From: Chad Smith ------------------------------------------------------ http://cgi.ebay.com/Barnes-%26-Noble-NOOK-Tablet-16GB%2C-Wi-Fi%2C-7in/110826987112?? ..more..

From: Phil Sieg ------------------------------------------------------ I was feeling whimsical and let my 11.04 install update to 11.10 when I = got the pop-up today... BIG mistake. Bricked my Toughbook. Literally stuck in boot-loader with = no video and zero response. So I nuked the partition and am now re-loading 10.10. No data loss, just = a pain in the ass. So to my Linuxy friends.. BEWARE Phil Sieg President SeniorTech LLC / snapf=C5=8Dn=C2=AE www.snapfon.com Phone: 423.535.9968 Fax: 423.265.9820 Mobile: 423.331.0725 "The computer is the most remarkable tool that we've ever come up with. = It's the equivalent of a bicycle for our minds." Steve Jobs, 1955-2011 ..more..

From: Phil Sieg ------------------------------------------------------ Holy shit what a great deal! $23.00 with free shipping! = http://www.buy.com/prod/pogoplug-personal-cloud-media-sharing-solution-bla= ck/221688297.html=20 Phil Sieg President SeniorTech LLC / snapf=C5=8Dn=C2=AE www.snapfon.com Phone: 423.535.9968 Fax: 423.265.9820 Mobile: 423.331.0725 "The computer is the most remarkable tool that we've ever come up with. = It's the equivalent of a bicycle for our minds." Steve Jobs, 1955-2011 ..more..

From: Rod-Lists ------------------------------------------------------ Because many of you are as much a space geek as I am. An interactive widget to Commemorate this day. I wish I could find the embe= d code. http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/dor12/ President Obama on NASA's Day of Remembrance, Jan. 26, 2012 01.26.12 On this solemn day, we join the NASA family and all Americans in honoring = the brave men and women who gave their lives in the pursuit of space explor= ation. It is important to remember that pushing the boundaries of space requires = great courage and has come with a steep price three times in our Nation=E2= =80=99s history =E2=80=93 for the crews of Apollo 1 and the space shuttles = Challenger and Columbia. The loss of these pioneers is felt every day by th= eir family, friends, and colleagues, but we take comfort in the knowledge t= hat their spirit will continue to inspire us to new heights. Today, our Nation is pursuing an ambitious path that honors these heroes, = builds on their sacrifices, and promises to expand the limits of innovation= as we venture farther into space than we have ever gone before. The men an= d women who lost their lives in the name of space exploration helped get us= to this day, and it is our duty to honor them the way they would have want= ed to be honored =E2=80=93 by focusing our sights on the next horizon. ..more..

From: Phil Sieg ------------------------------------------------------ http://sellout.woot.com/sale/23918 I have the 7" Sony DASH version of this and it is GREAT! Phil Sieg President SeniorTech LLC / snapf=C5=8Dn=C2=AE www.snapfon.com Phone: 423.535.9968 Fax: 423.265.9820 Mobile: 423.331.0725 "The computer is the most remarkable tool that we've ever come up with. = It's the equivalent of a bicycle for our minds." Steve Jobs, 1955-2011 ..more..

From: Phil Sieg ------------------------------------------------------ "In a holy crap stat o' the week, AT&T sold a record setting 9.4 million = smartphones in the fourth quarter of 2011. 7.6 million of that 9.4 = million were iPhones. 7.6 MILLION. That's a ridiculous 81% of all AT&T = smartphones sold! That's only 1.8 million phones left to split between = Android, Windows Phone and BlackBerry (ha!). That is freaking nuts." Hat tip to Gizmodo for this. Big Red (Verizon) pushed out some 7.7 million smartphones, 4.3 million = of which were iPhones or 55% in Q4 2011. Sprints numbers wont be available until Feb. Overall that is a crapload = of smartphones, and it definitely looks like Apple is narrowing Androids = overall lead in number of handsets in USA. Unless the GoogleRolla merger = comes up with a literal iPhone killer I suspect that the tables will = turn by late 2011 for new phone sales, and with the short lifespan of = handsets Apple will certainly be in the majority of TOTAL handsets in = the field by sometime in 2014. Phil Sieg President SeniorTech LLC / snapf=C5=8Dn=C2=AE www.snapfon.com Phone: 423.535.9968 Fax: 423.265.9820 Mobile: 423.331.0725 "The computer is the most remarkable tool that we've ever come up with. = It's the equivalent of a bicycle for our minds." Steve Jobs, 1955-2011 ..more..

