The Best Mobile Broadband Deal
At the time of going to press (May 08) I've been trawling over the UK's mobile operators to find the best deal on Mobile Broadband products.
There are a few pitfalls to look out for. You have a mobile phone, your mobile may have 3G and an internal modem. Your laptop may be able to connect to the internet via your phone. Sounds like you have got it licked - so you call up you operator and get an unlimited web browsing bolt-on and away you go, right? Wrong!
The way the mobile operators look at it is that your mobile phone is one device that can connect to the net and the bolt on is for that device only- your mobile. Your laptop is another story, this is deemed as a net hungry device that needs a separate contract! These contract come in all shapes and sizes from pay monthly to pay as you go. Here I've tried to make sense of the minefield that is Mobile Broadband.
The main point I can make is that just because you are on a certain network for a mobile phone doesn't mean you should stay on that network for a mobile broadband contract.
I've found a site that compares the top mobile broadband packages:
Top Mobile PackagesGood luck, please post back when you have made your choice - people need advice.
Adding Hotmail to Apple Mail .app
Here's one I added today. For all those people who (still) use Hotmail and want to view their Hotmail account in the Apple Mail .app as is possible in Entourage/Outlook - here's the solution.
Download the
httpmail plugin - (1.51 for Leopard) the instructions come in the download, here's an over view:
1. Upgrade your hotmail account to hotmail plus (fee applies)
2. Download the
HTTPMail Plugin and install
3. Open Apple Mail and create a new account using the following settings:
Account Type: httpmail
Account Description: Whatever you like
Full Name: Your name
Email Address: yourname@hotmail.co.uk or .com
Incoming mail server: hotmail.co.uk or .com
User Name: yourname@hotmail.co.uk .com
Password: Your password
Voila!!! Hotmail on Apple Mail.
One drawback - you will have to leave your computer cooking for a bit to download all your saved email folders to your Apple Mail - and then they all com in as unread messages. - Bummer, but worth it.
Hacking Blogger Templates
Managed to hack the blogger template to fit into my site. Was achieved reasonably easy with a few nasties along the way. The worst being not being able to place my sites' normal javascript navigation within the Blogger template. In the end I place a .gif rendition of the navigation there instead and placed hotspots over the buttons - simple.
If you have any questions about hacking blogger HTML templates or about hosting a blogger blog on your site please email me ASAP - I'm here to help. :)
