Okay, I didn’t notice it but form the photos it is clear to see that the Sun Silk – Anti Flat shampoo and conditioner with the wheat protein really does make your hair more oomphy. Pics below.
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Sun Silk – Anti Flat Results
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Monthly Archives: April 2008
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A history trip
My dad found a 256MB USB stick that I lost about 2 years ago, I luckily didn’t have any data on it relating to my school work, so it wasn’t to much of a loss. I plugged it in and had a look at the files on it, and it was like taking a trip down memory lane. Some old programs and script I had made, some hacking tools, so school stuff and some web stuff. Very interesting indeed. It’s a mini time capsule.
My dad wanted a USB stick so I formated it and gave it him.
Sun Silk – Anti Flat
While showering lately I have come across, Sun Silk – Anti Flat, which supposedly gives your hair more oomph with the Wheat Protein. I don’t really want oomphy hair, but if you do, does this mean you can rub your hair in hay, and it’ll be oomphy. I’ll post you pictures of before and after using this shampoo and conditioner use and you can decide if the Wheat Protein makes my hair oomph.
A phone that suits me? It can't be true.
I’ve been looking for a phone/pda to splash a bit of money on, since I have bought anything geeky in awhile. I’ve made a short list of features I want it in it. Here is my little list:
- GPS
- QWERTY
- Wireless
- 3g
- Bluetooth
- Camera (with video)
- SD card
- An OS that is currently being developed on
- Dual Sim (Not too important, but it would be nice)
- Large Screen
- Phone-ish sized ( I don’t wanna be carrying around a laptop )
- Looks nice
I’ve found the Nokia E90 smart phone that looks really nice and fits all the requirements but the Dual Sim point. Now the Nokia E90 has a GPS and wireless (802.11g), so it’s probably only time before Symbian OS has kismet running on it :>. If I can’t find any war driving apps, I’ll suppose I’ll have to make one.
Prep move from Case Sensitive to Insensitive
A small number of programs don’t like running inside a case sensitive file system on OS X, such as Blockland (which can be ran inside a disk image fine) and Adobe Photoshop, which won’t even install. Because of this, I am moving over to a case insensitive file system. I’ll use time machine to back everything and restore ounce I have Leopard running fine (I’m still not sure if I should restore my whole file system or just parts I need yet), but just a a prep I’ve made and run a script that checks for files that have the same name but different caps. It’s made in python and works under leopard. Here it is. Remember it’s quick and nasty, all results will be in lower case.
import os
log=open("dump.log", 'w')
for root, dirs, files in os.walk("/"):
print "Checking - " + root
names = dirs + files
for name in names:
names[names.index(name)] = name.lower()
names.sort()
for name in names:
if names.count(name) > 1:
log.write(root + "/" + name + "\n")
Fancy BBQs
I was in Bunnings the other day, after I bought my iPod charger, what was interesting is the range of BBQs. I spotted one that kinda freaked me out, unfortunately there was no price tag, but I’m guessing it must cost a bit considering the other basic models were starting at $300. This BBQ had an LCD panel displaying the temperature, the amount of gas, timers and clock. Now for something, thats basically a piece on metal on top of a fire, that’s pretty fancy. How long before we have wireless BBQ with SNMP enabled stats?
iPod Dock
Since this is the first rant on my blog I would like you to be warned that this blog is a place for me to express my self, there isn’t some sort of Blogger/Blogee agreement contract. So basically, if you don’t like what I say here, you can find something else to read.
Today was trying to get my nice shiny iPod Touch to charge off a generic powered USB hub. Guess what? It doesn’t work. Now Apple iPod charge from computers and iPod chargers, which is typically 5 volts. USB powered hubs put out the same amount of voltage and amperage as a typical computer, so why can’t a USB powered hub charge an iPod? Some people say that it’s because the computer and charge check the voltage of the battery to make sure it doesn’t over charge. Which personally I think is just silly, considering how many chips are in the iPod already, and how small that type of regulator is. I think it’s more about getting you to buy Apple branded docks and chargers.
I also noted on the Apple site, that not only do you have to buy the generic dock, you need to buy the USB charger too. The USB charger is a simple transformer and the Dock is a usb adapter and a IR sensor. No chips required -_-.
I did read up a few things about grounding the data cables on the USB plug to make it charge, which didn’t work for me. Oh well, it looks like it’s a trip to Dick Smith Electronics to get a much cheaper generic charger.
iPod Stand
I created an iPod stand using the template at listanddiagrams.com. Here’s a quick picture. It suits my need, and is free. Really easy to make too. Btw, the lighting is really shit in here at the moment, hence bad photo.
Speaker Rearrange
Rearranging my room, also forced me to rearrange by speakers. I don’t really like it, because all the sounds coming from one place, but oh well. It’s hooked up to my iPod Touch. Here’s a quick pic.
Room Rearrange
Today I cleaned and rearranged my room. to make it a bit easier for me to move around and find stuff. I still haven’t worked on a solution of my computer junk, I suppose it can stay where it is (in my cupboard) collecting dust. It feels really nice to a have clean room. I also got rid a lot of spiders in the process which I guess is a good thing.