Things Smackie Thinks You Need to Know...

I have so much to say about this and I'm surprised it's taken this long to be brought up.

When I first read the headline, I thought they were referring to the actress playing "Keeley" (Juno Temple) and I thought, what a downgrade she is to Olivia.  Then I realized it was the lass Jamie Tart brought to the ball and thought - I could see that.  As I told The Brand when we watched that episode, Bex is way hotter than Keeley, Jamie should do that.  The Brand did not agree.  I'm gonna run this new fling past her and see her reaction…also, how many times can Jason over-achieve?  I still hate him. Oh, and she is hardly a co-"star" - what was she in, two episodes?

Obviously Olivia is over correcting for her mistake with Jason with this Harry Styles guy and that has no staying power.  Two wrongs don't make a right, Olivia.  But, you should know the half-your-age-plus-7 corollary does not apply to women.  This is called the Mrs Robinson Exception, and we're talking Cougar Town now.  Totally acceptable.

Highway 1 reopening moved up to April 30.

https://www.ksby.com/news/local-news/caltrans-hwy-1-big-sur-slide-closure-to-reopen-two-months-sooner-than-expected

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Space wrote:
Highway 1 reopening moved up to April 30.

Or, this week:

https://www.ksby.com/news/local-news/hwy-1-at-rat-creek-to-reopen-this-friday

I'm currently accepting suggestions for the playlist.  I'm driving PCH from SF to Pismo on May 8.

I am 5 months into my Apple experiment.  I use my Macbook ($1300) 100% of the time at work and it is better than my Windows machine at most tasks ($600). Is it worth twice the price?  No.

At home I use my Chromebook 95% of the time ($325).  The only place where the Macbook far outshines the competition is creating - all of my video editing and serious photo editing is now done on the Macbook and it is FAR superior at those tasks.

Scam is a strong word, but yeah, I would rather buy two Windows Laptops or four Chromebooks over the lifespan of one Macbook UNTIL I have more time to create more videos, at least. 

If I may ask What’s a windows laptop you would recommend Smackie?

I am looking for something basic mainly for internet and typing..

The last chrome book or notebook PC I bought- when I decided not to spring for a MacBook- an Asus E203M sucks.. slow…a waste of $… it came cheap but a waste so I basically gave up and just use my phone

Anybody else know have tips let me know


I feel like this is my annual I suck at technology post.

for the general population, i would suggest going with one of the big boys like Dell or Lenovo.  i'm currently typing on a 5-year old Lenovo laptop that is working great, not a single complaint so far.  i bought the 3-year no-questions-asked insurance, because i'm a klutz, as it turned out nothing broke on the machine.  just as the warrantee was about to expire i sent it in to get the keyboard and a USB port replaced - didn't really need it, but i recouped my cost right there.  to my mind, support options are more important for the average man on the street than the specs of the machine, if it's going to be mostly used for email and surfing.  any machine you buy will do the job.  question is, what is your tolerance for pain when the machine dies?  how much are you willing to do to get the computer back into service?  personally i want overnight my laptop, have them fix it ASAP, then ship it back to me.  both Lenovo and Dell have good options in that regard, along with others like in-person drop-off.  if you're patient, a good sale/deal will pop up - they're constantly discounting something in their line-up…

Microsoft has released some decent surface's in the last few years (the first few rounds sucked eggs)
I have Microsoft - Surface Laptop 3 and love it

They are getting priced to move right now, because the Surface Laptop 4 is out
So you can find it at best buy new for $800

toasty wrote:
Microsoft has released some decent surface's in the last few years (the first few rounds sucked eggs)
I have Microsoft - Surface Laptop 3 and love it

They are getting priced to move right now, because the Surface Laptop 4 is out
So you can find it at best buy new for $800

I meant to post the same thing… I've had nothing but Surface laptops since 2011 and have liked them all. Have the Surface 3 right now and it's a monster.

I still thinking hutch needs nothing but a $299 Acer though personally.

Yada wrote:
I still thinking hutch needs nothing but a $299 Acer though personally.

I kind of agree…I think he is basing his decision on the failed-era of windows Netbooks (those were horrible) …not Chromebooks

Ok thanks but can you tell me the exact model! Cause I got a netbook like 16 months ago (I listed model number earlier) and it blow
Thanks

oh…was thinking of the one you got like 10 years ago.
Was it a Chromebook or windows based?

This looks decent
Lenovo - S345-14AST 14" Touch-Screen Chromebook
and
Acer - Spin 15 2-in-1 15.6 Touch-Screen Chromebook

The one I got ten years ago …an asus netbook rocked

I can’t remember but I think this acer was a cheap chromebook..so damn slow

Before that I always had toshiba laptops which I loved but they stopped making them

hutch wrote:
Before that I always had toshiba laptops which I loved but they stopped making them

i am still rocking a great Toshiba

This is next level stuff from ProPublica, who, frankly, have been killing it lately.

Lord of the Roths: How Tech Mogul Peter Thiel Turned a Retirement Account for the Middle Class Into a $5 Billion Tax-Free Piggy Bank

vansmack wrote:
That moment, when Macron realizes what it is #priceless

French army band medleys Daft Punk at Bastille Day parade – video

Oh hey happy bastille day

Still holds up, 49 seconds in…the smirk!

Is Newsom in real peril or what? Are these polls of the "scare Dems into showing up" variety or is this actually close? Starting to feel like an error to throw no Democratic candidate out there on the Recall side (of course, that went south with Bustamante).