Hi, my name is Isko Salminen.
I'm an adventure seeker and I love exploring nature with my camera and Australian Shepherd called Fire

Wallpaper pack: Fire in snow

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​Here's a set of wallpapers I did recently for myself from this photo of Fire. As they turned out pretty good, I decided to share these with everyone.

You can download the wallpapers in different sizes here:

Desktop | iPad | iPhone 5 | iPhone 4 (and below) 

If you like them, please share this page with your friends.

Saint Vacant Derby Boot

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Yesterday while on my way to the office, I saw these on the window of Popot and decided to go in and try them on. I really liked the design and material of the shoes but they didn't have them in my size. Disappointed I left my details in the store–just in case they could find a pair with my size somewhere.

Well today I got a call that they found a pair. They had called the Finish designer of the shoes, Janne Lax, and he had brought a pair to the store himself. Nice! 

As our office is close by, I decided to head right over. 

The shoes fit perfectly, are really comfortable to wear and the design is just what I was looking for. Although they are a bit pricey for shoes (remember, I usually wear just sneakers), I decided to go with them and bought them right away. 

I couldn't be happier! There's something really exceptional about well designed and crafted leather shoes. If treated right these should last me a long time.

The service at Popot was beyond awesome. If you're ever around, go over and see their store. As a nice bonus I got to talk with Janne about the shoes and got some tips on how to maintain them. If you're interested, also check out these shoes that he designed together with Makia: Makia & Saint Vacant Desert Boot.

Photo courtesy of Popot.fi

Edit: here's me wearing my boots

Life is like IKEA furniture

Life is like IKEA furniture. Sometimes you have to take it apart so you can put it back together the right way.
— Chris Blake

I love this quote. And it's somewhat fitting as yesterday we spend seven hours building IKEA shelves in our walk-in closet.

How to “fix” iMessage when switching to a new iPhone

I switched from iPhone 4 (not 4S, just 4) to the new iPhone 5 week ago. After syncing all my data through iCloud and retyping all my passwords to different services I noticed that iMessages wasn't working properly. 

If someone send me iMessage to my email address, that came through but iMessages send to my phone number didn't come through as iMessages but as regular SMS's. Apparently this was caused by the way Apple handles iMessages: they are not related to your phone number, but instead to your device ID.

Here's how I got my iMessage working:

  1. If you still can access your old iPhone and it's still connected to the network (mine wasn't as they cut the connection the second they activated the new Nano SIM), go to Settings → Messages and switch off iMessages.
  2. Go to your Apple Support Profile page at https://supportprofile.apple.com/MySupportProfile.do and remove your old iPhone from the list (click the product, click Unregister). This should remove your phone number linking to your old iPhone's ID.
  3. While we're here, let's register our new iPhone if it's not yet registered.
  4. On your new iPhone, go to Settings → Messages and first turn off iMessages and then on. This should cause your new iPhone to be associated with your phone number. Go to Send & Receive under Messages and double check that your phone number appears here.
  5. If you have other iOS devices, switch iMessage off and on on them as well.

This fixed iMessages for me. Let me know if you've found any other ways to fix this!

How to buy happiness

Fire

This is one of the first test photos I've taken with my new Olympus OM-D E-M5 and M. Zuiko Digital ED 12mm f/2.0 lens combo.

Arthur Koestler on discoveries

The more original a discovery the more obvious it seems afterward.
Arthur Koestler in The Act of Creation, 1964