Computer Ease
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Computer Ease
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This page documents random thoughts, observations, hardware and software reviews,
criticisms, rants, anecdotes, tips, tricks, and discoveries by Blake Nancarrow. The notes here pertain
specifically to information technology. They are dated and arranged in reverse-order, the
newest items at the top. 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | the '90s
Index of Postings
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25 Apr 2012 - SSD price watch The Tiger Direct (Canada) e-flyer today showed a 120 GB OCZ solid state drive on sale for $90. One day only. The SanDisk drive with "noise reduction" is $145. It was in 2009 that first I first spotted SSD drives for sale... 80 GB for over $200. Good ole' Moore's Law. back to top
25 Apr 2012 - removed Paradise Cove As much as I enjoyed playing Tap Paradise Cove on the iPod Touch, I had to remove the software. The developer was completely unresponsive to technical problems and failures in the software. The game does not work on older iOS devices. On their forums page, users of the 1st generation iPad and early generation iPhones are complaining. Some have spent serious money with the game and are demanding refunds. For me, even at the early stages, the game crashed / aborted suddenly. Or the main screen would freeze, that is not dynamically update or allow dragging or zooming, but still responded to taps. The most recent bug showed the sailing ships in the middle of land, in the middle of the islands, in some cases, over people's houses. I had to remove the game because after the latest update, it would not even start. After the splash screen, it would immediately terminate. Couldn't play it anymore. I've developed software. I know what it's like from the programming side of things. And, me, personally, I'd take a different tactic. I'd try to make more people happier. So I'd resolve and close bug reports and problems before implementing new features. I understand similar problems occur with the other games from PG. I would suggest you complain to the developer directly and on their forum. If you've lost money, demand a refund. Advise the Apple App Store. Very bad customer service. The wrong approach in development. Poor design philosophy. It's a pity because it was a game I think I would have enjoy immensely... back to top
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19 Mar 2012 - iOS apps crash a lot I'm pretty new to the iOS arena. But I'm astonished at the crash rate of apps in the iPod Touch. Across the board. Almost every third party app. Is this the new normal? It sucks. back to top
1 Mar 2012 -
I tought I taw a puty tat Looking for an old tweet? Try SnapBird. Good for searching for an old or archived tweet on twitter. back to top
27 Feb 2012 - blogging for Beezix I'm writing tweets and blog entries for Beezix Software Services. The tweets are short software tips and tricks; the blog articles are for bigger issues in applications. Visit the Beezix sites for the current buzz. This is given me a forum to share tips, help get humans more comfortable in their software, faster. And it's letting me vent. Get things out of my system. Like that it bugs me to no end that no one at Microsoft, in the PowerPoint department, has effectively dealt with the total number of slides issue. back to top
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