On 1/12/2014 12:13 PM, wrote:
On Sun, 12 Jan 2014 11:38:11 -0500, "F.O.A.D." wrote:


Oh, I forgot to mention...have you checked out Pixelmator? It's a very
nice "substitute" for Photoshop, which I have *never* liked because of
all its levels of complexity. Photoshop does a lot more than Pixelmator,
but Photoshop does about a zillion things I don't need to do.

I have been using Paint Shop 3, 4 and 7 for years. Each version has
features I like for different things.


Yeah, we upgraded to 9 I think it was but went back because it sucked
after they got too deep in with Corel I think it was...

On 1/12/2014 10:53 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 1/12/2014 9:57 AM, F.O.A.D. wrote:
In my absence, the gurus at Evasi0n and saurik of Cydia himself came up
with a working untethered jailbreak and ancillary programs for the
iPhone 5S and the latest OS, so, finally, I'm able to customize my
iPhone. The customizations are mainly "tweaks" that expand upon the
features of the phones, such as adding more controls to the Control
Center and deleting the ones Apple puts in there that you might never
use.

Exciting, eh?

Also, sent my 2003 vintage iPod off to a service center for a battery
replacement. 10 years off a single battery on an often-used device ain't
bad.

Update on the slighty used, holy boat shoe sale: bids are now up to
$2.73, leaving me only $3000 and change short of my goal of the purchase
price of a new Apple Mac Pro! I don't need such a powerful desktop, so
I'd only buy one with auction proceeds. Or maybe a raffle. I'm beginning
to think a raffle might work...hmmm. 1000 tickets at $5 per...hey now!


BTW ... here's what I've been up to with the iMac:

http://s802.photobucket.com/user/Eisboch/slideshow/Loft%20Studio

Is that the secret room?

F.O.A.D. wrote:
In my absence, the gurus at Evasi0n and saurik of Cydia himself came
up with a working untethered jailbreak and ancillary programs for the
iPhone 5S and the latest OS, so, finally, I'm able to customize my
iPhone. The customizations are mainly "tweaks" that expand upon the
features of the phones, such as adding more controls to the Control
Center and deleting the ones Apple puts in there that you might never
use.

Exciting, eh?

Also, sent my 2003 vintage iPod off to a service center for a battery
replacement. 10 years off a single battery on an often-used device
ain't bad.

Update on the slighty used, holy boat shoe sale: bids are now up to
$2.73, leaving me only $3000 and change short of my goal of the
purchase price of a new Apple Mac Pro! I don't need such a powerful
desktop, so I'd only buy one with auction proceeds. Or maybe a raffle.
I'm beginning to think a raffle might work...hmmm. 1000 tickets at $5
per...hey now!
That would be illegal.

On 1/13/14, 8:30 PM, Earl wrote:
F.O.A.D. wrote:
In my absence, the gurus at Evasi0n and saurik of Cydia himself came
up with a working untethered jailbreak and ancillary programs for the
iPhone 5S and the latest OS, so, finally, I'm able to customize my
iPhone. The customizations are mainly "tweaks" that expand upon the
features of the phones, such as adding more controls to the Control
Center and deleting the ones Apple puts in there that you might never
use.

Exciting, eh?

Also, sent my 2003 vintage iPod off to a service center for a battery
replacement. 10 years off a single battery on an often-used device
ain't bad.

Update on the slighty used, holy boat shoe sale: bids are now up to
$2.73, leaving me only $3000 and change short of my goal of the
purchase price of a new Apple Mac Pro! I don't need such a powerful
desktop, so I'd only buy one with auction proceeds. Or maybe a raffle.
I'm beginning to think a raffle might work...hmmm. 1000 tickets at $5
per...hey now!
That would be illegal.


Raffles are illegal?

Well, might not be necessary...the bids are now up to almost $6.00...

On 1/12/14, 11:11 AM, wrote:
On Sun, 12 Jan 2014 09:57:08 -0500, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

In my absence, the gurus at Evasi0n and saurik of Cydia himself came up
with a working untethered jailbreak and ancillary programs for the
iPhone 5S and the latest OS, so, finally, I'm able to customize my
iPhone. The customizations are mainly "tweaks" that expand upon the
features of the phones, such as adding more controls to the Control
Center and deleting the ones Apple puts in there that you might never use.

Exciting, eh?

