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Should I buy the iPod Touch, if I already have a iPod nano 8gb 3rd generation?

jensized — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 11:47:12

Also it says in iTunes that how much "media" can I sync into it and it says 7,4gb but it should be 8,0gb.

That .6 GB is the amount of space that the operating system takes up. You're rarely going to get usage of the entirety of the storage space it says is available on the box. The freezing when you sync with your PC seems more likely an issue with your PC than with the iPod.

If you just got your Nano 6 months ago and are having problems I would suggest taking it in or sending it off for repair, because it's still under warranty. Whenever I've had issues with my iPods the Apple Store has just replaced them.

That said, I think buying an iPod touch would be frivolous, especially for someone who's 13, has no money and has a Nano that's under warranty.

Should I buy the iPod Touch, if I already have a iPod nano 8gb 3rd generation?

valt-su — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 19:57:38

I need help...

I don't know should I buy the iPod touch for this xmas. I have an iPod nano 8gb, that I got about six months ago.

Theres something wrong with the iPod i have because it allways "freezes" when I connect it to my PC. Also it says in iTunes that how much "media" can I sync into it and it says 7,4gb but it should be 8,0gb. Also the NEXT botton and PLAY/PAUSE botton on my ipod nano are not working. The place where i connect the USB cable on my iPod is VERY dirty.

So... should I buy the touch? I really want it and the wi-fi would be very usefull for me. I do not have much money (im 13) because i bought three months ago something big, but im sure i will have 250€ in a month time.

(one more question, is 8gb good for me because I have only 3,5gb of music I listen to?) (sry, bad english)

Any A Small Orange customers here?

shadeofgray — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 02:16:57

I am on ASO and I have had one experience with down time in the last 3 years I've been on there. I like it for the price. I know there are a lot of better hosting services out there but I am happy.

Anyone have experience with SimplePie?

seopher — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 04:27:28

SimplePie is the RSS module of choice for us when we're doing such things on large client websites; I have nothing against Magpie and use it for a couple of smaller things, but I have it on good authority that SP is more sustainable for large operations.

Could all be propaganda though...

Flexible and cheap VPS hosts?

seopher — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 04:18:11

Oli you're probably going to have to speak to smaller hosts on a one-to-one basis to see if they can cater to your fairly specific needs.

Large hosts don't lose much by turning your business away and as such thay can be quite rigid with their conditions. Smaller hosts may not have the massive infrastructure but they can be more negotiable with your requirements.

No examples I'm afraid >_<

Any A Small Orange customers here?

shadowsun7 — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 10:05:09

No problem, Griffith. Glad to be of service. ;-)

Flexible and cheap VPS hosts?

Oli — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 21:42:43

Dear Lazyweb,

I'm looking for a new host to replace my two shared hosts. I'd love to be able to justify spending a ton on a dedicate box but that's not an option at the moment.

Ideally there would be a ultra-flexible VPS host that would allow me to set my RAM, HD and bandwidth separately and be great value.

I've already looked at Slicehost but their plans are currently too fixed and all at the wrong ratios.

Any A Small Orange customers here?

Griffith — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 14:25:26

I've been on the Kelvin server for a couple of days and so far it's been great. Thanks a lot for the tip shadowsun, remind me to pay you a meal if you ever drop by Madeira Island :)

Any A Small Orange customers here?

Griffith — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 17:08:41

Thanks shadowsun, I'll ask them if it's possible to be moved to that server. Don't worry, nothing running on my space except wordpress and a couple of simple Joomla installations.

Any A Small Orange customers here?

shadowsun7 — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 16:56:31

Griffith: I'm on the Kelvin server, and I'm perfectly fine. I'm praying that the noobs won't turn up and crash it.

Any A Small Orange customers here?

Griffith — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 03:32:40

I would be very obliged if you did :)

Any A Small Orange customers here?

Tyme — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 23:45:18

I'm not a customer but I interact with people who are (for example 9rules members). I haven't talked to Tim in ages but from what I hear their service has suffered due to their growth spurt. This has been going on for quite a while. I sincerely hoped they would pull out of it.

