One of my favourite applications on the iPad is called Talking Tom, you speak and he repeats what you say.
Oh, did I not tell you I’ve got an iPad!
The hints were there if you hadn’t spotted them!
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A reminder of visiting Chorley!
Tuesday, August 10th, 2010Unlocking a 3 Mobile Broadband MiFi (Huawei E585)
Sunday, August 8th, 2010The Huawei E585 MiFi Moble WiFi Wireless 3G Modem is currently exclusively only available on the Three network and it’s SIM-locked to this network, if you insert another SIM from another provider O2, Voda UK, Orange or T-Mobile you’ll receive an “Insert SIM”, “Bad Sim”, “Sim Lock”, “Invalid SIM” or similiar error. If you would like to use this fanastic 3G Wireless Router on another network you’ll need to remove the SIM-LOCK. This is where you need to be very careful, there are various different ways of removing the SIM-LOCK, the correct way and the wrong way, some hacks have re-written the firmware, the result removes the SIM-LOCK, but leaves you with a E585 modem with modified firmware, and you’ll not be able to change the Connection Number from the default *#99# , if you have a provider where you need to enter a different Connection Number, you are stuffed.
This method reveals the true SIMLOCK code, and then you enter this SIMLOCK code into the E585 via the web interface.
Huawei 585 Hidden Unlock Menu
The method is very simple
- Insert SIM card from another network.
- Turn on MiFi (E585) Invalid SIM will be displayed.
- Connect MiFi (E585) to computer.
- Read and download flash contents from MiFi (E585).
- Unlock code is hidden in flash contents.
- Enter Unlock code in hidden menu.
- UNLOCKED.
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3G Killer Accessory - Huawei E585
Sunday, August 8th, 2010
If you have an iPadtastic iPad without 3G or have many mobile WiFi devices that could benefit from 3G connectivity, then the Huawei E585 MiFi Mobile WiFi Wireless 3G Modem is for you. The Huawei E585 has already won Best iPad Accessory, its sold exclusively by Three here :- http://www.three.co.uk/Mobile_Broadband/MiF.
It’s basically a WiFi router with in-built 3G mobile modem, rather than ADSL or Cable modem. At present, I’m finding I’ve got four devices that all require 3G mobile internet connectivity, Laptop, Netbook, iPad and PDA and trying to keep all contracts up to date is costing me, so this one device, I can use one mobile SIM contract, and up to five devices can connect to this mobile WiFi access point, and use 3G mobile connectivity.
It’s an excellent device, with clear excellent instructions if you need them, and good software and configuration available from a web gui.
Personally in the UK, I would continue using the network Three for data, using the loophole, I’ve blogged about before. This still makes Three the cheapest data mobile provider in the UK.
If Three’s not for you, and you want to try it on another network, the Three Huawei E585 is sim-locked to the Three network.
(I’ll post later how you remove the sim-lock).
In the beginning …
Friday, July 30th, 2010On driving to the bakers at lunchtime today to get a pasty and sandwich for my lunch, I was struck down by severe stabbing chest pain, so severe that I had to emergency brake and stop the car at silly speed. (the car following me, had a surprise) - I thought I was having a heart attack it came on so quick and was terribly painful, and my immediate thoughts were to stop the car quickly for safety, on getting out of the car, I immediately took off my t-shirt, to check for insects and I found five small puncture wounds and swellings under my left nipple (the owner of the car behind got out to start having a swearing competition with me - but backed down - when I mentioned I’d been stung by an insect - and showed him my left breast!).
I was rather relieved that I’d been stung, but still a little concerned that I couldn’t find anything that had caused it, about 5 minutes later, when leaving the car in the car park, I found a dying young Wasp in the handbrake console, I must have damaged/squashed it when I grasped my chest in the car. The wasp must have flown in through the window or pinged on the wing mirror into my clothing, couldn’t get out, so stung me five times around the nipple!
I was going to call this post Heart Attack, but I thought that would be too alarmist! I could have taken a picture of the dead wasp for the post, but I didn’t think that was very exciting,
so I’ve called it In the beginning …
no reference to the Bible, God or Jesus Christ but to the IBM PC XT! to which I personally owe an awful lot - Thanks IBM!
IBM Personal Computer XT Model 5160
IBM Personal Computer XT Model 5160 Made in Scotland
For those of you, who know your computing history, you’ll know, that I’m not correct, as the 5150 came before this - the original IBM Personal Computer (PC), and was released in 1981, the 5160 (IBM PC XT) was released 2 years later in 1983. But I don’t have a 5150 to photograph!
What I did on Saturday!
Saturday, July 24th, 2010Before I sit down and drink a glass of cider…..I thought I’d better post this video (after an exhausting day of strimming the grass at the front of the house, cutting some of the hedge before the compost bin was full and feeding and watering the Kune Kune piglets, pigs and fowl). The video does show Lottie all grown up (http://andysworld.org.uk/2009/07/01/lottie-kune-kune-piglet/).
How to beat the UK TV License and save £145.50 a year!
