12/25/08

Shooter and Xfiles I Want To Believe

Just watched Shooter and Xfiles I Want To Believe. Shooter was pretty good but XFiles was a bit of a disappointment and that's coming from an X-Files fan.

12/22/08

Setup for wmwifirouter; connecting ipod touch to windows mobile device's internet connection

From thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=341398














Setup Summary


  1. Setup an Ad Hoc WiFi connection on your
    mobile device


  2. Set a static IP address on your WiFi device
    of "192.168.0.1" with a subnetmask of
    "255.255.255.0".


  3. Setup an Ad Hoc WiFi connection on your
    client device


  4. Download/uncompress the contents of
    ishare_over_wifi_usb_edition_v0.2.zip
    to
    a folder on your mobile device (eg. \Program
    Files\WiFiShare).


  5. Copy the correct hacked "intshare.dll"
    into the same folder as you created in the
    above step (so it's in the same folder as
    "intshrui.exe"
    ).






















Setting up an Ad Hoc WiFi connection on
your mobile device



  1. Make sure your WiFi radio is on.


  2. Go to Start->Settings->"Connections"
    tab.


  3. Select "Wi-Fi" applet.


  4. On the "Wireless" tab, select "Add
    New..."
    .


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  5. Type any network name you would like for
    your Ad Hoc network (eg. WMobileAdHoc)


  6. Make sure the "This is a device-to-device
    (ad-hoc) connection"
    option is checked.


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  7. Select the "Next" button.


  8. On the "Configure Network Authentication"
    screen, select "Open" for the
    Authentication type, and "Disabled"
    for Data Encryption. For the purposes of
    testing, lets verify the connection works
    without encryption, if it does, you can
    modify your Ad Hoc connection properties
    later to enable the encryption mode of your
    choice.


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  9. Select the "Next" button.


  10. Select "Finish" on the final screen.


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Configuring a static IP address on your
WiFi device



  1. Go to Start->Settings->"Connections"
    tab.


  2. Select the "Wi-Fi" applet.


  3. On the "Network Adapters" tab, select
    your WiFi device (for the HTC Mogul this is
    the item listed as "IEEE 802.11b/g
    Compatible Wi-Fi Adapter"
    ).


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  4. On the "IP Address" tab, select the
    "Use specific IP address" radio
    button. For the IP address enter the value
    "192.168.0.9" with a Subnet mask of
    "255.255.255.0".


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  5. OK the dialog.




Connecting to your Ad Hoc WiFi connection
on your mobile device



  1. Make sure your WiFi radio is on.


  2. Go to Start->Settings->"Connections"
    tab.


  3. On the "Wireless" tab, to avoid
    automatically connecting to other
    infrastructure WiFi networks in the area
    make sure, under the "Network to access:"
    section, to select the "Only
    computer-to-computer"
    option.


  4. If you only have one Ad Hoc network defined,
    Windows Mobile should now attempt to
    automatically connect to it. If you have
    multiple Ad Hoc networks defined, or to
    manually connect to your Ad Hoc connection,
    in the list of the available connections,
    tap-and-hold the just added network, and
    select "Connect" from the context
    menu.


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Setting up/connecting the Ad Hoc WiFi
connection on your client device




Since the specific procedure on how to connect
to Ad Hoc networks greatly varies from device to
device (Windows XP/Vista/Sony PSP/MAC/etc...),
it's impractical to document each possible
combination. In general just fire up your client
and search for nearby networks, making sure
you're not only looking for access points, but
also peer-to-peer (Ad Hoc) networks. This
(looking for both types of network) is the
default with desktop Windows Wi-Fi clients,
other platforms might be needed to be manually
instructed to list available Ad Hoc connections.



Installing the hacked Internet Sharing
application



  1. From the attached zip file copy the files
    "intshrui.exe"
    , "ipnat.dll", and
    optionally "Share&KeepSharingViaUSB.mscr"
    to a new folder on your device (eg. \Program
    Files\WiFiShare).


  2. Copy the hacked "intshare.dll" for
    your WiFi device from the "hacked_dlls"
    folder in zip file, into the folder you
    created in the previous step. Read the FAQ
    question "Which WiFi radios have you
    included a hacked intshare.dll"
    below to
    figure out which hacked .dll you should use.


