joshwaller (baboba)

OS: Symbian ^3 (v011.012) Typing *#0000# gives me the following nerd numbers: Release: PR1.0 Software version: 011.012 Software version date: 2010-09-18 Custom version: 011.012.250.02 Custom version date: 2010-09-21 Language set: 011.012.01.01 Product code: 059C951 (Tesco Direct / Pay as you go phone?) Model: N8-00 Type: RM-596 Latest Update: Not updated Browser Version: 7.2 Flash Version: 4.0 Java Version: 2.1 Switch on time: N8 25secs N97 Mini 49secs Built in apps: Default OVI Maps pre-installed: v3.04 10wk34 b03 - Can be updated to v3.06 in betalabs (10wk36 b06) which is a dramatically improved version. Music player - very loud!  Must have apps: (download them from ovi store / beta labs) OVI / Own Voice - lets you record your own voice for use with OVI maps. Swype - clever quick input and BETA version adds a portrait keyboard to touchscreen phones (Not available for the N8 yet...) Mobbler (for last.fm) or Spotify - online streaming / tracking musi...

Here are some of the more interesting sites listed in the Top 500 websites. 1 Google (obviously) 2 Facebook.com 3 Youtube.com 4 Yahoo.com 7 Wikipedia.com 8 Blogger.com 10 Twitter.com 16 Amazon.com (.co.uk is at #155) 20 Wordpress.com 22 Ebay.com (.co.uk is at #97) 31 Myspace.com 37 Flickr.com 42 Apple.com 46 BBC.co.uk 191 Dell.com 194 TheDailyMail.co.uk ! 202 HP.com 217 TheGuardian.co.uk 237 Telegraph.co.uk 284 Engadget.com 318 AVG.com Anti Virus 413 Last.fm 422 Gizmodo.com 1102 DPReview.com Interesting to see thetimesonline.co.uk down in position #1484 - I wonder what it's position was before the "paywall" (having to pay to use the site!) was introduced, it would have definitely been in the top 500, see picture below, also note that pageviews are down 71% over the last three months! Stats from: http://www.alexa.com/topsites

This is a list of things that could^ boost your mood / and general health. It is only related to food and diet and is not medical advice.  I have been following this for about a month now (mostly with regards to oats, milk, vitamins and minerals, omega 3s, and lots of cereals for breakfast) and whilst I don't necessarily feel noticeably happier due to the diet, I do feel generally healthier, and have used some of these recommendations along with increased exercise to help boost my general fitness. Daily Diet could / should include: 2 - 4 cups of filter coffee or tea (for caffeine, less tea if you want to avoid staining your teeth) 6 brazil nuts a day (for selenium*) Hot chillies (a couple, releases endorphins) Dark chocolate with 60% or more cocoa (30g/day has phenylethylamine) Garlic cloves (1 or 2 a day - horribly strong when eaten raw) Oats (bowl/day) Wheat germ (30g/day increases dopamine - found in wholemeal bread) Milk (dopamine) Zinc 10-15mg day (Zinc can inc...

They're all mobile phones. Although apparently you're supposed to call them "SmartPhones" these days. What difference does it make? Seriously, who cares, just call them all Mobile Phones and keep it simple. Anyway - I was interested in finding out about Google / Android phones, and thought maybe the best solution was to find and collate the information myself. So here goes - a guide / timeline of Google phones and any alternative names used for the devices (nice way to add confusion to an already confusing market place guys!) 2011 Phones: Ones to watch... (Availability in UK unknown so far...) Samsung Infuse 4G - Engadget - 4.5" Super AMOLED. Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc - Engadget - 4.2" LG Optimus Black - Engadget  - 4" 21/02/2011 -  LG Optimus 2x  Dual core 1ghz CPU, 1080p video, 8mp, 4" screen. 2010 Phones: - Announcement Date / Release date, Device / AKA, Release OS etc 15/12/2010 - Google Nexus S (by Samsung), 4.0" AMOLED Curv...

It's been a surprisingly long time since I've posted anything on this site. I had a few ideas: Annoying characters from cbeebies. This could go on for a long time... Spud (Bob the Builder) Too sqeeky, raspy voice, annoying. The squeky one from Basil Brush (Madison?) but she is cute. Basil Brush from Basil Brush. The cat from Shaun the Sheep. Right little evil monster of a cat. The Dinosaur from Driver Dan's story time - annoying character always doing stupid thing. The Blue bird thing from Everything's Rosie. Chuggington - all characters, especially the humans. Big Barn Farm - the goat's voice is somewhat annoying, and seriously a character that just eats, nothing else? Excessively 2D. ZingZilla's - it's all just wrong. All of the characters. DirtGirlWorld - is wrong for many reasons. Child sized people with adult faces and expressions. It's grim. The only programs that don't seem to have annoying characters are: Charlie and Lola... and...

1 - You think in sentences no longer than 140 characters long 2 - You take your twitter enabled phone with you everywhere you go 3 - You've setup your phone on twitter so that you can text updates to twitter 4 - You visit a website (from a twitter link) and the first thing you do is look for the Twitter link to follow them 5 - You spend so much time on twitter, you don't know how to find anything without first asking twitter (what's Google?) 6 - You take your phone with you everywhere you go, just in case: Something Happens! 7 - The first thing you do in the morning, and the last thing you do at night is update your status. 8 - You wake in the middle of the night, and check twitter, then go back to sleep 9 - You wonder why people still use websites like "Facebook" when twitter is obviously better (What's Facebook?) 10 - You wonder why there haven't been any replies or updates since your "Tweet" 1 minute ago Give yourself 1 point for every...