From: Phil Sieg ------------------------------------------------------ I just replaced my bedroom furniture in order to increase storage for = the cohabitation... Plus I need a new workbench for the pending = nuptials. The old set is: Queen bed with box springs only 8 drawer double wide dresser with mirror 1 3 drawer night stand. Perfect condition other than drink rings on night stand. Dark Mahogany finish bought new from rooms to go for $1500+ Will sell and help deliver for $500. Great looking stuff. Phil Sieg President SeniorTech LLC / snapf=C5=8Dn=C2=AE www.snapfon.com Phone: 423.535.9968 Fax: 423.265.9820 Mobile: 423.331.0725 "The computer is the most remarkable tool that we've ever come up with. = It's the equivalent of a bicycle for our minds." Steve Jobs, 1955-2011 ..more..

From: Mike Harrison ------------------------------------------------------ On Thu, 19 Jan 2012, John Aldrich wrote: > I'm going to make an executive decision. As the once-and-future President of > Chugalug, I hereby decree Chugalunch will be at Conga at 11:30 AM on Friday, > January 20th, 2012! Wow, that's an excellent proclamation. Wish I could have made it. Instead I'm doing 12-14+ hr days, eating what people in the Dominican Republic think is "american/european" food. Conga is better. Although, if I get a chance to eat "street food" it's pretty good. ---------------------------------------On Topic (kinda) story: Gotta share a kewl moment from yesterday, we've installed a Linux server at a utility here, running our system. and were test printing some invoices on preprinted paper. The big (HP) printer is currently in an isolated room, and is fairly busy, so we needed to be at the printer, load the forms between other print jobs and send to the printer. Their current printing jobs tie up a WinXP desktop system in another room. Pull up our sysem on my N900 phone (on their internal protected WiFi), navigate to the print queue page.... (on my phone, and show the new commercial manager how to do the same on his iPad), load the paper and click the print button. His eyes get big when the printer dumps out 10 invoices. He asked how that worked, because the server is 2 networks and several hundred miles away. I explain the Linux server talks directly to the printer over the network. he exclaims loadly with a big smile: "I love Linux!" What is amazing to me, is how much I forget how cumbersom most (big busiiness) Windows applications are, and how much IT work goes into making them work. That was your warm fuzzy Linux story for the day. :) ..more..

From: Chad Smith ------------------------------------------------------ http://www.telecompetitor.com/roku-introduces-ott-on-a-stick/ I'm not even going to pretend to know if it runs Linux or not. It's a Roku on a HDMI stick - not a USB stick, an HDMI stick. For TVs with powered HDMI - or MHL enabled ports. I have OnLive (Online Game System - onlive.com ), and they have a small, smart-phone-sized HDTV gaming console... about the same size as current Rokus / AppleTVs / etc... And Roku came out with a Game System this year. Imagine next gen game consoles with streaming media and websurfing that you don't even see because they are tiny stick on the back of your HDTV. It's like the Raspberry Pi thing, (which is auctioning off 2 of their Beta Boards, btw - raspberrypi.org/archives/489 ) - only probably more expensive than $25. *- Chad W. Smith* *"I like a man who's middle name is W."* President George W. Bush - February 10, 2003 bit.ly/gwb-dubya ..more..

