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I’ve been added to Google Authorship

Gary — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 05:38:40 +0000

I got an email this morning from Google saying that I have been added to Google Authorship. This means that my photo and a link to my profile can now appear next to any content in Google search results. This is mainly due to the stuff I have been writing for Android Authority. Cool!

Click here for a list of my pages currently in Google’s search index.

Quick Password Generator released for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad

Gary — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 20:16:39 +0000

Do you ever need to quickly set a password and then your mind goes blank as your try to think of an orignal one?

Are you always using the same old password but need something better?

Have you signed up for a web site that needs numbers as well as letters in the password?

If the answer is YES to any of those question you need the Quick Password Generator.

The QPG app creates five different types of password:

Memorable password (generates passwords from ordinary English words, which makes them easy to remember, but it also substitutes letters like E for 3 or O for 0 and so makes the password more secure but based on an easy to remember word).
Strong password (made from a random combination of letters and numbers).
Ultra strong password (make from a random combination of letters, numbers and symbols).
Web safe password (made from a random combination of letters, numbers and some web safe symbols which don’t include potentially confusing symbols like quotation marks).
Pin number (four random digits).

Download it from here.

Daily Bread New Heart English Bible released for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad

Gary — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 18:16:11 +0000

The BibleBase Daily Bread App is a Bible reading schedule based on a 3 year cycle including a built-in copy of the New Heart English Bible. An easy to read and understand Bible in modern English.

You can download it from here.

Joke: Learning foreign language.

Gary — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 16:14:58 +0000

A Swiss man, looking for directions, pulls up at a bus stop where two Americans are waiting.

"Entschuldigung, koennen Sie Deutsch sprechen?" he asks. The two Americans just stare at him.

"Excusez-moi, parlez vous Fracais?" he tries. The two continue to stare.

"Parlare Italiano?" No response. "Hablan ustedes Espanol?" Still nothing.

The Swiss guy drives off, extremely disgusted.

The first American turns to the second and says, "Y’know, maybe we should learn a foreign language." "Why?" says the other. "That guy knew four languages, and it didn't do him any good."

Just rediscovered this picture in my photo library… Romania is stunning!

Gary — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 10:54:54 +0000

From 2009… Romania is stunning!

SundayWorship V1.3 released

Gary — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 18:51:48 +0000

The main focus of this release has been adding support for downloading and installing additional Bibles for use with the Scripture picker. We’ve also fixed a few bugs and re-worked the multimedia picker to make it a bit easier to use.

The new version can be download from here. A new version of the getting started guide can be downloaded from here.

New features in SundayWorship 1.3

Download additional Bibles
Added support for typing non-English Bible book names
Display musical keys for songs
Drag and drop for adding content to the content pickers
Added additional keyboard shortcuts for the Projector view
Updated manual

Just used Google’s Street View to get the phone number off a placard for a hotel here in Bran

Gary — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 11:10:06 +0000

Here in Bran there are lots of hotels and bed & breakfasts. As a
result lots of the people we know are in the tourism business. Anyway
the parents of one of classmates of my boy run a bed and breakfast and
he wanted to go an play around at the boy’s house. We didn’t know
their number to call and see if he could go over, so I used Google’s
Street View to find their house and read their phone number off the
placard of the bed & breakfast!!!!

Sad News: Our dog “Dolly” died over the weekend… We had her for 8 years.

Gary — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 11:25:36 +0000

Dolly wasn’t a pedigree German Shepherd but we loved her as see was…
She will be missed.

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Nova Ball now available for Android devices http://android.garysims.co.uk

Gary — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 15:21:46 +0000

My third (and final for this batch) app is now live in the Android Market: Nova Ball (Note: This link only works from within your Android device).

Nova Ball is a space/sci-fi accelerometer game. In the game you control the ball by holding your device parallel to the floor and tilting.

The game has three modes: arcade, mayhem and missions. In arcade mode you need to see how fast you clear each level. Mayhem is all about survival; stop the stars reaching critical mass. In mission mode you have to clear each level to progress to the next.

Arcade: This mode is all about speed. Collect the stars to clear the level. The race is against the clock!

Mayhem: Stop the stars reaching critical mass when the star coverage reaches 75% then critical mass will be reached. Not good! On the first level you need to survive for 75 seconds and then with each level you need last
5 seconds longer, e.g. 80 seconds for the 2nd level, 85 for the 3rd and so on.

Mission: Clear each level to progress further and further. There are 50 fun levels to play through.

You can find out more here: http://android.garysims.co.uk

Note: This app isn't free… It is my first Android app which users have to pay for… But it only costs £0.50 which is about $0.78 which is about a third of the price of a cup of coffee at Starbucks and loads less than a trip to the cinema…

Your coffee lasts about 15 minutes, a film about 90 minutes… Nova Ball will give you hours of entertainment for a fraction of the cost!

So go on buy it today… You won't regret it!

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Second Android app published: BibleBase Daily Bread. See http://android.garysims.co.uk

Gary — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 11:28:54 +0000

I am on a roll…. I have uploaded a second app to the Android Market: BibleBase Daily Bread

This app is a Bible reading schedule based on a 3 year cycle.

The Old Testament is roughly three times longer than the New Testament, but as the Bible contains 'progressive revelation' it is best to spend equal amounts of time in each Testament. So, in the three year cycle you will read the whole of the Old Testament once, but you will read the New Testament three times.

The reading schedule also has a special order. The books have been linked together in a way which, it is hoped, will reveal the progress and the distinctive message of the Bible.

You can find out more here: http://android.garysims.co.uk

PS. If you are having trouble finding this app in the Android Market, you can download it directly here: Daily Bread.apk