According to my Fitbit stats, I passed the 5 million total steps mark sometime in the past week. The lifetime noted by the tracker is really since May 2010. That’s when I received my first Fitbit (I’m currently using the Ultra model). Assuming my walking habits don’t change, I should pass the 10 millionth step sometime around May 2013.
The first generation iPod nano was the first iPod of any kind that I bought. It still works fine although the lock button is a bit loose after all the years. My nano is among those recalled by Apple for an overheating problem. The box to return my nano arrived today. As you can see from the photo of it, it is a typical Apple production. No simple box with bubble wrap from Apple. It is a sturdy box with foam custom cut for the iPod nano. There is also a a small nano-sized plastic bag for the nano to be placed in before placing it in the foam cutout. Finally, Apple provided a custom cut piece of Decker adhesive tape. We don’t want the wrong tape to be used to ship the nano back, do we?
Looks are, as the saying goes, deceiving. The screenshot here is a free Android app commissioned by the U.S. Deparment of Labor’s Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA). It cost $106K to develop according to a GUN.IO blogger.
The Government’s $200,000 Useless Android Application
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A notice for Facebook Messenger for Windows appeared on my Facebook status page today. So, I downloaded the installer file and took a look at it. It shows three status updates from friends at the top of the tall skinny window and an alphabetical list of friends who are online. Clicking on one of the status updates opens up a new tab on my browser (Chrome in this case) to bring up the full status entry. The number of status updates and friends visible in the window can be changed by resizing the two panels.
Friend requests, notifications and messages are also accessible as pull-down menus at the top of the app.
Moog Music wasn’t kidding when they said the 99 cent introductory price for the Animoog for iPad app would go up to $29.99 after 30 days. Animoog is a lot of fun. But, I wonder how many sales will be made at $29.99. I predict it will be back down to 99 cents sometime in December.
The unexpected update for Windows Phone 7.5 on my HTC HD7 was a good one as it turns out. The update added Internet WiFi Hotspot tethering.
Note that the SSID (Broadcast Name) and Password can both be changed.
A tip of the hat to Daron Brewood, Editor of Smartphone Gurus for providing the information to me.
There’s some kind of HTC update for my HD 7 (already updated to Windows Phone 7.5 Mango).
I was very unhappy when Facebook changed the way status updates were sorted from most recent to most active. Fortunately, it looks like they just restored the option to sort by post time.
Now, if only Google+ would do the same.
