It looks like new firmware is out. It’s only shipping with the latest batch of O2 Galaxy phones. My phone, ordered Sep 9th shipped with I7500XXIH6. I7500XXIH8 is available but not yet being pushed to the phones (I think Odin is required or some messing about with Samsung’s PC Suite). I7500XXII4 is reportedly shipping with the latest store-bought Samsung’s..
androidforums.com – Samsung Galaxy i7500 I7500XXII4 Firmware
My new toy arrived yesterday..
It’s got the build quality of a Samsung without the hideous Samsung UI. Google Android is awesome. A bit of whinging was heard from the iClone lovers about the lack of multi-touch (all that pinching to zoom stuff) but as I’ve not been sucked into Apple’s realm of darkness.. no problemo! I believe they can be hacked to do the multi-touch stuff anyway but it just doesn’t seem necessary. Now to work out what else it can do..
Oh, Mal and I are trying to buy a house here so I’ve not been doing much else but working, drinking and form filling.
Looks like the Bezzera BZ35 I have is actually a Bezzera BZ99. Since joining TMC I’ve learned that the BZ35 is a larger (2l boiler compared to 1.5l), plumbed-in commercial machine whereas the BZ99 is a domestic tank-filled version. Apparently some BZ35s have vibe pumps and some have rotary pumps but the bigger boiler and required plumbing is the give away.
I’ve put a deposit down with Daisy from World Coffee Services for a used Bezzera BZ35. It’s working (I had a coffee from it) and it’s half the size of the Gaggia TS1 I was looking at buying (and ?130 cheaper at ?220). It’s missing one of its feet but that should be easy to replace. It could do with a clean but it was serviced by World Coffee Services in March this year. It should make for an interesting comparison to the Gaggia. I’ll hopefully be picking it up Monday night.
I bought a Rancilio Silvia steaming wand from Happy Donkey and fitted it to my Gaggia Classic this morning.
Here’s another coffee geek’s Gaggia steam wand modding in pictures: forums.overclockers.co.uk – gaggia classic rancilio silvia steam wand upgrade
This new steam wand really screams compared to the turbo frother that comes standard with most Gaggia domestic machines. It’s a single hole nozzle and will take a bit of getting used to but the signs are promising.. “microfoam should pour” blah blah. How to get microfoam. www.espressovivace.com – milk texturing basics.
More info on the Garmin Etrex Vista HCx
Arrived today. It works. It has lots of features. I will learn all about them. I will get lost in style from now on.
Taken from a cool Tetris battle scene in Pure Pwnage – Ep. 12
My other new toy.. Yes, this retro-grouch managed to upgrade two pieces of technology in the same month!
?1621 for 17 inches of LCD pleasure, 2.16GHz Pentium M, 1Gb RAM, 100GB HDD and lots of other go-faster computery goodies.. It’s only slightly slower than the “googleplex“.
Manufacturer: www.hp.com – nx9420
Reseller: www.dabs.com – nx9420
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