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2011-06-10T21:44:00.000Z

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2010-10-19T20:41:00.002Z

2010-10-17T21:09:00.001Z

Two Words!

2010-10-17T21:02:00.001Z

As easy as 1 2 3G Not!

2010-07-15T20:21:00.003Z

Jailbroken iPhone giving you masses of Other in iTunes?

2010-03-17T21:35:00.006Z

Have been troubleshooting a weird JB iphone error where the other file type would spontaneously grow and grow and grow to massive proportions... If you get this the problem is this.

Rock Your iPhone

My Other type is the largest part of my files. When SSH'ing into my iPhone and went to root, I ran the following command:

find . -size +100M

which basically lists all files larger than 100Mb in size.

I found the usual media files but one caught my eye, a log file. I went to my GUI file manager of choice, iPhone folders and found the size of this file... 2.27Gb!

I copied the file to my PC and opened it up and found a lot of errors inside...

Appears Rock Your iPhone is stuck in an endless loop. Delete this file, its not required and will reclaim your space.... HOWEVER it will auto recreate though

Jon.

This song rocks!

2010-02-25T20:59:00.001Z

Don't Speed in Sussex

2009-01-17T19:59:00.004Z

Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow!

2008-04-06T09:42:00.001Z

Kylie's New Video!

2008-02-02T15:03:00.000Z

Best Christmas Advert this Year!

2007-12-17T20:23:00.000Z

Buster Sings!

2007-12-01T15:57:00.001Z

Manarin Orange Pound Cake

2007-11-14T19:58:00.001Z

Equipment Needed:

10-inch 3-quart bunt pan
Electric Mixer

3 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
24 tablespoons (3 sticks) unsalted butter; softened, plus 1 tablespoon for buttering the pan
2 cups sugar, plus 2 tablespoons for sugaring the pan
6 large egg yolks
2 teaspoons pure orange extract
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1 tablespoon grated fresh orange peel (about 1 orange)
1/2 cup buttermilk
One 11-ounce can mandarin oranges, drained and lightly pressed in a sieve to remove excess juice; juice reserved
1 tablespoon orange liqueur
3 tablespoons powdered sugar, for garnish

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C). Butter and sugar the pan.

2. In a bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, and salt.

3. Put the butter and sugar in a bowl and cream together using the electric mixer on high speed. Scrape down the bowl. Add the egg yolks, 2 at a time, beating for 20 seconds after each addition. Add the orange and vanilla extracts and orange peel, and beat using the mixer at low speed. Beat in the flour mixture in thirds, alternating with the buttermilk, beating for 45 seconds after each addition. Scrape down the bowl with a rubber spatula.

4. Add the mandarin oranges and beat on low speed until fully incorporated. Pour the batter into the prepared pan.

5. Bake for 55 to 65 minutes, or until a cake tester inserted in the center comes out clean. Remove the cake to a wire rack and cool for 10 minutes, then turn it out on the rack to cool to room temperature.

6. In a small, heavy saucepan over medium heat, reduce the reserved mandarin orange juice until thick and syrupy, about 3 tablespoons in all. Stir in the orange liqueur. Brush the glaze over the still-warm cake and let dry. Before serving, dust the cake with the powdered sugar.

3 way battle!

2007-08-09T22:11:00.001Z

Vista

2007-06-25T20:24:00.000Z

Recently I decided I needed to try out Vista at home but not on exisitng hardware as I like to keep production machines stable (lol) so I researched a report I had seen online about using Virtual PC 2007 and the Vista Enterprise VHD image provided by Microsoft. I was pleasantly surprised about the speed of the download about 3 hours (thanks to Virgin Media's peak time traffic shaping, cheers Virgin!) and the speed of the speed of the install and the performance of Vista once up and running..

My hardware consists of the following:

Dell Inspiron 6000 with a
Celeron M 1.4Ghz processor
2Gb of DDR2 ram
60Gb Toshiba SATA HDD
Windows XP Home
A Western Digital 120Gb Passport USB HDD

I installed the 5Gb Image to my external HDD and ran it from there. Specification of the Virtual PC was:

768Mb of memory
Priority to the Virtual Machine
All the remainder of the settings as per default

Upon loading the image, had to run the remainder of the config but was up in Vista within 15 minutes. I was pleasantly surprised by the performance of my PC both in the host OS and the guest OS. However this was a clean version with all the defaults, nothing extra. If I load it up with Office, Internet progs and other tools this may slow it down. The VHD image is locked at 20 days use and is used primarily for IT departments to test the OS before a rollout. I found it very useful in the two days I have used it and may plump to install it after the final beta is closed (ie at SP1 LOL)

J.

