Archive for August, 2006

Bible on your Symbian Phone

Published
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Zz85
on August 30, 2006
in Beliefs, Interesting Stuff, Midlets and Technology
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Previously, I mentioned Java Bible for MIDP mobile phones (Jolon’s Go Bible), then PocketPC Bible for PDAs/*DAs (Pocket e-sword), now something not that old, but Bible for your Smartphones (Anything better than Symbian 60, which is almost any new handphone nowadays)

The software I’m using is the free, open source software named

S60Bible or Symbian Bible

Its a port/derivative from the palm bible+ which uses palm portable document.

Now, this software like other bible software, is just the engine and therefore you need to find and download the “Bible Databases” to work. (If you don’t, you will need to write or use others’ tools to create them)

Here are some links which you should be able to get more than what’s necessary.

Palm Bible Plus Premade Bibles

theChan Website of Ported Christian Bible

McLean Ministries
Other versions of symbian bible including for UIQ and more bible to downloads.

Tips
Also note, you can install commentaries too, and use the select bible function to switch between bibles/commentries. The commentaries I am using- Clark, Wesley, Matthew Henry, Geneva

Change the font to something which you can get use to

Configure the key bindings to fully control the software. I have tune my to somewhat the keys of “Go Bible”. I use left and right to scroll line-by-line, while up and down for page-by-page, 1 and 4 for next/previous verse, others for history, bookmarks, books.

I usually still using the midlet version of the bible, then switch task to s60bible to look up references.

Well, its just not good enough knowing of good software. Its time to start using and read the Bible!

Some interesting facts about the bible.

  • 66 books (39 OT, 27 NT) written over 1600 years by 36-40 different people in 3 different languages (Hebrew, Greek, Aramaic)
  • has been translated to over 1300 languages, more than 500 million copies sold in 2002 alone, and over 6.5 billion copies have been printed since 1450.
  • 7 wonders (its formation – written by different people in different places over a long period of time; its unification – one book; no contradictions; its age – most ancient of all books; its sale – best seller of all time; its interests – read by everybody, young and old, learned and unlearned; its language – a literary masterpiece despite some of its books being written by uneducated men; its preservation – most hated but preserved till today!

Other free, good software I have on my s60 phone (n-gage classic)

AutoLock - To auto-lock phone auto specified time to prevent accidental keypresses and save backlight (battery life! maybe phone bills, irritation and noise too)

OGGPlay - To play ogg files on ur phone!

DictionaryForMIDs / Oxford Dictionary Midlet - using a translation midlet engine, orginally for chinese to english i think, but it makes a powerful dictionary and tool

msvDriveE - Uses memory card to store messages. Means you free up space on ur internal memory, have much for space for storing sms, able to receive big bluetooth attachments (OBEX objects), and send files thru bluetooth bigger than ur internal memory (> 2MB)

Side track again to some interesting software I seen for pocketpc recently.

Midlet Manager - For running java/midp software on windows mobile.
Dicty - Dictionary
Shortcuts - for switching off screen, restart.. etc etc..

“Error Performing Inpage Operation” and Other Harddisk Failures

Published
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Zz85
on August 20, 2006
in Technology
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“Error Performing Inpage Operation”

Windows XP

Super Windows PE CD

Harddisk- Hatchi DeskStar 83GB, 1 Year 6 months — 2/28

Knoppix

Partition Table Doctor 3.0

#######################################
Date:2006-8-19
Time:23:12:4
Drive:3
Sector Range :63 to 81931499
#######################################
Verify sector error at:6300386 .
Error Count:1

The 3 Childhood Friends

Published
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Zz85
on August 19, 2006
in Church, Frens and Stories
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21 Years Ago…

My 2 church childhood friends and me.
Ages from left: 3.5 Months, 5 Months 5 Days, 5 Months
(Incidentally, the center baby represents the Chinese pictogram character å­� zi)

Today… (21 Years Later)

(The tall still the tallest, the short yet the shortest-Me)

Thank God for preserving us for these 20 years. If God be willing, we will have another photo when we are 40 and 60 years (better not think of 80 so soon).

Precious Memories :)

Continue reading ‘The 3 Childhood Friends’

Fireworks Experience

Published
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Zz85
on August 17, 2006
in NS and Stories
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One of what kept me busy the past months and weeks was Fireworks preparation.

I glad that I’m involved in the NDP 2006 High Level Fireworks even though it was energy and time consuming. At least I got to know the process of preparing fireworks, and to be a part of what everyone was waiting for, at the same time getting the closest experience of the fireworks.

How fireworks work?
If you have military knowledge, the concept works much like a Bangalore torpedo or mortars.
If you are prefer common-man explanation, take a good read at HowStuffWorks and Wikipedia.
In my own eyes(and ears) you get a column of flash and fire when the fireworks ignite with a bang. You hear the swish as the fireworks ascend over 300m your head, then burst, giving sights and sound which everyone enjoys.

Dangerous?
Someone asked me that. Safe it should be if you don’t offend them, but yes fireworks can kill (logical reasoning tells you that).

SFF.

Singapore Fireworks Festival, this year organised by Unusual. Once a year event which started 2 years ago, usually organised to time in with national day spirit. Yeah, you would prefer this over ndp fireworks if you are just looking out for fireworks alone.

Some links…
ClubSnap - Singapore Photography Forum
Jia Wang - Some person’s collection of his photos taken at the Fireworks Fest (and the past years and others).

And when the fireworks all gone, its time to move on.