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Imeem is an amazing site I just found the other day where you can browse and listen to any song you want. You can make your own play lists (like the one I created above), watch videos, look at pictures, and even have your own blog. It’s a pretty cool site =D if you like music. It’s almost like an online iTunes, mixed with Youtube and Blogger. I advise you to check it out.
http://lslars31.imeem.com/
I just switched cell phone carriers to Verizon Wireless and ended up purchasing the LG VX8600 to go along with it.
The first thing I thought of with this phone, is that it is very similar in features to the LG Chocolate. However, I especially liked this phone for the fact it was not as bulky as the Chocolate. It is a lot thinner so it fits in the pocket better, and even still has the cool touch sensitive buttons on the cover for controlling your music.
The lgvx8600 also includes a 1.3mp digital camera as opposed to the older vga style cameras. The pictures are definitely a lot more crisp and you can take higher resolution photos. I never expected that I would be getting such a nice camera on a cellphone. The phone even has a feature that allows you to zoom in on your photos so you can see even the smallest details directly on your phone without having to upload it to your computer.
When you have a missed call, or more than one, you no longer have to flip open the phone to scroll through all of your missed calls. The screen on the front of the phone under the camera lens allows you to scroll through ALL of your missed calls whenever you miss one, all without ever opening the phone.
One thing that is starting to become an annoyance is the glossy coating on the phone. It seems to get smudged up quite often and it takes time to clean off all of those little smears, being the perfectionist that I am.
I also have a slight problem with Verizon trying to force you to buy songs off their VCast program and making it as hard as they can to just put songs on from your computer. Although the phone can only hold 1 or 2 songs itself, you are still forced to get a memory card before you import songs onto your phone. The only other way to do it is by using bluetooth to import the song to your “My Sounds” folder instead of your “My Music” folder. Although that’s only if you don’t have a MicroSD card, and you can buy them cheap from Amazon.
Supposedly the phone only supports WMA audio files, but I have heard that it also supports mp3 files. I have yet to figure that out as I haven’t received the SD card I just ordered the other day. I believe Verizon did this to compete with Apple’s iTunes, which is really dumb in my opinion
In addition to the smudges and the music issues, this phone is pretty solid and has some great features. It’s a big step up from the old NOKIA I had before I got this one. Sadly, it almost makes my iPod Shuffle obsolete. Keep in mind that most of the negative aspects of the phone are in the software that Verizon uses, not the phone itself (i.e. the music compatibility).
Isn’t that the cutest thing you have ever seen? Put a smile on my face and made my day. Haha
I recently purchased the Apple Mighty Mouse, which by the way is one of the crappiest pieces of computer hardware I have ever purchased, and the scroll ball wheel stopped working after only a few months. After doing a little bit of research, I noticed this was happening to many other people along with me.
I searched the web and found some helpful articles to assist anyone else who seems to be having this problem. Below I have some tips and pointers of my own, and a bunch of links that should help fix the problem. I was going to write my own article on how to fix the scroll ball, but all of the articles are there so why bother?
This is probably the best process to go about cleaning the mouse:
Note: Talk to apple first and see if they will just replace the mouse for you!
1. First just try holding the mouse upside down and rolling the ball around, sometimes that helps to dislodge particles that have gotten trapped down inside the wheel’s cavity. You may also want to try spraying some air at the ball and in the cracks as you roll it.
2. If that doesn’t work, or if it does only for a little bit, I would suggest trying what I ended up having to do. Try using a cotton swab and roll it around the ball vigorously (without liquid of any kind), that helped a lot for me but only lasted a few weeks. You could also try using some isopropyl alcohol or another similar product, but I would try the following idea first before you introduce chemicals.
3. I found another great idea and an article to go with it about using a thin piece of tape to collect the particles that have lodged in the scroll ball. They say to put the sticky side down, but after taking apart the mouse i realized that the problem is not the ball itself, but the rollers that it rides on (The little white things in the picture below). Thus, if possible, it would be better to put the sticky side of the tape facing away from the ball. (You’ll know what I mean when you read the article). Here’s the link to the article: Link
4. If none of those ideas work, you may have to take the mouse apart. Be careful, a lot of things can go wrong if you don’t do it correctly. I would just suggest not taking it apart at all. Heres a good article on how to do it: Link
When my mouse’s wheel jammed up for the last time I ended up having to take the mouse apart which was a project of it’s own. Absolutely do not take the mouse apart unless you have to. It definitely will do a great job to fix the scroll ball problem, but you will end up with more problems trying to put the mouse together. The plastic ring on the bottom of the mouse has to be removed to put the side pieces back in, and it is very hard to do without cracking the ring.
All of the methods and techniques I have shown you are on the web somewhere (except for maybe the cotton swab idea, that was mine =D), but now they are all together in one spot, step by step. I hope this helps.
**Disclaimer: If you break your Mighty Mouse, it’s not my fault.
I possibly found a hip hop artist that is better than Atmosphere. Let me know what you think.
