Dave Garrett

I didn't get this set until quite some time after it had been released, and didn't find out about the defective disc until much later, but when I did check it I discovered that I had the pitch-corrected disc. I don't recall hearing about the tracklisting errata previously - is it just one page?

For a desktop or laptop, I highly recommend TweetDeck. There are Mac and Windows clients available for (free) download, or you can simply sign in via the web using your Twitter credentials if you don't want to install software. I interact with Twitter primarily via my iPhone, and had been skeptical about TweetDeck despite hearing power users sing its praises for years, but after I gave it a try I've become a believer. Its customizable multi-column view is especially powerful if you've created multiple lists to manage your feed. https://about.twitter.com/products/tweetdeck

Twitter's own apps tend to suck, regardless of platform. I'm not very familiar with the Android ecosystem as I'm an iOS guy, but you may find some of the alternative apps listed in the following pieces to be better options: http://www.androidcentral.com/best-twitter-apps-android http://www.jonworth.eu/the-best-twitter-app-for-android/

Count me as another very satisfied Crutchfield customer. I was in the market for a new AV receiver earlier this year (my old one didn't have HDMI inputs/outputs and I needed one that could do HDMI switching), but after much research I realized that the model I was interested in had recently been discontinued, and supplies had dried up almost everywhere. I found a significantly-discounted B-stock unit (with a full warranty) at Crutchfield's outlet store and ordered it immediately. I wound up getting a Square Trade extended warranty for it, also through Crutchfield, and have been very happy with it since then. Their customer service really is peerless. If it came down to a choice between Crutchfield and Amazon and the price was pretty close between the two, I'd pick Crutchfield without hesitation.

Have you tried this (assuming you're using Twitter's own app)? http://en.kioskea.net/faq/36690-twitter-for-android-how-to-set-the-default-font-size

Indeed, the "parts" in question were the 1.8 inch hard drives supplied by Toshiba, which were discontinued some time ago. http://www.macrumors.com/2014/10/28/cook-ipod-classic-no-parts/

http://youtu.be/7jzx664u5DA

Sold out. That was quick.

Someone on the Hoffman board claimed to have inside information that some dates in Europe were going to happen next year. Personally, I wish they'd have had at least one date in Texas on the current tour.

Sorry to hear this. RIP, Hans.

Looks like they're headlining on all those dates (or at least the ones I spot-checked) with the exception of Austin's Fun Fun Fun fest and the Houston date, where they're the opening act for Yann Tiersen.

http://www.engadget.com/2014/08/29/internet-heat-map/

The Houston Press has been running a series of blog posts examining Joe Sample's work as a session musician. Latest one is here: http://blogs.houstonpress.com/rocks/2014/09/sampling_joe_sample_1977.php which also contains links to the earlier posts as well as the obit they ran.

One of the better pieces I've seen about this: http://www.houstonchronicle.com/sports/columnists/solomon/article/Domestic-violence-a-bigger-issue-than-Goodell-5749376.php

It was Clark Gable and Gary Cooper that owned the two Duesenberg SSJ roadsters.

Based on an admittedly small sample size that I have firsthand knowledge of, I can say that your guess is entirely accurate. I think it's a combination of factors: the urge to behave badly tends to diminish with age, and a quick look at most comments sections nowadays can make anyone still inclined to do so just think "what's the point?" I think there's a (completely understandable) misconception among people who've never interacted with Twitter very much that it's all about idle chat broken up into 140-character chunks. There's plenty of that if you seek it out, but once you've invested the time to figure out who to follow, it's also the best source, hands down, for breaking news in real time. There's also no shortage of well-curated feeds like Longreads and Longform that regularly post links to some of the best journalism on the web. Worth noting as well that if you're not a digital subscriber to the NYT, their Twitter feed is a must-follow, as links to articles they post via social media don't count against the 10-article monthly limit that non-subscribers are subject to. It can seem confusing and pointless when you first get onto Twitter, but once you've gotten comfortable with its conventions and how it works, you will probably get hooked in short order. Personally, I rarely tweet, but after about five years of using it on a daily basis, I probably spend more time online there than anywhere else. If you do decide to check it out, be aware that Twitter's own mobile app sucks in comparison with many other third-party apps. For iOS, I'd recommend Twitterrific or Tweetbot. Not sure what the current favorite for Android is.

For a minute there, I wasn't sure if they were talking about the Cubs or the Astros.

