Recovered my sick Canon 350d
by gpelly on Dec.11, 2011, under Uncategorized
Location of Internal Date Battery
My trusty Canon 350d was sick, it would switch on but not take a shot. I tried removing the battery for a while to see if it would reset but it didn’t make any difference.
I came across a post on dpreview.com which said to try the following:
1.) Turn off the camera.
2.) Remove both camera batteries (The main battery and the internal date/time battery which is beside the main battery)
3.) Close battery cover.
4.) Turn on/off switch to “On”.
5.) Let camera sit for at least 15 seconds.
6.) Turn on/off switch to “Off”.
7.) Re-install both batteries and turn camera on.
And it worked! Back in business… 
Ariva 120 Combo Channel List
by gpelly on Oct.01, 2011, under Uncategorized
I’ve reordered the channel list for the Ferguson Ariva 120 Combo box similar to how the sky channels are ordered. The pay channels are obviously still scrambled. The abs file below contains the channel list and a patched version of the 2.15B8 firmware, use it to update at your own risk:
Enjoy
Spanish Grand Prix 2011
by gpelly on Jun.02, 2011, under Uncategorized
Had a fantastic time at my third F1 race, we were seated at the first corner and had a great view of the cars.
The Hero is up for sale
by gpelly on Oct.06, 2010, under HTC Hero
Upgrading to a HTC Desire so the Hero is being sold.
See the listing on adverts.ie
UPDATE: Hero is now sold
Android APN Settings 3 Ireland
by gpelly on May.28, 2010, under Android, HTC Hero
Here are the APN settings needed for use with Android when on 3 Ireland
Name: 3 Ireland
APN: 3ireland.ie
Proxy: not set
Port: not set
Username: not set
Password: not set
Server: http://mobile.3ireland.ie/bb/HutchKey/
MMSC: http://mms.um.3ireland.ie:10021/mmsc/
MMS Proxy: mms.3ireland.ie
MMS Port: 8799
MMS Protocol: WAP 2.0
MCC: 272
MNC: 05
APN Type: not set
Thanks to http://lukasz.szmit.eu
New Car
by gpelly on Feb.19, 2010, under Uncategorized
Said “what the heck” and decided to get myself a car…
I’ve driven other cars but this is the first time I can refer to a car as my car… my own policy etc etc and it feels really cool.
Can’t wait to get the keys
WordPress Android App
by gpelly on Feb.03, 2010, under Android, HTC Hero
There’s a new wordpress Android open source app which has just been released. Check it out here:
Looks like a very useful app!
I joined the Hero club
by gpelly on Jan.12, 2010, under HTC Hero
So finally decided to upgrade the HTC Tytn II and I ditched the world of WinMo and went for an HTC Hero…
So far so good, the phone feels nice in the hand and the touch screen takes a little bit of getting used to especially for me coming from a resistive touchscreen like the Tytn II but I seem to have the hang of it now.
Have attempted to root the phone in order to put a Modaco ROM on it but I can’t seem to get through the root’ing process. I keep getting a “backup failed” message when using the FlashRec app… further investigation reveals that I’ll probably need to downgrade my hero in order to be able to root it 
UPDATE 14 January 2010: Managed to root the Hero by using the downgrade method mentioned here. It seems as though the “one click” rooting method will not work for Hero’s with a Build Version of 2.73.405.66 and a downgrade is necessary in order to root it.
Lack of Water
by gpelly on Jan.06, 2010, under Uncategorized
Am beginning to get a bit annoyed at the water being switched off at 8pm until 7am, its been happening since the cold weather began. The funny thing is that I learned about it on boards.ie rather than from the council or any local media… I genuinely thought the pipes were freezing each evening… grrr…
New Years Eve Lunar Eclipse
by gpelly on Jan.04, 2010, under Photos
Partial Lunar Eclipse over Kinnegad on New Years Eve
