Archive for the 'WebTools' category
Unlocking GSM Cell Phones
29 March 2005 2:01 pm
While in Australia earlier this month we bought a Nokia 1100 cell phone from Telstra. It was only a hundred dollars, included prepaid minutes, and was very helpful to change dinner reservations and to order pizza at 2am. The only downside of this GSM phone was that Telstra had locked it so that SIM cards from other companies wouldn’t work. Telstra did provide a ’service’ to unlock my phone for $50AUS within the first 6 months, or $25AUS afterwards. That sounded fair, but as usual what you can pay for in the real world, you can get on the web for free.
trycktill is a swedish website that calculates the unlock code for your cell phone. The site also has english and danish translations available. To get to the unlocking page, and avoid being redirected to fbi.gov, first click on the Var det nagon som sa gratis? link, and then change to your preferred language.
After entering my phone’s information I entered the first code. It failed. The directions say the second most likely code is the seventh code. That one worked and my phone is now free to use any SIM card in any country. I’m looking forward to using it in upcoming trips to France and Denmark.
Strong Passwords
29 September 2003 1:37 pm
A good password is one that cannot be easily guess…but is easily remembered.
Password Security Tool rates your password strength based on the use of numbers, capital letters, punctuation, length, and lack of dictionary words.
Find Your IP Address
24 September 2003 6:26 pm
Information about you:
* Your IP Address:
* Last page visited:
Information about this server:
* Server name:
* Server protocol:
Happy Surfing!
AtlaVista Babel Fish
18 September 2003 2:11 pmIP Address Lookup
17 September 2003 9:30 pm
If you’ve ever wondered where an ip address is located, physically located in the world, here’s a link for you.
Networldmap provides a free service that attempts to pin point the ip address you enter, and shows it on a map.