2007-06-17T11:30:00.001Z

Free PDF Writer

2007-04-17T22:07:00.000Z

Hi,

Found this little gem tonight, thought I would spread the word! A free standalone pdf generator.

PDF Creator

Jon.

Amazon MisPrice Anyone??

2007-03-04T18:52:00.000Z

Hi All,

I grabbed this into my basket to buy on pay day but after a day the price went up from around £10 to £200! Looks like someone missed the decimal place!

Jon.

Walkers does Fame Academy

2007-02-23T23:49:00.000Z

Remotely Retrieve Service Tags from Dell PC's

2007-02-19T21:33:00.000Z

Taken from LazyNetworkAdmin

Because most of the computers I work on are Dell's, a lot of times I need to look up the service tag for a specific machine. Without the need of bulky software, you can easily use WMI to gather this information. This article will show you how to remotely query your dell pc's for their service tags.

Open notepad and copy the following text and paste it into your blank notepad

----------COPY EVERYTHING BELOW THIS LINE----------
'
on error resume next
strIPAddress=InputBox ("Enter the IP Address of the PC you'd like to query for Service Tag")
Set objWMIservice = GetObject("winmgmts:\\" & strIPAddress & "\root\cimv2")
set colitems = objWMIservice.ExecQuery("Select * from Win32_BIOS",,48)
For each objitem in colitems
Wscript.echo "Dell Service Tag: " & objitem.serialnumber
Next
'
----------COPY EVERYTHING ABOVE THIS LINE----------

PLEASE MAKE SURE NO WORD WRAPPING IS HAPPENING IN YOUR NOTEPAD!!!

save the file as DellServiceTag.vbs to a location you will remember

when you execute the script, it will prompt you for a computer name, type in the computer name of the dell machine you are trying to gather information from into the message box and hit OK

You will then receive another message box with the dell service tag.

If you want to run this against multiple machines then do the following:

Open notepad and copy the following text and paste it into your blank notepad

----------COPY EVERYTHING BELOW THIS LINE----------
'
on error resume next
Wscript.echo strComputer & ": " & objitem.serialnumber
Set objWMIservice = GetObject("winmgmts:\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2")
set colitems = objWMIservice.ExecQuery("Select * from Win32_BIOS",,48)
For each objitem in colitems
Wscript.echo "Dell Service Tag: " & objitem.serialnumber
Next
'
----------COPY EVERYTHING ABOVE THIS LINE----------

PLEASE MAKE SURE NO WORD WRAPPING IS HAPPENING IN YOUR NOTEPAD!!!

Save the file as bath_DellServiceTag.vbs

Now open a new Notepad and follow this format:

C:\path\to\my\scripts\> cscript servicetag.vbs pc1 >> service_tag.txt
C:\path\to\my\scripts\> cscript servicetag.vbs pc2 >> service_tag.txt
C:\path\to\my\scripts\> cscript servicetag.vbs pc3 >> service_tag.txt
C:\path\to\my\scripts\> cscript servicetag.vbs pc4 >> service_tag.txt

Replace pc1, pc2, pc3 with your actual computer names.

save the file as dell_service_tag.bat.

Double click on the dell_service_tag.bat file and you will be left with service_tag.txt with all of your PC's Dell Service tags inside

This information was found on http://www.rokus.net/.

This information is provided "AS IS" with no warranties expressed or implied.

At work when we raise calls to our 2nd Line team we require to provide the Asset Number and Model of the PC which can be a pain to get after you are off the line with a user. Our Asset tag (and workstation name) is either a combination of undefined numbers or service tags so the above should work to retrieve the service tag from a remote PC from the workstation name which can be used with this to get the Model of the PC.

Sweet!

Jon.

Recognize Anyone?

2007-01-20T21:33:00.000Z

2006-12-24T21:28:00.000Z

How to overcome "This device can perform faster" bubble error in XP

Found this solution for the USB device can perform faster error in XP.