From: Eric Wolf ------------------------------------------------------ I would avoid Lion for a while. I just got my wife a refurb Core 2 Duo MacBook and put Lion on it. It runs smoothly but CUPS has been broken. It wouldn't work at all with my SMB shared printer and I couldn't even get it to work over LPR/LPD. I had to buy a new printer. -Eric -=3D--=3D---=3D----=3D----=3D---=3D--=3D-=3D--=3D---=3D----=3D---=3D--=3D-= =3D- Eric B. Wolf 720-334-7734 On Sat, Dec 31, 2011 at 10:59 AM, Meds Mail wrote: > I have a Dell 10V on 10.6.8=E2=80=A6. not a bad trip.. but now LION=E2=80= =A6 hummmmm Not > sure there..\ > > > Med Dement > On Dec 31, 2011, at 12:54 PM, Phil Sieg wrote: > > Here is the updated guide I followed: > > > http://mymacbookmini.blogspot.com/2010/02/before-personal-stuff-get-in-wa= y-id.htmlou > can > > I don't know if you can update to LION however here is an update path to > 10.6.8: > > http://mymacbookmini.blogspot.com/2011/07/official-pack-for-1068.html > > Hope this helps. > > Phil Sieg > President > SeniorTech LLC / snapf=C5=8Dn=C2=AE > www.snapfon.com > > Phone: 423.535.9968 > Fax: 423.265.9820 > Mobile: 423.331.0725 > > *"The computer is the most remarkable tool that we've ever come up > with. It's the equivalent of a bicycle for our minds." > > * > *Steve Jobs, 1955-2011* > > > > On Dec 31, 2011, at 12:37 PM, Elise Walker wrote: > > Hey - when we first picked up this Hackintosh from you - Rod said > something about we couldn't run software update on it. Well it needs > updates baaaaaad. It's gotten to the point I can print my coupons out - a= nd > I"m a big couponer - and my programs keep throwing errors and say I need = to > update. > > I need to know - what do I have to do to update this thing? I don't know > what method you used to build it - so I need a little direction here. > ..more..

From: Chad Smith ------------------------------------------------------ The first hack - offensive, abusive language, complaining about patents and freedom, particularly about how the hacker could do it better and cheaper - and how "the man" is messing with his wireless.... 100+ years, and the tradition still going strong. *- Chad W. Smith* *"I like a man who's middle name is W."* President George W. Bush - February 10, 2003 bit.ly/gwb-dubya On Thu, Dec 29, 2011 at 8:34 AM, Rod-Lists wrote: > "In June 1903, Gugliemo Marconi and his partner Ambrose Flemming were > about to give the first demonstration of long-range wireless communication > at the Royal Institution in London, which, Marconi said, could be sent in > complete confidentiality with no fear of the messages being hijacked. > Suddenly, the silence was broken by a huge mysterious wireless pulse strong > enough to take over the carbon-arc projector and make it sputter messages > in Morse Code. First, it repeated the word 'Rats' over and over again > (abusive at that time). Then it tapped out, 'There was a young fellow of > Italy, who diddled the public quite prettily.' Further rude epithets > followed. It was Nevil Maskelyne, a stage musician and inventor who was > annoyed because Marconi's patents prevented him from using wireless. It was > the first hacking, to demonstrate an insecure system." > > > http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21228440.700-dotdashdiss-the-gentleman-hackers-1903-lulz.html > ..more..

From: Chad Smith ------------------------------------------------------ I've never seen anyone try to make a router anything more than a router. http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=MZK-WDPR&cat=MP3 Touchscreen, mp3 player, digital picture frame, clock, FM radio....? On a router. *- Chad W. Smith* *"I like a man who's middle name is W."* President George W. Bush - February 10, 2003 bit.ly/gwb-dubya ..more..

From: Chad Smith ------------------------------------------------------ I haven't gotten any Chugalug emails since I sent the one about the WikiReader - just wanted to make sure I didn't get booted for posting a link to ebay. *- Chad W. Smith* *"I like a man who's middle name is W."* President George W. Bush - February 10, 2003 bit.ly/gwb-dubya ..more..