If you'd like I can ask on the 9rules member forum if anyone is having a good experience and what server they are on.

Any A Small Orange customers here?

Griffith — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 20:17:48

Does anyone here happen to be an "A Small Orange" customer, and if so, are you on a relatively stable shared server?

It seems that one of the repercussions of ASO becoming popular was that "dumber" people came along and became their customers, and those people are running CPU intensive applications that are causing some shared-server customers to experience a lot of downtime.

I'm currently on the Nadia server, and with the exception of yesterday, it seems to be coming down daily. I've always been answered very quickly by tech support (usually withing 10/15 minutes) but the problem is always reoccurring, so they haven't managed to solve it yet.

I'm thinking about moving to another server, but I've heard from other customers on their forums that they also tried moving, and ended up on servers that were just as bad as their previous ones. So if anyone here happens to be with them, and happen to be on a good server, please let me know.

Anyone have experience with SimplePie?

imelgrat — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 07:14:41

Hi there! I use a SimplePie-based Wordpress plugin at my sites (MT-Soft, for instance) and it works wonderfully. I had to tweak it a bit to prevent errors from FeedBurner feeds but all in all, it's a great tool.

Uqibuity for Firefox - What's your take?

Ozone42 — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 17:05:30

It's fantastic, full of potential, and I'm really excited about it. The problem is I don't use firefox. Maybe I'll give it a go when my new iMac gets here, but I am so spoiled by the speed/snappyness of Safari that I feel like I'm moving back a generation any time I fire up the fox.

Though there's no reason ubiquity needs to live inside of a browser. Quicksilver is similar in concept and implementation, and it's a desktop app. The concept of very simple user interaction between a multitude of disparate services... that's gold. I want more of that.

Uqibuity for Firefox - What's your take?

Kamigoroshi — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 06:02:47

I've yet to tweak Ubiquity to its fullest, but I already use what it has now and it's become one of my favourite Firefox add-ons (next to another one of Mozilla Lab's plugins Weave).

The hardest thing about it is to break my old surfing habits of say, using the search bar to look for what you want. But after that, all I have to do is use Ctrl-Space and I can search on Google, Wiki and IMDB. I can do instant translations, define words, do quick calculations.

While there are other command line programs out there, the fact that Firefox is always the first thing open makes this easy for me.

I'm going to try and see if I can edit the command list to do other things as well. It's flexible enough, but I still don't have anything I can think of that I can use with this. It seems to do everything I need.

@Shadowsun: Command line interfaces have never really died out. It's just that the general public has been spoiled with icons and the excessive use of mouse clicking. I find it very easy to call on interface with hotkeys and just type out what you want. In fact, it's not just Firefox that I now run with CLI, but my Windows desktop as well, so no desktop icons whatsoever.

Uqibuity for Firefox - What's your take?

shadowsun7 — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 17:16:13

I've tried it out and I didn't really like the interface. Why can't they use contextual menus, instead of forcing people to type? I thought command line prompts were so 1997 (ehheh, and I wasn't even using computers then).

But ... nifty idea the way they integrate so many services onto one platform. Will be waiting to see what this morphs into.

Uqibuity for Firefox - What's your take?

hthth — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 22:47:43

I've been using Ubiquity since it launched the beta, and I'm finding it pretty handy. Apple's neat cmd+atl+d for instant dictionary lookups doesn't work in Firefox, so this replaces it with a simple select world then alt-spacebar. The translation part is neat, I'll probably use it a few times a month.

But I haven't read up on how Ubiquity can be extended. I could Google it ... but then we wouldn't have this discussion. Can you tell me about the extensions, and what's your take on the Ubiquity plugin?

Mobile web reaches critical mass

hthth — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:55:14

By the way: something wicked this way comes.

Mobile web reaches critical mass

Ozone42 — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 21:24:34

I'm anxious for the day I can purchase dinner, movie tickets, etc with my iphone and not have to carry a wallet anymore.

Mobile web reaches critical mass

RightOn — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 20:54:32

See THAT would kick ass.

