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Find your UDID After Installing Beta Firmware
Friday, September 16, 2011
I recently had my iPhone replaced and forgot to register the new UDID. After updating the phone and before registering you won’t be able to get the UDID from the phone or iTunes. Instead, use the “System Information” application found in /Applications/Utilities. If the phone is plugged in to your Mac it should show up [...]
Enable Emoji icons on the iPhone
Saturday, November 29, 2008
So far this has started to work on the latest (2.2) firmware for the iPhone. You need to edit the file /User/Library/Preferences/com.apple.Preferences.plist on the device -> I found it best to sftp in to the phone, make a backup, and edit the file using Apple’s Property List Editor. Copy the file back to /User/Library/Preferences/ . [...]
Adobe’s Response to Microsoft
Thursday, April 26, 2007
With Microsoft’s attempt to incorporate pdf’s, Microsoft’s Picture It, and now Microsoft’s Silverlight, it’s no secret that Microsoft has Adobe square in it’s sights. Silverlight presents a particular challenge, it does HD, is vector based, and works on both the PC and Mac. What’s Adobe to do, how about open sourcing Flex; Adobe’s SDK? Sounds [...]
Sync your Zune with any Computer
Monday, March 12, 2007
Looks like Zune hacks are abounding. In an effort to make a potentially cool product cooler a user on the Zuneboards has eliminated the “Guest Sync” function. You can now sync your Zune with any computer you please. Read more on the ZuneBoards
In Pakistan Kites Fly You!
Monday, February 26, 2007
When considering kick-ass battles involving violence, death, and objects covered in shards of glass or metal, one doesn’t also assume that said battle includes kites. These kite battles have gotten so bad that they’ve actually been banned inside the entire country of Pakistann Read the wikipedia entry
Parking tickets by the truckload
Monday, February 26, 2007
International courier UPS receives an average of more than one San Francisco parking ticket every hour, giving the company the unenviable distinction of being the city’s No. 1 parking violator. Last year, United Parcel Service paid $673,334 in fines for 11,788 tickets — an average of one ticket every 45 minutes throughout the year. Link [...]
Game Console Power Consumption
Wednesday, February 21, 2007
While I don’t think this is going to help someone make a decision, it’s not bad to know either. The power consumption of the latest generation of gaming consoles gets tested. Power consumption during game play, DVD playback, standby, and idle were all tested. Link via digg
Bumptop Prototype
Saturday, February 3, 2007
It’s pretty old now but some of you probably haven’t seen it. In summary, physics look cool but I’m not sure how well they’ll translate on the desktop or tablet.
British Airways Flight 009
Tuesday, January 30, 2007
On June 24, 1982 Captain Eric Moody uttered the words that no passenger wants to hear; ‘Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. We have a small problem. All four engines have stopped. We are doing our damnedest to get it under control. I trust you are not in too much distress.’ via the [...]