25

August

2010

iPhone battery problems

Ever since I upgraded to iOS 4, I’ve had crummy signal and battery strength. My iPhone, a 3gs, would go from a full 100% charge to dead in eight hours.

That’s with no use at all. Screen off, wifi off. Unplugged it at midnight and went to bed, and at 7 a.m. It was at 10%. At 8, dead.

It seems I’m not the only one with the issue, either. Reports online are rampant about shitty battery life.

Even my boss said the patch has killed his iPhone lifespan.

On a good note, though, I found a way to fix it. My iPhone battery is at 25% right now, and was fully charged on Monday.

I’ve also used it extensively. Some phone calls, surfing, wifi back on, skype etc.

All you need do is turn off all the spotlight stuff. And voilà – fixed.

12

August

2010

Undone!

Lost 15 lbs. Yay. Sucks because I did it by eating almost nothing but pb&j sandwiches. Now hate them.

Still doing entries by iPhone.

Had lunch with assistant Crown attorney today. Was a nice lunch. He paid though I tried to.

Networking success! He’s gonna email me about interesting stuff coming up at court.

Boss is happy.

Oh reason for title: lots of BAD FOOD today. Probably gained all weight back.

03

August

2010

My b-key is broke

More fun to be updated but iPhone sucks and the back end of my blog is broken AND my new keyboard worked fine yesterday and now the b-key is broken. Awesome.

28

July

2010

Day 1: Stacey is a klutz

Today was my first day at the Y. Get ready, get set, go.

Forgot how boring treadmill walking is and I have to do an hour? FML.

Was reaching for the iPhone to change to a flashpoint episode and TRIPPED. And fell. And got zipped away by the treadmill.

Forget that I hurt my knee. Whatever. The worst part was the humiliation. Really.

LOL FAT COW FELL ON TREADMILL.

I wish my pride had let me let the Y lady ice it immediately. But no, I got back on and walked another seceniah minutes.

Tomorrow I’ll be back and do the entire 97 minute workout.

Maybe if I see Kevin, my coach, I can show off my pretty bruise.

My knee is 3x the size of my left, which is scraped.

C’est la vie. Tomorrow, no casualties. It’s just so hard to even be there because I’m embarrassed. Falling didn’t help.

26

May

2010

Dear Plantronics: Fix your headsets

After reading several reviews of the various plantronics headsets, I decided to purchase their .Audio 655 headset. It wasn’t my first choice, as I wanted to continue to use my cheap microsoft lifechat headset which had earpads big enough to fit comfortably, but Futureshop didn’t have any in stock.

There are pros to this headset. It’s pretty. It feels sturdy. The headband is padded. The cable is long. My friends reported my voice quality went up drastically (You don’t sound like a grandmother anymore) over ventrilo.

But the pros are very frustrating. First off, the ear pads are too small, so my ears hurt. I figured this would happen, and usually I can tolerate it. Usually, in time, it goes away as the headset loosens up and my ears get used to it. So I was ignoring this frustration.

But the one thing I couldn’t stand was the crackling. CONSTANT crackling. This headset comes with no drivers, so when I contacted Plantronics, and advised them of the issue, they “kindly” informed me that it was my computer, not the headset, despite the evidence I found elsewhere online.

For those who care, I am running 64-bit Windows 7 Home Premium on an i7 920 hyper-threaded quadcore with 6gb memory. My power source is adequate. I have tried four different usb slots on my computer, and all result in the crackling and the sound cutting out.

I can repeat this issue on other systems running 64-bit headsets, but the problem does not exist on 32-bit systems.

This echoes another plantronics headset, the GameCom 777. It uses the same C4 chipset as my headset. Coincidence?

Needless to say, if you are running a 64-bit headset, Plantronics earns a fail.

Their headsets seem nice enough, but unless you want lame customer service and a headset that crackles and cuts out worse than a blown car stereo system, give it a pass.