Category Archives: techy / geeky
Oh dear BlackBerry facebook problem
Well as the title explains, I have been testing out the apps on the BlackBerry for some time now and I haven’t really found any issues or some things I can’t do. Yeah there is quite a few apps missing such as Sky News and Sickipedia but the main ones I use are still avaliable.
However…. the one problem I have found with facebook for BlackBerry is the no ability to upkload videos from the app. I have searched the web and cannot believe that such a simple feature is not implemented. Maybe in a future upgrade eh facebook?
New gadget
So, today was any normal day, but I finally did something that has been bugging me for quite some time. I bought myself a new gadget. I am not going to reveal what gadget I have purchased yet, but for those of you who really know me will already have a good idea at what it could be.
I have been wanting one for ages and nothing could really help me understand as to why I wanted it, I don’t exactly need it, I don’t think I will like it, but I still bought it anyways? Call me crazy, mad, an idiot, a money waster but I just had to get it.
I will be getting it delivered later on next week and I seriously cannot wait to get my hands on it.
I have to say also, it was a bargain!
**posted from iPad**
VBS script to get a remote computer’s serial number
I had a task to do at the office the other day of getting Asset information, I got the companies asset details no problem, but when it came to getting the serial number… well I forgot, not a very good start to see the least to say I had to travel 270 miles to the office.
I had a quick search on the net and finally came across this script:
ComputerName = InputBox(“Machine Name To Query”)
winmgmt1 = “winmgmts:{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!//”& ComputerName &”"
Set SerialN = GetObject( winmgmt1 ).InstancesOf (“Win32_BIOS”)For each Serial in SerialN
MsgBox “Serial Number: ” & Serial.SerialNumber
Next
How to use:
1) Fire up Notepad
2) Paste the above into it
3) Save the file with the extension .VBS
4) Double click
5) Enter the remote computer name
6) Voila the serial number will appear
Something so simple, saved me a lot of time / miles and fuel!
Hope it helps for you!
I need vodafone to open!
I’ve never wanted to speak to vodafone as much in my life as I want to now, I need their phone lines to open so I can ring up and activate my micro sim for my iPad, still not sure what tariff am going to go on but still I just want to use the Internet where ever I am and I need to use it right now where I don’t currently have the Internet.
The phone lines open at 8am and I reckon I will be the first caller of the day. I’m starting to love this ipad more and more each day, finally getting used to using it and where I need to lay it down to use the keyboard so I can write blog posts like I am now!!
UPDATE: it’s now 8:30am and the vodafone iPad activation sim line is still not open, apparently they open at 8am Monday to Friday, and yet still at 8:30 they still aint open and the message still says open at 8am. Shocking.
UPDATE 2: iPad in now activated, I opted for the £10 a month which gives me 1gb data allowance
Mac OS X Shortcut: Quick Hide Dock
If you are like me and you are always changing your desktop, moving icons around or just want a different look for the time you are on the computer then this may be handy for you.
This shortcut command will allow you to quickly hide/show the Mac OS X dock.
⌘-option-d
Pressing it once will hide it, pressing it for a second time will show the dock again.
It doesn’t make it go away permanently, this command only activated / disabled quick hide dock.
Customise How The Mac OS X Dock Looks
To change the appearance of your Dock just follow these very simple instructions.
Find a design you like, http://leoparddocks.net has some real beauties 
Then just follow these instructions
1. Click the ‘Download’ button above the image of the dock you want
2. Open the folder System/Library/CoreServices/
3. Control-/right-click on Dock.app and choose “Show Package Contents”
4. Navigate to Contents/Resources/
5. Make a backup of all of the “scurve” .PNG files and then get rid of them from that folder (authentication may be required)
6. Copy the contents of the downloaded file into this folder.
- Open up Terminal.app and type “killall Dock” (without quotes)
This is how mine looks at the moment, I have decided to go for old school matrix feel on my macbook : ) suits me down to the ground.