Wednesday, July 21st, 2010I’ve just received my new UK TV License for another 12 months, at a cost of £145.50 a year. I think everybody knows in the UK, if you use a service like BBC iPlayer to watch pre-recorded shows, what the TV License calls “on-demand”, a UK TV License is not required. What I didn’t know, and I’ve been told this by UK TV Licensing is if you purchase any computer or high tech mobile phone or games console your details (name and address) will also be sent to UK TV Licensing, I only thought it was TV receiving equipment, but on reading my new TV License it states “You’re now covered to do more than just watch TV at home on a TV set. You can also watch and record television programmes as they’re being shown on TV through your computer, games consoles, and digital box, DVD/VHS recorder, even your mobile phone”.
So therefore TV Licensing assumes that every household in the UK should have a TV License.
I’ve made some enquiries about the defintion of “on-demand” which doesn’t require a TV License, it doesn’t require a TV License because it’s pre-preorded content. The content was also not received by you, as you didn’t record it. In the same way, Homeowner A records a program for you as it’s broadcast, they are covered by their TV License to receive this program, they give the program to you on a USB stick, Homeower B doesn’t require a TV license to watch the program.
If you examine the above further, and watch a program, which is recorded elsewhere, not at your home, and transmitted/played-back 50 seconds later - no TV License is required.
I’ve just come off the telephone discussing this with Amie, TV Licensing on 0300 790 6055. The telephone conversation was recorded, she also stated that the Field Agents are also aware of this information.
So how do you save £145.50 a year,
- Firstly you must stop using your TV equipment, e.g. TV and Set-Top-Boxes that receive television through a UHF aerial (e.g. live broadcasts)
- Remove the TV aerial from the TV equipment.
- You do not have to remove the TV equipment from the premises (I’ve also discussed this with TV Licensing - they have to prove you are using it, and I was told, they would take your word that you are not using it!).
- Use BBC iPlayer, Sky Player, ITV Player, 4od, Demand Five to watch pre-recorded “on-demand” content from the Internet, either via computer, laptop or Internet connected TVs.
- Live Content use - TVCatchup - http://www.tvcatchup.com/ from your computer, laptop, iPhone or iPad.
You can turn your iPad into a TV with TVCatchup iPad Service.
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Grasshopper
Saturday, July 10th, 2010There are eleven species of grasshopper native to Britain. They vary in length from 20 to 30mms depending on the species. I cannot recall the last time I saw a British Grasshopper. So I’m pleased to have seen this on on my Chilli plants, and I’ve photographed it for you!
British Grasshopper (click for close-up)
This could be a young Common Field Grasshopper, Chorthippus brunneus?
Genetically Modified Tropical Fish Part II - Now we’ve got fluorescent angelfish and convict cichlids
Saturday, July 3rd, 2010I’ve not posted a fish house blog in ages, and this is an update, Part II if you like, to the blog I posted in April 2007.
Taiwan’s Council of Agriculture unveiled last week that it has successfully bred transgenic Convict cichlids (Amatitlania nigrofasciata) and Angelfish (Pterophyllum scalare) that fluoresce, in collaboration with the Academia Sinica (Taiwan’s national research academy).
Angelfish (Pterophyllum scalare) Copyright © JY Lin Co Ltd
Convict cichlids (Amatitlania nigrofasciata) Copyright © JY Lin Co Ltd
oh dear!
The species will be illegal to sell or import into the UK due to our legislation covering genetically modified organisms., but that’s what was said of the transgenic “Red/Purple” Zebra Danios, that were sold in the UK, because one authority on the matter, thought they were dyed! Only to find later they were breeding true, batches of these fish still exist today in the UK, and are breeding back with true non-transgenic Zebra Danios.
how long will it be before we see fluorescent angelfish or convict cichlids in our tropical fish shops or garden centres?
DVD Decrypter beaten!
Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010I’ve been using DVD Decrypter to rip and backup my DVDs to iPods for years, despite no further developement since 2005.
DVD Decrypter Version 3.5.4.0 (final)
An exceptional tiny application that easily removes the Copy Protection System from DVDs, which enables you to transcode the DVD for mobile device playback. I also use Badaboom, Badaboom is a blazingly fast media converter that formats video files for a variety of devices, including iPod, PSP, iPad, and YouTube, by using your system’s graphics processing unit (GPU). If you have an Nvidia chipset!
DVD Decrypter output 1
So I was a little surprised when I couldn’t backup Disney’s new Alice In Wonderland…
It starts to report Read Errors (Retry 1 etc), but this DVD disc is brand new out of the cellphone wrapping, so it cannot be physical errors on the media, but something is odd, because if you look at the number of files and total it’s repoting 58GB on the disc, this should read alarm bells.
DVD Decrypter output 2
if you continue, the Retry errors increase and eventually, you’ll get an error message below
DVD Decrypter error message when trying to backup Disney's Alice in Wonderland
if you ignore this error message, it will continue to extract the data, but you’ll end up with a 58GB DVD! It would appear that Disney have done something with the layout to confuse DVD Decrypter Version 3.5.4.0 (final). Maybe it’s the Fast-Play, I don’t know, but as I’ve always said software can always be broken with software, so time to try another software product…
Enter DVDFab HD Decrypter, another backup tool which is also FREE.
DVDFab HD Decrypter http://www.dvdfab.com/en/hd-decrypter.htm
Ah, this software does the job nicely, shame I still prefer the simplicity of DVD Decrypter, and it’s has a tiny footprint.
So if DVD Decrypter doesn’t work for you try DVDFab HD Decrypter
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