Public Address | Cafe | Speaker: Why the disaster in Japan made me want an iPhone https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/ en-us Copyright (c) 2026 Public Address Islander https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=212232#post212232 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=212232#post212232 My macs are the cute little one with the swivel arm that came out in about 2000?
It was a G4 I think, running OSX.
A macMini, 4 years later. And then the G5 iMac (20”) and it’s 21” successor. And a G4
laptop. So, everything with migration assistant et…

]]> Sun, 08 May 2011 13:40:21 +1200 Islander https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=212231#post212231 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=212231#post212231 Sun, 08 May 2011 13:32:14 +1200 David Hood https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=212230#post212230 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=212230#post212230 Sun, 08 May 2011 12:25:49 +1200 Sofie Bribiesca https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=212227#post212227 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=212227#post212227 ipads, iphones,ijust dunno anymores. ]]> Sun, 08 May 2011 11:55:40 +1200 Kyle Matthews https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=212222#post212222 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=212222#post212222 That is a very interesting point Steve : I am irritated to the max that I cant – any longer- transfer all my previous iMac contents to a new machine. Which is why I havent bought a new machine. And wont.

Yes you can. If the machine is really ancient…

]]> Sun, 08 May 2011 09:15:53 +1200 Islander https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=212205#post212205 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=212205#post212205 That is a very interesting point Steve : I am irritated to the max that I cant – any longer- transfer all my previous iMac contents to a new machine. Which is why I havent bought a new machine. And wont.

This is one of the many reasons I wont…

]]> Sat, 07 May 2011 19:17:36 +1200 BenWilson https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=206272#post206272 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=206272#post206272 I wander how many of those where activated after the Tsunami struck?

And how many would have been responded to? But the good thing about those – so long as you are alive, you've still got a chance, they can still find you.

I wonder how clogged low bandwidth channels…

]]> Sat, 19 Mar 2011 17:22:46 +1300 BenWilson https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=206204#post206204 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=206204#post206204 Between Pt Chev & Te Atatu or the upper reaches?

Between, just coming out of the channel, whose existence I rapidly learned to appreciate.

]]> Fri, 18 Mar 2011 16:31:25 +1300 Rob S https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=206194#post206194 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=206194#post206194 no more getting beached in the middle of the Waitemata Harbour for me (but that's another pratfall).

Between Pt Chev & Te Atatu or the upper reaches?

]]> Fri, 18 Mar 2011 16:12:58 +1300 Gareth Ward https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=206189#post206189 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=206189#post206189 more so if i knew you had a background in nuclear sciences or medicine

I did go to the doctor once, does that count?

Edit: a slightly more serious answer is that I got intrigued by the reports of radiation so looked a bunch of stuff up – started at…

]]> Fri, 18 Mar 2011 15:44:15 +1300 Tony Siu https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=206150#post206150 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=206150#post206150 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVvVQc3O01U ]]> Fri, 18 Mar 2011 12:56:14 +1300 Garth Bray https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=206120#post206120 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=206120#post206120 Fri, 18 Mar 2011 11:28:37 +1300 Gareth Ward https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=206113#post206113 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=206113#post206113 don’t dare inhale or swallow the tiniest speck.
Getting a little off the topic (strange, loves me a good iPhone) but while caesium-137 is nasty stuff the trace amounts of caesium in the air in Tokyo now are actually "OK" if that's what you're referring to as "tiniest specks". There…

]]> Fri, 18 Mar 2011 10:41:13 +1300 BenWilson https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=206100#post206100 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=206100#post206100 please say you are kidding!

