The Heart of a Mother Has Gone with Thee

Hast thou sounded the depths of yonder sea,
And counted the sands that under it be?
Hast thou measured the height of heaven above?
Then may’st thou mete out a mother’s love.

Hast thou talked with the blessed of leading on
To the throne of God some wandering son?
Hast thou witnessed the angel’s bright employ?
Then may’st thou speak of a mother’s joy.

Evening and morn hast thou watched the bee
Go forth on her errands of industry.
The bee for himself hath gathered and toiled,
But the mother’s cares are all for her child.

Hast thou gone with the traveller Thought afar—
From pole to pole, and from star to star?
Thou hast—but on ocean, earth, and sea,
The heart of a mother has gone with thee.

There is not a grand, inspiring thought,
There is not a truth by wisdom taught,
There is not a feeling pure and high,
That may not be read in mother’s eye.

And ever, since earth began, that look
Has been to the wise an open book,
To win them back from the lore they prize,
To the holier love that edifies.

There are teachings in earth, and sky, and air,
The heavens the glory of God declare;
But louder than voice, beneath, above,
He is heard to speak through a mother’s love.

Emily Taylor, 1888

Be Very Weary of Counterfeit iTunes Download Sites

As of this post on 6 November 2013, the latest Windows desktop Apple iTunes version is 11.1.3.8. The name of this version's execute file is iTunesSetup.exe. The file size is 96,322 KB.

No setup execute file or such is ever required as a pre-requisite for downloading iTunes. If one comes across a purported iTunes download site that does not list an iTunes version number, or a pre-requisite download for a setup.exe files is the first order of business, boogie out of the site quickly.

The official site for a first time iTunes download is: Apple iTunes Downloads. Subsequent updates are available from within the installed desktop app.

- a L'envoi iPad 3 post
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Airport Remote iPhone App Is History

The Airport Remote App for the iPhone Is No More

The FAA has begun furloughing its 47,000 employees (including air traffic flight controllers) on Sunday, 21 April, as a result of the Democratic controlled administration failed to control spending cuts.

Illegal aliens need not worried about impunities. Anything. And nevermind Jehadists killing Americans here and abroad (Benghazi is forgotten already). Why? If a Kenyan-born socialist community organizer can become the president of the United States, the Constitution be damned. The Democratic party will continue to provide illegal aliens access to medical care, education, and other services denied to citizens. US citizens to just shut up and pay more taxes for these services and for Obama family's excessive vacations and what nots. When elections come about, the trademarked dastardly Democrat ploys have always been in the using of bribes for votes, union coercions, fraudulant voter registrations, and unethical intrusions into the opponents private lives (i.e. hacking computer accounts to expose personal information). But I digress.

Since I will be traveling by plane this weekend, I wanted to see how the FAA furlough program affect flight delays. So I fired up my trusty Airportremote iPhone paid-app, as it replicates the flight information display monitors seen at the airports. The app failed to load, however, since Monday, 23 April. It's error messages reads as follows:

"Data Error. Sorry. Invalid data returned."
This Airportremote app which I'd paid is no longer found in the iTunes store. It's gone. Vanished.

Fortunately, the parent source for the Airportremote app continues to function.

This source still provides free real-time mobile apps for monitoring airport and flight events, and then some. If you want a good airport and flight status app, or in need of a replacement for the defunct Airportremote app, click on the FlightStat site link below to download the parent version for both the iOS and Android platforms:

FlightStats Mobile Apps Downloads

Getting iTunes 10.7.0.21 to Wi-Fi Syn with iPhone 4S

With the advent of the new iPhone 5 and iOS 6 in September, I obligingly updated my
iPhone 4S and the iPad 3rd generation to iOS 6. Alas, the new iOS eschewed my iPod 3G, a soon-to-be digital relic. It behooved me also to update my Windows XP iTunes to version 10.7.0.21 as the new gatekeeper for iOS 6 apps. It quickly became apparent, however, the latest iTunes version was not intuned with the iPhone 4S sporting the iOS 6 system. It wouldn't recognize it as a legitimate device allowed to do iTunes Wi-Fi Sync. Thus my quest to have all three i-devices, including the problem-child iPhone 4S, wi-fi sync-able to iTunes. Getting all three devices recognized for wi-fi sync through the iTunes gateway is akin to playing the slot machine wanting three "7s" to line up. I finally succeeded in beating the odds playing against iTunes.

