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vansmack

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Re: Things Smackie Thinks You Need to Know...
« Reply #2280 on: May 20, 2011, 11:05:37 am »
If you're into that sort of thing

That was a rhetorical question, right?
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Re: Things Smackie Thinks You Need to Know...
« Reply #2281 on: May 26, 2011, 12:05:51 pm »
So Google Wallet was why Sprint sent me a Nexus S a couple weeks ago.  At first I blew off the idea of Near Field Communications (NFC) as something I didn't think would really take off (like those little key ring bank tags).  But I must say, my first two weeks with an NFC chip have been very eye opening.

For example, I have programmed NFC tags for my home and car.  When I get in my car, I touch my phone to the tag, it turns on bluetooth, set's the proper volume and sets the screen to stay illuminated when it's in its dock.  When the touch the tag when I exit, it resets to my default settings.

If you visit casa smackie, you touch your phone to the NFC chip by the light switch and it automatically turns on wifi, signs me into my SSID, and opens an app that I use most often when I get home.  It's pretty clever stuff.  Add a credit card to that and I'm stoked.   
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Re: Things Smackie Thinks You Need to Know...
« Reply #2282 on: May 26, 2011, 12:20:34 pm »
Does it wipe your arse for you too?

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Re: Things Smackie Thinks You Need to Know...
« Reply #2283 on: May 26, 2011, 12:50:25 pm »
Does it wipe your arse for you too?

No sir. That job and the pleasure that comes with it is still solely in your perview.
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Re: Things Smackie Thinks You Need to Know...
« Reply #2284 on: May 26, 2011, 02:16:52 pm »
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Re: Things Smackie Thinks You Need to Know...
« Reply #2285 on: May 27, 2011, 01:02:28 pm »
Hmmm.

Punk Rock Festival in Vegas this weekend.
Roller Derby meetings in Vegas this weekend.

This can only mean one thing...
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Re: Things Smackie Thinks You Need to Know...
« Reply #2286 on: May 31, 2011, 01:47:36 am »
When I'm 60, I hope I rock as hard as Cock Sparrer.
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Re: Things Smackie Thinks You Need to Know...
« Reply #2287 on: May 31, 2011, 12:06:54 pm »
Boo, sad I missed this.

When I'm 60, I hope I rock as hard as Cock Sparrer.
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Re: Things Smackie Thinks You Need to Know...
« Reply #2288 on: May 31, 2011, 02:39:35 pm »
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-13608444

so . . . these things give you cancer, and everybody hates cancer.  they also kill bees, and everybody likes to eat food.  what do cell phones have to do for people to stop using them?

they suddenly make you impotent

all downloads somehow become illegal due to crazy transmission wave mutations

all television reception stops

jesus comes back but only half way due to some weird, invisible force field around the planet caused by cell phones
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Re: Things Smackie Thinks You Need to Know...
« Reply #2290 on: June 06, 2011, 06:56:52 pm »
http://www.latimes.com/sports/college/basketball/la-sp-0606-mater-dei-transfers-20110606,0,254982,full.story

Great article.  Shea Cotton was an amazing basketball player in High School, along with Ed O'Bannon and Reggie Miller, probably the greatest high schooler I ever saw play live.  He was crap in college because he was lazy.  That's a Mater Dei trait - save for Miles Simon - that kid always hustled.

I'd put my ex-wife in the category of Mater Dei grads who bolted before their commitment was up too.  BAM!
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sweetcell

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Re: Things Smackie Thinks You Need to Know...
« Reply #2291 on: June 07, 2011, 02:37:15 am »
POTM
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Re: Things Smackie Thinks You Need to Know...
« Reply #2292 on: June 10, 2011, 02:24:47 pm »
At first I blew off the idea of Near Field Communications (NFC) as something I didn't think would really take off (like those little key ring bank tags).  But I must say, my first two weeks with an NFC chip have been very eye opening.  

In September, when Apple adds NFC to the iPhone 5 and it's described as revolutionary, you'll all understand why I'm so stoked to have this in my Nexus phone right now.

Engadget Primer:  What is NFC and why do we care?
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Re: Things Smackie Thinks You Need to Know...
« Reply #2293 on: June 14, 2011, 06:29:51 pm »
These are the kind of text messages that put a smile on my face on a sloooow Tuesday afternoon:

"I have no idea why, but in your honor/for old time's sake I just walked into Archibald's..."
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Re: Things Smackie Thinks You Need to Know...
« Reply #2294 on: June 15, 2011, 05:35:06 pm »
Bellweather for the Economy: The Hot Waitress Index
http://moneyland.time.com/2009/08/04/bellweather-for-the-economy-the-hot-waitress-index/

AKA "smackienomics 101".
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