I thought this was really interesting, showing the expansion of “major” religions over time…
It was only recently that I really start paying attention to Web 2.0. While I was at eBay (LOL, yeah the irony of it all), I always thought Web 2.0 was a marketing gimmick. For those that have an interest and time, there are like a bizillion articles written about what Web 2.0 is. Here are some things that stick in my mind:
Oh, and the “next big thing” will be probably be first discovered on Digg!
I’ve been doing some ”Internet Entrepreneurship” lately, and have a few projects under development. None that I want to talk about right now though…
Anyway, I had been using Godaddy to register my domain. Originally because of “those” commercials, but mostly because they’re cheap (which if you get some good coupon codes, makes them one of the cheapest registrars out there) and has some reasonably cheap add-ons like domain name privacy and web-hosting. However, as I became more of a “business class” user, I was fnding that their hosting just wasn’t meeting my performance needs and that their technical support really was quite poor (”Google-monkeys” is probably the best that I can say without getting sued). So I struck out in search for a better host…
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Well, I’m not going to waste your time or mine, trying to catch you up on the past 36 years of my life. This blog is about the stuff I learn going through life, from today onwards.
As the Internet-fueled global economy and marketplace expands, it is easy to buy an “unlocked” phone to work with your current cellular provider. I did just that a few months ago, picking up one of the latest Windows Mobile 5.0 devices (Samsung i320N). Of course, one of the things you don’t really think about when scoping out that cool new phone, is how to actually get the damn thing to work with your cellular provider! An unlocked phone doesn’t have all the access point codes, username and passwords required to actually connect it to the Internet!
After much searching, I pieced together information that worked with my provider, Cingular. This is what I learnt…
GPRS SETTINGS (connects to EDGE where available… not sure about HSDPA as my phone can’t do that) Description: MEdia Net GPRS Connects to: The Internet Access point: wap.cingular User Name: WAP@CINGULARGPRS.COM (typed in UPPERCASE) Password: CINGULAR1 (typed in UPPERCASE) Primary DNS: (leave blank) or all zeros (0.0.0.0) Secondary DNS: (leave blank) or all zeros (0.0.0.0) IP address: (leave blank) or all zeros (0.0.0.0)
PROXY SETTING Description: Cingular WAP Connects from: The Internet Connects to: WAP Network Proxy (name:port): wireless.cingular.com:80 (type in lowercase) Type: HTTP User name: (leave blank) Password: (leave blank)
Internet connection: Automatic Work connection: Automatic WAP connection: Automatic Secure WAP connection: Automatic
INTERNET EXPLORER SETTING Internet Explorer -> Menu -> Options -> Connections: uncheck (Automatically detect settings.) Select network: WAP Netwok
MMS Profiles Name: Cingular MMS MMSC URL: http://mmsc.cingular.com WAP Gateway: 66.209.11.32 Port: 80
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