Galaxy Nexus Watering Hole

The_Chief · Dec 29, 2011

HanSolo said:
A friend of ours had a husband who collected vintage and not so vintage toys. I went down into his basement once and he showed me his lair. The walls were covered with glass covered shelves. He must have had almost a thousand toys. Each display had its own little spotlight.

He also had a giant screen and three video game consoles. He used that basement as his alone/unwinding time almost every day after work for three or four hours at a time.

The marriage did not last very long.

Everyone needs a "cave" and that was his. Many of my "toys" wouldn't fit on a shelf: I still have a 24" Eagle from Space:1999 (yes, it's OLD)! Wish it were still in the box, though:

Space:1999 Eagle 1 Spaceship AFA 85 | eBay

...And add to that an original Millennium Falcon from the Empire Strikes Back, the one that action figures can fit in, in the box.

I guess I'm sitting on a gold mine and didn't know it!

( Time to take inventory and insure all this stuff

)

halon · Dec 29, 2011

I had a lot of those star wars toys. Keyword "had".

HanSolo · Dec 29, 2011

Yep, everyone needs alone time and a cave.

But if I left my wife alone from 6 to 10 pm every night and forbade her from joining me, there's going to be problems!

The_Chief · Dec 29, 2011

HanSolo said:
Yep, everyone needs alone time and a cave.

But if I left my wife alone from 6 to 10 pm every night and forbade her from joining me, there's going to be problems!

Well he had it coming to him, then. I would never "forbid" my Darling Bride from joining me in something that she really isn't interested in anyway. No need to

This_Is_Kyle · Dec 29, 2011

I just picked up my Galaxy Nexus (NE2 was today). Now to unlock...

BabyBlues · Dec 29, 2011

Wow. Will post pics later, in hide tags, from the 9/11 memorial. Its beautiful and haunting. And something everyone should see.

RazorSharp · Dec 29, 2011

tluley51 said:
So I found out that the $50 living social deal that I got never got processed when I got the phone. I already have 3 cases and an extended battery. Anyone have any ideas what I should spend it on? In store only.

Perhaps the spare battery and charger cable?

HanSolo said:
So I figured out, what I think, is the best solution (for me) for movie playback. Simply transfer my .mkv files to my "movies" folder. Play using MX Video Player (with arm 7 codec installed from the market). Make sure it's playing on HW mode, and it's great.

HanSolo said:
My friend let me borrow his video files.

I found MX Video Player, but is there any chance you could link to the codec that you mentioned? What benefits are there to installing the separate codec? Also, any chance you could find out your friend encoded the MKVs?

altimax98 · Dec 29, 2011

Hello all... I just wanted to say I'm sticking it to Verizon with my 1GB per day usage

Han - could you send me a copy of your modded nova

HanSolo · Dec 29, 2011

RazorSharp said:
Perhaps the spare battery and charger cable?

I found MX Video Player, but is there any chance you could link to the codec that you mentioned? What benefits are there to installing the separate codec? Also, any chance you could find out your friend encoded the MKVs?

If you go in the market, search under MX player. The arm7 codec will come up and just install and you're good to go.

I think he used handbrake, but not sure. I will ask him though.

HanSolo · Dec 29, 2011

altimax98 said:
Hello all... I just wanted to say I'm sticking it to Verizon with my 1GB per day usage

Han - could you send me a copy of your modded nova

Sure, just send me your email address via PM and I'll do it later tonight. (Out of the house right now.)

This_Is_Kyle · Dec 29, 2011

I find it annoying that if I'm not at 100% brightness, the screen looks kinda crappy. It's not crisp, the whites aren't white, etc. Very annoying.

RazorSharp · Dec 29, 2011

This_Is_Kyle said:
I find it annoying that if I'm not at 100% brightness, the screen looks kinda crappy. It's not crisp, the whites aren't white, etc. Very annoying.

I think a couple pages ago, there was a link to a quick mod that improves the screen quality. It's also included in at least one ROM, IIRC.

RazorSharp · Dec 29, 2011

Here it is! I'm not sure if the stock ROM is deodexed, though.

HanSolo said:
Here's a mod that will increase brightness, and make the whites a true white. There is a pretty good screenshot on the OP comparing the stock white of the contacts display with the new and improved white.

[MOD] Auto Brightness Patch & Advanced Power Menu - Update 22.12. for IML74K - xda-developers

If anyone is interested, make sure it's for the right build number (you can find the build number you're on in settings/about phone and look at "build number".

Edit: These only work on stock deodexed roms, not "nightlies". Oh well.

zx10droid · Dec 29, 2011

Why am I just now discovering homerun battle 3d?

altimax98 · Dec 29, 2011

zx10droid said:
Why am I just now discovering homerun battle 3d?

lol, i havent played that in well over a year lol

zx10droid · Dec 29, 2011

altimax98 said:
lol, i havent played that in well over a year lol

Exactly, lol, I'm just now finding it

Adauth · Dec 29, 2011

zx10droid said:
Why am I just now discovering homerun battle 3d?

Drag Racing is also a great time wasting super fun app. Probably my favorite gaming app for my razr.

altimax98 · Dec 29, 2011

Adauth said:
Drag Racing is also a great time wasting super fun app. Probably my favorite gaming app for my razr.

Damnit.... hooked as of 15minutes ago

Adauth · Dec 29, 2011

altimax98 said:
Damnit.... hooked as of 15minutes ago

That happens to most people when they try that app.

BabyBlues · Dec 29, 2011

If you want to see pics from the Memorial they're here http://s1193.photobucket.com/albums/aa352/BabyBlues78/9_11 Memorial
All taken with the Nexus. I played with exposure a little tonight to see the differences.

halon · Dec 29, 2011

BabyBlues said:
If you want to see pics from the Memorial they're here http://s1193.photobucket.com/albums/aa352/BabyBlues78/9_11 Memorial
All taken with the Nexus. I played with exposure a little tonight to see the differences.

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Liked the pics. It's been awhile since I've been there.

I still say that they should have rebuilt them as they were before.

BabyBlues · Dec 29, 2011

halon said:
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I think I fixed it

IHateMyTreo · Dec 30, 2011

BabyBlues said:
If you want to see pics from the Memorial they're here http://s1193.photobucket.com/albums/aa352/BabyBlues78/9_11 Memorial
All taken with the Nexus. I played with exposure a little tonight to see the differences.

With flash?

BabyBlues · Dec 30, 2011

halon said:
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Liked the pics. It's been awhile since I've been there.

I still say that they should have rebuilt them as they were before.

I am torn on the 'build there vs memorialize' debates. While it would have been nice to see them rebuilt I think what they have accomplished is beyond amazing. And it's rare in NYC to have that many people showing complete respect for where they are.

BabyBlues · Dec 30, 2011

IHateMyTreo said:
With flash?

One or two were with flash. I more changed the exposure settings than anything. I have no idea what I'm doing in photography other than point and hit button.

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