I get about exclusively on two wheels. Most often it's a scooter, but I also have a motorcycle and a bicycle that I ride a decent amount. I have close encounters with motorists more often than I would like. Thankfully I'm alert enough to avoid getting hit (barring the two times I was not so lucky, one involving a trip to the ER).
The most common close-call I get is someone switching lanes into my lane without seeing me. Nearly 100% of the time when I see the driver, they are texting and have zero idea that they nearly killed me. It's likely that you've been guilty of this yourself but have no idea. Practically every rider I know has told the same story.
I second this suggestion. I picked up what is normally referred to as a "vertical messenger" after seeing just about every other guy in Rome carrying one. It felt my iPad fine, and currently holds my Nexus 7, phone, digital camera, and anything else I need really while still being pretty low profile. I originally got it just for international trips, but now I use it all the time.
This is pretty common in most countries I've traveled to, and is getting fewer weird looks in the US.
I came here to post pretty much the same thing. When I bought my Nexus One, it was pretty much the top Android phone you could buy, so keeping it for 2 years was not out of the question. Judging by how well the G1 has held its value over the past 2 years (or longer, im not certain) I imagine the sale of my Nexus when I'm ready to upgrade will take a bit of the cost of whatever phone I do upgrade to later down the line.
Combine that with what I save on my tmobile plan and it works out really well for me. Of course I also travel a lot, so an unlocked quad-band phone is a must. Oh, and it's also just a fantastic phone, so it worked out great for me all around.
I *just* ordered one of these from eBay yesterday. I needed a cheap unlocked phone, this option was cheaper than most name-brand used phones and at the price I paid, I won't be terribly upset if it's complete garbage.
Used it many years ago and recently installed 12.1 on my eeePc. Surprised to see nearly nothing had changed, but I think that's a good thing.
I like the fact that I essentially get a base system that I can just take over and manage myself. It doesn't install a bunch of stuff I don't want, and installing new software from source is pretty simple.
Maybe it's just me, but package managers always end up giving me issues with certain software (ruby comes to mind) and I end up having to build certain things from source anyhow.
I've had one of these for about 10 years now. One year we lost power due to a hurricane but somehow still had phone service. I got to experience the internet at 300bps for close to a week before power was restored. Thankfully my isp had a termcap entry for the thing.
I use an eeepc as my primary machine now, it certainly has a similar feel. Small, rugged, gets the job done, and begs to be tinkered with.
indeed, the last few times I've switched computers I just did it this way. I've done it both from the old machines drive in an enclosure and by directly connecting my new mac to my old one via firewire. Once it's done nearly everything from the old system is right where it should be on the new one.
Depends on my mood and what type of game I want to play. But my main list is:
Quake 1 - Throw in an Omicron bot or 2 and I can DM in qcon1 or dm4 for hours
Shenmue 1 - I try to replay this every so often, as old as it is, it's amazing how rich this game still is, plus it's the only single player rpg to even hold my attention
Worms - Be it worms1, the java version on my cell, or worms 3d, it's a great series of games for just wasting time
Tetris - Runs on any device I have, can hold my attention for hours
Mario 3 - Brilliant game that (imho) only shows it age until you play a couple levels, the fact I can bring it anywhere with my gba is a plus.
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I get about exclusively on two wheels. Most often it's a scooter, but I also have a motorcycle and a bicycle that I ride a decent amount. I have close encounters with motorists more often than I would like. Thankfully I'm alert enough to avoid getting hit (barring the two times I was not so lucky, one involving a trip to the ER).
The most common close-call I get is someone switching lanes into my lane without seeing me. Nearly 100% of the time when I see the driver, they are texting and have zero idea that they nearly killed me. It's likely that you've been guilty of this yourself but have no idea. Practically every rider I know has told the same story.
It's quite terrifying, please stop.
I second this suggestion. I picked up what is normally referred to as a "vertical messenger" after seeing just about every other guy in Rome carrying one. It felt my iPad fine, and currently holds my Nexus 7, phone, digital camera, and anything else I need really while still being pretty low profile. I originally got it just for international trips, but now I use it all the time.
This is pretty common in most countries I've traveled to, and is getting fewer weird looks in the US.
Pretty good article on this very topic from a few years back: http://josephshoer.com/blog/2009/12/thoughts-on-space-battles/
That said, it's all pretty much guesswork at this point.
I thought thunderbird3 was faster over all. Even if normal operations were a little more sluggish, the increased search speed would make me not mind.
I came here to post pretty much the same thing. When I bought my Nexus One, it was pretty much the top Android phone you could buy, so keeping it for 2 years was not out of the question. Judging by how well the G1 has held its value over the past 2 years (or longer, im not certain) I imagine the sale of my Nexus when I'm ready to upgrade will take a bit of the cost of whatever phone I do upgrade to later down the line. Combine that with what I save on my tmobile plan and it works out really well for me. Of course I also travel a lot, so an unlocked quad-band phone is a must. Oh, and it's also just a fantastic phone, so it worked out great for me all around.
I *just* ordered one of these from eBay yesterday. I needed a cheap unlocked phone, this option was cheaper than most name-brand used phones and at the price I paid, I won't be terribly upset if it's complete garbage.
Used it many years ago and recently installed 12.1 on my eeePc. Surprised to see nearly nothing had changed, but I think that's a good thing. I like the fact that I essentially get a base system that I can just take over and manage myself. It doesn't install a bunch of stuff I don't want, and installing new software from source is pretty simple. Maybe it's just me, but package managers always end up giving me issues with certain software (ruby comes to mind) and I end up having to build certain things from source anyhow.
I've had one of these for about 10 years now. One year we lost power due to a hurricane but somehow still had phone service. I got to experience the internet at 300bps for close to a week before power was restored. Thankfully my isp had a termcap entry for the thing. I use an eeepc as my primary machine now, it certainly has a similar feel. Small, rugged, gets the job done, and begs to be tinkered with.
And just what do they plan to do 4.6 billion years from now?!
indeed, the last few times I've switched computers I just did it this way. I've done it both from the old machines drive in an enclosure and by directly connecting my new mac to my old one via firewire. Once it's done nearly everything from the old system is right where it should be on the new one.
Depends on my mood and what type of game I want to play. But my main list is:
Quake 1 - Throw in an Omicron bot or 2 and I can DM in qcon1 or dm4 for hours
Shenmue 1 - I try to replay this every so often, as old as it is, it's amazing how rich this game still is, plus it's the only single player rpg to even hold my attention
Worms - Be it worms1, the java version on my cell, or worms 3d, it's a great series of games for just wasting time
Tetris - Runs on any device I have, can hold my attention for hours
Mario 3 - Brilliant game that (imho) only shows it age until you play a couple levels, the fact I can bring it anywhere with my gba is a plus.
I work in a casino, all slow machines run dos. I know there are still a lot of "embeded" uses still out there.
The fastest connection I've seen yet is 1mb for dsl... and you'll pay about $200USD for that.
I'm currently on a "broadband" connection offered by my apartment... oh how I long for a nice 56k modem right now.