I shit you not. For $19.95, the entire coastline with soundings and all the markers, buoys, hazards, etc, and special zones (like no-fishing). Comes with the software that lets you do standard GPS stuff – see speed, heading, location, plot trips via waypoints, measure distances,…

]]> Fri, 18 Mar 2011 09:36:40 +1300 Rich Lock https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=206091#post206091 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=206091#post206091 I wish it had a thingy for getting the stones out of horses hooves... just in case

When my wife mocks me for carrying my multitools (plural) around with me, I always tell her that you never know when you're going to run across some poor horse with a stone…

]]> Fri, 18 Mar 2011 08:27:39 +1300 Garth Bray https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=206087#post206087 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=206087#post206087 Now of course having written all this and read the responses, i felt bound to throw this into the mix...
http://www.wired.com/magazine/2011/02/ff_joelinchina/all/1

]]> Fri, 18 Mar 2011 02:52:24 +1300 Ben Austin https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=206086#post206086 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=206086#post206086 Fri, 18 Mar 2011 01:35:51 +1300 Islander https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=206082#post206082 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=206082#post206082 Thu, 17 Mar 2011 23:33:14 +1300 Islander https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=206081#post206081 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=206081#post206081 "marine maps for all of NZ* for $20"

please say you are kidding!
Else, very seriously, I'm going to invest in a Galaxy SA – which i can only use outside the Coast-

*I have them in paper, bought for a considerably greater price...

]]> Thu, 17 Mar 2011 23:09:53 +1300 BenWilson https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=206078#post206078 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=206078#post206078 Thu, 17 Mar 2011 22:52:02 +1300 Garth Bray https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=206058#post206058 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=206058#post206058 @izogi thanks for that. have been recommended three by brother-in-law#1: the Desire HD, the Galaxy S or the Google Nexus S. Will go and try to have a tutu with each of them. b-i-l#2 says go the HD for maximum screen size.

I completely agree with your comment about phones…

]]> Thu, 17 Mar 2011 20:30:23 +1300 izogi https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=206039#post206039 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=206039#post206039 Thu, 17 Mar 2011 18:03:28 +1300 Garth Bray https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=206037#post206037 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=206037#post206037 Right, over birthday lunch for my wife, discovered my brothers-in-law both own HTCs.
One has a G1, the first smartphone they produced i think. He says they stopped supporting it two years ago but he’s managed to install Android and various other hacks and keep it running and as a…

]]> Thu, 17 Mar 2011 17:18:57 +1300 Islander https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=206033#post206033 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=206033#post206033 Ooops, something seems to have eaten my response.
Trying again:
Mine is a "storm" -pretty grey colour. My nextdoor neighbour, a knifemaker (now, how do I manage to do this?) advises the plates can easily be replaced but recommends recolouring- cheers!

]]> Thu, 17 Mar 2011 16:44:25 +1300 Bart Janssen https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=206026#post206026 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=206026#post206026 the Juice

Oh and snap. Love my Juice only problem is the pretty purple anodising has mostly worn off :(

]]> Thu, 17 Mar 2011 16:14:05 +1300 Jackie Clark https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=206024#post206024 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=206024#post206024 Thu, 17 Mar 2011 16:09:14 +1300 Bart Janssen https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=206022#post206022 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=206022#post206022 The corkscrew

If it doesn't have a corkscrew it doesn't get a look in

]]> Thu, 17 Mar 2011 16:08:26 +1300 Islander https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=206021#post206021 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=206021#post206021 Oh, for those interested a 6.5 earthquake has just occurred near Vanuatu.
Little risk of tsunami-

]]> Thu, 17 Mar 2011 16:08:17 +1300 Islander https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=206020#post206020 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=206020#post206020 Thu, 17 Mar 2011 16:01:23 +1300 Islander https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=206019#post206019 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=206019#post206019 Thu, 17 Mar 2011 16:00:18 +1300 Che Tibby https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=206016#post206016 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=206016#post206016 Heh – brilliant

the product of browsing youtube with sick toddler.

also discovered pocoyo, who i can recommend to any any all parents of preschoolers.

