you pay an annual fee, but for an app that I literally use every day, the $30/year for Keeper is a bargain.

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Re: RIP Google Reader

thehotiron — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 09:18:01 -0000

Hi Ricky - Where I am sad to see this go, I am also not surprised. Fortunately for myself, I have been off of GR for months now and using Fever - http://feedafever.com/ - a self-hosted app. For $30, you get a decent experience for managing your feeds. It is my home page, especially after Google announced the killing of iGoogle, which interestingly they gave a much longer lead time for than they did for GR.
Viva RSS! It is not dead, and is still the best way to aggregate content and keep abreast on news and information of all sorts.
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Re: QWERTY phones "not being requested"? Poppycock!

thehotiron — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 09:42:46 -0000

When I got my iPhone 4S, the one thing I knew I would be missing was the physical keyboard of the E7 that it was replacing. (I went with the iPhone for the simple reason that my new employer's apps were iOS only). On a whim I did a search on iPhone keyboards and saw a number of aftermarket Bluetooth "slideout" keyboards you could snap on to an iPhone! Even with the decent on-screen keyboard of the iPhone, it takes up too much screen space.

I think with BB coming out with a QWERTY keyboard we hopefully won't see them go completely away.

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Re: N8 and E7 going cheap on Amazon

thehotiron — Sat, 15 Dec 2012 16:21:58 -0000

Coming from an E7 owner... it doesn't surprise me that these prices have dropped and I wouldn't be surprised if they drop even more. People who have even heard something remotely about Symbian are not interested in it - it is an aging ecosystem with no innovative new apps being developed for it. It's bad enough app developers are shunning WP8 and 7, but Symbian, forgetaboutit!

I love my E7, but I have had problems with the microUSB connector and now work for a company whose own internal apps work on iOS only. If I want company email on a mobile device the only real option that makes sense is the iPhone. Plus I can get Instagram, all of the taxi apps, etc. The writing is on the wall...

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Re: Google sync server changes announced: how will it impact you?

thehotiron — Sat, 15 Dec 2012 14:51:00 -0000

Hmmm... I wonder if i save the install .exe for Google Calendar Sync, for if I need it again, it's already gone!

I am a GCal user and I use Calendar Sync to sync with Outlook, which then I sync using Nokia Suite to my E7. For a while I have been looking for a true replacement for GCal for a private hosted calendar (similar to Fever for RSS feed, which allowed me to break free of GReader). But alas, no luck.

You get what you pay for...

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Re: Surface Pro pricing and release date revealed by Microsoft

thehotiron — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 11:08:14 -0000

Yes, i will be getting one! I like the features for the tablet, including having separate logins (namely, one for me, one for kiddos) plus parental blocks so my little one isn't playing Angry Birds all the time. And to have a lightweight notebook and tablet that I can run everything I can on my current Dell is a dream. And for $999, that price isn't unrealistic for a full-blown PC.

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Re: "Why I will never again buy a smartphone with a sealed battery"

thehotiron — Sat, 10 Nov 2012 16:47:13 -0000

Years ago I had a Palm Treo 680, and not only did it come with a non-sealed battery, but the charging cradle allowed you to charge a second battery when the device was itself charging. Brilliant!

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Re: Experience Iceland

thehotiron — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 10:55:41 -0000

Iceland is not that out of reach - I went there on the way to Germany as flying Icelandair was the best deal, plus if you connect thru Reykjavik you can stay for up to 5 nights there without an extra cost onto your flight!

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Re: We think you’re great. What do you think of us?

thehotiron — Sat, 15 Sep 2012 10:52:28 -0000

I voted for you as well - I am proud to be a Name.com customer going on 5 years and I have always been completely impressed by your people and how you stand behind everything you do. And I too am hoping to get to Denver, ideally on a Friday afternoon!

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Re: Nokia flies Virgin Atlantic on wireless charging

thehotiron — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 14:00:17 -0000

If i had read this a few months ago, I would have said, "big deal" but recently my phone was dead and I needed a charge when I got to a hotel and I was able to have the staff charge it overnight, which saved me.

Wireless charging will be the next big offering in airports, hotels and conferences - great to see Nokia taking the lead on this!

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Re: Speculative Work is Bad (For Everyone)

thehotiron — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 14:57:45 -0000

Hi Nicholas - This is a very thoughtful piece, and I have to say the idea of only paying for the end product is unfortunately something not unique to the creative design process, and is also unfortunately not a done conversation.

Many people think of the exchange of money for a service or product as an immediate thing, thus paying for the creative process - or business or technical strategy or any kind of untangible yet time-consuming activity - can be tough for some. Compound that if the person has never gone through this process before - such as creating a Web site for a new business - and you can have a mess.

The key point you make is in looking at this as a long-term investment, whether it's for a piece of artwork to hang in your living room or the logo that will adorn your business cards. You do only want to do it once, and you don't want to keep worrying about it, well, except for the reputation behind it. Those who don't look at it that way are hard to work with, yet someone out there will not care and do something mediocre for them, and both parties won't be satisfied.

Value for value - it's out there, hard to look for and find, but rewarding when you do!

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Re: Nokia Conversations: now with added Connects

thehotiron — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 11:22:21 -0000

Hi - Good luck with the integration, both from the technical standpoint (I'm a Web guy and I know how that can be) but also from a communications standpoint, and I think this is the most important, as I have felt a disconnect with Nokia over the last year with Nokia Connects.

I was a huge fan of WOMWorld/Nokia and the work that team did. When they became Nokia Connects, I thought it was a nice choice of name as that was what they were doing - connecting with raving Nokia fans like myself as well as a broader audience. However, when the NC site started integrating other content that was really not related to even mobile in some cases, I wondered why and to be honest, I unsubscribed and didn't feel I was missing anything. Though I did feel disconnected as it seemed I was dropped from trialing devices, which is something I enjoyed.

So I am happy to see this move, and I look forward to a greater connection with not only my favorite mobile devices but the community that is a key part of its ecosystem!

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