A creative way to date a new girlfriend

This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of Smingle.com. All opinions are 100% mine.

According to a Harvard study (2006), “Virtual Dates cause individuals to develop greater affinity toward one another when they actually meet.” If you are looking for more and more creative ways to date a girlfriend then you should look at virtual dating
from Smingle.com. Every now and then you hear about dating sites, but Smingle.com simply outperforms them all with its social cutting edge features and the blended tools that let you communicate and find the right partner, thereby giving you a rich and interactive experience in virtual world. Since Smingle.com is absolutely FREE (for 3 months - after uploading picture), I went ahead and created my virtual profile on Smingle.com. Due to privacy reasons, I cannot share my profile details on this blog, but I highly encourage you to try this, and if the chemistry is right between you and me, we may even meet on this site very soon with our 3D avatars flirting with each other. These 3D avatars are full of life like the movie Avatar in 3D, and they actually respond naturally to your typed commands and words. 3D dating has never been so fun and additive as with Smingle.com. You can completely get to know the person behind the "3D mask" and even play flirting games with them like Love Match to see if you are a real match. Smingle.com saves you lot of time and money since you are at your own schedule to know the other person without having to go and meet them and avoid disappointment later to find out that they are not your type. You can totally customize your 3D avatar to make it look exactly like you by changing its clothes, hair and other look and feel to make it a lot of fun and exciting to meet new people. Since I signed up on Smingle.com and uploaded a picture I got full 3 months FREE access. I am sure I will find someone cool in 3 months so I will definitely give this a best shot. I recommend all my single readers to check out http://www.smingle.com for yourselves and get FREE access for 3 months by uploading a profile picture.

Happy Virtual Dating Everyone!!!

How to get Unlimited EDGE / GPRS on iPhone (Vodafone INDIA) for Rs 99 only per month

Vodafone(India) will not allow to use the regular GPRS plan (Vodafone Live) on iPhone. We need to take special iPhone data plan which costs min of Rs 199. This is sort of insane, So I just took a crack at it and found a way to access the internet using the regular plan. I have an unlocked, jailbroken iPhone which is running 3.0 firmware. Please follow the below instructions.

Update: If you have the latest version of iOS (3.1.3 and 4.0), please check below.

Using OpenSSH, edit preferences.plist located in /private/var/preferences/SystemConfiguration.

Important: Make sure you take a backup of the original preferences.plist.

Around line number 89 (this is appox line number, contents of the file may change based on your phone settings) replace the <dict> with below <dict>

  <dict>
   <key>Interface</key>
   <dict>
    <key>DeviceName</key>
    <string>ip1</string>
    <key>Hardware</key>
    <string>com.apple.CommCenter</string>
    <key>Type</key>
    <string>com.apple.CommCenter</string>
    <key>UserDefinedName</key>
    <string>com.apple.CommCenter (ip1)</string>
   </dict>
   <key>Proxies</key>
   <dict>
    <key>HTTPEnable</key>
    <integer>1</integer>
    <key>HTTPPort</key>
    <integer>9401</integer>
    <key>HTTPProxy</key>
    <string>10.10.1.100</string>
   </dict>
   <key>UserDefinedName</key>
   <string>com.apple.CommCenter (ip1)</string>
   <key>com.apple.CommCenter</key>
   <dict>
    <key>AllowNetworkAccess</key>
    <integer>1</integer>
    <key>Available</key>
    <integer>1</integer>
    <key>Setup</key>
    <dict>
     <key>AllowNoDNS</key>
     <integer>1</integer>
     <key>apn</key>
     <string>portalnmms</string>
     <key>password</key>
     <string></string>
     <key>type-mask</key>
     <integer>1</integer>
     <key>username</key>
     <string></string>
    </dict>
    <key>Version</key>
    <integer>2</integer>
   </dict>
  </dict>

To activate Vodafone Live (GPRS) see Vodafone Website

Update: The below configuration is working on 3.1.2 as well, but the line numbers are little different.

Many guys have commented that the changes that were made in preferences.plist are lost after restarting the iPhone (for versions 3.1.2 and 3.1.3). So today i decided to take a look at it. And what you guys said is absolutely right, i upgraded my iPhone OS to 3.1.3 and i see that the settings are lost after restarting the phone. And you guys don’t worry, i had found a way to fix this and this is much easier than my previous solution. Below are the step by step instructions.

1. Download and Install iPhone Configuration Utility from http://support.apple.com/kb/DL926


2. Open the application, Select Configuration Profiles on the left hand side menu and click New in the toolbar; Enter the name, identifier, organization and description; see the image below for more details
   
   


3. Now go to Advanced option and set the apnname = portalnmms, proxy server =10.10.1.100 and port = 9401
   
   


4. Connect your iPhone to computer via USB cable and you should see your iPhone in the devices menu on Left hand side. Select your device


5. Select Configuration Profiles tab and you should see the Vodafone Profile; Click on Install
   
   


6. You will see a pop on your iPhone asking for permission to install the configuration, Click Install button in your iPhone
   
   


7. And you are done with the configuration. You should be able to use internet on your iPhone now. If its not working just reboot your phone.

Hope this helps !! Please feel free to give your Feedback, Suggestions

Few guys confirmed that this is working on iOS 4 as well, i personally couldn’t test this at this point of time as i’m out of country. I will update this post as soon as i’m back in India. Thanks Sanjeev, Taran for testing it out on iOS 4. You might need to download the upgraded version of the configuration utility. You can download it from http://support.apple.com/kb/DL926.

25000 Continental Airlines miles offer is back

I am pleased to blog that the 25,000 miles offer on Continental Airlines is back from Chase. Now you can get 10,000 Continental Airlines miles when you open a Chase Checking account and and make 5 debit card purchases or set up direct deposit.
And 15,000 additional Continental Airlines miles after the first qualifying purchase is made with your Chase Continental Airlines Preferred Debit Card or Chase Continental Airlines Debit Card. Besides these bonus miles, you can always earn 1 mile/$1 spent in qualifying purchases with the Chase Continental Airlines Preferred Debit Card for a $65 annual fee per checking account, or 1 mile/$2 spent in qualifying purchases with the Chase Continental Airlines Debit Card, for a $25 annual fee per checking account.
The other advantage of this offer is that you can check your first bag without ever paying a fee (a $30 round trip savings).
The catch is that there is a limit one personal checking account-related reward per customer, per calendar year. So maybe we can open another checking account for a bonus next year? Be careful however and read the terms and conditions to understand what else you must do to get the miles like the direct deposit catch. There is a similar offer for a business checking account, but it requires purchase of the $65/year Chase Continental Airlines Business Debit Card. Please note that this offer valid through September 30, 2010. Be sure you understand the early closing fee and how to avoid monthly fees for your checking account associated with these cards.