30k service GTI due / Seat Ibiza Sport 1.4 mpg / i7500 home screens

eeek , the service indicator popped up today !
last service was 20k in march, now thats a bit quick.

From Johns Car Blog

Seat Ibiza 1.4 Sport MPG
used for commuting to work , while Amy uses the GTI !

330 miles @ 42 MPG
(yes thats over 10mpg up on her usual commute , must be the driver lol)

From Johns Car Blog

Samsung i7500 home screen shots
reckoned it was time to show my phone

Main home screen
Note the 'hero' style Weather Widget Donate
as well as the Battery Status Donate
both look great , perform well and dont drain your battery, so well worth paying for.

From Johns Car Blog

and the left swipe screen is
with RSS feed widgets and share price apps

From Johns Car Blog

right swipe screen is just various links for other apps but kept clear.

standard android has 3 screens (Left/Middle/Right) , but you can get more if you root and add a home replacement pack.

first ever 10k run success !

What a great feeling having completed the 10k run this morning at Tatton Park for Cancer Research UK.

6.16 miles took 01hr:12min:13sec at an average pace of 11:43 min/mile, at a new high average of 5.1 mph woohoo
My best time ever.

Congratulations also to Greg , who did even better and managed 56 minutes !

I'm sure Nicola would have been proud of me today.

Before the run :

From 10k run Cancer Research UK Tatton Park

during :

From 10k run Cancer Research UK Tatton Park

From 10k run Cancer Research UK Tatton Park

and after :

From 10k run Cancer Research UK Tatton Park

heres my total training session summary from the Garmin watch :
note the totals , I have ran 47 times , done over 150 miles and 35 hrs jogging and burned 25,000 calories :-)

		Date	Distance (mi)	Time	Avg. pace (min/mi)	Avg. speed (mph)	Calories
		18/05/2009 20:05	1.53	00:26:17	17:11	3.5	207
		20/05/2009 19:25	1.49	00:23:26	15:45	3.8	214
		23/05/2009 09:42	1.47	00:20:33	14:00	4.3	224
		25/05/2009 11:49	1.62	00:46:16	28:32	2.1	225
		25/05/2009 13:55	1.53	00:36:04	23:38	2.5	214
		27/05/2009 19:03	1.52	00:20:54	13:44	4.4	234
		29/05/2009 20:47	1.56	00:21:59	14:04	4.3	244
		31/05/2009 11:58	1.62	00:43:03	26:37	2.3	225
		31/05/2009 13:55	1.91	00:44:12	23:08	2.6	245
		01/06/2009 18:29	1.48	00:19:52	13:24	4.5	255
		03/06/2009 18:09	2.07	00:28:10	13:35	4.4	337
		05/06/2009 19:06	2.23	00:30:13	13:34	4.4	337
		07/07/2009 18:31	1.48	00:21:07	14:15	4.2	232
		09/07/2009 18:12	2.88	00:39:32	13:44	4.4	424
		11/07/2009 17:52	3.1	00:44:29	14:21	4.2	416
		13/07/2009 18:28	1.44	00:19:13	13:20	4.5	245
		16/07/2009 18:51	1.49	00:19:17	12:58	4.6	255
		18/07/2009 09:19	2.94	00:37:28	12:44	4.7	531
		20/07/2009 18:32	1.46	00:18:41	12:47	4.7	254
		22/07/2009 18:17	2.19	00:27:57	12:45	4.7	381
		24/07/2009 17:25	3.49	00:46:46	13:25	4.5	544
		26/07/2009 17:33	2.72	00:36:10	13:18	4.5	430
		28/07/2009 18:07	3.76	00:50:33	13:26	4.5	602
		30/07/2009 17:53	3.91	00:52:07	13:19	4.5	628
		01/08/2009 19:15	1.47	00:20:12	13:44	4.4	249
		03/08/2009 17:19	2.7	00:35:33	13:11	4.6	450
		05/08/2009 17:03	3.51	00:47:21	13:28	4.5	561
		08/08/2009 08:44	4.15	00:53:36	12:55	4.6	722
		10/08/2009 17:53	4.13	00:55:23	13:25	4.5	641
		13/08/2009 17:14	3.77	00:48:01	12:45	4.7	668
		15/08/2009 10:04	4.78	01:04:32	13:29	4.4	785
		17/08/2009 17:50	4.93	01:06:34	13:30	4.4	777
		20/08/2009 18:07	5.08	01:09:10	13:37	4.4	778
		22/08/2009 07:57	2.94	00:39:06	13:18	4.5	515
		24/08/2009 16:57	5.89	01:17:38	13:10	4.6	972
		26/08/2009 17:33	2.43	00:36:13	14:55	4	396
		28/08/2009 17:11	6.32	01:23:14	13:10	4.6	1,034
		31/08/2009 16:35	3.75	00:49:42	13:14	4.5	604
		02/09/2009 18:29	3.48	00:44:42	12:51	4.7	587
		04/09/2009 18:42	3.8	00:50:47	13:22	4.5	629
		07/09/2009 18:11	4.78	01:02:09	13:01	4.6	864
		10/09/2009 19:34	3.79	00:48:33	12:48	4.7	672
		13/09/2009 10:05	4.77	01:01:36	12:55	4.6	863
		16/09/2009 17:28	5.11	01:08:52	13:29	4.5	845
		18/09/2009 17:02	6.36	01:23:09	13:05	4.6	1,087
		21/09/2009 18:03	4.77	01:03:50	13:23	4.5	816
		23/09/2009 18:17	3.79	00:50:01	13:13	4.5	665
		26/09/2009 10:34	6.16	01:12:13	11:43	5.1	1,210
		Total	153.55	35:26:26	13:51	4.3	25,293

few more pics can be found by clicking link pic below :

10k run Cancer Research UK Tatton Park

I have also moved the widget link to here as the runs now over...
10k run on 26th Sept 09

new day , new Wii game : Dead Space Extraction ...

still playing Metroid Trilogy series but heres another one dropping on my mat tomorrow...

Dead Space Extraction

See More Dead Space Extraction Screenshot at IGN.com

http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/wii/deadspaceextraction

will let you know how it goes :-)
(after Ive done my 10k run on Saturday!)

battery drops 80% in one day! i7500

well for a while I was getting much more than 36 hrs per charge.
Then today it dropped 10% in each hour WTF!

WHY , well I havent installed anything new , or changed my usage.
What I did do though is put the phone inside a clear gel case......
turns out it was slightly touching the buttons
(I worked this out becuase the home button wouldnt work on several ocassions until I lifted an edge of the gel case .....)

so a word of warning , if you have poor battery life , check the case !!!
May even be worth trying it without for 24 hrs.

result

samsung i7500 I7500XXII5 firmware source

check it out , a sephail has managed to find out how to get new firmwares from samsung server.

And he's just pulled I7500XXII5 !

http://androidforums.com/samsung-i7500/9663-firmware-versions.html

you will need one load odin from

http://dejancencelj.blogspot.com/2009/09/flash-rom-samsung-i7500-galaxy-for.html

and remember to delete the CSC file

I will give it a few days then I'll probably be updating , its just too tempting...

aDyno : dyno performance calculator for Android

at last ! iphone users are spoilt with the gorgeous 'Dynolicious' , and up until now there hasnt been anything of note for Android, but now we have

aDyno

From Johns Car Blog

its free from the market and currently on v0.01 Beta 9.
looks to be frequently updated by the developer and so far looks really slick :-)
hopefully in time it will become perfect.

will try a run later to see how it fares.