free calls & Google voice in canada

Probably worth pointing out that the technology has moved on. No need for messing about. Just get a working google voice number, see below or google how, then use acrobits softphone app (android or Apple) and set it up in there. There are quite a few others that'll do it too, talkatone, talkonaut, these two have the advantage you can text to Canada and the states for free. You can get incoming calls and dial out but be warned, quality is crap. It's good for shouting a quick message but not for long calls unless you're on very good wifi connection or 3G.

Find lost ipod

Problem with ipods you can't call them right? However if you lose them at home, and you have wireless and you lost it up to a week or so ago you maybe in luck.

Get onto your wireless router config page and find the list of devices. On Tomato there is a device list that has a quality indicator that shows how strong signal is. If you can't identify which device MAC Addres is the ipod (look for a OUI tab), and turning stuff off doesn't help, search the first 6 digits of MAC adress here (capitals, no colons or spaces.
Lynksys might be here, you need to hunt it down
1.Go to the Setup tab.
2.Scroll down to 'DHCP Server' enable it.
3.Click on the "Status" tab and then on "Local Network".
4.Click "DHCP Clients Table".

Then you need to move the wireless router switched on but not plugged to internet around your house and look at signal strength of the router configuration page. point the antennae towards where you are looking. Compare what you get with laptop or cellphone to give you a guide as to what 'hot' is. If you are getting say 8 and everywhere in the room is the same then no good, move on. Once you are up to 30 then you're warm:hot. If you can't seem to get a hotspot but you have a consistently high value in one room it is likely inside something in that room. Sudden wierd hotspots like in the middle of the room in the air means it is obscured but not completely, in between things, e.g. books and you are crossing a 'line of sight'. Good luck.

Free UK number that diverts wherever

Do you want a number that is free for people in uk to call and can get you wherever?
Do you have VoIP, sip, Internet phone? If yes read on
If you need VoIP try www.VoIP.ms
Sign up for your free 0330 number at
http://www.numbergroup.com/products-services/telephone-numbers/uk-wide-03-numbers
free to set up no fees, just divert to sip

0800 number UK

Ever need to call your bank in UK? Can't get through on 0800 or 0845 or 0870 numbers?
Here is solution
Dial this number +442002220700
then dial your 0800 number

Sure it's not free but at least you can get through.

watch UK TV and US Netflix

Not free but damned reasonable

check out usvideo.ca
$5 a month. Cheaper than a dvd hire.

iplayer works fine, <>


couldnt download shows to watch later but could watch fine.

US netflix just great. 1 month free trial. You need prepaid credit card from super C or Metro supermarkets, details on how to register that at a US address are at USvideo but basically you call them up and tell them you live in the states and give a us address, any old address.

Hulu plus? Meh. I dont like US TV much so there's not much point, and expensive.

To connect your computer to the TV try one of these if your computer has s-video out.


And you are good to go, enjoy, just makesure you have the bandwidth to watch film after film after film.