It seems they were already putting more fun into Windows in ‘95. How much fun would Windows be nowadays, like Vista or Windows 7 ?
What a great video clip about the advantages of using Windows !
Link: 
Fundows in 1995 !
April 16th, 2009PSP 2.80 Downgrader
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WARNING, ANY DOWNGRADER HAS A CHANCE OF BRICKING A PSP. WHEN A PSP IS BRICKED YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO USE IT ANYMORE. WE HAVE DONE A LOT TO TRY AND MINIMISE THE RISK, BUT THERE IS ALWAYS SOME LEVEL OF RISK WHICH YOU MUST ACCEPT IF YOU WANT TO DOWNGRADE.
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Here is a guide for downgrading any PSP-100* hardware version (TA-079 – TA-086) from firmware 2.80 to 1.50.
Requirements
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In order to downgrade a 2.80 firmware to 1.50 you will need the following:
- PSP-100* console [ Any current hardware version: TA-079, TA-081, TA-082 or TA-086 ]
[It's very important to check if yours it´s a TA-082 or TA-086: CLICK HERE You must find out whether yours is a TA-082 / TA-086 beforehand. Just check the previous link where you will find how to idenfity yours by a siple visual check into the UMD unit.] - Improved 2.80 Downgrader by the Noobz Team
- HEN 280 ported by the Noobz Team
- Official SONY v1.50 Firmware Update EBOOT:
- Download it from QJ-Net [ZIP Format]
- Download it from PSP-Hacks.Com [ZIP Format]
- Official SONY v2.80 Firmware Update EBOOT. Only necessary if you are on firmware 2.71 or lower:
- Download it from QJ-Net [ZIP Format]
- Download it from PSP-Hacks.Com [ZIP Format]
Precautions/Suggestions before you start
Fat PSP back and shiny again !
October 29th, 2008A few days ago I thought it was time to revive my (fat) PSP again. I hadn’t touched it for a while and a lot of updates have been published for the PSP firmware. Also some new games (FIFA Soccer 09, Pipe Mania, Midnight Club: LA Remix, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2009) have been released the last few months and I wanted to give them a try.
Of course I first wanted to update my PSP firmware to the (latest) version 5.00. But, as always, upgrading a downgraded PSP takes a few more steps than an original unmodified game console. At the moment Sony has already pushed out firmware version 5.01.
The upcoming days I will add another guide which explain which PSP’s can be downgraded. There will also be downgrade guides in PDF, which take you through each step, depending on your current firmware.
Also YouTube has some great videos of people cleaning their PSP’s….
OV-chipkaart – De Tram
March 9th, 2008Eindelijk is het dan zover, de OV-chipkaart (‘chipknip’) kan gebruikt worden in de tram ! De gelukkige bezitters van zo’n mooi stukje plastic (welke variant dan ook) kunnen nu reizen met de tram met de chipknip als geldig vervoersbewijs. Even je pasje voor de ‘lezer’ houden (‘in-checken’) en gaat u maar lekker zitten en geniet van de rit. Vergeet niet om bij het uitstappen wel even ‘uit-te-checken’. Makkelijk toch ? Zo lijkt het in ieder geval wel, maar toch….
Afgezien van de verschillende varianten te gebruiken ‘chip-knip-kaarten’, hangt de ‘lezer’ in de tram te laag. Op ongeveer 1.50 meter en met een bijna verticaal display is het gevolg dat je niet tot nauwelijks kan zien wat je tegoed was (is) en wat er wordt afgeschreven aan het eind van de reis. Een reiziger met een gemiddelde lengte van 1.70 moet bijna bukken om het display te kunnen aflezen. Het eenvoudig hoger plaatsen of het kantelen van het display zou toch wel makkelijk zijn.