  3. Create a shortcut to "intshrui.exe"
    on your start menu for easy future access.




Connecting & Sharing the Internet via Wifi


  1. At this point you should have already setup
    your Ad Hoc WiFi connection, and set a
    static IP address for your WiFi device. If
    you haven't already, do so now.



  2. Make sure the WiFi radio is off.


  3. Start the new "intshrui.exe" Internet
    Sharing application.


  4. Make sure "USB" is selected (NOT
    Bluetooth PAN!)


  5. Press the "Connect" button (left
    softkey).


  6. Turn the WiFi radio on.


  7. Ignore the fact that the satus displays
    "Check USB cable connection"
    . This is
    normal.


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  8. At this point you can connect your client
    machine to your Ad Hoc network, and it
    should receive an IP address from the DHCP
    service running as part of the "Internet
    Sharing" application. You are now ready to
    enjoy the glories of the Internet!




Workaround for the 10 minute timeout



You may notice, at least on my device, that
"Internet Sharing", at exactly 10 minutes of
usage, disconnects from the Internet, while you
AdHoc WiFi stays on. This timeout is built into
"intshrui.exe". Remember in the previous
procedure how the status displayed as "Check
USB cable connection"
, the status line needs
to change to "Connected" for the timeout
not to occur. This is how:



  1. Make sure "Internet Sharing" is active and
    connected, but the status message still says
    "Check USB cable connection".


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  2. Go to Start->Settings->"Connections"
    tab.


  3. Select the "Wi-Fi" applet.


  4. On the "Network Adapters" tab, select
    your WiFi device (for the HTC Mogul this is
    the item listed as "IEEE 802.11b/g
    Compatible Wi-Fi Adapter"
    ).


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  5. At this point we need to change something
    about the IP configuration that won't
    matter/affect anything, such as the
    alternate WINS address. It needs to be
    different from the current configuration or
    else the settings won't apply, which is
    needed for this workaround. On the "Name
    Servers"
    tab, select the "Alt Wins"
    entry and enter an arbitrary, unused, IP
    address value such as "192.168.0.253".


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  6. OK the dialog.


  7. Go back to the "Internet Sharing"
    application and the status should now
    display as "Connected"! The timeout
    should no be disabled for this connection
    session.


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    I've tested this many times and have been on
    the Internet for more than 2 hours without a
    disconnection in this state! If you get
    disconnected for any other reason you will
    have to reapply the workaround again.
    Remember to change the IP address to a
    different value so that the change applies,
    alternating between "192.168.0.253"
    and "192.168.0.254" should work fine.
    It just needs to be different value from the
    immediate previous setting. I've tried many
    different things to get the status to change
    to "Connected" via other methods, this is
    the only one I so far found to work.




"Share&KeepSharingViaUSB.mscr" Mortscript




12/21/08

Mueller Park - Woodland Park, CO to Cripple Creek, CO - Google Maps

Mueller Park - Woodland Park, CO to Cripple Creek, CO - Google Maps

Went to Mueller state park between Woodland Park and Cripple Creek (Colorado) for sledding with our visiting relatives and had a lot of fun. $6 per car. My son's feet almost got frostbite which was pretty scary but he's fine. I would definitely recommend this park for sledding around here when there's not enough snow in Colorado Springs.

12/16/08

Shoes thrown at President Bush!


Now that's pretty weird. Kudos to the pres for good reflexes ducking out of the way. Imagine the jokes if he wouldn't have ducked successfully.
Take a search through youtube for the video. Here's one link on youtube for the shoe fiasco, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uIj0YvDBKE

12/15/08

Shazam like win mobile app for the 6800? - PDAPhoneHome.com

Shazam like win mobile app for the 6800? - PDAPhoneHome.com: "Song Recognition Cab (Update 10/2 - PPCGeeks"

Looks like "Music ID" works for windows mobile. Just tried id'ing two songs (one in a noisy subway restaurant) and it worked great. Here's the link: http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=4763.

Also, looks like a version of Pandora is ready for windows mobile. I found it here in these forum threads:

http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=48458(http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=18353&d=1228928403)

http://pdaphonehome.com/forums/ppc-6700-xv6700/100033-pandora.html (http://pdaphonehome.com/forums/attachments/ppc-6700-xv6700/12387d1199632942-pandora-pandora.zip)

12/8/08

Amazon Kindle and Sony Reader. Nice!

