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iPhone Home Button

I’ve fought with iPhone home buttons off and on for several years. My second iPhone was even replaced with a third when the Apple store couldn’t get it to work properly. That one has recently been giving me problems until I found this “fix” online:

1. Open the Compass app or other built-in iOS app.
2. Press and hold the Lock button until the red slider bar appears.
3. Press and hold the Home button until the red slider bar disappears.

My Home button now behaves as if it were fresh out of the box. Must be some sort of software calibration or something. I’ll check with Apple tomorrow.

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Star Wars Episode 7

Disney set to purchase Lucasfilm for $4.05 billion and includes a tentative release date of 2015 for Star Wars Episode VII. Bring back Luke, Leia, Han, Chewbacca, etc!

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Violin bow

I just returned from the violin shop (and a quick stop at the coin store) after buying a new bow.  Having never spent this much on one, I wasn’t sure what to expect when played on my own instrument.  Although, if I were smart, I would have taken mine to “test drive” bows before purchasing one.

With a bit more rosin applied and after a minute or so of playing, I am (almost) speechless at the difference in sound.  It feels like a completely different instrument.

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It’s almost here

Little, Brown and Company releases the cover for The Casual Vacancy by J. K. Rowling, along with updated cover copy, details of the audio reader, and confirmed page count.

Published worldwide in the English language on September 27, 2012 in hardcover, large print hardcover, e-book, unabridged audio download, and on CD.

When Barry Fairbrother dies in his early forties, the town of Pagford is left in shock.

Pagford is, seemingly, an English idyll, with a cobbled market square and an ancient abbey, but what lies behind the pretty façade is a town at war.

Rich at war with poor, teenagers at war with their parents, wives at war with their husbands, teachers at war with their pupils…Pagford is not what it first seems.

And the empty seat left by Barry on the parish council soon becomes the catalyst for the biggest war the town has yet seen. Who will triumph in an election fraught with passion, duplicity, and unexpected revelations?

A big novel about a small town, The Casual Vacancy is J. K. Rowling’s first novel for adults. It is the work of a storyteller like no other.