Trade Ya…

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Why Wait Until Independence Day?

Every day is a good day to blow things up.


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Dreamers

During a magazine interview, it was revealed that White House Press Secretary Jay Carney decorates his home with vintage Soviet propaganda posters.

Well, Hank Aaron probably used to hang Babe Ruth’s picture, too.

Know When to Hold ‘Em

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Link of the Day: If Only We Had Some Sort of Clever Hook to Market IMAO With…

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10 innovative packaging ideas that makes it worth buying the product for

In a similar vein, I found this one recently:

25 Creative Packaging Designs That Practically Sell Themselves

I’m assuming #6 is Cliven Bundy’s favorite cookie.

UPDATE:

Also from Anonymiss:

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Wisdom of the Day: Fish Connection Cars Chain

Respect Our Mosquito-American Brethren

A deadly disease-spreading mosquito has been detected in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Just waiting for Berkeley to declare itself a Sanctuary City and start posting “swatting = hate crime” signs everywhere.

Obama Warned Us – Working

The Affordable Care Act is working — for millions of Americans. pic.twitter.com/LBNwxvUxkc

@BarackObama

“Although, ironically, millions of Americans — AREN’T working because of the Affordable Care Act. Legacy!”

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In a rebellion against Obamacare, one doctor…

Google Chromebook

HPChromebook11Well, I got a new toy. I bought a Google Chromebook. They’re cheap. I didn’t get the cheapest, though. I bought an HP Chromebook 11 with LTE capability (Verizon) from Best Buy. It was on special for $250. You can find some cheaper — some a lot cheaper — but this was the one I decided upon, and it’s the one I’m gonna talk about.

The Chromebook is a pretty good little device. If you have a Google account, like a Gmail account, and use the Chrome browser, you’ll feel right at home using one.

Essentially, it’s a laptop. It helps to have Internet service. In fact, it pretty much depends on your having Internet access. That’s why I got the LTE version, so that if I want to use it away from a WiFi network, I have full functionality. Of course, if you have a phone that can also work as a hotspot, you can save a few bucks and get a WiFi-only device. Of course, those cost less.

Everything runs in a browser. Sounds odd, I know, but they make it work. I can’t speak to your everyday computer usage, but mine is pretty much browser-based. But, I do use Microsoft Word and Excel on a regular basis. Chromebook works with Word Online (that’s a Microsoft-supported thing) and Excel Online (again, Microsoft). I’m writing this review using Word Online, and will copy it into WordPress when I’m done for posting on the blog.

One thing is something that I really don’t use a lot is a printer. It’s been over a year since I printed anything. However, I did set up and test using Google Cloud Print via the Chromebook. And, it works. One drawback is that a printer can only be tied to one Google account. I suppose that’s fine for most people, but that would also be an issue for a family Chromebook, where it has multiple users (and accounts) in the household. Or multiple Chromebooks.

Suppose Dad was logged in to the Chromebook and registered the family computer to use his Google account. Then, he logged off, and Mom logged on. She can’t use that same printer. Then if Junior logged on, he’d run into the same thing. Sissy, too. Google needs to come up with a solution to that.

I use iTunes. However, there is no iTunes for Chromebook. I can upload my music to Google Play Music, but not movies or TV shows. And, to be honest, I really don’t want to hassle with copying thousands of songs to Google Play; I’m not going to drop iTunes.

While I don’t use Skype much, I do use FaceTime. Neither are supported. Google Hangouts works, though, and actually works okay. I had never used it before testing it out on this Chromebook. So, it is an option. Kinda. But, really, who uses that?

There are also image editing tools available. The tools work as well for standard image editing. It’s not Photoshop, but neither is anything else. Well, except Photoshop.

So, many of the applications I use (and many people use) have equivalents, but not all of the equivalents are what I want to work with. Primarily, it’s Google Hangouts and Google Play Music that I’m not too fond of. The others are okay.

The 100 GB Google Drive account (online storage) that comes with it is pretty nice. And, you can save some content locally. How much depends on what size drive you get. I got 16 GB; most come that size. They’ve done a good job of making it not just possible, but easy to save photos, documents, and such.

What all that means is the Chromebook won’t work as a primary computer for all my needs. But, for many users — those that primarily do the Facebook and the email thing — it’s perfect.

I’ve been using it as a travel computer. I went out of town a couple of weekends ago, and took the Chromebook and my MacBook with me. None of the computer stuff I did for myself needed the MacBook. I did all my personal computer stuff on the Chromebook.

For the past week, I’ve been using the Chromebook as my regular computer. I’ve written all my blog posts, checking out the Facebook, reading and writing email, and everything else I would normally do with my MacBook, and it served well.

The battery works well. I’ve not run it down all the way yet, but I have been charging it each night. Or most nights.

As it stands now, it’s my new travel computer. And my quick, go-to computer for sitting on the couch. I like it.

Random Thoughts: Death Penalty, Passwords, and Old Man Solo

If you’re trying to get people to be against the death penalty, never ever frame as people should have sympathy for the poor murderers. Stick to arguing someone innocent could be executed and nothing else.

You ever wonder where those large checks we get each week just for being straight white males come from?

Note to websites: Since I can’t remember what each of your password rules were, I need at least 10 tries before you lock me out.

So how alarmed should we be for the future of society when an 80 year old is a blatant racist?

Just bring back the firing squad. How many times did we screw that up?

At least the guy who murdered 77 people knows his place and is asking for a PS3 and not the newer PS4.

Got an idea for movie version of The Good Samaritan, but as an action adventure. Do I need to get rights from Jesus or is public domain?

I know rights expire a while after the author dies, but He came back to life so I don’t know how that messes with things.

If there’s nothing to Benghazi, why the administration constantly lying about it? Because that’s just what they do about everything, I guess.

And What Happens Next Will Astound You! (Unless You Don’t Click the Link Because If It Were Worth Your Time It Would Be Less Vague)

I’m bored. Any chance of WWIII breaking out any time soon?

I always know someone has the better argument when they have to spend time asserting how smart they are.

When we say we want to end inequality, we mean among the lesser people. Intellectuals are supposed to be above everyone else.

The key to job growth is keeping idiots from mucking around with other people’s businesses.

I once earned minimum wage while I was a teen. Don’t think I could have lived on it. Didn’t try to. It was money for books for college.

“You kids get off my space lawn! I have no qualms about shooting first!” -old man Solo in Star Wars VII

Do you realize this next Star Wars movie will be the first ever correctly numbered one?

If history has shown us anything, it’s that whatever power you give the government will one day be wielded by idiots.

It Star Wars VII, Han Solo will be too slow from age to be able to shoot first.

If I knew the death penalty was going to be so poorly administered, I never would have committed a capital crime.

“In my day, we were happy with blue or green or red lightsabers, but I saw some Youngling with an orange one. No decency!” -old man Luke

“Rawwaaaa…”
*cough* *cough*
“…aaawwwerrrr!” -old man Chewbacca

So will the ghost of Obi Wan be in the new Star Wars movie or did he extra die now?

So how long until we have e-joints?

They should replace all the blasters in Star Wars VII with walkie talkies now to make things easier for future post-production.

So does Vox actually work for the White House?

Remember, He Wanted ALL of Them

While not getting all the ones he he wanted, a new report shows that President Obama has proposed 442 tax hikes since taking office.

And you thought his favorite hobby was golf…