Comments for Danny Novo

Comment on People I’m looking for, kinda sorta by Dirk Jouret

Dirk Jouret — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 10:39:48 +0000

Woah! you caught me googling myself! no, not because I’m so full of myself that I want to see how many references come up but curious to see where my name ends up (many cases site I’ve never heard of) and the wham! your blog page! 1977 boy THAT brings back memories, Escuelas Lincoln. BTW I’m in contact with Ryan Brochez… I’m married and almost divorced lived in quite a few places since Argentina (went back to BA for a wek about 4 years ago, not much has changed). In Milan now trying to figure out what to do next…

Comment on The last memorable commercial: United’s use of Rhapsody in Blue by What does Gershwin’s music meant to you? | Frankie Gershwin

What does Gershwin’s music meant to you? | Frankie Gershwin — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 16:24:31 +0000

[…] a quick web search for words like “united” and “rhapsody in blue” bring up a blog page by seemingly average guy Danny Novo with an opinon like this and he says, “Just heard George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue on the radio, and I […]

Comment on The last memorable commercial: United’s use of Rhapsody in Blue by What does Gershwin’s Music mean to you? | Frankie Gershwin

What does Gershwin’s Music mean to you? | Frankie Gershwin — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 16:16:53 +0000

Comment on Never, ever use H&R Block, they hire incompetent tax monkeys by jpblan11

jpblan11 — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 00:09:04 +0000

Anyone who thinks a CPA or Attorney is a better preparer is seriously mistaken. Most CPAs and Attorneys farm out there returns. It is very difficult for them to keep up with tax laws as previously said it is NOT there core business.

There is a third and very competent choice; Enrolled Agents who have been around since 1865 would be that choice. The IRS has them take a two day — four part exam all on taxes (corporate, partnership, estate etc..), yet they are cheaper than the CPAs, attorney and the three big tax preparers, H and R Block, Jackson Hewitt and Liberty Tax. If you want to find an EA near where you reside they do have a web site (http://www.naea.org).

I must add of the three, H and R Block is the more professional.

Comment on What are these chip things we … by Danny

Danny — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 21:35:13 +0000

I am told by my peeps that these are “shrimp puffs” or something, and that I should be able to find them in an Asian food store. Fried shrimp rind, perhaps?

Comment on What are these chip things we … by nicheplayer

nicheplayer — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 21:32:22 +0000

Those always remind me of fried pork rinds.

Comment on Dear Apple, do you hate my family? by nicheplayer

nicheplayer — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 19:07:28 +0000

Motto? Every man for himself. Compartmentalize, don’t merge. Share only on an “as needed” basis. Celebrate your differences, not your unity as a family.

Comment on Dear Apple, do you hate my family? by Euan ROBERTSON

Euan ROBERTSON — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 23:44:05 +0000

Lots of folks (inc. me) have similar concerns. We have a mobile me family pack which we have set up with a couple of accounts (@me.com addresses) for my wife and I. This includes one account which is the master (in my wife’s name) and which has an email alias associated with it, for an email address she uses for her work. These mobile me accounts quite happily sync our respective email, cals, bookmarks etc to our iOS devices (an iphone 3GS in my wife’s case, an ipad in mine). We also each have a Macbook Air, and we have a mac mini which acts the central ‘media’ server for the house as well as as my desktop machine when I want to work at home. Lastly, we also have a 2nd Gen Apple TV hooked up to a flatscreen.

The macs are all set up to log into the itunes store with a single shared Apple ID. That ID happens to be the same as my Mobile Me account name (well, sort of — it’s actually the old @mac.com version, which Apple linked to the @me.com version when the transition to Mobile Me happened…yes, I’ve been an Apple user for a longish time!). We have a number of other Apple IDs which we used over the years to buy content from iTunes, so all the macs are authorized to use each of these as well as the Apple ID we currently use.

Last, we have all the macs, plus the Apple TV, plus my iPad, signed in to Home Sharing using the master Apple ID I described above. This enables us to access content from the mac mini (or any of the other libraries) on the ATV, and also to ensure that certain types of new purchases are automatically copied to the itunes libraries which want them.

It all seems to work fairly well. We can have our email etc in sync on our laptops and iOS devices, devices which are ‘personal’, and yet also share the media (songs, TV, films, etc including a fairly large library of songs ripped from CDs) we already have bought and ensure that new purchases are available to both of us if we want them.

Then, along comes iCloud with it’s “one Apple ID, multiple devices” philosophy you describe. If Mobile Me were not being discontinued I would be fine with that — I could simply ignore iCloud and let those who wish to use it enjoy it. But the merging of Mobile Me with iCloud looks like it will pose significant issues for anyone (or, rather, any household) which has some combination of individual data syncing for personal devices (iOS, laptops) and shared data syncing for entertainment content on those and on other devices.

Comment on Dog done broke by Danny

Danny — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 17:18:55 +0000

Let’s see. Oldest boy broke his foot stepping funny (hairline fracture that required no special care). Youngest boy broke a bone above his ankle falling down some stairs (required a cast for several weeks). Now the dog. Must stop greasing the floors.

Comment on Dear Apple, do you hate my family? by nicheplayer

nicheplayer — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 16:12:18 +0000

Andreas, if this is in fact Apple’s plan (unknown), Woz himself won’t be able to change Steve’s mind with a feature request. In other words, this will be a situation with which Apple users will have to deal.