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iPhone 3.0 tethering guide

Published on June 18, 2009 in Gadgets. 0 Comments

Yay! Finally got iPhone tethering to work on my Mac, this is how:

Bluetooth

  1. Turn Bluetooth on on both your iPhone and Mac
  2. iPhone: Settings->General->Bluetooth, now wait
  3. Mac: Bluetooth menu->Set up Bluetooth device, select “Use device as a network port”
  4. iPhone: Settings->General->Network->Internet Tethering, turn tethering on
  5. Mac: Bluetooth menu->[Your iPhone]->Connect to Network
  6. Success!

USB

  1. Plug in cable
  2. A new Ethernet adapter is automatically created
  3. Configure the new interface -> Network Preferences opens
  4. Click “Apply”
  5. All set!

Yesterday once more

Published on November 20, 2007 in Gadgets and Personal. 0 Comments

On a much more positive note (than the previous post), I celebrated my 27th birthday yesterday. =)

I actually cheated a little bit this year, and started the celebrations at my parents’ Sunday with tonnes of delicious Chinese food the way only Dad can make it, cake and presents. Among other stuff, they gave me some lovely mulled/spiced wine glasses, which really made me want to clean up the mess in our flat (me being the main culprit, not Andreas), and invite some friends over for a looong overdue move-in/cosy winter party.

Andreas took me out to the new, hot restaurant in town last evening, Mathias Dahlgren at Grand Hotel. The foie gras terrine was a small piece of heaven, served with figs and olive oil. And the crisp, fried duck breast I had… Wow! It was perfectly cooked, and the meat just melted on my tongue. I really recommend the place!

And let me introduce you to my new toy, of which I’m the proud owner of since last night (drum rolls…)

Canon Ixus 860IS front  Canon Ixus 860IS back

My old Canon IXUS S400 started behaving erratically this summer, and since then I’ve been looking for a new digital compact. And yes, I refuse to cave in to the DSLR craze that’s overtaken everyone else. I guess I’m just not the kind of girl that likes toting around a colossus of a camera and €1000+ worth of lenses everywhere I go. ;)

After doing some heavy research on everything available out there, and hesitating between this beauty, Canon IXUS 860IS, and the slightly slimmer and funkier-looking Sony DSC-T200, the reviews, forum discusssions, and the fact that this camera was one of the few compacts DP Review even looked at this year, all pointed to the Canon.

And now it’s lying next to me, looking all cute and dreaming of all the nice pictures we will take together, while its battery is being charged in the cradle. *Happy*. And all because I have the world’s absolutely best boyfriend. Thank you so much Andreas!

Chock. Despair! Joy?

Published on November 20, 2007 in Gadgets. 2 Comments

Yesterday, I realised that I’d lost my precious, precious red iPod nano (and the quite worthless, but very nice-looking bling earphones I just got from Swarovski, but that’s a whole other matter). I frantically called all the places I’ve been to since Thursday when I’d last seen it, with no result. I was in complete, utter despair. My baby!! I so loved the little thing, being the gadget freak that I am. And to make it even worse, it was a Christmas gift from my boyfriend, which made it so much more important to me. Felt a tear in my eye when I found the box it came in this morning. Poor, poor, poor nano! May you rest in peace.

iPod nano red

So now, in a fable effort to console myself, I’m updating the firmware on my first gen Shuffle and trying to cram my favourite songs into the old thing. Let’s hope 1 GB is enough! Why won’t Spotify come out with a mobile version soon? That would make the pain go away… almost.

Something else that would make it all good again would be if what Engadget reports today is true. I’d take it with a big grain of salt, however.

[T]he gossip coming out of Italy calls for a Q1 release of a UMTS iPhone. Italian site Morse.IT claims to have spoken to high-level sources and “confirms” in no uncertain terms that Vodafone has signed an exclusive deal with Apple. […] The launch the 3G iPhone would occur simultaneously in all countries where the carrier operates but will not be announced until after the holidays (MacWorld?) to avoid impacting sales of the existing iPhone. The timing chides well with other rumors calling for a 3G release before May.

If true, I wonder what that entails for Sweden. We used to have Vodafone, but now it’s Telenor, does that still count?

Q1 2008 is starting to look more and more expensive. New slim MacBook Pro and 3G iPhone. My wallet is not liking the sound of it, but my RDF-brainwashed inner gadget geek is cheering and doing a little happy dance across the room. Wheee! Go Apple!

Wet dream come true?

Published on November 12, 2007 in Gadgets. 2 Comments

9 AM PST, January 15, 2008. That’s when a wet dream of mine might finally come true, and I’m totally excited! Appleinsider.com reports today that Apple’s long-rumoured, mythical ultra-portable notebook will be launched at Macworld Expo January 15-18.

I don’t know how long I’ve been holding out for a new laptop. At work they recently gave me a Lenovo x60. It’s a nice piece of hardware — light, extremely good battery-life, perfect for a long afternoon of surfing at a nice coffee shop. But, it breaks my heart running Windows XP. My true love since 2004 is a 1.33 GHz PowerBook. It’s been a gem. Gorgeous-looking, reliable, and not to forget, home to beautiful, beautiful Mac OS X.

But lately, I’ve been yearning for something new. After going to countless web 2.0 conferences with everyone having a newer, fresher, faster MacBook or MBP, I’m desperate for an update. And this baby, as Appleinsider describes it, is the perfect candidate:

The 13-inch portable […] will mark the Cupertino-based Mac maker’s re-entry into the sub-notebook market — arriving in a form-factor that’s approximately 50 percent lighter and strikingly slimmer than the company’s current 15-inch professional MacBook Pro offering.

January 15. I hope I have a date. Me, Jobs, and the laptop of my dreams. Mmm…