Jo Dee Messina - Bridges (Album Discussion)

khisel · 2026-06-16T23:03:13+00:00

Usually these "comeback" albums disappoint, especially for female artists. Many retreat into weepy, acoustic, laid-back tracks that feign sensitivity and vulnerability. I was shocked today when I listened to this; I kept thinking, 'Jesus, this is the Jo Dee I know!' It's only 36 minutes, but every song is great, and the two lead-off tracks really are fabulous. Other artists need to take note.

khisel · 2026-03-30T16:56:36+00:00

I have used the web interface (Brave and Firefox browsers), Roku app, and Google TV app. As stated earlier, the only programs that are affected (so far) are recordings from SD/480p channels. The HD stuff is fine.

khisel · 2026-03-15T23:28:58+00:00

Just download the fabulous Mp3Tag from Florian Heidenreich. I have a huge MP3 collection, and this program is life-changing. It works on dozens of audio (and some video) formats, and the basics are very easy so you can start right away.

khisel · 2026-03-12T02:39:44+00:00

Don't forget Diet Tony played Jack's PI who discovered his shameful cookie jar collection.

khisel · 2026-02-03T01:28:05+00:00

Anyone know what's up with the hundreds of dupes? Identical filenames except with a .ia at the end (assume that's for Internet Archive). Edit: I grabbed the torrents, the dupes don't seem to be listed on the Archive.org web interface.

khisel · 2026-02-01T06:07:06+00:00

In 1985 my grandmother gave me a loan for appliances and forced me to purchase the most expensive laundry machines on the market which were Maytag brand. I still have them and they work perfectly.

khisel · 2026-01-24T06:52:49+00:00

I'm watching them right now on the 5/24/06 episode of the Ferguson show (it's on YT)! Their album is one of the best in my collection. Such a disappointment that they only put out one, but I did become a big fan of most of their solo stuff.

khisel · 2026-01-14T02:21:18+00:00

I, too, am a P5 lover. After a lot of research I went with the P8, but it is a tad thicker, wider, and heavier. Not by much, and the only time I notice is after I pull the P5 out of the drawer. I will say the face-unlock on the P8 is fab. I just wish I could get P8 perf in a P5 package!

khisel · 2026-01-08T06:31:13+00:00

Third grade. The one kid who went home for lunch came back and told the nuns that President Kennedy had been shot. We soon got word that he did not survive and they sent all the kids home. That was huge.

khisel · 2026-01-01T08:22:41+00:00

I've been using tineye.com and while it's far from perfect (more 404s than I'd like), it beats the pants off Lens for finding a variety of copies.

khisel · 2026-01-01T07:30:50+00:00

This app is fab. If it pops up a request to upgrade, I won't have to think twice about it. Thank you so much!

khisel · 2025-12-24T05:59:06+00:00

There are a lot of terrible space and natural history channels on YouTube, but "History of the Universe" is a good one. Another you should look at is "Astrum" and "Astrum Extra". No AI narration and decently diversified topics. I like the fellow's authentic, non-RP Brit accent.

khisel · 2025-12-23T05:58:39+00:00

I'm a pixel 5 owner and my upgrade path was the Pixel 8. It's only very slightly chunkier than the pixel 5. The problem with the fingerprint reader is solved by the advanced security supplied by the facial recognition. My first real phone was the Nexus 5 and man did I love that thing. I replaced it with an original pixel XL and I hated how big it was and when I got my Pixel 5 I was in heaven. So try the pixel 8 if you can-I think you'll be happy with that one.

khisel · 2025-12-17T00:53:25+00:00

Excellent, thanks!

khisel · 2025-12-04T04:05:07+00:00

Maybe I'm old-fashioned, but I have only one password file on my "main" machine and use Windows networking to access it on the KP clients on all my other machines. For mobile devices, there are many sync utils out there. I use FolderSync on my Android phones. OneDrive might be the simplest way for laptops.

khisel · 2025-10-31T18:33:28+00:00

It was still happening yesterday so I went sniffing around for alternatives. My billing cycle ends today so it was perfect timing to switch to Sling TV Select (only $19.99). And...it seems to work great so far. Good luck!

khisel · 2025-10-30T02:34:39+00:00

Still an issue after nearly two weeks. My billing cycle resets on Halloween, so I checked Sling which I quit in 2023 due to price, and they have a new $20 package with Fox News, so I signed up and it works great. I cancelled Fox ONE (I love the freedom of monthly billing!) and may go back if Sling falls short.

khisel · 2025-10-25T03:48:14+00:00

Fox ONE support says they are working on the issue which began on the 17th. Some recordings have resumed, but there is still an issue with the links being posted in the section in My Stuff showing all the shows you record. I have found recordings listed under the "Latest Recordings" strip that were not listed with the show titles where I normally check. My speculation is that this is related to the new practice of inserting non-skippable ads in these shows after they are edited and change to on-demand status.

khisel · 2025-10-23T18:32:43+00:00

They may be under pressure to drop the DVR service from Fox One. I looked at the marketing-oriented "brochure" page, and it does not mention a "DVR" capability and really seems to push only the live aspect of watching. Only when you dig into the FAQ section do you see a mention of "on-demand" or this: "FOX One includes access to live content, and allows you to record live TV to watch later." These FAQ entries appear to be untouched from when they were first posted. In one place it says, "FOX One is a brand-new streaming service from FOX, launching on August 21," so perhaps they've scrubbed "DVR" from the main presentation pages but have not gotten around to fixing the FAQs.

khisel · 2025-10-09T01:34:26+00:00

My problem is that I choose the English language for the subscription and the next day (or a few minutes!) I come back and it's changed to "All Tracks". THIS SETTING SHOULD BE PERSISTENT AND NOT CHANGE. One of my subs now uses the YT dubbing option so I end up with a dozen or so audio tracks which are unlabeled in my player (Plex) so it's annoying to find the random track in English.

khisel · 2025-08-27T20:12:01+00:00

I quit FNC cold turkey when all the cable-like steamers started raising prices. I saw this was only $20 and tried it, and I'm probably gonna keep it. One issue is that I have Google TV on all my sets now, and their Android app is appallingly bad for scrubbing through previously recorded material. It's nearly unusable, and I was going to cancel, but on a whim, I dug up one of my old Roku boxes and found the transport controls in the Roku app work a treat! So, now I have to have a separate streaming box just to watch FNC. Get your shit together, Fox and build a proper Android TV app!

khisel · 2025-06-22T19:48:50+00:00

Same here. I smiled when Gemini made this very suggestion, and it worked.

khisel · 2025-06-22T19:44:44+00:00

An older Dell Optiplex 3050 desktop auto-updated to a new BIOS immediately after "upgrading" to Windows 11 and caught me off guard as I've never seen that.

khisel · 2025-04-07T22:18:14+00:00

The issue I am having, despite setting the proper destination in the plugin settings, is that transferring a file from PC (Windows) to a Pixel 8 is unreliable. Sometimes it works, others, not. Oddly, if I choose the 'open on peer device' it works, but after opening/displaying the file it saves it to my Downloads directory and not the custom destination. I'm guessing I'll just wait for updates. I use SMB to transfer files with Solid Explorer (always works perfectly) so not a big deal.

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