ParadigmBlender

I went to the library and browsed the book on your recommendation. It is indeed great. It includes a few photos and maps as well. I will have to find the time to read it.

I had no idea about this facinating part of California history. To think I drove by near the spot dozzens of times between SF and LA wihout ever knowing. Thank you!

I have had the same exact experience. I even toughed it out with no pain killers after. It only was bothersome the first night. Needless to say I recommend this dental surgeon to anyone when the subject comes up. He was awesome.

My use of the ipad has definitely descreased since I have gotten the 6+. That extra effort of getting up, locating where the iPad is usually isn't worth it for me since the phone is within reach already.

I would have to disagree. I love the large form factor of the 6 Plus. Now that I have been using it for a year, I have learned to hardly notice the big footprint that it has. I am probably on the extreme side as to how often I use the device, so for me I can't immagine going back to a teeny screen.

I am also a tall guy with long fingers so usually I do not have to re-position the phone to reach everything. When I do, I can do it with one hand pretty smoothly now with a year of daily practice.

I do have to say, that any bigger and it would be too big. I can also see that someone who is less willing to compromise on drawbacks of a large screen would not like it.

...chose to jump out of windows of the Twin Towers, instead of being engulfed by rapidly encroaching flames...

This stopped me in my tracks. Still not sure what I would have done but I would think I would try to find a way down. Now if I knew there was no way out...

I always forget thet my phone (iPhone) offers ctrl-f page search functionality. It is one of the options after pressing the share button.

Although I would agree that motorcycling is harder than Segway(ing), I would not say motrocycling is _that_ physically intense[0]. I would argue a bicycle requires more fitness ability then a motorcycle.

Ofcourse, even driving a car in a competitive manner requires good fitness.

[0] Rode a sports bike for many years and attended multiple days of track school and visits to the track.

I did not have a positive experience with Nextdoor despite being pretty excited about the service at first. First strike was people posting spammy/pyramid scheme type sale stuff. My attempts to contact the local admins did not result in any change. More spam kept being posted.

Strike 2/3, I did not want to reveal my full name when first signing up. One day I got an email informing me that my account was deleted (not just suspended) because I did not use a real name. There was no chance for me to remedy the situation.

Too bad. Anyone know of an alternative?

I personally do not like having to call every year to re-negotiate my internet service price at a resonable rate for another year. If that service was something you could provide, I would be tempted to use it! Especially if you kept track of when my intro rate would expire etc.

Issue tracking systems are very important, even tracking a handfull is a pain over email or some other non-standardized process.

The way to keep the system effective is regularly close issues that have had no updates for, say 30 days. If someone cares about it, it will be re-opened. If no one notices, well it can be closed.

Good issue tracking system is just as helpful for the coders as it is for QA, PM and the rest of the team. If it isn't, you need to discuss improving it rather then abandoning it all together.

It is pretty clear that a large portion of device owners are having severe issues with the device. I am surprised it has not made the news nor been addressed for as long as it has been happening. With every update my experience seems to worsen though I still hope this will get addressed.

I am tempted to buy the new version to see if that would fix anything.

For the last month or two, chromecast has not been able to cast Netflix for me. It drops the stream evey few minutes. Looks like I am not alone as there is a long thread[0] on the Google's Chromecast Help Forum. Has onyone else been having issues with it?

[0] https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!msg/chromecast/Wwvt...

I have lived here for about same number of years. I just happened to finally sign up and try it. It was an interesting value proposition. Pay 5+ dollars but remove the stress of possibly being late. The $5 is high enough to make this not worth it as every day default but I am glad to have it as an option in a pinch. Seems to be working well.

Interestingly my experience has been opposite. My first programming adventure was automating some file validation using bash. I agree though that the silly and inconsistent syntax made me really appreciate python when I started learning it.

Thanks for linking to your blog. I enjoyed your writing and look forward to following it.

I also recommend http://www.worldtimebuddy.com/. Sounds like it would fit your use case well.