]]> Thu, 17 Mar 2011 15:33:11 +1300 Malcolm Ibell https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=206015#post206015 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=206015#post206015 Thu, 17 Mar 2011 15:33:11 +1300 Jackie Clark https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=206011#post206011 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=206011#post206011 Thu, 17 Mar 2011 15:21:04 +1300 Islander https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=206010#post206010 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=206010#post206010 The corkscrew on the Juice doesnt catch (smug smile) – it's a really well-designed little number – 8.2cm long, 3 cm wide, and 2.1cm deep...no idea what they cost now,
but when one of the whanau brought it in from USA for me, it was $160 (ANZ.)

O, and Jackie…

]]> Thu, 17 Mar 2011 15:15:58 +1300 recordari https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=206009#post206009 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=206009#post206009 Should make up for all those bourgewah discussions about coffee, comrade :)

Did someone say iPhone coffee? There's an app, or two, for that.

ETA: "Next time Android Coffee Apps". Pfft.

]]> Thu, 17 Mar 2011 15:15:13 +1300 Malcolm Ibell https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=206008#post206008 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=206008#post206008 Thu, 17 Mar 2011 15:07:42 +1300 Jackie Clark https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=206007#post206007 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=206007#post206007 Thu, 17 Mar 2011 15:03:15 +1300 Sacha https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=206006#post206006 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=206006#post206006 Yay! A pissing contest about multitools.

Should make up for all those bourgewah discussions about coffee, comrade :)

]]> Thu, 17 Mar 2011 15:00:36 +1300 Rich of Observationz https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=206005#post206005 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=206005#post206005 My phone has data turned off when roaming (I assume iPhones can also do this) to avoid roaming charges.

I can't quite see how if I was stuck in an earthquake/supervolcano eruption/nuclear disaster I would be able to either purchase thousands of dollars of prepay credits, or alternatively get a…

]]> Thu, 17 Mar 2011 14:59:46 +1300 Sacha https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=206004#post206004 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=206004#post206004 you'd be surprised*

Heh – brilliant

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhkxDIr0y2U

]]> Thu, 17 Mar 2011 14:59:31 +1300 Malcolm Ibell https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=206002#post206002 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=206002#post206002 The ruler is amazingly useful... it does have a metal file... and I have been known to file my nails with it too!

I've found the trouble with corkscrews on multitools, is that they catch as you put the tool into pocket or pouch...

]]> Thu, 17 Mar 2011 14:57:15 +1300 Emma Hart https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=206000#post206000 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=206000#post206000

What, there's an app for that? :)

Karl laughed at me the first time I brought my iPhone to bed with me. He's not laughing now. (For a long time, it had just three aps on it: Twitter, Carcassonne, and World Cup Cricket scoring. One of these is very handy…

]]> Thu, 17 Mar 2011 14:53:18 +1300 Che Tibby https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=205999#post205999 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=205999#post205999 What, there’s an app for that? :)

you'd be surprised*

*note: have not invoked rule34

]]> Thu, 17 Mar 2011 14:51:29 +1300 Islander https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=205998#post205998 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=205998#post205998 Now, that's an interesting multitool...will stick with current one tho.'It has almost all of those functions, and a couple of useful others (corkscrew*, and blade with metal-file and diamond hone.) The rule and square would be very useful in theatre I'd imagine?

Confession: I do carry a Swiss Card Lite…

]]> Thu, 17 Mar 2011 14:49:17 +1300 Islander https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=205997#post205997 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=205997#post205997 I did look at the Schrade multitool because I have an excellent Schrade folder (a CH7, the one with a very useful half&half blade*) but the bloody thing was HUGE.
I want something that does a reasonable range of tasks; is comfortable to work with, and which can slip into my…

]]> Thu, 17 Mar 2011 14:37:39 +1300 Malcolm Ibell https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=205996#post205996 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=205996#post205996 Yay! A pissing contest about multitools.

They're almost an essential tool in theatre... I've had one on my belt for over 20 years... Gerbers... Meh... they break. I reckon the steel has been hardened to the point of brittleness.