Twenty-odd years ago, before Facebook, Twitter, and much of the Web itself, people not only posted far more inflammatory comments under their real names and places of employment, but used their employers' servers to do so. For the most part, there were minimal or no consequences for doing so, although there were occasional instances of discussions that were usually not taken too seriously escalating and spilling over into real life in a quite unpleasant manner. It was rare for someone to get fired for something they said online. Of course, almost everyone who had internet access back then either worked for a tech company or was affiliated with a university, so the online community was a fraction of the size it is now. Times have changed in many respects since then.

Have you tried using a different browser? That's probably not the issue, but since you mentioned the "Send to Billing Address" button doesn't do anything when clicked, it's the first thing I'd try to rule out the browser not playing well with the site.

The Dick Van Dyke Show - The Complete Series on Blu-ray for $53.99 at Amazon (84% off): http://www.amazon.com/The-Dick-Van-Dyke-Show/dp/B008MIYKB2 The Blu-ray set is a significant upgrade in picture quality from the DVDs.

^^ Yeah, that's what I meant by "AC-capable". Looks like I'm going to be shopping for a new router sooner than expected - since Comcast's last round of speed increases, I've been getting around 35 Mbit download speeds over a wired connection, when I should be getting a solid 50 Mbit. They've just doubled speeds once again over the past couple of days in my area, so I should be getting 100 Mbit now, but I'm still at 35. Poking around online has not too surprisingly confirmed my suspicion that I'm essentially getting throttled by the inability of my elderly router to fully utilize the greater bandwidth. A newer model will fix that, and perhaps more importantly, should also significantly boost my wifi speed and range.

I hadn't heard of the Almond before, but it looks like a nice unit. Mine's a small Cisco RE1000 that plugs directly into a power outlet. It's pretty unobtrusive and despite some complaints of flakiness in the Amazon reviews, once I set it up on my network it's worked flawlessly. I wouldn't be surprised if there's lead in my walls. I live in an almost 70-year-old house, and I know there's still some aluminum wiring (the previous owners replaced whatever they could get to without performing major surgery on the walls). Before getting a range extender, I flashed my router with third-party firmware that (among other things) allows the power levels of the wifi radios to be adjusted. That still didn't work in the room I need wifi in, despite my iPhone then being able to get a wifi signal almost halfway down the block. I think the real problem was that the refrigerator, microwave, washer, and dryer are all in between the router and the other end of the house. I have the range extender almost exactly at the midpoint between the router and the room in question, and that seems to be the magic spot. The signal could still stand to be a bit stronger, but it's improved significantly compared to what it used to be. Also, I could probably improve matters further with a newer router - mine's an older model that only handles 802.11b/g, and the newer ones that are 802.11n and AC-capable would almost certainly deliver better results.

Ah, OK. That makes sense. I had to get a wifi range extender a couple of years ago as the room where my router is and the room where we most frequently use multiple devices requiring wifi are at opposite ends of the house, and I was getting tired of the weak/intermittent signal in the latter room. The extender has worked pretty well since installing it.

It breaks apart; it's choppy. No static, but virtually unusable as a phone conversation. It's intermittent, though, and I don't see what could trigger it (which would point to a Comcast pipe problem). Next time it happens, I want to test if the same phone conversation is better if I switch to a handset closer to the base unit. I find it interesting that there's a flyer in the box for the new Panasonic unit for a Panasonic range extender. "Double the range of your Panasonic DECT cordless phone, so you can be sure to get your calls anywhere in the home." The wifi range extender I installed did help, but it's not perfect (which, again, might point to the Comcast pipe as the culprit). That's certainly worth trying. One thing I'm a little confused by, though - isn't the base unit connected directly to the modem/router unit via an ethernet cable? If that's the case, I'm not sure why the wifi range extender helped. The Panasonic range extender's a different story, but assuming the handsets are communicating with the base unit over a different frequency than your wifi network uses (wifi networks are usually in the 2.4 GHz band), wifi signal strength shouldn't have any effect on how well the phones work. You could also try changing the channel your router's operating on to see if that helps. This should be accessible via your router's configuration screens (if you have access to those, which may not be the case since it's Comcast's equipment). More on that here: http://compnetworking.about.com/od/wireless80211/a/choosing-the-best-wireless-channels-for-your-network.htm

They make it as difficult as possible because they want to keep users inside the walled garden of the IG ecosystem as much as possible. Remember what was originally said about Facebook (which now owns IG), and which is equally applicable to many other social networks: "If you're not paying for it, you are the product".