Archive 19. October 2011

iPhone 4S: Users report problems with new SIM cards. I would like to point out that I find it particularly unpleasant when such problems occur with me. Bugs can please have The Others (tm), ok? Definitely not only occurs with previously used MicroSims and turning off the SIM PIN only brings half the relief: then the miserable slow SIM unlocking is better, but the network connection still drops. The last time at least it helped to simply turn mobile data off and on again, but this is not a solution, as you don't notice it directly and therefore in the time when the phone desperately tries to get a connection outside, the battery is sucked dry. Bah.

PayPal is (once again) a pigsty: "PayPal just sent us an email saying “appeal denied,” where they announced that they would lock up the Diaspora* community’s donations for 180 days. Yes, you heard that right. PayPal gets to earn interest on all of our donations for 6 months, while we have to wait for PayPal to come up with a reason to justify their decision." via Diaspora* — How Diaspora* Found Its Tiger Stripe in the Midst of a Paypal Fiasco. I only use PayPal because it is still the only way to meaningfully cash out small amounts in SecondLife (and I certainly don't make large amounts there). Otherwise, Stripe really sounds quite interesting, especially for smaller projects where you need payment - and don't want to submit to PayPal's arbitrariness.