{"id":5889,"date":"2011-02-13T15:17:31","date_gmt":"2011-02-13T20:17:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/365sketches.org\/?p=3616"},"modified":"2020-07-11T16:28:23","modified_gmt":"2020-07-11T20:28:23","slug":"44-is-a-review-of-the-verizon-fios-remote-gimp-inkscape-fail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/2011\/02\/13\/44-is-a-review-of-the-verizon-fios-remote-gimp-inkscape-fail\/","title":{"rendered":"A review of the Verizon FIOS remote by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #fail"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_3617\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/20110213b.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3617\" data-attachment-id=\"3617\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/2013-03-13-11-48-34-1000x288\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/2013-03-13-11-48-34-1000x288.jpg?fit=1000%2C288&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1000,288\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"2013-03-13-11-48-34-1000&amp;#215;288\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/2013-03-13-11-48-34-1000x288.jpg?fit=1000%2C288&amp;ssl=1\" class=\" wp-image-3617 \" title=\"A review of the Verizon FIOS remote by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #fail\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/20110213b.png?w=600&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"A review of the Verizon FIOS remote by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #fail\"  \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3617\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A review of the Verizon FIOS remote by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #fail<\/p><\/div>\n<p>It is likely that I am just upset that it&#8217;s not a TiVo remote, but I really think this remote has some incredible design flaws.<\/p>\n<p>tags: Verizon, fail, lemasney, 365, daily, postaday2011, GNU, GPL, GIMP, Inkscape, open source, creative commons, cc-sa<\/p>\n<h6 class=\"zemanta-related-title\" style=\"font-size: 1em;\">Related articles<\/h6>\n<ul class=\"zemanta-article-ul\">\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/2012\/11\/15\/20121114-touchpad-two-finger-tap-gesture-by-john-lemasney-via-365sketches-org-design\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">20121114: Touchpad two-finger-tap gesture by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #design<\/a> (365sketches.org)<\/li>\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/2012\/11\/20\/20121120-a-study-in-hexagonal-geometry-by-john-lemasney-via-365sketches-org-design-cc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">20121120: A study in hexagonal geometry by John LeMasney via 365sketches.org #design #cc<\/a> (365sketches.org)<\/li>\n<li class=\"zemanta-article-ul-li\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lemasney.com\/consulting\/2012\/11\/08\/20121108-a-waveform-of-the-word-open-tattoo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">20121108: A waveform of the word &#8220;open&#8221; 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