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Actually it's been quiet for the last few years. I can't speak for how it might be in denser parts of the city (Staten Island here is legally part of NYC but not like the rest of it) but it's been a while since the shop was regularly busy. In part we're hurt by the growing availability of super-cheap PCs: even though we can say they're garbage a lot of customers don't care. A lot of people aren't using as many PC (whether Windows or Mac) these days in favor of phones or tablets and while we repair those, many aren't worth repairing. Of course there's some general economic anxiety at play too.Bryan Moore wrote:Man, that's gotta be lucrative in NYC. Just the sheer convenience of having someone doing that for me... Hell, even in Connecticut, I'm often tempted to send mine off to someone because of my work schedule rather than sit and do it myself.
Oh man, Staten Island is about as much NYC as New Orleans is NYC lol.Captain Picard's Hair wrote:Actually it's been quiet for the last few years. I can't speak for how it might be in denser parts of the city (Staten Island here is legally part of NYC but not like the rest of it) but it's been a while since the shop was regularly busy. In part we're hurt by the growing availability of super-cheap PCs: even though we can say they're garbage a lot of customers don't care. A lot of people aren't using as many PC (whether Windows or Mac) these days in favor of phones or tablets and while we repair those, many aren't worth repairing. Of course there's some general economic anxiety at play too.Bryan Moore wrote:Man, that's gotta be lucrative in NYC. Just the sheer convenience of having someone doing that for me... Hell, even in Connecticut, I'm often tempted to send mine off to someone because of my work schedule rather than sit and do it myself.
Just be careful if it does happen...Captain Picard's Hair wrote:* I've heard of but never seen (to my recollection) thundersnow but even if lightning can happen in cooler than expected conditions, that's not what this is.
It's good he enjoys his job so much.Graham Kennedy wrote:There's a man who really enjoys weather!
I gotta admit, I'd prefer the $500 million powerball jackpot, though.
Are you kidding me? He'd probably punch those sharks right out of the sky!Captain Picard's Hair wrote:It's a good thing for his sake Sharknados don't happen in real life.
I waited the whole week for Google (still waiting, really) but the solution was staring me right in the face the whole time. All I needed to do was temporarily switch the SIM card into my old phone so as to be able to receive an account security code by phone call. Then I could turn off the second layer for now, to log into the phone and now I'm up and running. Google cloud did immediately restore my apps and my data was on the SD card so it was a seamless recovery.Captain Picard's Hair wrote:Well, the weather looks more spring-like than February in NY weather. I was out in a tee shirt today. Though it does look quiet to start my work week (not much to start with, pending whatever comes in) I have dealt with this kind of week the last two or three winters.RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:There could be worse problems, CPH.But seriously, hope it goes well for you.
I'm temporarily locked out of mg Google account, and phone until Google can authenticate me. It's really my fault, and though I'm not a heavy user, it's frustrating as I wait for the email back from Google. This happened because of an Android upgrade, from 6.0.1 (Marshmallow) to 7.0 (Nougat). Being the kind of geek who's curious to try the upgrade, I was looking out for it. On Friday morning it became available for T-Mobile variants of my handset - though I'm on that network my handset is a factory unlocked version and didn't pick up the over-the-air update. I successfully flashed the Android system manually but ran into a roadblock when I had to re-enter my Google account on the phone. Though I know my password, I had set up a second security step dependent on an app from the phone. All would have been alright if I'd had the foresight to disable that feature in my google account ahead of time but I can't log into my account from a different PC or device of any sort without the code generated in the authenticator app. Of course, the point is to lock others out of my account but it locks everybody in the world out when that app can't be accessed. But, Google will probably disable it after verifying my story.
At least I have a backup of the content of the phone I can restore once I get back in, so the apps and content are safe.
We did. I'll post a picture at some point.Mikey wrote:Nice. If you're stopping at Grand Cayman, you can visit Hell!
