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View all →December 11, 2007
New Job: Technology Evangelist for ServePath
It has been a few weeks since my last post and quite a lot has happened with my professional career. First through, apologies to my regular readers for not having posted anything as of late. Hopefully I can return to this soon. However, for those interested, the company that I have joined, ServePath, has chosen me to help them navigate…
Read more →November 20, 2007
Tracking: PowerBook 15″ Recalled Battery Replacements Defective?
I have been researching and starting to track an issue that has come to my attention regarding the replacement batteries that Powerbook G4 15" users received after the Replacement Program went into effect. I have recently acquired a 2.5 year old Powerbook G4 15" that has a replacement battery. The battery, received earlier this year through the Replacement Program, is…
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November 16, 2007
iPhone: New, easier release of 1.1.2 jailbreak application released
Conceited Software has released an updated version of their 1.1.2 Jailbreak application. I have not personally tested this nor do I have an iPhone or iPhone Touch that I can test it on since my iPhone is already jailbroken using my instructions here, but I'm assuming from some commentary that I have read that it supposedly fixes a lot of…
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November 14, 2007
iPhone: Netflix queue management meets iPhone with iFlix
It has been a while since I found a really useful iPhone 3rd party application that I really liked. Today I was really pleasantly surprised when I discovered a new release called "iFlix" in my 3rd party application installer. Created by Brent Jensen, iFlix does (almost) everything that I would want a Netflix queue manager to do. From the Google…
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November 12, 2007
iPhone: Jailbreaking 1.1.2 – This time it WORKED!
My previous post showed how I failed miserably with the Jailbreak process on 1.1.2. Now I have done some research and have tried it again...and it WORKED!!! UPDATE on 11.13.07 @ 3:45pm - added some screenshots of the iNdependence MobileFramework stuff at the end of the post. UPDATE #2 on 11.15.07 @ 10:30am - added instructions on how to put the…
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November 12, 2007
iPhone: Jailbreaking 1.1.2 iPhone firmware DID NOT WORK FOR ME!
What started out as what I had hoped to be a relatively pain-free process has made me wince with TONS of pain. Listed below is what I TRIED to do to get my iPhone jailbroken on 1.1.2. IT DID NOT WORK FOR ME! Others may have had success, I did not. It could have been that I'm on Leopard and…
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October 31, 2007
Mac: Plaxo working on Leopard issues, Fixes due soon
The dust is still settling with recent Leopard upgrades on the Mac and some issues and incompatibilities are starting to surface. As I recommended in a previous post, you should try to update all of your Applications prior to installing Leopard, however, this practice is also good AFTER you do the upgrade. One program that I can't really live without…
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October 25, 2007
iPhone: Much Needed “Search” application added to 3rd Party Apps
I have been waiting for an application like this to be released and today it magically appeared in my "Recent Packages" directory on my Installer 3 iPhone App. The release version is 1.0b and is showcased on ModMyiphone.com according to the "More Info" link within the Package Viewer. The description there is simply "Search your contacts and call them. Dial…
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October 24, 2007
iPhone: Good Special Report on iPhone apps, features, unlocking, jailbreaking, etc. at iPhoneAtlas.com
There is a great post on iPhoneAtlas.com by Ben Wilson that summarizes in good detail items related to Native Apps, Unlocking, Unbricking and other Troubleshooting tips. Some things listed out there include: New Features (Documented and Undocumented) How to put 3rd Party Apps on 1.1.1 Firmware iPhones How to downgrade your iPhone from 1.1.1 to 1.0.2 Unlocking/Unbricking 1.1.1 iPhones Troubleshooting…
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October 23, 2007
Apple: How to Prepare for a Leopard Upgrade
First, this is by no means the end-all summary on how to get your Mac ready for Leopard, but I thought that it would be useful to create a list of tips that you might want to follow prior to installing Leopard (OS 10.5). I have tried to compile this information from a variety of sources, including: MacFixIt, TUAW, Macworld…
Read more →October 20, 2007
iPhone: SummerBoard 3.0a11 released – works with 1.1.1 firmware
Just a quick note, SummerBoard has been updated to now work on iPhone 1.1.1 firmware. There are now two types of installers in AppTapp, one for pre 1.1.1 firmware, titled "Summerboard (Old)" - version 2.11 -, and this new one just called "SummerBoard" - version 3.0a11. It can be found under the System Category (or folder if you are running…
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October 19, 2007
iPhone: AppTapp Installer 3.0b3 released
The NullRiver folks have released a new version of AppTapp Installer for the iPhone. I have just installed version 3.0b3 and I must say that it was a needed upgrade. The number of apps have grown so much that there was the definite need to reorganize how they were structured. So without further ado, here are the new/change features (with…
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