For the last 10 years Ive had one of these. Best…

]]> Thu, 17 Mar 2011 14:35:28 +1300 Sacha https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=205995#post205995 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=205995#post205995 the first phone I've slept with

What, there's an app for that? :)

]]> Thu, 17 Mar 2011 14:32:46 +1300 BenWilson https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=205994#post205994 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=205994#post205994 i'm constantly running appkiller, and have been reliably told that the high-end ones also have crap battery life.

It does chew fast when you're using it heaps. Particularly when you're using all the wireless features and running multiple apps – so when I was running DJStudio to mix some sounds…

]]> Thu, 17 Mar 2011 14:23:13 +1300 Che Tibby https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=205990#post205990 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=205990#post205990 OK, I’ll upgrade to “Get a good Android”.

i'm constantly running appkiller, and have been reliably told that the high-end ones also have crap battery life.

although, i have dropped it on the corner and the screen didn't shatter. this already makes it better than an iPhone4.

]]> Thu, 17 Mar 2011 14:00:39 +1300 Sacha https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=205987#post205987 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=205987#post205987 Don't drink and ride

They should get you to make the cautionary public campaign, with descriptive powers like that

]]> Thu, 17 Mar 2011 13:54:25 +1300 Steve Withers https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=205983#post205983 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=205983#post205983 Thu, 17 Mar 2011 13:45:59 +1300 Steve Withers https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=205982#post205982 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=205982#post205982 Thu, 17 Mar 2011 13:41:44 +1300 BenWilson https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=205977#post205977 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=205977#post205977 driving it is just a little too much of a hassle sometimes.

OK, I'll upgrade to "Get a good Android". As in, the ones that actually are competitors to the iPhone, and half the price.

But hey, I'll admit iPhones are pretty awesome too. Just wanted to plug my Galaxy…

]]> Thu, 17 Mar 2011 13:26:25 +1300 JackElder https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=205976#post205976 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=205976#post205976 I can't really comment on smartphones, as I'm still quite happy with a very basic Nokia. I'm sure I'll get around to it sooner or later, but at the moment I'm far from convinced that I need all the extra bells & whistles.

But I would like to note with amusement…

]]> Thu, 17 Mar 2011 13:22:18 +1300 Richard Wain https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=205975#post205975 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=205975#post205975 Thu, 17 Mar 2011 13:21:25 +1300 Rich Lock https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=205971#post205971 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=205971#post205971 Pffft. Leatherman, Gerber. Keep yer johnny-come-lately multitools. Real men* use a Schrade.

I'm now considering getting a Gerber strapcutter, though. You never know when you'll be hanging upside-down in a sinking crashed helicopter. It could save your life!

*for which read: multitool hipsters. Oh, it's a fairly obscure multitool, you've…

]]> Thu, 17 Mar 2011 13:12:50 +1300 izogi https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=205968#post205968 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=205968#post205968 Thu, 17 Mar 2011 13:00:10 +1300 Graham Dunster https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=205967#post205967 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=205967#post205967 "And your ear bumps the screen and before you know it you’re messing up a call. "
Actually, no, that's the Samsung I just replaced, courtesy of True Rewards, although they can't explain how GST is accounted for in a points/cash redemption.

]]> Thu, 17 Mar 2011 12:54:49 +1300 Islander https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=205964#post205964 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=205964#post205964 I’ve owned/used both Gerbers and Leatherman tools for the last 25 years.
Have given away all except one of the Gerbers(it's in the grab-bag), and now just carry the Leatherman
Juice XE6 (in it's custom-belt-pouch) -best Leatherman to date!

Though their cute little fishing-scissors are excellent too….

]]> Thu, 17 Mar 2011 12:42:00 +1300 Che Tibby https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=205963#post205963 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=205963#post205963 I bet Garth that someone would say "get an Android!"

i have an entry-level android ($370 on parallel import! FTW!), and am thinking of trading up to iPhone.

driving it is just a little too much of a hassle sometimes.

