March 10th, 2008

Your device does not currently have any browser configuration service book entries.

Although I consider myself quite tech saavy, I was forced to browse some forums online today to try to find an answer as to why my Browser doesn’t appear in my new Blackberry 8830. Here are the steps to take to restore your browser after receiving the following error:

“Your device does not currently have any browser configuration servcice book entries”

  • Go to OPTIONS
  • Go to ADVANCED OPTIONS
  • Go to HOST ROUTING TABLE
  • CLICK your trackwheel
  • CLICK on REGISTER NOW

Wait about 60 seconds or restart your phone to see the browser reappear.

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March 10th, 2008

How to move up your “New Every Two” date with Verizon Wireless

I just bought a new Blackberry a couple months early from Verizon. If you’re stuck waiting a few months until your New Every Two phone discount is available, just take the following steps to get it moved up.

  1. Call customer service
  2. Tell them you’re looking to upgrade your phone, but your “new every two” isn’t available for a few months.
  3. Tell them that you’re going to a local verizon store to upgrade TODAY
  4. Service Rep should put you onhold for about 5 minutes while they get approval from a supervisor.

A great experience for me today – got an otherwise $600 phone for $250 from Verizon, 2 months early.

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February 10th, 2008

How-to embed YouTube or Google videos easily into any WordPress blog

I was surprised when I started this new blog that its near impossible to embed Youtube videos into WordPress. The reason for this is that WordPress does not allow random code to be inserted into a post. This means no OBJECT or EMBED period.

Blogs hosted on the WordPress.com site automatically have a handy shorttag to embed them:

[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID_PASTED_HERE]


If you host your own WordPress blog like me, we have to use a plugin

Luckily it takes about 3 minutes to get the same functionality. We’re going to use the plugin “EasyTube”, created by Paul Bain. Here are the simple steps:

1. Download EasyTube.zip from the WordPress Plugin Directory. Unzip the files.

2. Copy easytube.php into your wordpress plugins folder, normally located in /wp-content/plugins/

3. Login to WordPress Admin and activate the plugin.

Once installed you can now use the following code anywhere

[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIDEO_ID_HERE]

Add 2 values for size if desired. First value is height, second is width

[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jb1_h9bguvI 300 200]

Want to embed Google Videos? Use the same syntax with a simple change:

[googlevideo:http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=VIDEO_ID_HERE]

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