MexicanDragon

Who needs Siri when you have Iris? **BRENT**

In the vane of Shelly, here's some advice. You want big, decent, blah blah blah... Check out some used Shure 840s. I'm not sure if you can get them where you're at within your budget new, but that will probably be a big step up from what you are after. If you're needing new, take a step down in quality and go with 440s. The PX100s she recommended are very good for the $$$, and well under your price ceiling, but they're lightweight portable cans that are open... not really what you're looking FWIW, this is usually more friendly of a bar if you bring a bottle of whisk(e)y older than you are... just some helpful advice. **BRENT** Oh yeah, just like on HF, I recommended cans I've never heard (840s and 440s). I own PX100s, though.

Thanks guys... I'll probably buy it tonight, maybe tomorrow morning, to try it out. Have a meet where I'm going to have a few rigs, and 2 (one home amp, one portable amp) running off a pico dac off an iPad. Wanna be able to play everything we throw at it. It's worth 10$ to me, as I have some stuff that only plays flac, as far as lossless/compressed goes. **BRENT**

Hey guys, is FLAC Player still the best way to, well, play FLAC on iOS? I know someone mentioned it here a while back, but not sure if there's anything better that's come out. Thanks. **BRENT**

@CB... I saw that posted on FB or G+ a couple days ago, I shoulda looked. Love it. Thx. **BRENT**

@Shelly + Al... maybe we should all pop Vicodin, get canes (already have mine), and go as House for Halloween. (There's a girl I work with who begged me to go as him... the popping Vicodin part works, the cane plays, not much different than usual here). You should get a sword cane, Shelly. Cold Steel makes one with an entertaining video as well. or @Al Hope the AIs help. Glad you got czeched out, though. And look on the bright side... gives you a good excuse to hire the movers to carry you in on a sofa while you direct them from your Throne Lounge. **BRENT**

I live in Chattanooga. These kids are jelly. **BRENT**

Sorry to hear, Shelly. I figure, have the surgery on 1/11/12, then bring in a comfy couch or something to chill on in your classroom. Make a grad student write the stuff on the board while you teach. Throw in a cane and some Vicodin and do a House impersonation. (Just my 2c). I went to a 2 month followup for my surgery today. The doctor is rather impressed at how much strength I've regained. Still have degraded responses to the hammer->knee thing, and also to the lower leg, but it happens. The surgeon seems to think that I'll still have some permanent numbness and tingling, but it seems like it's a good thing that I can still walk and/or not have to wear Depends. One thing I did find out today was the diagnosis. If they said it when I first went there, I didn't remember... the pain was at it's height. I had them write it down today, because I knew I'd forget. Cauda Equina. Doctors out there, anyone care to fill me in beyond WebMD and Wikipedia? Seems like it's pretty serious. On the bright side, harkening back to one of Shelly's concerns about futureproofing one's body, it seems that it's incredibly rare that CES resurfaces. http://www.webmd.com/back-pain/guide/cauda-equina-syndrome-overview Again, g'luck, Shelly. And Al, go get your hip looked at. You can always NOT get treatment, you know... **BRENT**

Remember that camera that where you could change focus? Well, you can order it today and it'll probably get to you before the next iPhone does. Anyone else want one? http://thisismynext.com/2011/10/19/lytro-plenoptic-light-field-camera-pre-orders-today-shipping-2012/ **BRENT**

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Enjoyed the pics, CB. Who's that smilin' foo' with the crappy headphones? **BRENT**

FWIW, I noticed that you can sign up without facebook if you sign up through the mobile app... but as far as I can tell, it's FB only on the website. Sounds like I should check out MOG for paid, and have Spotify around in the free edition guise. **BRENT**

@Jeff... what happened? **BRENT**

Love you too, Al! (You rat bastard.) Would've loved to have been there with you kids. Digging the pix, guys. Keep 'em comin'... and will someone, for the love of Satan, please get JP a Papa John's pizza with the works. I'll cover it if you get a pic or video of the delivery. **BRENT**

Here's lookin' at you, kid. Glad you had a good day, hope you have many more. *hugs* **BRENT**

Try logging out of your account in MOG and then try to create a new account. I don't see a way to do it without facebook connect, do you? I know I didn't do it with Spotify, but now it seems you have to go through facebook... wondering if MOG followed suit. I've been thinking about doing MOG, Spotify, or Rdio, as a premium member, so I have plenty to listen to on the work rig. I figure, for the cost of a CD per month, it's worth it, but I'm not sure which. I used Rdio's mobile app, but wasn't too impressed. Spotify doesn't have a free trial of that, and I'm not sure MOG does either, but I'm going to see. **BRENT**

Is there a way to sign up for MOG without facebook? I don't mind doing it, but I didn't see an option to do it another way. I saw some have issues with the facebook only login of Spotify, wanted to see if MOG still had that advantage. Also, anyone else try Rdio? I had a week trial with the Mobile App. It was OK, used it a bit. Sound quality wasn't that great,, though. **BRENT**

Did anyone see that Spotify updated their terms and conditions yesterday? After 6 months from date the account is made, there are unlimited hours played and unlimited track plays in the ad supported free version. However, after 6 months, you are limited to 10 hours of listening and 5 individual track plays per month. Anyone else using Spotify? **BRENT**

http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/15/siri-ported-to-an-iphone-4-old-phone-learns-a-new-trick/ Siri on iPhone 4. **BRENT**

I really like the wifi sync on the iPad. I ripped a few CDs last night, then just drug them over while the iPad was in my bag. It messed with me the first couple of times, though... I saw "Eject MexicanDragon's iPad" when iTunes popped up randomly. The device was in my bag 5 feet away from my laptop. It took me a couple times of closing iTunes before I realized that it WAS, in fact, connected. Magical, revolutionary. **BRENT**

Google+ ad in the NYT. I watched it live, and it was pretty great. **BRENT**

Paging Al to YouTube please... Al to YouTube. **BRENT**

Colin's sauce. This makes me want Siri... though, for me, I think it'd be like that cool app I have on the phone that I bring out once a month or so to show someone. **BRENT**

Having trouble? This is confirmed to work. List of .ipsw files from Apple. http://gdgt.com/discuss/anyone-experiencing-upgrade-issues-with-ios-5-go7/#post-id-133585 **BRENT**

Woot-off **BRENT**