Link

“In Device Manager, click on the USB host controller, click the Advanced tab and then check the box on the bottom of the window that says “Don’t tell me about USB errors" I think you need to do this for each USB controller listed under USB in Device Manager so that the error message will not appear no matter which controller the device gets plugged into."

My Current Net Speed!

2006-12-23T22:56:00.000Z

Merry Christmas from the Nutt Hut

2006-12-23T22:29:00.001Z

Hi,

Merry Christmas to you all! Hope you all have a good Christmas!

Jon.

Still at the Top!

2006-12-16T22:13:00.000Z

The Infamous Brainiac Monkey!

2006-12-15T00:29:00.001Z

Male Restroom Etiquette

2006-12-13T23:36:00.001Z

Still Top!

2006-12-12T22:18:00.000Z

Singing Hippo in the Jungle!

2006-12-12T22:14:00.001Z

Excellent Free Software Site!

2006-12-01T19:48:00.001Z

www.giveawayoftheday.com
game.giveawayoftheday.com

Jon.

Moving ahead in the league!

2006-11-26T20:27:00.000Z

Top Again!

2006-11-21T22:04:00.000Z

:-D

How to line a Cake Tin with Paper!

2006-11-08T17:41:00.000Z

I'm always forgetting how to fold baking or greaseproof paper but have now found a site that shows you how!

Perfect for when I'm baking I can take the laptop into the kitchen!

How to line a cake tin

To line a square tin

1. Cut a piece of silicone paper (baking parchment) by first measuring the length and width of the tin and then adding twice its depth. Centre the tin on the sheet of paper, then make four cuts from the paper’s edge right up to the corners of the tin.

2. Grease the tin and fit the silicone paper inside, folding and overlapping it at the corners. For the base paper, cut a square out, again using the tin as a template and fit it in the base.

To line a round tin

1. Grease the cake tin, cut a strip of silicone paper slightly longer than the circumference of the tin and 3 inches (7.5 cm) higher. Fold it back about 1 inch (2.5cm) along its length, then snip it at an angle at intervals up to the fold.

2. Now press the paper around the sides – the snipped edge will overlap on the base of the tin for a snug fit. Finally, cut a circle out – using the tin as a template – to fit over the snipped paper over the base.

To line a Christmas cake tin

1. Cut a double strip of silicone paper slightly longer than the circumference of the tin. Fold back 1 inch (2.5 cm) along its length and snip this at intervals, cutting at a slight angle to the fold. Grease the tin then press the paper around the sides – it should sit comfortably around the sides of the tin. Finally, cut a double circle of paper – using the tin as a template – to fit the base and press into place. Brown paper is then tied around the outside of the tin, to protect the cake during the long, slow cooking.

2. After spooning the mixture into the prepared tin, cover the top of the cake with a double sheet of silicone paper with a 50p-sized hole in the centre.

Link

Setting up a Bluetooth Personal Area Network for Internet Connection Sharing for Mobiles

2006-11-07T16:15:00.000Z

This method of Internet access sharing will only work when the host PC has Internet access through a LAN. The host PC must be running Windows 2000, XP or 2003 because it uses a Network Bridge

Make sure you have fully followed the main guide
Pair the devices
Open the configuration options on the primary PC
Select the "local services" tab
Choose "network access" and click on "properties"
Make sure it is set to "start-up automatically", and change the pull down option to "allow other devices to access the Internet/LAN via this computer"
If the device you want to connect FROM does not support Bluetooth security properly you need to download and run this registry fragment
Open the "Network Connections" control panel
Select your primary LAN connection (usually called "Local Area Network"), and then, holding control, also select your Bluetooth network connection (usually called "Bluetooth Network")
Right click on either of the selected connections, and choose "Bridge Connections"
Make sure that the Bluetooth network connection is enabled on both devices
Share the relevant folders or printers on the main PC
Connect the network access option the same way as any other Bluetooth service
If you want to share files, folders, or printers in both directions you should carry out the above procedure on both PC's

Lemon Drizzle Cake

2006-11-07T12:14:00.000Z

This cake is really moist (great word) and is more lemony than you would believe! If you don’t eat the entire cake whilst it’s still warm, it will keep for a few days in a cake tin. The proportions have to be accurate or it could all go wrong!

This recipe makes around 16 slices of cake.

