Teh Penalty Box
Dec 5, 2010, 6:05 am
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Morning Box from snowy northern OH. I'm glad we got our tree yesterday - now we can stay inside and decorate it today.
Some random stuff:
Enjoy your day everyone!
Some random stuff:
- CLE posted on FB that AA will re-introduce mainline (MD80) service between CLE and DFW in 2011.
- Does anyone know if new UA-branded stuff is available yet? I don't see any in either the CO or UA stores.
- I'm very much looking foward to the release of the FT iPhone App.
Announce on Twitter yesterday - not sure when though. ^
Dec 5, 2010, 6:06 am
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Dec 5, 2010, 6:37 am
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Dec 5, 2010, 6:42 am
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Teh last game of teh Pac 10 is a win for USC. Viva a Pac 12 for next year. :-:
Dec 5, 2010, 8:10 am
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: PHX/NYC/LA
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Done with RDU-DFW.
Only here for 23 mins before boarding for DFW-SFO.
On a slAAveship. For those of you that don't know, a slAAveship is a 752 that does not have the int'l seats and the interior is BY FAR the oldest looking of the entire fleet.
Reminds me of the movie airplane.
Only here for 23 mins before boarding for DFW-SFO.
On a slAAveship. For those of you that don't know, a slAAveship is a 752 that does not have the int'l seats and the interior is BY FAR the oldest looking of the entire fleet.
Reminds me of the movie airplane.
Dec 5, 2010, 8:11 am
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Dec 5, 2010, 8:12 am
Join Date: Nov 2008
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Dec 5, 2010, 8:23 am
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: MLB, SMF, and many points in between
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Dec 5, 2010, 8:26 am
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: NJ (central) - between EWR and PHL
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So I'm trying to convince my mother the value of hotel points. Mom and dad like to travel around the country by car and just normally stay "where ever" as long as it is inexpensive. She just won't hear the logic of focusing their stays at certain brands - they would have had a few weeks free nights by now.
Methinks I need to speak with Dad...
Methinks I need to speak with Dad...
There's a TownePlace Suites near the airport (so about a half hour from their house) that's $71 on the next two Saturdays from now. I think I may steer him that way - can't seem to find anything better.
Trivia: the Kazakh presidential palace, from which the dictator is captured in the opening scene, is actually Severance Hall, where the Cleveland Orchestra plays. You can see a couple of shots of the neighborhood skyline (including the famous "Church of the Holy Oilcan") in that scene. :-:
I remember driving with my mom past all of that one day and seeing the detours and traffic due to filming.
Same goes for Florida State and ESPECIALLY UConn (in all sports but particularly women's basketball).Oh wait, I'll be watching all those teams come BCS time (except for FSU, and it almost was).
Same here! And I hope that it works out nearly as well as it has for you!
Dec 5, 2010, 8:31 am
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Dec 5, 2010, 8:35 am
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Pos J 2A got a Droid X today. He asked me to help set up the contacts but I quickly figured out there is no way to easily sync Outlook with teh Droid . I ended up downloading CompanionLink and I was able to sync Outlook with teh Droid, but then I noticed most of the contacts were duplicated. I reset everything and tried again until I realized that Google, facebook and Outlook contacts are all listed in one place, with duplicates and all.
. I ended up downloading CompanionLink and I was able to sync Outlook with teh Droid, but then I noticed most of the contacts were duplicated. I reset everything and tried again until I realized that Google, facebook and Outlook contacts are all listed in one place, with duplicates and all. You can also sync OTA pretty easily if you export everything from Outlook to a CSV file, upload that to your Gmail account, then set up Outlook to automatically sync contacts with Gmail. Avoiding duplicates this way is probably best done if you export everything in Outlook, import it all to Gmail, then delete it all from Outlook and have Outlook resync to Gmail.
I much prefer Google and Android's over the air syncing to doing it over a USB cable. However, for the initial setup it can be a little bit of a pain, especially if you weren't using Gmail already.
Dec 5, 2010, 8:36 am
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Morning Howdy B\B\B
Dec 5, 2010, 8:37 am
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DROID = Fail... The biggest problem for me is that the calendar switches appointments to whatever time zone you are in (adding or subtracting automatically from your original time zone). Apparently google cannot fix this?
So, now, I put the exact time in the title of every calendar event.
So, now, I put the exact time in the title of every calendar event.
Dec 5, 2010, 8:47 am
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Good morning Bx, Bxers, Boxettes, and whatever else we have around these parts.
Bacon is in the pan, coffee is brewing, life is
x, Bxers, Boxettes, and whatever else we have around these parts.Bacon is in the pan, coffee is brewing, life is
Dec 5, 2010, 8:48 am
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I've never had an issue with this. I put my events into my calendar with the time zone set correctly, and the time set correctly. When I land in a new time zone, the phone is set to pull the time off the network, so it updates to the correct time and time zone automatically. No matter where I am, my appointments are correct with the local time of where I am.
Thank you so much for this. I studied the online version of google calendar and finally understood what you are suggesting.
So, for every appointment, I pick the particular time zone the appointment will be located in. Then, I dont need to worry about google changing the times of the appointments.
Thanks again!