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Rick's b.log - 2008/11/06 |
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If I had to give downsides, I would say that it is a shame that no software is supplied. There is no CD-ROM or anything. I have used my usual graphics program (PhotoImpact5) to cobble up an example, however I don't think it is capable of registering nib 'pressure'. I guess I'll have to look around for some manga-oriented software.Burning music
I have set up my phone to, when I'm out and about, be in the music player. This allows me to jump to any track my entering a number, use the headset button to skip to the next track, and pause. The music will keep playing out of the music player, but your control options basically require you to go back into the player, so I just stay there.
When in the music player, the status screen is always displayed. No biggie, right? Well, after a few weeks of heavy use, I am starting to see the effects of monitor burn. I can faintly read "Music Player" at the top of other displays.
What's going on here? I didn't know this was an issue that affected LCD panels!?
Hey Mr. Prez
It is quite telling. The redneck gun-soaked states voted Republican - Texas (obviously!), Alabama, the sorts of places that would not tolerate the idea of a non-white President. Meanwhile the money and industry states (the north east, north central, Florida, and the entire West Coast) had called time on Republican mismanagement. Because of the freaky (bizarre) electoral college system, Obama actually won by a fairly small margin - 52 to 48. That's about what brought Sarko in as the leader of France (over Ségo); however the electoral college gave him a storming 349 to 161. Utterly trounced. Not quite a landslide, but a pretty clear message.
This could be taken as a criticism of the electoral college system. My American friend, Andy, did explain it, but I'm afraid I still don't see the purpose. Get everybody who wants to vote to go and vote, count up all those votes, the highest score is the winner - how hard can that be? Or shall we recall that the last guy didn't win on popular vote (and, as it happens, he didn't appear to win on the proper vote either...).
Take a tablet before meals...
On a whim I got myself a graphics tablet. It is girly-purple and aimed firmly at children, however it is functional. Anybody who has ever tried to draw into a computer using a mouse, touchpad or (God help you) a trackerball (yes, guilty...) will know that it is an exercise in futility. I'm not disciplined/clever (delete as applicable) enough to draw with vector objects. And anyway, it isn't my style.
Additionally, the battery inside the pen is ultra-tiny. It is, actually, an AAAA size. Yes, four A's. I'd not heard of that. I wonder if replacements will be difficult?
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