Resetting Swatch Chrono

So you've bought a Swatch Chrono, or you've just put in a new battery. This is how you reset all the dials.

Pull out the crown one stop. Long/Short press the upper button until the hand of the 1/10 seconds counter (right dial) is at the 12h position.

Long/Short press the lower button until the main seconds hand is at the 12h position.

Pull out the crown another stop. Long/Short press the upper button until the hand of the minutes counter (left dial) is at the 12h position.

Press the crown back to the default position. All done.

Newer House Tender

Apparently, there was some miscalculation somewhere, so I was given a new tender. New house tender price was reduced by around $2,000. Sounds good to me.

New House Tender

Received the new home tender from Lucia on August 24, which includes the $7000 for the extended price freeze.

Paid another deposit of $5000 to cover the costs of preparing the architectural drawings, engineering details, CDC lodgement and approvals, etc. Thank you, credit card.

Final Update for Huawei U8300

After more than two years of on-and-off use, I've decided to sell my Huawei IDEOS U8300. Have only used it to play baby music to lull the baby to sleep and to entertain him with kiddie videos, so it's practically new.

Did a factory reset to wipe the linked Google account and clear all personal data. Bad move, as the device started bootlooping. Checked out the XDA page for Adrenalin ROM and there's an Update3 already. I guess the U8300 is getting its final update.

First off, copy the ROM and latest patch to the external microSD card. Boot into recovery by holding down VolUp, Call, and Power buttons simultaneously. Flash the ROM, then reboot. After first boot, go into recovery again. This time, you may want to use ROM Manager. Flash the patch, fix permissions under the advanced submenu, then reboot.