Jac's blog: October 2008

Friday, October 24, 2008

Ipod Touch 2g Screen Protector

This is the one selling at the apple shop.
then should be 'ORIGINAL' in the sense that it is not a cheap one from china or something.

it costs rm30 with discount. (thanks apple ppl)

It has a strange greenish hue to it. when i first bought it i thought, dammit >_< this sucks, but after going to the prangin mall shop (Hippo) 3rd floor, the girl put some 'magic' cleaning liquid on it.

i say magic because she covered the bottle so you could not see the brand.
it had the *shape* and spout of a *ZIPPO FLUID* bottle .

I almost had a heart attack when she put it on a cloth and wiped it on the screenprotector.
" never use harsh chemicals"
but that got rid of the funny sheen.

don't misunderstand me, it is NEVER safe to use chemicals on a ipod touch. we were just lucky. i will never let my ipod near ipod fluid again.

who knows, maybe she just reused the bottle i'll never know

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Big Apple Doughnuts CHOREO

There is this new Doughnut shop near the escalators in gurney plaza basement.
The best flavour is CHOREO which is like an oreo doughnut. It is divine and costs rm2.20

So far in the past week i've eaten maybe 15 doughnuts and i am still ok, so i guess it is healthy/ not so bad for you :P

here is a box of six

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Linksys WRT54G and Ipod Touch 2g

Many of you may find that the ipod touch 2g and the Nokia N82 doesn't work properly with this router.

This requires a firmware upgrade to rectify the problem.

First go to your router's ip address. it *should* be 192.168.1.1, unless you have changed it :P

If your router is the same as mine (version5) the latest firmware should be 1.02.5 (which works well with ipod touch)

Second click on the 'Administration' Tab, then the 'Firmware upgrade' tab.

Now you have to go download the firmware from the Linksys website.

I hope this helps.
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Oyama Hercules Ipod touch 2g external battery

This is an external Ipod battery charger that i got from my last trip to France.
It has an internal Lithium Polymer battery 2200mAh at 5v 600mah. That should equate to around 4 hours of power being out-put from the device. Should be enough to charge an Ipod touch 2g a couple of times. Price: 20 euro.

Photos:

This is the full set. charger, USB wall plug, interchangeable heads, bag and usb cable.
It doesn't come with a 'dock connector' but the one with the ipod touch 2g is much smaller anyway.

the USB miniplug is to charge the unit. do not plug wrong!

Information on the back

Switch to Digi : I will follow me! =P

I went to The DIGI centre at gurney plaza and filled out the forms.

Switching is FREE and you get FREE gifts. That's what i call a Win - Win situation :P

I gots a DVD case , a YCF (Yellow Coverage Feller) phone thingy and a sim pack.

About half an hour later i received this sms from DIGI:
"Your switch to DiGi is in pregress. We are waiting for your current service provider to accept this request & will notify you once we are allowed to proceed."

Monday, October 20, 2008

Mobile Number Portability

Look Look Now you can change from Maxis or Celcom to DIGI without changing your phone number :)

Mobile Number Portability
Oh, Yeah i'm pretty sure that it is cheaper.

I'm going to gurney plaza tomorrow to change to Digi .

Protect the Ipod touch 2g

Apparently, you cannot put a 'crystal' screen protector on the curved back of the ipod touch 2g.
The solution is to use a flexible film, something like the tint you get for car windows, but thinner.

Prangin Mall has a shop called 'Hippo' that has the film 'from Japan'. The shop girl is called Jo or something like that. She is really pro, and she used a blade to cut around the ipod touch and the power and volume buttons. I can barely see the edges of the buttons but she can somehow see and CUT with a blade.

Here is the name card and location of the shop.
Click on the images for a full sized photo