These three camera phones have a "Xenon" flash - which is the same flash that you'd find in a proper digital camera. Most camera phones have crappy LED flashes - these are rubbish in comparison, and are in no way a suitable replacement for a real Xenon flash, despite what Nokia (and others) might hope you believe. LEDs are just cheaper and easier to put in, as they don't need a large capacitor to charge, and are low power items. Typical indoor Sony Satio 12mp Xenon flash photo in dark conditions - group photo (3 or more people): There is still the problem of red-eye, however, the Sony Satio and Sony C905 do the best job of looking like photos from a real digital camera when it comes to flash photography (more so the Satio). Focusing is also very good thanks to the focus assist lamp. The Sony's also do the best job with exposure with the subject correctly exposed - whereas the Nokia(s) tend to overexpose white / light clothing and anything that is too close to...

Track 1 - Simon and Garfunkel - Leaves are Brown  Track  2 - David Bowie - Ground Control to Major Tom  Track 3 - The Beatles - Good Day Sunshine  Track 4 - The Beatles - Strawberry Fields Forever  Track 5 - Carpenters - Why Do Birds Suddenly Appear  Track 6 - The Divine Comedy - Don't look a horse...  Track 7 - The Wannadies - You and Me Song Track 8 - Blur - There's No Other Way  Track 9 - Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit  Track 10 - Hive - Ultrasound  Track 11 - Fat Boy Slim - Acid 8000

Atari Jaguar with CD Unit. Here you can read my atari jaguar reviews, with a rating out of ten.  it's about how much i like the game.  they are all personal opinion.  i have been silly enough to do them in alphabetical order!   a. Alien vs. Predator - 6/10 - 94 - this one's ok. people were buying the jag for this game when it first came out [so i was told!].  a lot of atmosphere, and quite freaky sometimes, especially when you're being chased by a predator, and about 10 aliens! argh! slightly slow frame rate. b. Bubsy (the bobcat) (new Jan 07) - something something (perils in peri peri land or something like that - actually: "Bubsy in fractured furry tails"). sideways scrolling platform game. jump and collect things (like sonic the hedgehog) - back in the early 90s everyone thought you had to have a "sonic the hedgehog" or "mario brothers" platform game on your computer / console otherwise you had to hang your head in...

Celebrity Big Brother 2010 UK - This episode: Monday 11 Jan 2010 10pm on Channel 4 (on 4OD) - The actual original discussion between Vinney, Steve and Nikki - in the kitchen. (18.00 - 18.25 minutes into the show, 1.22pm): Steve-gate or Nikkigate! Vinney: I wonder, I wouldn't have a clue who he'd vote for, you know. Nikki: I know, well probably me now, coz I've told him off today. Nikki: I'm really sorry Stevie Bee Steve: HA HA HA HA Vinney: Bit late for that, eh? Steve: Well you know ya should have thought of that before. Vinney: No, he knows who he's. Steve: You're nice and safe Nikki, don't worry about it. "Later: Dane: They've taken our food!" (31:15 minutes) BB: This is big brother... Dane: Aw, EVERYTHINGS Gone! Nikki: I'm scared. BB: This is big brother... BB: At 10.30am after leaving the diary room... Heidi said... blah blah blah. BB: Then at 10.40am Heidi said... blah blah blah. BB: And at 1.20pm Steve and Nico...

iPod 20gb Colour Mini Review ( buy  MP3 Players online at Amazon.co.uk ) nb: written back in  10/10/05 Apple iPod 20Gb Colour Mini Review. (... new apple ipod 30gb video 5.5g here ) Manufacturer: http://www.apple.com/ Overall this is a very good portable MP3 player - limited in other functions - no video playback, limited photo support as standard (it's an optional extra) etc. Annoyingly the design means a case is required at the same time as buying the iPod otherwise the back of the ipod and the screen will scratch very easily. Because of the generally high price in comparison to other MP3 players from Creative etc, I personally wouldn't spend my own money on an Apple iPod. I got the 20gb Apple Ipod Colour from freeipods dot com  (back when they used to exist or work) - they also sent me the firewire cable in a seperate box (I don't know whether this is normal). Purchasing music through iTunes (the media player that comes with th...

The Mondeo passed it's MOT! with a few minor faults (lights being one of them and handbrake needed tightening), they also advised a new tyre after we were running for a while with the tracking out, and I still hadn't got round to replacing the tyre. This time I went for some winter tyres - which has come in handy - and asked them to re-balance them as they weren't done properly last time. Although finding some winter tyres seems a little difficult as a lot of the main online sites (and even Kwik Fit) don't seem to list many (or any) online. The car has been fun to drive, especially over the Snake Pass, (although a bit weak around 2000rpm when fully loaded), and has acted as the RAC twice for friends. Although in this winter weather it's a shame the car doesn't have any traction control to stop the front wheels spinning when accellerating. (And yes it was foggy!)

Even when they're rubbish, they're brilliant... Even when you need to get everything fixed on it - it's still cheaper than fixing VW / Skoda cars with cambelts and dodgy waterpumps - thanks to the Ford's chain driven engine. Even when the tracking, balancing, anti-roll bars, wishbones and rear suspension are all shot, they're still more fun to drive than any car from VW, even the Skoda Octavia VRS with it's brilliantly fast engine and stopping power, that's horribly boring and sensible around corners, and has the dullest sound ever for a "sports" model, or the torquey, but heavy and ponderous VW TDI diesels with such narrow power bands you spend all day changing gear or stalling. When you get the Mondeo fixed, it's absolutely brilliant to drive, especially the petrol version with smooth power delivery, with the car feeling quite light to drive, even when it's a fully loaded estate model. Another thing Ford are capable of doing, i...