Just a reminder this years Beaujolais Nouveau went on sale today, it cannot be sold before the third Thursday of November!
A bottle of Beaujolais Nouveau 2010
Have you got yours yet, I picked up a case today… (hick!), ready for Christmas and New Year!
a case of Beaujolais Nouveau
Not that I’m a wino, but I do like a glass or two of Beaujolais Nouveau, I’ve just opened a bottle, after finishing half a bottle of a very nice Chilean Cabernet Sauvignon! (hick!)
Well it’s on my iPad actually!
A few days before iOS 4.x gets released for the iPad…
There was nothing on the TV this evening, other than Black Hawk Down, and I’ve seen that so many times, so I got bored and enabled Flash on my iPad!
WOT No Flash Support says Adobe/Apple!
Flash test on iPad
The flash elements appear as gray boxes and when you touch, them the flash starts to play.
Flash working on iPad iOS 3.2.1
So there you go, Flash on the iPad!
(oh, I did this for my Daddy, because he keeps asking me when Flash will be available for the iPad!). I think, he thinks I work for Apple (not!).
iPad Gadget of the Year – Huawei E585 – also called MiFi device.
The 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 firmware in the future.
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
Lets say the magic word – “Herbidacious”, and welcome to my New Secret Garden …
I’m very fortunate, I’ve been after some land, to grow vegetables on for a while, we still await the outcome of funding for our local allotment association.
A neighbour in the hamlet has kindly agreeded to let me have part of the garden to cultivate and grow vegetables, because the garden is very large and it’s too much for them to maintain. This area of the garden used to be culivated and used as a vegetable plot, 10 years ago.
I’m very excited, don’t know, when I’ll find the time, but it’s very close to where I live. It’s going to be a lot of work, but follow the journey here, it starts now…but well worth it I’m sure.
Maybe this deserves a new blog, but I’ll keep it here, coming soon …
Andys Secret Garden pictures shortly…
Another fanastic concert by Marina and her band. The University union gig was packed in like sardines in a can. A cross section of the public from teenagers to Mums and Dads escorting their children, or Mum’s escorting their children! (got to be careful what I write, as there’s children reading the blog!).
This video is also available in HD, as it was shot in HD, on a Cisco Flip HD! Just change the you tube options, if you’ve got the bandwidth!
Bootleg DVDs available of the Marina and the Diamonds, Leeds University 5th November 2010 ‘Burger Queen Tour’ gig at a £5 donation towards DVD and p&p (UK), and electricity required to transcode and burn the DVDs!
Marina & The Diamonds Bootleg DVD for Leeds Uni 5 Nov 2010 only £5 delivered to (UK).
I noticed this evening when downloading an iso, that my download speed was in excess of 350kB/sec, this is double than normal! So I then decided to start running some tests again, and this is what I found.
SpeedTest.net 4 Nov 2010
Ping Test 4 Nov 2010
ThinkBroadband Speed Test 4 Nov 2010
Now whats odd about this, is my line 3.7km away from the Exchange, until now has only been able to support speeds from 1.6 – 2.0Mbps, and more recently 1.6Mbps, which has been okay, despite the fact that I pay for an upto 8Mbps service! (but that’s the price you pay to live in a CountryHouse). But it’s almost doubled to 2.9Mbps!
But what’s even weirder, is only a few days ago, I got a nice email from Eclispe Sales, trying to entice me onto a 12 month contract the email reads:-
“We are always trying to improve the products and services that we offer our customers and I would like a chance to discuss your current package with you.
By changing to our Business Bronze package, you could reduce your monthly cost to £19.95+vat and increase your fair usage allowance from 40gb to 50gb. You may also see an improvement in throughput speeds.
Please let us know when you would like us to call you. Alternatively, if having read this, you would like to change to the Business Bronze package, please reply to this email and we will change this for you.
Please note that if you switch to a new service, you will start a new 12 month contract. If you then decided to leave before the end of this 12 month period, an early termination fee would apply.”
I said we would consider this, but at only a £1 reduction a month, and quite happy now with existing service (despite over 20 months of issues, which touch wood have now been resolved!), We are reulctant to change, especially into a 12month contract!
It’s just odd now, our throughput starts to increase….
Until next time, when it’s back to normal!
Marina & the Diamonds ticket for Leeds University SU
I wish! Off to see Marina and the Dimaonds again tomorrow night at Leeds University Students Union on the Burger Queen Tour 2010 . Again, same rules apply – mid life crisis – billy no mates, going on his own! But I had to pay £15 this time! Must charge flip camera and digital camera!
Skyfire for iPhone or iPad
The Skyfire App for iPhone, iPad appeared today in the App Store, the app will turn Web-based Flash video into HTML5 and play it on your iPhone or iPad.
What a real disappoitment, it’s not a true iPad App, and the up-scaling is awful.
My advice, wait for an Ipad version! and save your money!
Samsung launched it’s tablet today called the Samsung Galaxy Tab:-
and it’s wait for it £529 GBP same price as the iPad with Wi-Fi + 3G
I know which I’d buy! (oh, I’ve already got one!) Long live Apple!
Okay so it’s got Flash 10.1, but will have iOS 4.2 Software Update. Coming soon to iPad. It was released today to developers (me and others!), and the new Skyfire mobile web browser will have Flash support!
Skyfire will issue its Flash Video-enabled browser for the iPhone on Nov. 4, allowing consumers to finally run Flash-based websites on the iPad!
So stick that Apple Haters, and go and by your Samsungs, and Google Android…..
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