I was reading in USA today that Apple and Samsung are scared to death
about a new wave of smart phones coming out of China that run Android
and will retail for $100. They are cheap enough that the cell
carriers can give them away for a pretty short contract.

I still have not seen the need for one for me personally but I don't
even carry a phone.



I have a few uses for some of the apps on my iPhone, but I don't have or
have need for the dozens or hundreds of apps I see some people use.

On 1/12/2014 11:11 AM, wrote:
On Sun, 12 Jan 2014 09:57:08 -0500, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

In my absence, the gurus at Evasi0n and saurik of Cydia himself came up
with a working untethered jailbreak and ancillary programs for the
iPhone 5S and the latest OS, so, finally, I'm able to customize my
iPhone. The customizations are mainly "tweaks" that expand upon the
features of the phones, such as adding more controls to the Control
Center and deleting the ones Apple puts in there that you might never use.

Exciting, eh?

I was reading in USA today that Apple and Samsung are scared to death
about a new wave of smart phones coming out of China that run Android
and will retail for $100. They are cheap enough that the cell
carriers can give them away for a pretty short contract.

I still have not seen the need for one for me personally but I don't
even carry a phone.


It was nice yesterday when my wife was heading to the barn with a 6 foot
iron pry bar to displace a frozen feeder from the ground. She saw
lightning in the distance and I was able to pull up live strike
information within seconds. Turns out there was scattered strikes right
in her area, so we waited for an hour till the front and the strikes
were all 30 miles away, and over thirty minutes since any strikes within
20 miles or so and she went out to work the feeder... (note) when she
got there is was not frozen anymore... But I do love having that right
in my pocket...

On 1/12/14, 11:27 AM, KC wrote:
On 1/12/2014 11:11 AM, wrote:
On Sun, 12 Jan 2014 09:57:08 -0500, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

In my absence, the gurus at Evasi0n and saurik of Cydia himself came up
with a working untethered jailbreak and ancillary programs for the
iPhone 5S and the latest OS, so, finally, I'm able to customize my
iPhone. The customizations are mainly "tweaks" that expand upon the
features of the phones, such as adding more controls to the Control
Center and deleting the ones Apple puts in there that you might never
use.

Exciting, eh?

I was reading in USA today that Apple and Samsung are scared to death
about a new wave of smart phones coming out of China that run Android
and will retail for $100. They are cheap enough that the cell
carriers can give them away for a pretty short contract.

I still have not seen the need for one for me personally but I don't
even carry a phone.


It was nice yesterday when my wife was heading to the barn with a 6 foot
iron pry bar to displace a frozen feeder from the ground. She saw
lightning in the distance and I was able to pull up live strike
information within seconds. Turns out there was scattered strikes right
in her area, so we waited for an hour till the front and the strikes
were all 30 miles away, and over thirty minutes since any strikes within
20 miles or so and she went out to work the feeder... (note) when she
got there is was not frozen anymore... But I do love having that right
in my pocket...


One of the local families with whom we are friendly has a couple of
horses, and they are *always* futzing around with the animals, blankets
for the animals, feed for the animals, veterinarians for the animals,
fences for the animals, ad infinitum. It takes a couple of hours every
day to care for the horses. I have no idea what a "frozen feeder" is and
I think I'm glad.

On 1/12/2014 11:27 AM, KC wrote:
On 1/12/2014 11:11 AM, wrote:
On Sun, 12 Jan 2014 09:57:08 -0500, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

In my absence, the gurus at Evasi0n and saurik of Cydia himself came up
with a working untethered jailbreak and ancillary programs for the
iPhone 5S and the latest OS, so, finally, I'm able to customize my
iPhone. The customizations are mainly "tweaks" that expand upon the
features of the phones, such as adding more controls to the Control
Center and deleting the ones Apple puts in there that you might never
use.

Exciting, eh?

I was reading in USA today that Apple and Samsung are scared to death
about a new wave of smart phones coming out of China that run Android
and will retail for $100. They are cheap enough that the cell
carriers can give them away for a pretty short contract.

I still have not seen the need for one for me personally but I don't
even carry a phone.


