Below are a handful of product-related design ideas I’ve had over the years. Feel free to use them if you work on such a product, my only stipulations are that I get written credit, and you let me know about it!
cell phones with GPS messaging support should have settings for auto-accepting calls and messages from various groups, especially if there’s additional costs associated with using GPS messaging settings should include: auto accept messages from everyone, contacts only, favorites only, no one
pre-reqs blank ext4 formatted flash drive for original ChromeOS firmware backup flash drive with UEFI compatible Linux distro installed Steps powerwash and shutdown open back cover and disconnect battery. Plug in power cable and blank ext4 flash drive Enter Recovery Mode: press/hold ESC and Refresh, then press Power for ~1s; release all 3 keys Press CTRL+D to switch to Developer Mode; confirm when prompted Press CTRL+D on Developer Mode splash screen to boot in Developer Mode (On first boot, system will securely wipe all userdata, this takes a few minutes) open a VT2 terminal (from login screen: CTRL+ALT+F2, login ‘chronos’) run the mrchromebox firmware utility script using instructions from https://mrchromebox.
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My first Gambler 500 experience was an absolute blast. I heard it best described as a “Burning Man for Redneck, Car Nerds”. Even though Butterface, my team’s 1988 Mercedes 190E, didn’t even make it to the campsite in Chemult, Oregon, I still had a great weekend and the smiles per mile factor was through the roof. So many hilarious cars, questionable modifications, and goofy people having a good ol’ time out in the blazing hot desert.
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Here’s an ongoing list of emojis that I wish were part of the Unicode standard
zombie or walking dead blushing face that isn’t a smile with a slight blush hug that doesn’t look like two high-fives
I was driving to work a while back and came across three of what I think are the best looking “normal” cars (read: normal cars as not sports cars) in one 15 minute drive…
Ford Fusion (Americas Gen2: 2013-2015…): Aston Martin grille Mazda 6 (Gen1: 2004-2008, Gen3: 2011-2015…): Dodge Dart (2012-2015…): I’ve actually driven a Dodge Dart, not bad at all for a normal economy car. Would have been more fun in manual, the auto had a bit of a mind of its own…
Wow it has been a long time since I’ve posted on here, oops! Anyway, today I’m going to give my initial impressions of my new Sangean WR-22 bluetooth FM radio / alarm clock. I purchased it so that I could be awoken to music in the morning (or news, depending) rather than the super obnoxious “beep beep” of my old buzzer-alarm clock. Much more pleasant to wake up to!
Pros:
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