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Today’s Technote – Motorola v3xx hidden feature
The Motorola v3xx has a "hidden feature," an easter egg if you will…ok, it’s a bug! At least it seems like a software defect. If the combined number of messages in the inbox and outbox exceed something like 300 messages, then the Motorola v3xx will quit sending SMS text messages and will default to sending MMS messages. This creates a problem for people trying to send to services like Twitter or to people with phones which cannot receive multimedia messages. The solution is simply to clear out your inbox and outbox.
The combined time spent rummaging through menus and comparing settings between the working phone and the bizarre phone, calls to tech support, and surfing the web for an answer well exceeded 3 hours over the course of many days. I’d like that time back please.
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Like quicksand!
So today began with me frantically trying to complete one project so that I could try to finish another critical project and was interrupted with a client emergency which was put on hold until tomorrow. Part of wrapping up project 1 involved getting the data and structure out of a MS SQL 2k database and into a MySQL 5.03 database. Jumped some hoops on that one. The MySQL GUI Tools are fantastic! I still prefer SQLyog for developing queries since it uses the same shortcuts as MS Query Analyzer. Next I had to figure out how to get my CFMX7 server to actually connect a data source to the MySQL server.
Long and short I had to download the mysql-connector-java-5.0.6.zip then put the jar into the web-inf/lib directory. The CFservice had to be restarted of course. Worked like a charm!
Devpapers.com was invaluable although I skipped most of those instructions.
Ended up on a long tech support call trying to figure out why my Motorola v3xx has quit sending SMS text messages and will only send MMS messages. Seems the answer may be to empty everything from the inbox and outbox. That will take some doing!
Time to do more programming. What I’d really like to do is settle in with a scotch and a book or a movie and talk to Cathy.
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Give someone the shirt off your back
…then buy a new one! Come on. You know you want one!
All proceeds go toward financing Doug’s vasectomy! -Cathy
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Knoxville’s 7.7 mag earthquake hit today! Did you feel it?
Seriously, we had an earthquake (drill) today. See also and details of the drill.
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What’s a decimeter?
Anyone see anything significant about the eastern most country that has not yet adopted the metric system?
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Guys like bodily noises
…And guys like sexy women. So what do get when you combine the two? A Holly Valarse remix that’s a gas!
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From the mouths of babes
As Noah is preparing to walk out the door for a week of church camp, one of his friends appears at the door.
Noah: "I’m going to church camp for 5 weeks."
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The video is back
I found the official Colbert video on ComedyCentral.com after the Youtube one was pulled. Per Mushy’s request.
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From the mouths of babes
Evan: "wat a woot la la blah che che oooh."
Dad: "That’s chalk and I’m not opening it in here."
Evan, 2 years old, sharply: "Fine!" -
Hard to watch
I kept trying to look at the girl in the bikini but all I could do is stare at that Macbook and think, "I really need one of those!"
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I can’t stop watching!
This made me laugh so hard today! I have watched it over and over and over. Tommy Chong! You’re my hero!
Jazz from Hell has some additional words and the original MSNBC interview with Contessa Brewer regarding Paris Hilton to put this in perspective.
Update: For those who have’t watched the original MSNBC interview, Colbert’s very direct question to Chong is mocking Brewer.
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Beating Around the Bush
Well, I guess the title of this post is a bit more direct than my wife. See I think there has been some confusion over the Marker Fairy references. During Blogfest I tried to explain to Lissa Kay that the color of the marker holds significance. When two grown adults’ needs fall out of sync, tensions build. You know. If one adult is a morning person and the other is a night owl, it makes communication difficult.
Cathy has simply found an interesting way to express her needs. Btw, for those of you letting your minds wander with that squiggle on my back, it is just an ice cream cone; really, it’s an ice cream cone!
I have been meaning to give that explanation since April 21! Now that’s off my chest I wonder if we can keep the green marker off my chest too!