From: Chad Smith ------------------------------------------------------ http://www.ebay.com/itm/Pandigital-WikiReader-Handheld-Electronic-Encyclopedia-Full-Wikipedia-/220910497098?clk ..more..

From: Chad Smith ------------------------------------------------------ Would there be any practical purpose in having 2 WiFi cards in the same device? Could you spread your packets over 2 networks? Could you be connected to the Internet with one and making an Ad-Hoc network with the other? Any other purposes? I'm just curious. *- Chad W. Smith* *"I like a man who's middle name is W."* President George W. Bush - February 10, 2003 bit.ly/gwb-dubya ..more..

From: Chad Smith ------------------------------------------------------ Does anyone know what the status of this site is? I mean, I can read what it says on the front page, but I was wondering if anyone had heard anything else about it, since it is open source and everything, and used by a number of OS projects. *- Chad W. Smith* *"I like a man who's middle name is W."* President George W. Bush - February 10, 2003 bit.ly/gwb-dubya ..more..

From: Nancy Harrison ------------------------------------------------------ My interface is buttery smooth and I don't even have a kindle.... ---------------------- Nancy Harrison 423-280-7582 LinkedIn > Message: 3 > Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2011 15:25:41 -0500 > From: Chris Mowery > Subject: Re: [Chugalug] Fire Envy > To: CHUGALUG > Message-ID: > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > I really like my TouchPad running CM7, it is buttery smooth interface wise. > > On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 3:11 PM, David Della Vecchia > wrote: > > I used a friends kindlefire, the interface was very sluggish. That's a > deal > > breaker for me. > > > > > > > > On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 2:51 PM, Chad Smith wrote: > >> > >> A coworker got a KindleFire today. > >> > >> I'm already jealous.... Touchpad doesn't feel as awesome as it did > >> yesterday. > >> > >> - Chad W. Smith > >> "I like a man who's middle name is W." > >> President George W. Bush - February 10, 2003 bit.ly/gwb-dubya > >> > >> ..more..

From: Chad Smith ------------------------------------------------------ A coworker got a KindleFire today. I'm already jealous.... Touchpad doesn't feel as awesome as it did yesterday. *- Chad W. Smith* *"I like a man who's middle name is W."* President George W. Bush - February 10, 2003 bit.ly/gwb-dubya ..more..

From: Rod-Lists ------------------------------------------------------ The US Senate has decided the Federal Communications Commission's Net Neutrality rules are OK after all. Senators voted down S.J. Res 6 ("Disapproval of Federal Communications Commission Rule Regulating the Internet and Broadband Industry Practices") which criticized the FCC's rules, 52-46 on Thursday morning. President Obama had threatened to veto the resolution had it landed on his desk. The Senate's vote was cheered by advocates of Net Neutrality rules. "We are pleased that the Senate stopped this dangerous resolution in its tracks," said Free Press Action Fund President and CEO Craig Aaron in a statement. "The Senate sent a strong signal today to would-be gatekeepers that the free and open Internet needs to stay that way. The American public doesn't want phone and cable companies undercutting competition, deciding which websites will work, or censoring what people can do online." There are still other threats to the FCC's regulatory regime, most notable lawsuits filed by telecoms opposing Net Neutrality rules. ..more..

From: Phil Sieg ------------------------------------------------------ One hell of a deal! = http://www.buy.com/prod/nook-color-by-barnes-noble-wifi-ereader/221376447.= html?listingid=3D140072914=20 Phil Sieg President SeniorTech LLC / snapf=C5=8Dn=C2=AE www.snapfon.com Phone: 423.535.9968 Fax: 423.265.9820 Mobile: 423.331.0725 "The computer is the most remarkable tool that we've ever come up with. = It's the equivalent of a bicycle for our minds." Steve Jobs, 1955-2011 ..more..