Author Archives: Joan Vinall-Cox

Moving a gMail Draft from One Device to Another

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At Midlife I See That …

A Poem – At Midlife I See by joanvinallcox Courage at eighty is different from at twenty But both ages carry their future constantly – A fearsome thrust into an unmapped wilderness. A fearsome thrust carrying life forward blindly At … Continue reading

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Less of an Apple Fan Now

I spent 12 days trying to get my iTunes store to work, with increasing urgency after I received an iPad 2. I got emails and even a phone call from Apple Support and from iTunes Support, and then more emails. … Continue reading

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Christmas After Bereavement – A Poem

  Christmas After Bereavement by joanvinallcox          

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When the Text is Image, What Does it Mean?

In Which I Trace the Shift From Text as Meaning to Context-Dominated Text Inspired by Vandendorpe’s From Papyrus to Hypertext In this video, a Studio Post Productions Demo … Continue reading

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Advent – Waiting in the Dark, for the Light

Advent  Meditation Midwinter is a time of darkness, a time when the light lessens and disappears, a time when we mix hope and fear. The worldly powers compel many, but not every detail of our lives. We can, as this … Continue reading

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My Samsung Galaxy S2 is Home Again

So while I had my HTC loaner, I was careful not to bond with it. I noticed the way it offered suggestions of what I might be typing that I could click on, and liked that. And the way it … Continue reading

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Hello HTC Loaner

The delivery man woke us up at 8:05 with my loaner from Samsung. It’s an HTC Legend (I think). I spent a couple of hours making sure I’d saved everything I wanted from my S2, and reading the instructions on … Continue reading

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Galaxy S2 Woes

I LOVE my Samsung Galaxy S2 – when it’s working. I’m not so fond of it when it – is a brick when unplugged in the morning until I take the battery out and put it back in. overheats like … Continue reading

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Facebook Forces and Google Allows

I was browsing my Facebook and saw an article I was interested in reading because I’ve been splitting my allegiance between Apple and Android. my interest is engaged and I’m taken – I’m unsure about connecting with the new Timeline, and the idea of … Continue reading

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