Laptop Got Stolen? Send PREY Out to Find It, for Free!

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I’m sure that many of you have heard of the Find My iPhone service for MobileMe that helps you locate missing iPhones or iPads. Or the equivalent on Windows Mobile phones called My Phone. And I’m sure you know about LoJack that helps you locate stolen cars. LoJack also offers a service for computers as […]

Blog: WordPress version 2.3 scheduled to be released Sept 24, 2007

A fairly significant update to WordPress is slotted to be released today (09.24.07) with some interesting new features, including: Plugin Update Notification Tags! Improved Post and Draft Management Pending Review Advanced Visual Editor Buttons Pretty URLs Updated Default Blogroll Other “advanced user” stuff More details on the features/changes are below: Plugin Update Notification Not only […]

Blog: New tweaks to my WordPress Theme now live!

Well it has been a long night but a few beers later, I think that I have some things that I like. CSS has never been my strong point, nor some of the newer HTML tags (I’m a bit too used to seeing “div” and “class” and “id” for now!) So, before I go to […]

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iPhone: New “Pirate” app for TLAPD

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Just in time for “Talk Like a Pirate Day,” a new application was released for the iPhone that lets you snap a picture of a person/thing and let you “piratize” it. It’s at version 0.2 as of this writing…pretty fun! Just press the START button and your phone snaps a picture. Then drag the 3 […]

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iPhone: TechDadBlog now optimized for iPhone with automatic theme!

For all of you new iPhone and iTouch users out there, this blog has been updated with a new theme (yes ANOTHER theme) that is specifically optimized for viewing on an iPhone or iTouch. Those people who are viewing through a computer browser will continue to see my black/red theme but readers who have one […]

WordPress: People can view your Plugin Folder unless you fix!

As I was working on the update to my blog theme, I found a security hole that I think has existed for a long time in WordPress. While not incredibly devastating, nor directly tied to “code” within WordPress, it is a hole that is very easy to fix. The concern is more with KNOWING the […]

Blog: New theme, new functionality, new bugs

I have just recently applied a new theme to my blog, trying to keep many of the color schemes from before but also trying to help readability. However, it is still a work in progress as I test out many new plugins and style changes. I ask that if there are any readers out there […]

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iPhone: Rumor – iUnlock and AppInstaller incompatible

I received a report from a reader (Nick) that he is having issues with his AppInstaller after installing iUnlock. Essentially, he could not install and uninstall applications on his iPhone after using iUnlock. So, thinking this through, it made sense that this would not work. AppInstaller pushes a customized version of the Firmware to your […]

WordPress update: Version 2.2.3 released with Security Fix

Just updated my blog with WordPress version 2.2.3 (haven’t taken the plunge with the beta version 2.3 yet but I am working on a new theme). The 2.2.3 version is just a security release that they recommend people upgrade to, especially regarding two high-priority bugs. The following bugs were closed: 3002 – On Windows machines […]

iPhone app: ApolloIM version updated to -0.9 with connection persistence

As mentioned previously, ApolloIM has been updated from version -1 to -0.9 and now includes partial “suspend mode.” I have installed and tested it and it seems to work ok. However, the author clearly notes on his development site that there are some limitations to how well this works. If, for example, your iPhone enters […]