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Re: Motorola Xoom price official: $799 unsubsidized on Verizon, $600 for WiFi-only

ydant — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 14:04:05 -0000

The Original Droid only does Ad-hoc. It doesn't have the hardware/driver support for infrastructure mode. That's why the Cyanogenmod build of 2.2 doesn't offer wireless tether - 2.2 only supports infrastructure mode as part of the official build.

Re: Fear of falling, part three... taking it outside

ydant — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 10:24:37 -0000

Thanks for these articles on falling. I've been lead climbing off and on for the past year, but the falling intimidates me still (even in the gym). Last night I lead in the gym closer to my level and, despite being hard on the nerves, it was a much better experience than trying to lead stuff I knew I wouldn't fall from. I think it's the best way to build up the confidence - it takes some of the control out of your hands and lets you realize that even if you fall accidentally (and a full clip up) you can still be perfectly fine.

Last night marked my furthest non-intentional fall yet and it was quite good for my nerves.

Re: :( callwave cancels beta service

ydant — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 11:34:34 -0000

I guess you don't understand what CallWave is doing. Fundamentally, CallWave and YouMail operate the same way. You set up your catchall forward number to be the replacement voicemail's service.

For example, CallWave activation for GSM phones:

*004*17756651234*11#

And YouMail activation for GSM phones:

*004*17142043114#

A quick google of "*004* GSM codes" gives you:

http://www.geckobeach.com/c...

Which identifies that command as "all conditionals forward". The *11 on the CallWave command only serves to redirect only voice calls instead of all calls. For most service this makes no difference at all, as most people don't have separate fax/data/line2/voice calls set up for their phone.

Ultimately the carrier's voicemail is the same setup as well, it's just the *004* forward defaults to their voicemail service if not set to something different. What changes is your phone company likely doesn't bill you for forwards to THEIR voicemail, but does to CallWave or YouMail's.

Re: :( callwave cancels beta service

ydant — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 16:32:18 -0000

I got bit by this, too (and bitched about it on my blog).

Anyway, I ended up trying http://www.youmail.com, which I've been happy with so far.