INGREDIENTS
For the cake:

75g butter (at room temperature)
125g soft brown sugar
A large egg and an additional yolk
A level tablespoon of poppy seeds
The zest of 2 lemons (use a fine grater)
The juice of 2 lemons (save 2 tablespoons
for ‘the drizzle’)
140g self-raising flour
2 pinches of baking powder
A pinch of sea salt

For the drizzle:

A tablespoon of lemon curd
A tablespoon of caster sugar
2 tablespoons of lemon juice
A tablespoon of sugar pearls (these taste
like sugar but look like little hailstones)

MAKING YOUR CAKE

1. Heat the oven to180-190°C/ 350-375°F/gas mark 4-5.
2. Mix the butter and brown sugar. Whip together for a couple of minutes until creamy
and light in colour.
3. In a separate bowl, lightly whip the egg.
4. Carry on whipping the butter and sugar mix and add the egg really slowly, bit by bit. The mix
will then become light and fluffy.
5. Stir in the lemon zest and the poppy seeds.
6. Mix the flour with the baking powder and salt. Sift into the cake mix along with the lemon juice and stir.
7. Line your baking tray with greaseproof paper and fill with the cake mix (a non-stick baking tray about 24cm x 24cm x 5cm deep would be perfect).
8. Bake in the oven for about 25-30 minutes until lightly browned on top. Turn out onto a wire rack and allow to cool.
9. Dissolve the caster sugar in the lemon juice that you saved and drizzle over the cake.
10. Using a pallet knife spread the cake with lemon curd then sprinkle liberally with the sugar pearls.
11. Using a sharp knife, cut a generous helping of the cake for you as a reward for all your hard work and store the rest in your cake tin (flowery ones, like the ones your Grandma used to have, are best)

Spicy Apple Cake

2006-11-06T18:21:00.000Z

Ingredients

220g Self Raising Flour
80g Margerine
220g Sliced Peeled Apple
1 Egg
1 Heaped teaspoon Mixed Spice
Pinch of Salt
275g Sugar (The quantity of sugar can be reduced to about 170g if using "Eating Apples")

Equipment

7 - 8 inch Cake tin or a Loaf tin.
Baking Parchment.
Mixing Bowl.

Method

1. Pre-Heat the oven to 180 C, grease and line tin with baking parchment.
2. Cream the margarine with the sugar, in the mixing bowl.
3. Sift the flour, salt and mixed spice into the bowl, then add the egg.
4. Mix all the ingredients until completely combined.
5. Add the sliced apple, and stir gently into the mixture. (Don't worry if the mixture seems a little dry, as the moisture from the apples will take care of that.)
6. Place the mixture in the tin and bake for about 1 and 1/4 hours.
7. When the top gets brown, cover with a piece of greaseproof paper to prevent burning.
8. Test cake with a skewer to see if it is done. The skewer should come out clear and dry .
9. Remove cake from oven and leave to cool slightly before turning out onto a wire rack to cool.

Eat hot or cold, with or without butter, or with custard.

Fantasy Football Getting Close

2006-11-06T12:56:00.000Z

Hi,

Close at the top!

Jon.

Work Rota

2006-11-06T12:08:00.000Z

Here is an online version of my works rota....

Rota

Jon.

Rock Cakes

2006-11-06T11:58:00.001Z

Rock Cakes

Makes 9 large or 12 medium rock cakes.

225g self-raising flour (or plain flour, plus 1 tsp baking powder)
115g butter or margerine (you can reduce this to 75g if you wish)
1/2 tsp fine salt
1/2 tsp mixed spice
50g caster sugar
115g mixed dried fruit
1 large egg
2 tbsp milk
3 tbsp Demerara sugar (for sprinkling)

Preheat the oven to 200C/Gas Mark 6. Grease a large baking sheet.

Sift the flour, salt and mixed spice together in a medium bowl. Cut the butter into small chunks and rub it into the flour until it has the consistency of large crumbs.

Stir in the sugar and dried fruit. Beat the egg and milk together.

Pour the egg mixture evenly over the flour/fruit mixture in the bowl. Using a round-bladed knife (e.g. a butter knife), blend the mixtures together to form a rough dough.

Using the knife, dollop portions of dough onto the baking sheet. They'll fall off the knife in a rather rough fashion - resist the urge to smooth them out! Make sure to leave 5cm between the mounds as they will spread when baked. Sprinkle each mound with plenty of Demerara sugar. This gives both good crunch and shine when baked.

