Tried to unlock a BlackBerry 8900 using their service (their website is http://www.foneszone.co.uk and it’s a SCAM) but I found out it’s a trick. I have entered their website, selected the phone and model, inserted the correct IMEI code and payed trough PayPal about 20 Pounds.
After 12h I have received an email from the website owner , Mr. Richard – the so called “code-director” (hahaha) telling me that he was unable to find a proper unlock code for my BB 8900 but I can choose another option from their website, and so on. Practically just bullshit …
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Usually IT guys like me aren’t stuck with just one domain name (like this blog). I decided a few months ago to use Hostgator for my other domains…done! Account set-up in a few minutes aftery online payment, the old good CPanel -latest version , a lot of scripts easy to install using Fantastico. The Baby Croc plan is their best seller. I’m not advertising for these guys but initially I had a lot of bad experiences hosting companies from Romania ( Webfactor.ro – WBF / Gazduire.ro – I don’t recommend them at all ! ).
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Recently I tought I was upgrading my wireless network at home by switching from my old Trendnet wireless router (bought 3 years ago) to a new D-Link DI-524 . Bad decision , even if 3 out of 4 persons confirm D-Link’s product quality and their competition with Linksys , this router is so bad that not I have to take it back to the store and buy something else.
If you’re using it as a standalone router without the wireless function it might be okay, but the wireless coverage is bad , 3m from the unit you get disconnected every 10 mins and you will not download with more than 1.9 MB/s . The download speed is random , I had moments when I was downloading with less than 1 KB/s.
The admin interface ( 192.168.0.1 in your webbrowser by default) is primitive, without any advanced options that today’s wrl routers come with. It’s needless to say that D-LINK DI 524 is a waste of money and time. Don’t buy this !
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nikon 18 135 mm compact lens
The first thing you notice about the 18-135mm DX lens is that it’s rather compact. Where the heck is the 135mm stuffed in? After all, this is a lens that’s smaller and lighter than most previous mid-range zooms Nikon has made. On the flip side, it’s not that much smaller than the also compact 18-200mm, though it is significantly lighter.
The 18-135mm focal range gives you angle of views from ~10 to 66 degrees across the horizontal axis on a DSLR; it’s effectively the same as using an 28-200mm lens on a 35mm body. For some users, that’s a stay-on-camera range. There’s no denying that this is a much-asked-for focal length range. Indeed, even I find it interesting to walk around with this lens, the 10.5mm, plus a small extension tube–that makes for a very compact, light kit that covers a pretty incredible focal length and focusing range.
This is a two ring design; like most recent consumer Nikkors, the zoom ring is the front most ring and the focusing ring is closer to the camera. Yuck. The lens does not have a distance scale, and no depth of field or infrared markings.
The lens does not have VR (vibration reduction), a big disappointment to many potential purchasers. At 135mm and f/5.6, this lens really could use VR.
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It can’t be avoided: any new MP3 player is in direct competition with the Apple iPod, and device manufacturers are well aware of this fact. Some pack their players with boatloads of extras, while others create unique and purportedly useful design elements. Some simply make a product that’s just as easy to use, offers a similar array of features, and delivers great sound quality–but then charge less for it.
Such is the case with the Sony E-Series Walkman, a flash player positioned to square off against the iPod Nano.
Available in 4 , 8 and 16 GB versions depending on your pocked size , the Sony Walkman E series is a good competitor for Apple’s Ipod. The sound quality is excellent and you don’t need iTunes to upload your .mp3 files to your Walkman. The device is automatically recognized by WinXP and Vista , and all you have to do is copy/paste or drag&drop your favourite music , videos , photos to the specified folders with the same name.
Battery is awesome, you can keep it in standby for more than a week and while you’re listening to music be shure that 12hours you will not have any issues with it. The 4GB version costs in Romania about 100 US Dollars and the 16 GB version around 230 US Dollars.
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Unfortunately Fedora 10 (downloaded a couple of days ago) was not that freindly with my Lenovo R61i today. Using Fedora’s partiotioning tool included in the boot sequence & anaconda I tried to use the “resize the partition and use the free space for Linux” option. Unfortunately , at the end the conversion was a mess and the NTFS (Vista) partition was fucked up too.
For the moment I will skip any Linux deployment on my R61i (apart from Wubi or Ubuntu/XUbuntu that I consider ……. whatever anything else but not Linux distros).
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