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Don’t you hate when you visit a site and just wish you could change a few things about it? Or how about when one of your favourite websites changes the way it looks & feels… for the worse?

For these occasions, you can make the changes to your favourite websites using a Firefox extension called Greasemonkey.

A friend of mine told me to try this after I complained to him that  a favourite website of mine had changed the way certain things work.  So I installed this and got to work, looking at the source code of the website, and inserting a bit of javascript to modify the way it worked, and wala!  Customized to my preference!

This Firefox extension is extremely powerful in a set of skilled hands, but if your knowledge of javascript and html is subpar, there is a library of pre-made scripts that allow you to enhance the majority of popular websites out there.  The site is called Userscripts.org.  Enjoy!

Jared geek

First you will need to sign up for an Unlimitel DID (a la carte).

Once signed up, Unlimitel will provide you with the following:

• SIP USERNAME: your unlimitel assigned phone number
• SIP PASSWORD: 123456
• SIP PROXY: sip02.unlimitel.ca
• SIP REALM: unlimitel.ca

Here is how to configure your built-in Nokia E71 sip client:

Go to Tools > Settings > Connection > SIP settings > Options > New SIP profile

• Profile Name: Unlimitel
• Service Profile: IETF
• Default Access point: (WLAN SSID, or even your 3G access point, such as Fido Internet)
• Public user name: SIP USERNAME@sip02.unlimitel.ca
• Use Compression: No
• Registration: When needed **See below for details
• Use Security: No

• Proxy Server address: sip02.unlimitel.ca
• Realm: unlimitel.ca
• User Name: SIP USERNAME
• Password: SIP PASSWORD
• Allow loose routing: Yes
• Transport Type: UDP
• Port: 5060

• Registrar Server address: sip02.unlimitel.ca
• Realm: unlimitel.ca
• User Name: SIP USERNAME
• Password: SIP PASSWORD
• Transport Type: UDP
• Port: 5060

Go to Tools > Settings > Connection > Internet tel. > New Profile

• Name: Unlimitel
• SIP profiles: Check ‘Unlimitel’

Once all this configuration has been completed, you should be ready to place a voip/internet call using your Unlimitel DID with your Nokia E71.

My favourite method to call someone in my address book is to start typing their name on the home screen then press up on the D-pad to select the name, then bring up the context menu by pressing the middle D-pad button and selecting ‘Internet call’.  If you have Registration set to ‘When needed’ then you will be prompted to register your phone.  Select yes.  This should take a few seconds and then it will begin placing the call.

**I prefer the ‘When needed’ registration method as I find this saves battery life greatly.  I only use my Unlimitel DID to avoid using my daytime cellular minutes so I am only using this for outbound calls.

If you are using your Unlimitel DID number 24/7 as a main number, I highly recommend you set the registration to ‘Always on’.

Notable Resources:
http://www.n95users.com/forum/connectivity/10612-voip-configuration-only-half-works.html
http://bulletproof-incorporation.blogspot.com/2006/09/how-to-setup-sip-voip-on-nokia-e.html

Jared geek

I’m a prime example that humans are creatures of habit. As in I’ve gotten in to the habit of not updating this blog. My apologies, but I have a couple of reasons why.

1. Camera malfunctioned, and during its repair period, I took no pictures
2. Put a change freeze on my blog/gallery as I built a new server and needed to migrate all the data over to it.  Less change = quicker/easier migration

Now that my camera is back, and my server is running on newer, faster hardware, as well as the new snazzy Ubuntu 8.04LTS the updates should be more frequent!

*Note:  There will be some blog updates pre-dated from today that are new to reflect their actual date

Jared life

With the purchase of a new lens, the Canon 70-200 f/4 L IS USM, I decided to venture out to the Toronto Distillery District, which is a historic part of Toronto which I have yet to visit at my time living in Toronto.

Thankfully it was beautiful weather and I was quite impressed with the location and quality of photo’s that I took.

Have a look at the pictures here.

Jared life

Today Winnie and I decided to venture out via TTC to the Toronto Zoo.

It was a long weekend, and the weather was super nice.  We walked approx 19km (tracked via GPS on my phone) through the entire Zoo and saw as many animals, mammals, insects, reptiles, etc as we could!  I took a ton of pics and they are uploaded for you to view here

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From July 1st to July 7th, Jesse, Megan, Winnie, and myself took a road trip to visit our mom in South Carolina.

This involved a 2 hr train ride from Toronto to Kingston, and then a 15 hour drive from Kingston to Hartsville, SC.  We had great weather for the drive down, and did 3 hour driving stints between Megan, Winnie, and myself so it wasn’t too bad.

We spent the night at my moms in Hartsville, had some much needed dinner, hung out with the dogs, and visited with Bruce’s parents.

The next morning we all drove to Charleston, SC.  Downtown we enjoyed the sights, went on a muel drawn carraige ride, had lunch, and took lots of pictures.  That night Jesse, Megan, Winnie and I walked up the newly built Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge to take in the fresh ocean air.

The next morning, we packed up and drove to Myrtle Beach, and stayed at the Caribbean Resort & Villas.  We spent the rest of the trip here, enjoying the beach, mini putt golf, Sonic drive in’s, shopping, people watching, segway riding, 4th of July fireworks, all you can eat crab @ crabby mikes, etc etc etc!

We finished the trip with a very long 17-18 hour drive home up I-77 and I-81, but we made it home safe and sound.

Hope you enjoy the pics!

Jared life

Andrea, Henrich, Jared, Jason, Jeff, Kieron, Matt, Simon, and Winnie all spent 4 days at the Pinery provincial park near Grand Bend.

The weather was nice for camping, minus a little bit of rain at night and when we first arrived, but we were well prepared with massive tarps and mad skills on covering up key sitting and eating areas at our camp site.  I took a lot of photo’s so I hope you enjoy!

Check out the pics here

Jared life

I’m not going to stop pushing this until everyone I know uses it.

Twitter is a service for friends, family, and co–workers to communicate and stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequent answers to one simple question: What are you doing?

You can update to Twitter using the website, sms, and even twitter programs such as Twhirl.

I highly recommend you use it and follow me

You can also view my latest ‘Tweets’ on my blog’s sidebar.

Jared life

My Dad came up and stayed with me for a couple days.  We stayed fairly busy.  I took pictures the one day we went to Casa Loma.   It was pretty neat to see how big the place was, and the history behind it.  I only took mylittle camera with me sothe pictures aren’t as nice as they should be.  Maybe next time.

Check out the pics here!

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Tonight Winnie and I were relaxing at my place, watching a movie when we started to see a ton of flashes from outside. It turned out to be a severe thunder storm. The lightning was so frequent that I was able to easily capture lightning shots with my camera from my living room. Winnie and I quickly grabbed a bag to cover the camera and head up to the rooftop patio, and hide under the Gazebo and take some unobstructed shots from the roof. Surprisingly, there were 3-4 other people already up there just enjoying the thunder storm.

Tripod locked in place, and camera settings dialed in, I began snapping 30 second exposures of the Toronto skyline, and was surprised with this fantastic shot of lightning streaking across the skyline.

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