Bake in the centre of the oven for 15 minutes - smaller rock cakes will take about 12 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack immediately and let cool fully before eating. Best eaten within 2 days!

Oh well a poor week for my team.

2006-09-16T22:50:00.000Z

Top of the Fantasy Football League!

2006-09-13T21:23:00.000Z

Better Picture of the TV

2006-09-10T20:08:00.000Z

Clearer pics of the TV! Sweet!

J.

The TV is installed!

2006-09-07T13:51:00.000Z

Took not more than 10 minutes to setup.... Sweet!

J.

WooHoo The TV is here!

2006-09-06T12:40:00.000Z

Well the TV is here.... however we are still awaiting the stand... No point in installing it until that arrives.... Hurry up stand!!

J.

New Purchase in the Nut Hut!

2006-09-05T18:58:00.000Z

Well we are getting into the digital HD age... We've just brought this beauty!

The spec's of this are;

16:9 Wide Digital & analog / PVR complex LCD TV HD Ready
Analog and DTT (Digital Terrestrial Television) reception
Digital Twin tuner PVR (Personal Video Recorder) function
Tape-less Recording - Digital Recording and Playback (Maximum 80 hours in the 160GB HDD without use of tape)
USB 2.0 port connection compatibility without extension HDD
Interactive communication via MHEG or MHP middleware
Recording digital channel, analog channel and external AV input.
Multiple Screen - Loaded with PIP & DS (Dual Screen) functions
Virtual Surround audio : Multi-functional SRS TruSurroundXT
PC grade WXGA Video resolution support (1366 * 768)
VESA Standard Wall Mounting Support (not including bracket)
Main RCU & Sub RCU (Support Remote Control for Children and the elderly, in addition to the Multi-functional main remote)

This will go well with our DVD Recorder and NTL Digital package!

Just waiting for it to be delivered! I WANT IT NOW! :-D

J.

Websites I like

2006-08-16T21:40:00.000Z

Hi,

I now have a stumbleupon account... Think of it as another online bookmark manger... However with a twist... You could get addicted to stumbling upon! :D

My Stumble Upon page

J.

Oh Dear why is my PC running slowly?

2006-08-14T20:41:00.000Z

Think the user should switch to FireFox??

J.

Hmm Excellent Helpdesk Troubleshooting

2006-08-14T20:37:00.000Z

Perfect for troubleshooting those toublesome issues!

J.

2006-07-24T19:14:00.000Z

If you require cheap and high quality pc equipment you cannot do any better than SVP.co.uk!

Special Software

2006-06-04T12:11:00.000Z

I thought i would post a list of software which gets the nut hut seal of approval. These are tools that I just could not live without.... here goes! :-D

Internet

Mozilla Firefox
Forte Agent
NOMP
PopTray
GetRight
RealVNC
Yahelite

Multimedia

Anapod Explorer
Media Player Classic
Exact Audio Copy
GSpot
Auto GK
ipodSync
IrfanView
ratDVD
Real Alternative
Quicktime Alternative
Winamp
DVD Shrink
CloneDVD
CloneCD
AnyDVD

Utilities

Alcohol 120%
7-zip
CCleaner
Daemon Tools
Fineprint
Fineprint pdfFactory Pro
ImgBurn
KeePass Password Safe
Nero
QuickPar
CoolMon
TrueCrypt
WinRar
Winzip

Skins

Inspirat Bricopacks

ntlworld launches dating service

2006-06-02T20:31:00.000Z

Whatever next! ;-)

ntlworld launches dating service
Posted at 26 May 2006, 04:29 by Frank

ntl:Telewest have recently signed a partnership with dating company DatingDirect to provide an ntl-branded dating service to subscribers visiting the ntlworld.com customer portal. ntl customers will be able to search for a soulmate from among DatingDirect.com’s 3.7 million online members.

...Read More...

J.

Another day a new account

2006-06-02T13:08:00.000Z

Hi, I have now signed up for a flickr photo account now... find it in the links section >>>>>>

J.

Welcome to the Nut Hut!

2006-06-01T21:01:00.000Z

Well I've finally decided to take the plunge and go on a blog. Anything and everything will be posted here (of course legal only.... sorry Pete!)

J.