It was nice yesterday when my wife was heading to the barn with a 6 foot
iron pry bar to displace a frozen feeder from the ground. She saw
lightning in the distance and I was able to pull up live strike
information within seconds. Turns out there was scattered strikes right
in her area, so we waited for an hour till the front and the strikes
were all 30 miles away, and over thirty minutes since any strikes within
20 miles or so and she went out to work the feeder... (note) when she
got there is was not frozen anymore... But I do love having that right
in my pocket...


No offense, but to me that's like standing outside in a nor'easter
getting soaked and checking your iPhone for the weather.

It says, "Rain". :-)

On 1/12/2014 11:35 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 1/12/2014 11:27 AM, KC wrote:
On 1/12/2014 11:11 AM, wrote:
On Sun, 12 Jan 2014 09:57:08 -0500, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

In my absence, the gurus at Evasi0n and saurik of Cydia himself came up
with a working untethered jailbreak and ancillary programs for the
iPhone 5S and the latest OS, so, finally, I'm able to customize my
iPhone. The customizations are mainly "tweaks" that expand upon the
features of the phones, such as adding more controls to the Control
Center and deleting the ones Apple puts in there that you might never
use.

Exciting, eh?

I was reading in USA today that Apple and Samsung are scared to death
about a new wave of smart phones coming out of China that run Android
and will retail for $100. They are cheap enough that the cell
carriers can give them away for a pretty short contract.

I still have not seen the need for one for me personally but I don't
even carry a phone.


It was nice yesterday when my wife was heading to the barn with a 6 foot
iron pry bar to displace a frozen feeder from the ground. She saw
lightning in the distance and I was able to pull up live strike
information within seconds. Turns out there was scattered strikes right
in her area, so we waited for an hour till the front and the strikes
were all 30 miles away, and over thirty minutes since any strikes within
20 miles or so and she went out to work the feeder... (note) when she
got there is was not frozen anymore... But I do love having that right
in my pocket...


No offense, but to me that's like standing outside in a nor'easter
getting soaked and checking your iPhone for the weather.

It says, "Rain". :-)



I don't know.. She was in the car heading for work, I was home with the
phone looking at weatherbug strike app from 40 miles away and focusing
on the farm she was heading to. Neither of us were "out in the rain" and
we were glad when she got there that she knew to wait a half hour or so
before getting started.... Find fault if you will, to me it's useful for
folks like myself who move around a lot...

On 1/12/2014 12:34 PM, KC wrote:
On 1/12/2014 11:35 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 1/12/2014 11:27 AM, KC wrote:
On 1/12/2014 11:11 AM, wrote:
On Sun, 12 Jan 2014 09:57:08 -0500, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

In my absence, the gurus at Evasi0n and saurik of Cydia himself
came up
with a working untethered jailbreak and ancillary programs for the
iPhone 5S and the latest OS, so, finally, I'm able to customize my
iPhone. The customizations are mainly "tweaks" that expand upon the
features of the phones, such as adding more controls to the Control
Center and deleting the ones Apple puts in there that you might never
use.

Exciting, eh?

I was reading in USA today that Apple and Samsung are scared to death
about a new wave of smart phones coming out of China that run Android
and will retail for $100. They are cheap enough that the cell
carriers can give them away for a pretty short contract.

I still have not seen the need for one for me personally but I don't
even carry a phone.


It was nice yesterday when my wife was heading to the barn with a 6 foot
iron pry bar to displace a frozen feeder from the ground. She saw
lightning in the distance and I was able to pull up live strike
information within seconds. Turns out there was scattered strikes right
in her area, so we waited for an hour till the front and the strikes
were all 30 miles away, and over thirty minutes since any strikes within
20 miles or so and she went out to work the feeder... (note) when she
got there is was not frozen anymore... But I do love having that right
in my pocket...


No offense, but to me that's like standing outside in a nor'easter
getting soaked and checking your iPhone for the weather.

It says, "Rain". :-)



I don't know.. She was in the car heading for work, I was home with the
phone looking at weatherbug strike app from 40 miles away and focusing
on the farm she was heading to. Neither of us were "out in the rain" and
we were glad when she got there that she knew to wait a half hour or so
before getting started.... Find fault if you will, to me it's useful for
folks like myself who move around a lot...


Not finding fault. I just got a kick out of your post. I forgot your
barn is not near you.

For boating purposes, I can understand the advantage of instant weather
updates from whatever the source. For those equipped with radar,
setting it to it's longest range is helpful also. You can often "see"
thunderstorm cells.