Recent content by Mark Yaworski

Thanks.

I'm an unusual guy.

The video is sarcasm, the problem is real. I like the video because it mirrors my feelings toward pocket computers. OnePlus Nord N200 5G is the phone. Latest update to Android 12 forced me to have a lock screen which doesn't lock anything.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75gwlQlMLbk

Speaking as someone who spent a big part of his life developing software (1973 - 2004), "intuitive" is overused in the software world. UIs being "intuitive" is based on the experiences of the user. Why would something that looks like a double square socket be "setup"? Oh, that's supposed to...

I feel your pain.

As I reported in another thread, I now have a pocket computer that will make phone calls. Horton, the manufacturer, calls it a pocket box. When I got my Horton Pocket Box I set it up so I didn't have a lock screen. I have no information on it so a lock screen is another step that I don't...

B Diddy pointed me to a redit thread that suggested PowerAmp. It looks like "PowerAmp" will do what I want. Huzzah.

I can but Windows doesn't assign it a drive letter which is what DoubleTwist needs.

Older.

Yeah, I know. However, my simple little Sansa MP3 player can deal with the directory issues. Deconstructing a Windows playlist is a trivial matter so one would think that some software wonk would make a converter of some sort. If I cared enough, I'd do it. As I said before, very little...

That's the simple solution. I tried it and it copied the songs but not the playlists. Strange that my simple $30 MP3 player can do it but my nifty pocket computer can't.

I've had a cell phone since 1991 and was finally coerced into getting a smartphone. Mostly because my phone would be unusable after July 1st. I have no desire to text, email, play games, yada yada. The only smart phone feature that I'd like is to play music. I have a ton of carefully...