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Command and Conquer

Stuart Clark — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 12:00:25 +0000

A while ago Electronic Arts released the older Command and Conquer games for download but since then they have revamped their website and the links seem to have been lost, as of posting below are working links:

Command and Conquer: Gold	Command and Conquer: Gold – GDI ISO Command and Conquer: Gold – NOD ISO
Command and Conquer: Red Alert	Command and Conquer: Red Alert – Allied Command and Conquer: Red Alert – Soviet
Command and Conquer: Tiberian Sun	Command and Conquer: Tiberian Sun

Nokia 5230 applications

Stuart Clark — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 08:00:00 +0000

As with any modern smartphone you can download and install applications for the Nokia 5230, to help you out I’ve listed some of my most useful below:

Gravity http://store.ovi.com/content/6855 Gravity is a fully-featured Twitter application. It can support multiple Twitter accounts, image uploading and can also connect to Facebook and Foursquare.	Paid	Utility
Facebook for Nokia http://store.ovi.com/content/15443 The official Facebook application for Nokia smartphones, enables you to updates your status and upload pictures on the go.	Free	Utility
Memory Status Touch http://store.ovi.com/content/17503 A simple utility to display how much memory you have used on your phone memory and memory card.	Free	Utility
Bejeweled Twist http://store.ovi.com/content/2125 The famous PopCap game created for the Nokia 5230, sadly the original Bejeweled isn’t available at the time of writing but this version is still great fun.	Paid	Game
Gears http://store.ovi.com/content/30651 A puzzle game whereby you have to place the gears to join a start gear to a finish gear, contains 99 levels gradually getting harder as you progress.	Paid	Game

Nokia 5230 codes

Stuart Clark — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 08:00:00 +0000

There are a number of “secret” codes that can be entered on Symbian phones in particular the Nokia 5230, if your phone asks for the unlock code at any point the default value is 12345.

*#0000#	Software/Firmware Version Shows your software and firmware version, including information such as Software version, Software version date, Custom version, Custom version date, Language set, Model, Type and Latest update
*#06#	IMEI (International Mobile Equipment Identity) Number Shows your IMEI number, each mobile phones number is unique
*#7780#	Soft Reset Code Restores the default factory settings without affecting your contacts, messages, files, etc
*#7370#	Hard Reset Code Will erase all data, including contacts, messages, files, etc. on the phone returning it back to its default factory settings. It is best practice to backup your settings and removing your memory card before using this option
*#2820#	Bluetooth Device Address Shows the devices Bluetooth device address for manually connecting to a Bluetooth device (Note that Bluetooth must be turned on before entering this code)
*#92702689#	Life Timer Shows the total outgoing call minutes since the last hard reset.

Liquid screenshots

Stuart Clark — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 17:35:49 +0000

I’ve just uploaded a series of Liquid screenshots for viewing, so please check them out.

Liquid 1.0.0 released

Stuart Clark — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 16:30:13 +0000

I’ve finally got around to testing a new release of Liquid and have just uploaded it for download. As it’s such a major version i’ve decided to number it the final 1.0.0 release. It features some significant changes, such as the ability to download all missing podcasts, downloaded podcast tooltips, and sorting on all tables. You can find the changes detailed on the Liquid Changelog page and as always you can find the latest version at the Liquid Download page.

One thing to note is that you must manually uninstall all previous versions manually before installing, hopefully this shouldn’t be required in the future.

Liquid 0.5.0 released

Stuart Clark — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 13:00:00 +0000

I’ve just released version 0.5.0 of Liquid, an alternative podcast downloader, I’ve added new a feed management tool, support for (X)HTML podcast descriptions in the podcast tooltip and media type selection when viewing a feed. You can find the changes detailed on the Liquid Changelog page. As before you can find the latest version at the Liquid Download page.

Liquid 0.4.0 released

Stuart Clark — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 17:30:00 +0000

I’ve just released version 0.4.0 of Liquid, an alternative podcast downloader, I’ve added more ID3 tag updating, the ability to minimise to the system tray and lots of other little enhancements and fixes. You can find the changes detailed on the Liquid Changelog page. As before you can find the latest version at the Liquid Download page.

How to load the web page instead of the RSS feed summary in Thunderbird 3

Stuart Clark — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 09:00:00 +0000

Mozilla has released Thunderbird 3.0, their email and news client, but after upgrading from Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 I found that my RSS feeds were no longer displaying the linked web page when viewing them, instead they were displaying the article summary.

There are two different settings controlling this functionality, the first can be found by entering ‘Manage Subscriptions’ and editing the individual feed. There is a tick box called ‘Show the article summary instead of loading the web page’, to load the web page, make sure this is unticked.

The second setting can be found by viewing the feed and then on the main menu navigate to ‘View > Feed Message Body As’ and selecting ‘Default Format’.

Liquid 0.3.0 released

Stuart Clark — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:00:38 +0000

I’ve just released version 0.3.0 of Liquid, an alternative podcast downloader, I’ve added experimental episode number extraction as well as attempting to fix a bug with queued downloads not working. You can find the changes detailed on the Liquid Changelog page. As before you can find the latest version at the Liquid Download page.

CD or DVD drive not found in Windows 7

Stuart Clark — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:00:42 +0000

If your CD\DVD drive is identifed by your BIOS but not by Windows 7 then try the following:

Run regedit.exe
Browse to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\ControlClass
Delete both UpperFilters and LowerFilters in the right-hand pane
NB: Leave both the UpperFilters.bak and LowerFilters.bak entries

If this doesn’t work then try resetting the drive letter using the following:

Run the Disk Management tool
Choose ‘Create and format hard disk partitions’
If the DVD drive is present then right click it and select ‘Change Drive Letter and Paths’
Click ‘Change’ and select a new letter
If the CDDVD drive is now visible in Explorer you can change the letter back
If it is still not visible then reboot and it should appear

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Command and Conquer

Nokia 5230 applications

Gravity

Facebook for Nokia

Memory Status Touch

Bejeweled Twist

Gears