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That Is the Question

To do or not to do.

This is a very good app for the stated functionality for keeping track of to-do stuff. If you decide to try it, don't get too deep into the Appigo's free lite version of Todo Lite, though. It is limited to under a dozen or so of tasks. You won't be warned when the limits are reached. When the sample records are reach, that's it. Further, if you should decide to buy the full-featured version and sync (transfer) the free version's database over to it, don't bother. The sync utilities from the lite to the paid version are more trouble than they're worth. Buy the full-featured version $4.99 (USD) from the iTunes Store and start from there.

I use this app to keep track of the to do lists by dates and priorities:
1. Recurring household chores
2. Recurring services rendered
3. Recurring sundries to shop and at which stores or online for best price
4. Episodic tasks
5. Medical & Dental appointments
6. Daily and recurring nutritional supplemental intake reminders

All of these things I can set with alerts and notifications. This is the app I use everyday.

A Gallimaufry of Gambols

"He that will give good words to thee will flatter beneath abhorring."
--Shakespeare, 'Coriolanus', Act 1 Scene 1.

Not in this case, Will. My friend sports a very congenial disposition of all the Words with Friends games she's played me. Albeit She has yet to win her first game.

This is a game similar played in the manner of correspondent chess. One need not be attentive or sedentary in his own surroundings waiting for the opponent's next move. He could also play other opponents on the WWF app. The moves on the board(s) are transmitted via either a Wi-Fi or a 3G connection. This game is designed for the iPod, iPhone, or iPad only.

It's more fun and tactically appealing to me by plotting and anticipating the placement of the letter tiles on just one game board. A linear thinking mind like mine would not do well playing multiple boards. I get confused with memorizing on which set of tiles (with replacements) to play on which board. It's too stressful and less fun.

The free game is full-featured but laced with annoying advertising pop-ups. After playing a few games using the free version, I bought the ad free edition for $2.99 (USD).

I like this game. The only frustration is the game server does crash more than once in a blue moo. I always happens during a game. The impersonal and rude excuses received from the server are to the effect "Repairing..." and or "Updating..." the game in progress. No warning given and no consent are solicited from the player. It just does and wipes out the game. The most recent episode happened when I was just one tile placement away in winning the game. Alas, a bloody shame of not having another notch scored (pun) on the virtual game board, so to speak.

Angry Birds Anonymous?

Angry Birds is the only paid game (only $0.99 USD!) I have installed on my iPod Touch 3G. I like it for its simple yet elegant play design. It has many thematic levels. The play concept and tactics do not vary at each level, however.

This game is easy on the mind and body (for some). No strain or stress of which to speak, mostly, (for some). It is a mobile device game well suited for the casual gamer during long waits at the airport or some other public queues (for some).

Playing Angry Birds is fun, and yet it is insidiously addictive. The latter is not at all a good thing if one is mired in this altered reality of living the life.

As I see it, the birds and the pigs in this app aren't going anywhere. They neither age nor die of starvation when being ignored. They are programmed to stay in character today, tomorrow, and the day after. Thus being obsessed with playing this game continually isn't worth the time.

Time does not stand still. It is not a game, nor can it be paused or rewound for a replay. Each of us has our own one-way hourglass allotted with varied amount of sand. For most, we choose how to expend this precious and physically irredeemable commodity for life's priorities. Playing Angry Birds is not essential for the pursuit of happiness.

So then, why irrationally or compulsively throwing away precious time to challenge a game, notwithstanding its enormous popularity. Moreover, why compound the time spent playing the game with the risk of stepping into the abyss of despair and destruction. i.e. Depression, anxiety, sleep and nutritional deprivations, social paranoia, and carpal tunnel syndrome. All these potential and real ailments for the sake of winning some virtual golden eggs? The cost doesn't even come close in justifying the ephemeral benefit.

We are already a society staked with many tents of self-helps. Let's hope an anonymous mutual support society or such is not ever needed to free one from a possible Angry Birds addiction.