I played with the sony reader the other day and was really surprised. If you haven't seen the screen, its a little crazy when compared to all the screens used by cell phones and pda's. I actually thought it was dummy display because the text looked so good I thought it was fake. Its really nothing like a pda/cell phone screen. I wouldn't mind having the Amazon Kindle at all now, but the price is just too steep right now.

Tired of the windows mobile screen. Love the Touch's screen.

I'm just getting tired of this winmo device whenever I play with my ipod touch's onscreen keyboard. And its not just that. Its really the responsiveness of the screen in general. It gives the whole device a much better feel than my xv6800. But I did notice that maybe Apple did their homework in the usability department. The touch's screen is just a bit wider than my xv6800 screen. It makes quite a bit of difference when it comes to space used by the onscreen keyboards of each device. Ho hum. I just can't switch to ATT with our current contracts on our family plan. Maybe that blackberry storm will end up working for me when I can do the new every two again in 1-2 months.

11/20/08

Silly me. GPS of course works on iphone

My mistake. GPS with maps (like google) works fine on iphone just not on my touch unless I'm using wi-fi. Another "no advantage" to winmo. Actually since it works better than winmo's google maps, its a strike against winmo. Hmmm, just when will I switch.

11/19/08

Holding off on iphone switch

I've decided to hold off on getting the iphone and switching to AT&T from verizion and my xv6800 windows mobile device. I've gotten a data plan on verizon to hold me off hopefully for a while. The things I miss the most (that I use on my touch) is the screen, screen, screen. I find I can thumb type as fast or faster on the touch than with my xv6800 device which has a full qwerty keyboard. Plus the interface is just smooth and extremely responsive compared to winmo. The one advantage to this winmo device (now that I have a data plan) over the iphone is gps. I used gps with google maps yesterday for the first time and it worked very well. AFAIK, you can't do this with the iphone but I'm sure that'll change soon. Does the iphone have a gps chip in it?

11/6/08

How do I post via email? - Blogger Help Center

How do I post via email? - Blogger Help Center: "How do I post via email?

The Mail-to-Blogger feature turns any email account into a blog-posting application. In Settings | Email you can create a Mail-to-Blogger address which you will use to send posts via email to your blog:
Settings | Email tab

To post to your blog via email, you need to configure your Mail-to-Blogger email address in Settings | Email:

The format of the email address is username.secretword@blogger.com. Note that this email address must be kept secret. Otherwise, anyone who gets it will be able to post as you.

Also be sure to specify whether or not you prefer your email posts to publish automatically. If this option is not checked, then your posts will be saved on your account but will not appear on your blog until you log in to Blogger.com and publish them yourself.

Once you have saved your Settings, you can send email to your blog. The subjects of your email letters will be the titles of your posts, and the body of the emails will be the posts themselves. To include an image in your post, you can attach an image to you your email.

Notes:

* Sometimes email programs append text to the bottom of each sent message; to make sure this cruft doesn't get posted to your blog, put #end at the end of your post.

Related Articles:"

Blogger: Blogger Mobile

Blogger: Blogger Mobile: "Post from anywhere!

When you send text or photos from your mobile device to go@blogger.com they're automatically posted to your new blog.
How it works

* Send an MMS or email to go@blogger.com from your phone.
* We'll reply with the address of your new mobile blog, plus a claim code.
* Post to your new mobile blog, or use the claim code to link your phone to a different blog.

Devices and more

Blogger Mobile works with any device that can send email via MMS.

Blogger Mobile is also built into some Sony Ericsson cameraphones, so you can post to your blog with just a few clicks.
Sony Ericsson

For more about mobile blogging, see: How does Blogger Mobile work?

iPhone users: Phones without MMS can still post to Blogger via email with Mail2Blogger."

iPhone thoughts

I've been reading a bunch about iPhone versus windows mobile. I'm pretty set on switching from my Verizion xv6800 (and ipod touch 16gb) to an iPhone on AT&T. The only question is when. I simply really like the touch and am convinced the iphone will work for me as a converged device. And this is after being a winmo user/developer since the beginning of Pocket PC's. The iPhone really is leading me towards trying a mac for the first time also although I just don't have the funds for that right now.