Daarnaast staat op de ‘lezer’ met een grote sticker “houd uw OV-chipknip voor de lezer”; maar waar de ‘lezer’ nu (ongeveer) zit is niet geheel duidelijk. Is dat het display zelf, zijn het de kleine chipjes boven het display of is het gehele apparaat de ‘lezer’ ? Uit persoonlijke ervaring kan ik melden dat het ‘in-checken’ pas na 2 keer lukt en er een signaal hoorbaar is wat doet vermoeden dat ik ‘in-gecheckt’ ben. Je zou hierbij ook het gevoel kunnen krijgen dat er nu 2 maal ‘in-gecheckt’ is….
Als u eenmaal ‘in-gecheckt’ bent, dan kan de aanwezige tramcontroleur dit uiteraard ook controleren. Niet dus, geen hi-tech-draagbaar-scan-apparaat maar een korte persoonlijke blik op de chipknip die ik in mijn hand heb is blijkbaar voldoende bewijs dat ik een betalende reiziger ben.
Bij het ‘uit-checken’ is het eigenlijk hetzelfde verhaal; bij het uitstappen eerst even de chipknip voor de ‘lezer’ houden en u mag gaan. Jammer alleen dat bij het vergeten hiervan de maximale reiskosten wordt afgeschreven à € 4,-. En daar kom je natuurlijk pas achter op het moment dat je opnieuw ‘in-checked’ want dan kijk je waarschijnlijk pas weer op het display…..
iPhone Updated to 1.1.3 !
February 27th, 2008A few days ago I decided to update my iPhone (1.1.2 OTB) to the last firmware 1.1.3. No only because with 1.1.3 you can pinpoint your location using cell tower information, but most of all because you can send an SMS message to multiple contacts. (yes, I know: this feature is already availlable on 85% of the cell phones….) The new features for version 1.1.3 are (as far as I know):
- The ability to send an SMS message to multiple people is now there
- Google Maps application can now pinpoint your location using cell tower triangulation
- Google Maps can now display the Hybrid map view
- You can now drag and drop application icons on your home screen
- The home screen supports pagination
- You can now add web bookmarks to your home screen
- Gmail IMAP support added to Mail
- Movie chapters support
- Song lyrics support
- Use Gift Cards in the iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store
So, that was the easy part, but now for the hard part: how to get from an iPhone 1.1.2 OTB (out-of-the-box) unlocked with TurboSIM to the new 1.1.3 (probably without TurboSIM) ? Well, just download ZiPhone and use this excellent tutorial from iClarified.
I followed the steps and only the ’scary’ thing was the message of ZiPhone saying “ERROR: ziphone returned 1“, after activating, jailbreaking and unlocking. It sounded quite bad, so I checked the jailbreak and SSH status using iNdependence (1.4 beta 3) and found that my iPhone was activated, but not jailbroken and SSH was not installed (at least, according to iNdependence). Somehow something went wrong in the activate-jailbreak-unlock-process (AJU-process), but all major functions appeared to be working. Making phone calls, sending text messages, Safari worked, etc. Ok, probably nothing to worry, next step:
The BSD Subsystem installed fine, but I couldn’t connect to my iPhone from FuGu or Cyberduck. After trying to connect from the console, I got a warning saying “Remote host identification has been changed”. It appeared that the RSA host key for my iPhone had been changed (because of the update ?), so I deleted my known_hosts file and retried. Problem solved, a new key was generated and added to the new (auto-generated) known_hosts file.
Well, that was it. In the end, it took about an hour because of solving the RSA host key thing. ZiPhone really did the trick, what an excellent tool !!! I also donated some euros to the developer, his dedication and speed of releasing this quality tool is amazing. Thanks Zibri !!
And how about this retro-looking screenshot of ZiPhone unlocking my iPhone ? It reminds me of the good old DOS / Linux days !!!
Widget: USPS Tracker
February 4th, 2008Ever wondered what the shipping status of your package is ? Now you can lookup the current status of your USPS package with the USPS Tracker widget. This widget will display the current status, scan activity and location directly from United States Postal Service.
Click on the image to download the widget to your Mac, it will install automatically.
Please feel free to send any suggestions or bugs to info@fundows.nl.
Update (version 0.5): fixed several small bugs and optimized code