Mobile web reaches critical mass

Ozone42 — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 18:12:03

One concept I've been wanting to implement for a while, but don't have the time to do for free, is location data.

You "leave" files, web pages, descriptions, etc at an actual location. A restaurant leaves a menu. You're walking by and browsing google maps or another app, and you've got a cue that there's info. Click, see the menu, when you're near the restaurant. This is a simple example, it can be a lot more robust and interesting. Just imagine some ARGs with that kind of feature.

Mobile web reaches critical mass

hthth — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 17:48:00

English please.

Base example of augmented reality app: Google Maps knows your GPS location and which way you're pointing your phone.

Point your phone's camera at something, for example the White House. Looking at the live view on your phone's screen you see a floating "White House" label-graphic overlayed by the Google Maps app.

iPhone: A Review of iPhone Mail

RightOn — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 07:48:02

if you use gmail, all of your sent messages pop into your inbox as new messages, so you have to delete everything you send. That is pissing me off.

Turn OFF "Always BCC Myself" in System > Mail, Contacts, Calendars.

I use my Mail daily and never get copied in my inbox on sent mail from my Gmail account.

iPhone: A Review of iPhone Mail

spilseth — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 00:57:16

You are absolutely right. A great criticism and I am amazed Apple bumbled the Mail Application so badly.

Cancer Center: Cell Phone Risk

Scrivs — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:10:16

This along with the 4 day week for schools makes me wonder about people.

Cancer Center: Cell Phone Risk

Tyme — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 23:47:11

This is the part that gets me:

Herberman is basing his alarm on early unpublished data. He says it takes too long to get answers from science and he believes people should take action now — especially when it comes to children.

So throw everyone into a panic but don't allow us to see what the data says. I understand the urgency with kids but perhaps the system needs an overhaul if it takes so long for findings to be published (legitimate ones) that millions of people would be effected.

Cancer Center: Cell Phone Risk

Ozone42 — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 23:21:51

There have been a lot of studies on this that have come up negative. What is it about this one that invalidates them?

Also... I really have to question these people. They suggest using a wireless headset. That still gives you a big dose of EM in your head. It's not the same, it could be more, it could be less, depends on the brand and design.

A wired headset would reduce the affect quite a lot.

Trap Jaw Ants Leap Out of Trouble

Scrivs — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 23:14:27

You would assume with these powers you also have an unbreakable body or spongy body or something. You would land on your neck and crack 35 verterbrae.

Cancer Center: Cell Phone Risk

Scrivs — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 21:47:35

In 2008 we are still having this cell phone causes cancer issue? There has to be a definitive answer to it and I don't want to sound like the people in the 1950s who said smoking doesn't cause cancer, but it seems silly to think that any type of phone will bring about cancer in your head.

Oh well, I text anyways.

Cancer Center: Cell Phone Risk

Tyme — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:17:39

Trap Jaw Ants Leap Out of Trouble

fuscom — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 02:27:52

How could you not want this as a superpower?

The years of endless rehab and medication I'd need for my neck and back as a result of those landings would pretty much wipe out any moments of super-hero glory from the leap.

I saw this video last night, right before catching the slam dunk contest on ESPN. Sadly, I was comparing those kids against the ants, and came out disappointed -- even when that one dude jumped over two buddies. My only thought was...yeh, that one ant jumped over like 5 other ants while flipping through the air.

Trap Jaw Ants Leap Out of Trouble

Scrivs — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 01:48:21

How could you not want this as a superpower? Oh man my boss coming my way? Leeeeeeaaaaaap!

Apple hints at lower prices as iPod, notebook refresh on tap

Scrivs — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 23:32:57

Yeah I doubt D3 at decent lvl will run well on those things, probably have to tune it down. And SC2 with unlimited units? Game over.

Apple hints at lower prices as iPod, notebook refresh on tap

Ozone42 — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 23:31:48

As long as whatever comes out can play spore, SCII, and Diablo III at a good res and frame rate, that's all I'll ever need ;-)