bahuma: the blog » Geeky http://www.bahuma.net Whats going on in the life of Chris Parker Thu, 11 Feb 2010 14:44:40 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Ummm, no? http://www.bahuma.net/2009/05/ummm-no/ http://www.bahuma.net/2009/05/ummm-no/#comments Tue, 26 May 2009 14:26:19 +0000 Chris Parker http://www.bahuma.net/?p=659 I realise (or realize if I have any American readers) that a blog is meant for personal, insightful posts about me or things going on in my life. I have to say I have been extremely bad at making that sort of post recently. Unfortunately this post is well… another geek post!

I have been using Google Chrome recently and I don’t mind it. For those that don’t know, it is a web browser that is currently being developed by Google. Is is simplistic and fast.

Today I recieved a FedEx package on Dads behalf and I decided to google the tracking number. Usually google will then give you a link to the Fedex site tracking but today I made a typo (shock horror) and got this.

wtf_google

Apparently Chrome thinks my mis typed FedEx tracking number is an IP?!? Can anyone see any similarity between 409372697563 and http://80.131.163.219/?

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Google Maps (Free)
Every S60 page on the net will at some point point you to the download of Google maps. With the recent addition of street view I have to admit it is pretty awesome.

ColbySMS (Free)
I am on a prepaid account which means my text messages cost 25c each. I have recently installed ColbySMS and now I have a simple text messaging program that can utilise MyNetFone, Clickatel, Pennytel of Exetel SMS. I have accounts with all bar Exetel which allows me to send messages from 5c.

Slick (Free)
I have tried quite a few IM clients on my E51. I have found this one the best for me.

Shazam ID (Free)
I first found out about this app from watch iPhone ad’s on TV. I was happy to find I could get it on my Nokia. Not sure if this one is 100% legit but I was able to install it once I changed the date in my phone back to 2008 due to a certificate error… If you don’t know, this app can name songs by listening to a 10 second snippet.

Opera Mini (Free)
I run this web browser along side the factory one. I flip back and forwards between the two. It is free and worth the download.

Gravity (Trial, Paid)
Twibble used to be my S60 app of choice but now I have Gravity. It is VERY fast to load and it is pretty. Good way to keep up to date with everyone on twitter.

YouTube (Free)
Google finally updated the app to version 2. Version 1 crashed my phone all the time but I am happy to say V2 is excellent. It streams the videos nice and quickly and is very stable. Visit youtube.com in the phone browser and you will be redirected to download it.

ShoZu (Free)
ShoZu allows you to interact with Facebook, Twitter, Youtube and other web sites. I use it to upload pictures taken from my phone to Facebook while I am out with friends.

]]> http://www.bahuma.net/2009/05/s60-apps/feed/ 0 Ah, the need for speed! http://www.bahuma.net/2008/06/ah-the-need-for-speed/ http://www.bahuma.net/2008/06/ah-the-need-for-speed/#comments Sun, 01 Jun 2008 16:13:10 +0000 Chris Parker http://bahuma.net/?p=500 Sometime last year I upgraded my router due to my old one causing me some problems with multiple clients being connected to it.

I replaced my D-link with a Linksys WRT 150N which has been a good router. It was easy to set up and it has been reliable.

Last year when I got my new laptop (ASUS G2S), I noticed it came with a wireless N card (Intel 4965AGN). When I got it all hooked up, I noticed that the card always connected with a maximum speed of 54Mbps which is the maximum speed for a wireless G connection.

I decided I would investigate this a little more and I put the router into Wireless N mode only (it is shipped with a mixed mode of B, G, and N) and then my laptop would not connect at all. This puzzled me so I set it back as it was and did not think about it to much until today.

I just reformatted my laptop and I was having a look around to see if I have the latest drivers for my machine. ASUS has been a bit slack putting updates on their support page so I was looking around a few vendor pages.

I found a nice shiny new update for the Intel wireless card and I download it. While it is installing, I have a look at the release notes. I am always curious to what they "fixed" with the new driver. I came across the following text:

Known Issues

Operating in 802.11n Mode

Intel recommends using security with your wireless network. The Intel(R) Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN adapter can only achieve transfer rates greater than 54 Mbps on 802.11n connections when using AES security, or no security. You should only use no security when setting up or troubleshooting the network.

To enable AES for Personal Security, select WPA-Personal (AES-CCMP) or WPA2-Personal (AES-CCMP) in the Security Settings pulldown menu. To enable AES for Enterprise Security, select AES-CCMP in the Data Encryption pulldown menu.

Being a good boy, I had my router setup in WPA2 mode (the password is custard), and sure enough I had TKIP encryption turned on. I changed that to AES and presto, I am connected to my router at 130 Mbps.

The funny thing about this is that I *very rarely* do PC to PC transfers using the WLAN so I get no real speed increase as my internet speed is closer to 6Mbps.

Ah well!

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