why ma’habocath no longer bothers with tech stuff anymore

This one has gone through the following process over 100 times:

1] have problem, or want to do something (eg “make Opera auto-open certain files”, “root phone”)
2] Google it
3] pick set of instructions not yet tried and follow
4] didn’t work; either stopped at one of the steps (eg “step 4 = go to Menu XYZ” … Menu XYZ nonexistent, or “step 7 = open pref.ini, find ‘foo = 0’ and change to ‘foo = 1′” … no foo to be found) or follow all steps and nothing happened
5] if patience > 0 and irritation < suppressing_urge_to_punch_something goto 3, else goto 6
6] give up before punch_something = 1 and/or down_sorrows_in_vodka = 1

5-disc changer finally, plus subwoofers!

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idea

1. Portable music player (like a “boombox”) with headphone jack
2. Attach phone with velcro
3. Play music from phone through “boombox via headphone jack

dual-sound!

ma’habocath has discovered that, with one of those headphone-jack-to-headphone-jack cords, this one can play sounds from his computer through a stereo, AND its normal speakers.

DUAL-SOUND!

But the stereo is too quiet even at max vol to hear it over normal PC speakers.

Ah well, still cool to know!

paying $22 for a phone comes with these kinds of issues

• New “dumb”phone suddenly turns off and wouldn’t turn back on.
• Panic. Scrambling to do this, that, and the other including pulling out battery and plugging it back in after trying to charge and nothing (despite >50% on bar).
• Suddenly remember about some microSD cards causing issues if one does not format it before plugging it in.
• Pulls out microSD card.
• Phone works again!
• Put it back in.
• Phone still works.
• But now ma’habocath wishes to format the card despite the need to wait at least 2 hours for >1,500 mp3s to load back on through swamp-slow USB.
• But nothing on Google nor in the manual says how to do this.
• Tech support contacted, time to wait “at least two business days”…

At least this one now knows what to do next time this occurs…

But paying >$300 for a “smart”phone is no proof against these kinds of issues either, as this one learned the hard way about a month back! (Hence why he now owns a $22 phone.)

how habocath rolled in twenty thirteen

I did come into monies and got that pair of 1080p’s which I use to this day.

Thank Jesus/Buddha/Krishna/Tao/Self/Other/Yggdrasil.

don’t ask, this one can’t answer

ma’habocath has decided to, instead of playing music from his computer, to play from his phone through a stereo on his desk.

Perhaps it’s less “distracting” than juggling yet another program?

ma’habocath finally fixed categories! (mostly)

Yes yes, it is true.

I spoiling of habocath

How it is to use my computer:

• Click, click, clickity-click, done. At most 90 seconds.

How it is to use any other digital equipment:

• Click, wait… Click, wait… Click, click, freeze… fingertapping… Click… crash! Ten minutes later, resist pounding desk in frustration.