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With earlier iOS iterations, a manipulation of the sleep/wake and home buttons would abort iPhone recovery mode. There are plenty of helpful youTube video simplifications and mini tutorials on this subject, none of which apply to the newer (e.g. 3.1.3) devices. I spent hours sifting thru them and after attempting all combinations of holding down and sequentially releasing and reapplying buttons while counting for n seconds, I was still stuck in recovery loop with the Connect to iTunes screen. Here’s the fix:Download iRecovery iHackintosh iRecovery Package for Windows & Mac, which is a compressed RAR file. Likely you will have to download a utility app to extract from it.

To start iRecovery on a mac, simply open the command line application (Terminal), and then DRAG the iRecovery file from the location you’ve extracted it and DROP it inside the Terminal window A command line is automatically written. Now type the following:

  • Append ‘-s’ so that the command line now reads ‘irecovery -s’ “hit enter”
  • setenv auto-boot true “hit enter”
  • saveenv “hit enter”
  • /exit “hit enter”

Finally, reboot your iPhone by pressing and holding the sleep/power button and the home button until the iPhone display turns off (black). Release the buttons.

This – saved the day – procedure courtesy of Rafay on this forum was found after exhaustive trial & error Google searching and worked perfectly.

San Jose Guadalupe River

jogging

From the downtown Center for the Performing Arts to the Guadalupe River Park. This paved greenway starts in concrete jungle with freeway flyways for canopy but gradually assumes a natural original country feel toward the park area. There was some crossing on bridges back and forth confusion as the trail route flip from one side to the other before arriving at a trail detour (scheduled completion Fall 2010) due to a railroad realignment. Le skunk (pepe le pew) unabashedly crossed the path, tail raised high in defiant warning salute. As the sun gets low the downtown portion populates with street people, possible predators and idle youths some of them rough and tough looking. Suggest mid day to be safe

Stone Mountain

hiking

> If you’ve never been on a granite dome before this one would be considered fairly good. But I’ve been on the mother of all Stone Mountains, in Georgia, so this one was anticlimactic. Nevertheless the Stone Mountain Loop Trail with a side excursion to Middle and Lower Falls was a nice afternoon hike. The path is level and well groomed. There is some strenuous rise to the mountain summit and from the Stone Mountain Falls (200 foot cascade), depending on which direction you set out. Attempting to scale the smooth face at the base of the main falls was met with difficulty. Fine sand on hiking boot tread made for poor traction. At the lower side of the park is an old homestead restoration — the 19th century Hutchinson House. It was interesting to me as it had many traditional similarities to the farm of my ancestors. It must have been a hard life but such a beautiful yard setting.

Bermuda – Coney Island Park

jogging

Not much to see here although you can view the Grotto Bay Beach Resort from across Bailey’s Bay. The park is a short distance beyond the Bermuda Rail Trail head so it’s a nice little extender if you have the energy. The adventure is in the main trail previously reviewed.

Virginia

jogging

The Norfolk Waterside is hamstrung by development built to waters edge. As such there isn’t room available for a dedicated point A to point B greenway. There is a disjointed Elizabeth River Trail however, which was worthwhile. Starting at Harbor Park Stadium the route passes waterfront businesses, small park areas with glimpses of Naval shipyards on Hampton Roads. The USS Wisconsin, on permenant display, is a point of interest. There are rewarding views in the Ghent District after crossing busy Brambleton Ave. One can view renovated historic homes of mariner and colonial architecture. This is a fashionable place to live.

Iowa

jogging

The urban renewal planners in Des Moines have made their inner city greeenway a priority. The city has a certain healthful vitality and I witnessed many users on the system. My route began downtown at City Hall and followed the Des Moines River where the Raccoon River forks. The end point was a loop trail around Gray’s Lake Park. These rivers were swollen from recent heavy rains necessitating minor detours for flooded areas.

Run Monster

biking

By now there are quite a few exercise logging apps with attendant websites out there. The Nike+ pedometer is a fair system with seamless data capture to web page display. Apple/Nike holds your information however, and there is not a way to download or backup your data independently. Runometer, a web source, has taken a crack at it but only to squirrel away your data as well. Nike+ can not record bicycle rides or produce route maps on the fly. Enter RunMonster a quality little application that is easy to use. It will automatically name your runs according to streets, and it’ll even group your runs and figure out whether you walked, biked, or ran, according to your speed. RunMonster creates a gpx file of your tracking event. Gpx is a format understood by most GPS devices using an import/export function. A gpx file can be displayed using HTML and Java Script on the web or with desktop software like Google Earth. I like to upload my gpx file archive to the cloud (e.g. Dropbox ). This practice, in addition to providing a backup resource, provides for a linkable file. Copy pasting this link into the search maps field on maps.google.com will also display your route trace, provide a shareable link, and provide an webpage embeddable link too. RunMonster data outputs to plain text (think spreadsheet). I like RunMonster. My data belongs to me.

Hanging Rock Hike I

hiking

Nice to have a loop trail for continuous new scenery. The reward view from the observation tower (former fire lookout) on the summit ridge line follows a 600 step rise. The 4 mile Moore’s Wall Loop Trail begins behind the Bath House on the Hanging Rock State Park Lake.
Tips:

  • Travel counter clockwise to overcome the strenuous bit first.
  • Trail narrows to single file in places amongst (thorn) brush
  • Watch for critters

Hanging Rock Hike II

hiking

Worth a side trip excursion in the Hanging Rock State Park, are various short hikes to access some scenic areas. We sampled the Lower Cascades Falls, a place popular during prime time season as the plunge pool water is refreshing. Its base has easy accessibility.Following an unmarked path around the rock it is possible to reach the top of the falls thereby avoiding the vertical face climb. The course is strenuous, a bit rough, and the navigation can be disorienting. A GPS track is not available for this particular portion as my device remained behind with the shoes and socks for dry keeping. This unmarked path natural area is delicate peat and flora (hand hold grasp) subject to damage. A scramble to the top is not for the faint of heart. Wet rock and moss is slippery, i.e. don’t get hurt. For thrills, it is possible for an amateur (like me) do descend the vertical fall if careful but was a tad dicey.

put it in clutch

cars,

Too late. I splurged for an all new replacement Clutch Master Cylinder and installed. Out of curiosity the original unit was disassembled for inspection. Its machined cylinder bore ( 5/8″ ) had no corrosion and was therefore in fair condition. The residual fluid however was filthy black with contamination. The annular lip seals on the piston plunger were likely perished and my thinking is that I could have replaced these and saved the core unit. It may present a small challenge to find these small tapered sealing lip rubber bits. The pictured piston assembly resembles (copies?) that of a type of piston and valve frequently seen for early British Cars made by Dunlop and Girling. One closer look of this piston notes some scuffing. A proper rebuild would require honing the bore. Previously skeptical of dealer recommendations for annual brake fluid changes, cooling system flushes and similar ilk; I now have first hand evidence for the justification. Brake fluid is hygroscopic and thus the degradation. Why not silicon based DOT 5 instead, which is hydrophobic? That is another debate. Perhaps the *new* complete assembly was the path of least resistance after all.