Archive for May, 2008

Such A Worthwhile Day.

Friday, May 16th, 2008

I’m enjoying one of those all-to-rare days on tour where everything’s
been good. So far I’ve:

Woken up without a hangover.
Had an excellent lunch at an ancient country pub.
Been to see ‘Iron Man’ at the cinema -a superbly played superhero romp.

Now it just remains for the gig to ruin it all!!
Edit: …and the gig wasn’t even too [...]

Who Does He Think He Is?

Sunday, May 11th, 2008

Here’s Stephen Triffitt, in full Frank Sinatra garb, forgetting (as usual) that he’s not the real thing!!!
Typical!

Useful Tips for the Unlocked iPhone #4: Vodafone GPRS settings

Sunday, May 11th, 2008

A friend of mine also recently got an unlocked iPhone. I posted recently with the fix to get I used to get his iPhone Voicemail button working. At the end of last week, he finally got around to signing up to an internet package from Vodafone UK. Needless to say, we had a few issues getting it to work properly.

Maynard Ferguson - Give It One

Sunday, May 4th, 2008

Here’s a great Maynard video, posted in tribute on what would have been his 80th Birthday.

Useful Tips for the Unlocked iPhone #3: Free Ringtones

Sunday, May 4th, 2008

Ever since I’ve a had a mobile phone that supported use of mp3s as ringtones, I’ve been making my own. When I got my iPhone, I was initially disappointed that, seemingly, the only way to do this was via the iTunes Store which involved paying for the ringtone - not something I’ve been accustomed to. I did some research and figured out that, since my phone was jailbreaked, it was possible to access the file system and add new ringtones that way but it was a convoluted process.

Then, quite by accident, I hit on another solution.