]]> Thu, 17 Mar 2011 12:38:58 +1300 Garth Bray https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=205962#post205962 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=205962#post205962 Nope definitely a Leatherman in the case of the old guy with the slouch hat I'm picturing.
I guess the smartphone is a kind of digital Leatherman. Happy to profit from all your experiences and opinions about the benefits and faults of Leatherman/Gerber or Apple/Samsumg/HTC etc.
@Ben yes i would…

]]> Thu, 17 Mar 2011 12:16:13 +1300 Robyn Gallagher https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=205959#post205959 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=205959#post205959 I rented an IPhone when I arrived in Japan pre-quake and I'm so glad I had it with me during and after the quake.

It let me tell the folks back home that something big had just happened and that I was ok, via email, Twitter and Facebook.

then it…

]]> Thu, 17 Mar 2011 12:14:24 +1300 Garth Bray https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=205952#post205952 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=205952#post205952 Thu, 17 Mar 2011 12:07:26 +1300 linger https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=205950#post205950 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=205950#post205950 Thu, 17 Mar 2011 12:06:24 +1300 Garth Bray https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=205949#post205949 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=205949#post205949 Thu, 17 Mar 2011 11:57:21 +1300 Richard CLARK https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=205946#post205946 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=205946#post205946 "They’re basically for wankers, aren’t they?"
Absolutely! I am a wanker who loves technology and have lived on the leading edge since the early 70's with my wanky new company and then my wanky new editing system on a mac back in 1998 and my wanky .com company and my…

]]> Thu, 17 Mar 2011 11:50:17 +1300 BenWilson https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=205938#post205938 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=205938#post205938 Awesome. I bet Garth that someone would say "get an Android!" in the first half-dozen comments. :-)

He was just begging for it.

Edit: And mine was the 6th comment...made you pack!

]]> Thu, 17 Mar 2011 11:06:38 +1300 BenWilson https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=205937#post205937 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=205937#post205937 I have a portable VHF radio.

For the boat, right? It's amazing how survival oriented boating is, I've become about 5 times more prepared for natural disaster since December, just by getting one. VHF, flares, smoke signals, fire extinguishers, spare petrol, spare batteries, water bottles, portable gas cookers, spirit cookers,…

]]> Thu, 17 Mar 2011 11:06:17 +1300 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=205930#post205930 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=205930#post205930 Make it an Android and I agree with all you say.

Awesome. I bet Garth that someone would say "get an Android!" in the first half-dozen comments. :-)

]]> Thu, 17 Mar 2011 10:44:56 +1300 BenWilson https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=205925#post205925 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=205925#post205925 Thu, 17 Mar 2011 10:28:01 +1300 Steve Barnes https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=205924#post205924 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=205924#post205924 a guy with a Leatherman and years of experience I think you'll find that those with years of experience would use a Gerber
Bear Grylls does. I wonder if he got called Bare Girls at school? I wouldn't say that to his face but.
I also…

]]> Thu, 17 Mar 2011 10:13:42 +1300 Peter Calder https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=205918#post205918 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=205918#post205918 Thu, 17 Mar 2011 09:20:00 +1300 Henry Harrison https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=205917#post205917 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=205917#post205917 This report reinforces your experience several times over Garth:
Apple's Role in Japan during the Tohoku Earthquake

]]> Thu, 17 Mar 2011 09:15:58 +1300 Hilary Stace https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=205914#post205914 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=205914#post205914 Thu, 17 Mar 2011 08:27:37 +1300 Hadyn Green https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=205912#post205912 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=205912#post205912 Thu, 17 Mar 2011 08:18:53 +1300 Public Address https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=205911#post205911 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-why-the-disaster-in-japan-made-me/?p=205911#post205911 Discussion from blog post.

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