Most creative use of treadmills in a video clip

Found this in an article about the band in the Sydney Morning Herald.

Settings that bug me when re-building my iPAQ

When re-building my iPAQ from scratch and re-installing everything, there are some settings in a couple of applications which really annoy. Sometimes it's because the setting is annoying, and sometimes it's because I can't remember how to change it (these are the ones that drive me really nuts)!

I decided that I should write these things down so that I can look them up next time I re-build! Also, I figured that the information might be helpful to others as well.

Removing that annoying Battery Pack Pro power bar that appears in the top bar of the Today screen and interferes with Wisbar Advance

1. Go to the Battery Bar Today screen settings (Start menu --> Settings --> Personal --> Today --> Items tab --> Battery Bar --> select Battery Bar and click the Options button)
2. Go to the Power tab.
3. De-select 'Show Battery Meter'. Do the same for the Memory meter if it is bothering you as well. Upon installing Battery Pack Pro, I find that it's only the Battery Meter which automatically displays itself, so you probably won't need to turn the Memory meter off.
   
4. Click the OK button until you get back to the Today screen.
   

Removing the annoying 'OK' button that appears in the top bar of the Today screen and interferes with Wisbar Advance

The only reason I install Battery Pack Pro is for the Program Bar. I'm not interested in the rest of the features and it drive me nuts when I can't get them to go away!

1. The key here is to install the 'Power Adjust' option (even if you don't want it) as well as the option which includes the Program Bar.
2. Go to the Battery Pack Pro settings (Start menu --> Programs --> Battery Pack Pro)
3. Go to the Power Adjust section, de-select 'Power Task button & menu' and click the Update button. You will get a message that you need to soft reset for the changes to take effect.
   
4. Soft reset.
   

Changing the number of cities displayed on the Today screen with CityTime

1. Go to the CityTime Today settings (Start menu --> Settings --> Personal --> Today --> Items tab --> select CityTime and click the Options button). Note that the CityTime Today settings are different to the regular CityTime settings that you access from within CityTime. I sometimes forget this, which leads me to go nuts looking for the particular option in the regular CityTime settings and not finding it!
2. Select the number of cities you wish to display.
3. Click OK until you get back to the Today screen.
   

Changing the Wisbar Advance clock to display the Australian date format

1. Go to the Wisbar Advance settings (Start menu --> Programs --> WisbarAdvance folder --> Wisbar Advance settings).
2. Expand the 'My theme' list and select Clock Settings.
3. Change the date format from 'M/d/yy' to 'd/M/yy'.
4. Click the OK button until you get back to the Today screen.

Blogger Forum

I've just discovered this Blogger advice forum. Looks pretty good.

Fresh Air Online

For those of you who also wish England would get it's act together and ban smoking from restaurants, cafes, etc., check out Fresh Air Online. This site has a database of non-smoking venues for people who'd really prefer not to inhale carcinogens while having a meal.

London does have a summer

I'm happy to discover that London does in fact have a summer. I was here most of last year and there was no summer! Summer is a season, therefore an occasional warm day scattered here and there does not count, and two consecutive days of 27 degrees is certainly not a "heatwave".

Recently, there have been many weeks of temperatures in the high 20s and even up to 30 degrees! (in Celcius that is). Compared to Australia, this is not a hot summer as it regularly gets to the high 30s and up to 40 degrees in Canberra every summer. However, I'm quite satisfied with temperatures in the range 25-32 degrees.

Meanwhile, my English friends are all melting. This summer has been unusually warm for London and they are not used to it. I think their ideal temperature is 20 degrees or cooler! Brrr!! I, on the other hand, have totally not acclimatised to the English weather and complain about it consistently. Except for the last few weeks that is. :)

Rubik's cube in cartoon form

Rubik, The Amazing Cube was a Saturday morning cartoon show that premiered back in 1983. Apparently it was pretty lame as far as cartoons go. I'd love to see it though. I wonder if it's available on DVD?