The Dark Furie

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Wednesday, November 4, 2009 7:31:26 PM

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The Symbian Foundation have finally released a phone theme that incorporates their new stylings and I'm in love with it. So much so that I've extracted the background image and am planning on incorporating it into this page design to make things a bit more stylish. Of course it'll need blowing up a little and if the quality suffers too much I'll scrap the idea, but it may work.

For those of you that like the look of this stylish phone theme and own a Series 60 phone (3rd or 5th edition) you can download it from here.
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r♡serose-marie Wednesday, November 4, 2009 7:50:21 PM

It's cute! bigsmile
I could be wrong, but did you post something similar a while back? Like, a long while back?

Dark FurieFurie Wednesday, November 4, 2009 8:59:36 PM

I said I was going to work on a blog theme using their unique styling, for general use on the site. As it happens I've had the theme code and images finished for a while but I can't upload the images yet because I can't get to a web enabled PC and mobile uploading lowers the quality quite a bit with larger images. sad I'll get it done sometime though, even if it has to wait til we're online at the start of the year. bigsmile

r♡serose-marie Wednesday, November 4, 2009 9:03:19 PM

Coolie! The start of the year isn't that far away bigsmile.

Dark FurieFurie Wednesday, November 4, 2009 9:38:01 PM

That's what we've been doing this year. Preparing to shell out all the money we need to go online. See we need to keep the same hard drive on our console once we go online, but that means we need a bigger one first and the wireless connector so the ISP will set it all up together. Then we need a copy of an operating system for our PC, because the set-up can wipe it apparently and our PC was cheap enough that everything came installed but with no backup disk. It's a couple of hundred quid all together but it'll save us money in the long run and give us a few more options for things.

Plus I'll finally get to spend the many many Microsoft points I bought four years ago on stuff for our Xbox 360 games too, after we've downloaded all the preorder bonuses we got with our games but never got to use anyway.

Moesring Thursday, November 5, 2009 12:32:08 AM

Then we need a copy of an operating system for our PC, because the set-up can wipe it apparently

Let me get this straight. You have been warned that setting up your computer with a particular ISP may leave your PC unusable?

If so, it sounds to me as though you should be looking around for a better provider. If setting up an Internet connection with them is that dangerous then their software/technicians/both are incompetent. Either that, or they're after extorting more money out of you.

Oops. I accidentally wrecked your computer during setup. There wasn't anything important on there, was there? Oh, there was?

pssst By the way, did I mention that one of our partner companies specialises in data recovery? whistle

Darkogdare Thursday, November 5, 2009 5:53:18 AM

Yes, this sound weird for me, too. If you are going wireless on that PC it is just a piece a of plastic box attached to your usb or network card and some minor settings inside Windows OS left

Mad Scientistqlue Thursday, November 5, 2009 7:47:07 AM

You could probably make good use of my new hard disk drive. p.
It's actually illegal in most countries to sell software without an original install disk. left.
You might want to consider using System Rescue CD as a tool for backing up your system. But be warned, it's meant for IT professionals so it's got a bit of a learning curve if you don't know Linux. (I keep a copy with me on a usb flash drive for emergencies p)

Dark FurieFurie Thursday, November 5, 2009 10:34:34 AM

There's only one company that's both affordable, reputable and supports consoles as well as PCs. I think it's just a regular bit of small print to cover their asses that they warn you should have a copy of the OS, but I don't wanna risk spending money on the rest of this stuff then finding our PC is unusable and we're paying a monthly fee for it to be like that. A monthly fee that would make it take longer to pay for that OS.

KittyliciousZaphira Thursday, November 5, 2009 1:41:47 PM

Cool theme! up At first I thought it looked like little amoebas... left

Dark FurieFurie Thursday, November 5, 2009 3:17:36 PM

There's rockets, pencils, a lizard that is half jigsaw. It's such a unique style. bigsmile

r♡serose-marie Thursday, November 5, 2009 3:20:16 PM

I see Pac Man too yes

Mad Scientistqlue Thursday, November 5, 2009 8:43:04 PM

I downloaded but I forgot to install it! doh.

Dark FurieFurie Friday, November 6, 2009 8:49:21 AM

lol

Diabolical Saturday, November 7, 2009 6:25:04 AM

I shalt be back.. knight

theoddbod Thursday, November 19, 2009 11:12:57 PM

Scary ISP bigeyes Are you going the 3G broadband route?

Dark FurieFurie Friday, November 20, 2009 12:31:26 AM

It's Virgin. Like I say it's probably just to cover their asses. Been a few hundred years since I used a PC to access the web so I don't really know. The reaction here has been enough to convince us we don't need a backup disc though.

theoddbod Friday, November 20, 2009 12:53:54 AM

Well, you don't need a backup disk for this. However, a backup disk is something it's always wise to have. I'm amazed they didn't even give you a recovery disk (basically an image of the install), although I've seen some actually store this on the hard disk too.
You've got Vista Home Premium/Basic?

