YumChum

Yumchum is a mish-mash of the things that I like including jokes, funny stories & quirky videos, plus thought & comment on technology, gadgets and apps.

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The Ultimate Dog Tease - one of the funniest videos that I have seen in a long time.

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How close to a train track can a vegetable market be?

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The First 2012 Olympics Joke

It's 2012 and it's the Olympics in London...

A Scotsman, an Englishman and an Irishman want to get in to the Games, but they haven't got tickets.

Thinking on his feet, the Scotsman picks up a manhole cover, tucks it under his arm and walks to the gate.

"McTavish, Scotland " he says, "Discus" and in he walks without hindrance.

Seeing the success of the Scotsman, the Englishman picks up a length of scaffolding, slings it over his shoulder and walks up to the gate.

"Waddington-Smythe, England" he says, "Pole-vault" and he is also let in without a quibble.

Not wanting to be left outside of the arena, the Irishman looks around and picks up a roll of barbed wire, tucks it under his arm and approaches the gate. 

"O'Malley, Ireland" he says, "Fencing."

[beavo]

A beautiful Australian love poem

Of course I love ya darlin you're a bloody top-notch bird and when I say you're gorgeous I mean every single word.

So ya bum is on the big side I don't mind a bit of flab It means that when I'm ready there's somethin there to grab.

So your belly isn't flat no more I tell ya, I don't care so long as when I cuddle ya I can get my arms round there.

No sheila who is your age has nice round perky breasts they just gave in to gravity but I know ya did ya best.

I'm tellin' ya the truth now I never tell ya lies I think its very sexy that you've got dimples on ya thighs.

I swear on me Nanna's grave now the moment that we met I thought you was as good as I was ever gonna get.

No matter what you look like I'll always love ya dear now shut up while the cricket's on and fetch another beer.

[beavo]

Logitech MX Revolution Mouse and the flashing red LED

Yesterday, as I was shutting down my PC,  I noticed that my MX Revolution mouse was low on charge. I placed it on the desktop charger and checked that the green charging bars were showing in sequence. But bizarrely the charging bars stopped after a couple of minutes and the LED started flashing red. I wiped the contacts on the mouse and on the charger just to see if this was causing the issue, but sadly the flashing red LED continued.

The next port of call was to take a look at the Logitech site and see if there was any explanation for the issue and whether or not a fix was available. After a bit of digging around I found a reference in the FAQ to the flashing red LED with the advice "If the light is still not on or it is blinking red on the charging cradle, please Email Us" I don't know about you but my MX Revolution is well outside of the warranty period so with this advice I just saw $ dollar signs flashing before my eyes.

So, I took the next step of a search on Google for "MX Revolution flashing red led" Quite honestly I should have done this in the first place, since judging by the number of search results that came back, this is obviously a fairly common problem! But what staggered me, was the fix that pretty much everyone suggested - give your MX a hard slap on the underside or bang it down on the table and then try charging again. Don't believe me? Well look here: Easy fix for Logitech MX Revolution not charging.

It took about 4 slaps to the underside of the mouse before "hey presto" it started to charge again without the flashing red led. Unbelievable, but true.

Do your slapping/banging with a bit of care - but there are plenty of users out there who swear that this fixes the red flashing led problem. Good luck!

[beavo]

Skype not loading in Windows 7? I may have the solution for you.

I'm using Skype version 5.1 in Windows 7.

For months I have had the problem where Skype will not run in Windows 7. To begin with everything was fine, but then all of a sudden one day, Skype simply would not run. I would double click the application from within the start menu and the little loading circle would appear and spin. But after about 10 seconds it would stop and nothing further would happen. When looking in the Task Manager I could see that Skype had not even loaded in the background - clearly something was preventing it from working, but what?

And then 2 weeks ago I was having a clear out on the PC deleting some old programs and freeware that I no longer use and tweaking some of the settings on a couple of other applications - when what should happen after a restart? You got it! I heard the familiar start up sound of the Skype application loading - I was really pleased since I was getting pretty fed-up with using Skype on the laptop that I share with rest of the family.

I assumed that it was something I had deleted that must have been conflicting with Skype causing the loading problem. But it was now working and I was happy again to have Skype on my desktop PC.

But what should happen? Yep, it stopped again this morning. This time though I knew what application I had made a change to immediately before Skype began to fail. AIRFOIL was the culprit. Airfoil is a useful little app that enables you to send audio from your PC to any AirPort Express unit. In my case I have an AirPort Express hooked up to my hifi and I use Airfoil to stream some of my favourite Internet radio stations so that I can listen to them in the comfort of my sitting room.

Fortunately it's not the whole Airfoil app that conflicts with Skype, it's just one element within Airfoil. If you are experiencing the problem of Skype not starting and you also have the Airfoil app like me then try this for a fix:

Open Airfoil

In the Airfoil toolbar select Airfoil > Preferences > Extras

What you need to do now is to Disable Instant Hijack

Reboot your PC

Open Skype and with a bit of luck it should now load for you.

Don't shoot me if it doesn't. But it worked for me!

[beavo]

Had a 5 star lunch at the Horseshoes in Dorrington. Thoroughly recommended.

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Pretty poor really...

Test Date: Apr 2, 2011 7:27:08 am Connection Type: Wifi

Download: 2750 kbps Upload: 387 kbps Ping: 66 ms

A detailed image for this result can be found here:

http://www.speedtest.net/android/42543026.png

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[beavo]

Royal Wedding Tickets - http://www.groupon.co.uk/deals/national-deal/royalwedding/280861

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RT @DJChristianOC: How great are Pixar? this great http://bit.ly/hfb8Av

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EQUALS (via WeAreEquals)

Time for Miss Moneypenny to get the credit she deserves...

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Washington Post Style Invitational

I got sent this amusing story on an email earlier today. I'm not convinced that it is true, but was certainly funny!

The Washington Post runs a weekly contest in its Style section called the 'Style Invitational'. The requirements this week were to use the two words 'Lewinsky' (the Intern) and 'Kaczynski' (the Unabomber) in the same limerick.  Now, remember, the following winning entries were actually printed verbatim in the newspaper, no bleeps or xxx’s:

Third place:

There once was a girl named Lewinsky, Who played on a flute like Stravinsky, 'Twas 'Hail to the Chief', On this flute made of beef, That stole the front page from Kaczynski.

Second place:

Said Clinton to young Ms. Lewinsky, We don't want to leave clues like Kaczynski, Since you made such a mess, Use the hem of your dress And please wipe that stuff off your chinsky.

And the winning entry:

Lewinsky and Clinton have shown What Kaczynski must surely have known, That an intern is better Than a bomb in a letter When deciding how best to be blown.

[beavo]

RT @SCFCRoss: Man: Doctor, doctor, I think I'm addicted to Twitter?! Doctor: Sorry, I don't follow you...

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#TFIF It's been a long one.

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Sssh. Top Secret. (@ 10 Downing Street) [pic]: http://4sq.com/g2CUma

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Ouch!

Man charged in bizarre EXPLODING VIBRATOR plot

Gunpowder-stuffed mock cock labelled 'Merry Xmas bitch'

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