Dark FurieFurie Friday, November 20, 2009 12:30:49 PM

Something like. Bear in mind it's an ASDA PC and cost less than a mid-range phone.

theoddbod Friday, November 20, 2009 1:08:26 PM

I didn't even know they sold them sherlock

Dark FurieFurie Friday, November 20, 2009 2:04:06 PM

Yeah. In our case they only had a couple left and we'd taken out enough money that we either had to hit a bank at half six or wait til the next day so we asked them to hold one for us. Came back the next day in the afternoon to find it on the shelf with a note taped to the front of the box with Kim's name and phone number on in nice big writing. I was not impressed, to the point they knocked ten percent off the price there and then, without clearing it with the manager. I'm pretty sure we could have gotten the PC for free and a taxi home if we'd insisted. Funny now, wasn't then.

Got that when we first moved in and since then we've bumped the graphics and sound as well as pumping up the RAM as high as it'll go. The first RAM upgrade we performed like surgery, being ever so careful. lol

theoddbod Friday, November 20, 2009 6:29:45 PM

I'd have gone for a second hard disk rather than upgrading the sound. In-built sound is fine for most things these days - 7.1 surround sound is on most motherboards by standard now.
RAM upgrades aren't as bad as they used to be p. I remember jamming a 1MB chip in years ago and being sure it was either going to snap or bust the PC. Then going into the BIOS and being actually having to type in the new amount of RAM bigsmile

theoddbod Friday, November 20, 2009 6:30:37 PM

Of course, on a cheap pc i guess the default sound might well have sounded dreadful.

theoddbod Friday, November 20, 2009 6:32:38 PM

I just bought another one about 2 weeks ago - a barebones one that's using the tv as a display. Works very well bigsmile

Dark FurieFurie Friday, November 20, 2009 8:26:57 PM

Last time I used the TV for a display was on my Spectrum. lol

Darkogdare Friday, November 20, 2009 8:29:06 PM

Back then dinosaurs were walking around p

Dark FurieFurie Friday, November 20, 2009 8:51:45 PM

Only on TV. left

Darkogdare Friday, November 20, 2009 9:00:50 PM

bigeyes That`s one big egg there left

Diabolical Friday, November 20, 2009 9:45:19 PM

And I'm back.. cool

Darkogdare Saturday, November 21, 2009 6:51:04 AM

From egg? scared

Dark FurieFurie Saturday, November 21, 2009 10:29:41 AM

That's how wolves are born. up

Diabolical Sunday, November 22, 2009 9:34:57 PM

Vomit children not eggs you dolt. mad.
Sweet theme dude. Had to extract it from zip to put on 5800 and so finally got to use that function on X-plore doh

Dark FurieFurie Sunday, November 22, 2009 11:46:27 PM

You got a 5800?

Diabolical Monday, November 23, 2009 6:18:10 PM

My brother does. I just play with it every chance I get as to leave him with a mobile without any data, airtime or power. whistle

Dark FurieFurie Monday, November 23, 2009 8:10:05 PM

You've learned so much. happy

Diabolical Thursday, November 26, 2009 12:46:24 PM

lol it does take getting used to a touchscreen though.
I don't see it too usefull as a everyday moblog item. Maybe over time but not really.

Are you still using Fank?

Mad Scientistqlue Thursday, November 26, 2009 1:32:12 PM

Clive Sinclair really did a good job with the speccy! yes.
I don't have the Spectrum emulator on my current install, but I have installed VICE. up.

Dark FurieFurie Thursday, November 26, 2009 1:32:29 PM

Nah, haven't been there in ages.

Diabolical Sunday, November 29, 2009 6:50:04 AM

Check out Cartoon Yourself.
Usefull little moblogger tool plus all round timewaster. Might be worth a post.

Bad WolfCois Tuesday, February 14, 2012 5:00:38 PM

mik is it possible to get a link for this theme? I keep getting a error and i still like it. p

Dark FurieFurie Wednesday, February 15, 2012 1:49:29 PM

Try this - http://www.mediafire.com/?iydzt4my4g1

Bad WolfCois Thursday, February 16, 2012 11:36:14 AM

couldn't connect to remote server. I'll try later on and thanks dude. Been looking on ownskin but couldn't find it.

Bad WolfCois Thursday, February 16, 2012 11:51:26 AM

Could not connect to remote server You tried to access the address http://199.91.152.153/8o9o8byk9k4 Foundation__Silver_os_9.4.sis, which is currently unavailable. Please make sure
that the Web address (URL) is correctly
spelt and punctuated, then try
reloading the page. Make sure your Internet connection
is active and check whether other
applications that rely on the same
connection are working.

Dark FurieFurie Friday, February 17, 2012 9:42:21 AM

Not a happy browser...

Bad WolfCois Friday, February 17, 2012 10:54:46 AM

works now. Thanks mik. up

Dark FurieFurie Friday, February 17, 2012 2:07:11 PM

Excellent. After all that hassle you'll probably be sick of it in an hour. wink

Bad WolfCois Saturday, February 18, 2012 11:05:29 AM

I err... actually got a awesomely cool Bleach(anime) theme on Ownskin... eek

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