I’ve recently been blessed with an opportunity to do App reviews for AppAdvice.com. Don’t worry though, as I am not abandoning you guys.
I thought it would be cool to keep you guys updated on my reviews. My first assignment was to review Finger Balance from Coconut Island.
You can check out the review here!
Add comment August 18th, 2010
Want to watch Xvid AVI movies on your iPad? The new CineXPlayer for iPad brings this functionality. CineXPlayer is a free iPad app, which allows users to load up Xvid AVI files through iTunes, with no conversion necessary! You can now watch your movies, and videos anytime, with no Wi-Fi or 3G required.
CineXPlayer does the following:
1 comment August 9th, 2010
The original PS3′s design was very unique, and interesting. It was often compared to the George Foerman Grill, and accused of stealing its design characteristics. But damnlag.com writer Steven Bogda posted an image of the “Parks Building” in Osaka, Japan which looks VERY similar to the design of the original PS3.
I think this was the motivation behind the console’s design! What do you think?
Source [Damnlag.com]
Add comment August 4th, 2010
Since Apple limits the FaceTime video-conferencing feature to work over Wi-Fi only, it is up to independent developers to give us a 3G fix. Luckily, with Comex‘s jailbreak, it is now a reality.
Here are the 3 simple steps:
WARNING: For those on a tiered data-plan (IE: AT&T in USA), be very careful, as video conferencing and streaming will use up around 3 MB’s per minute (test conducted by 9to5 Mac).
Add comment August 2nd, 2010
This just in! The long awaited iPhone 4 jailbreak is ready! Big props to @Comex for this elegant method- you are amazing!. It’s the return of Jailbreakme.com from the old 1.0 days.
This Jailbreak not only does the iPhone 4- but all iOS devices on 3.1.2 firmware, or newer.
So basically iOS devices running anything from 3.1.2 to 4.0.1 are supported.
Just go to jailbreakme.com from mobile Safari and “Slide to Jailbreak”.
Haven’t been able to do it yet since everyone’s hitting the servers at once, but I’ll report back soon!
NOTE: Not all jailbreak apps will work on iOS 4. Most of them are still being ported over from iOS 3 so check this chart before installing any apps from Cydia!
UPDATE 1: I finally got through to the site, and was able to Jailbreak flawlessly.
UPDATE 2: My MMS functionality seems to have gone away- no camera button in Messages.app.
Update 3: Looks like my FaceTime button is gone as well, and replaced with “Hold”. I’m not too worried, as I’m sure fixes for MMS, and FaceTime are coming real soon- you’ve been warned!
Update 4: All MMS + FaceTime issues have been fixed. So if you’re a new Jailbreaker, just go to jailbreakme.com from mobile Safari, and “Slide to Jailbreak” as usual.
If you’ve already Jailbroke- just launch Cydia and it should prompt you to update, this should fix MMS + FaceTime issues. You may need to enable FaceTime by going to “Settings > Phone > Facetime [ON]“
Add comment August 1st, 2010
With HD TV becoming the standard, and digital TV in full effect, HDMI cables are more in demand than ever before. But walk into a Best Buy, or Radio Shack, and you may have a dilemma on your hands. Retailers make a killing off of inflated cable prices- But are you getting what you pay for? No, not really- allow me to explain.
Back in the days of analog signal, there was much room for improvement in A/V, COAX, and other cables. Manufacturers would gold-plate the connectors, provide special shielding to avoid RF interference, and even use gas injection in the cables. This was all good, as they pass analog signal back and fourth, and these methods have been scientifically proven to aid signal quality.
But let’s remember, HDMI is DIGITAL- so it’s basically sending 1′s, and 0′s back and fourth. So you have two scenarios; either the cable works perfectly, or it doesn’t work at all.
Monster constantly boasts and brags about their HDMI cable engineering methods, but in reality, you can get a $10.00 generic HDMI cable from eBay, and get the same picture quality as an $80.00 Monster HDMI cable. Again, because it’s all digital!
Take CD-Rs for example- it wouldn’t matter what brand of CD-R you use to burn your music, it will sound the same as all the other brands. This is because it’s using 1′s and 0′s to play the music- the quality of the sound is determined by the quality in which your music files have been encoded and ripped using.
Certain vinyl records sound better than others since vinyl was analog. So the quality of the physical record was a big factor.
So if you recently bought a PS3 or something, and the HDMI was idiotically not included in the box, do yourself a favor and use my eBay link below, and click the Best Buy link for a nice chuckle.
1 comment July 29th, 2010
If you’re a designer, you know there are licensing hassles involved with using certain photographs in your commercial designs. To avoid this trouble, you can go with stock photos. These are photographs that are meant to be used freely in your brochures, sites, and other design work. A downside to this is, stock photos can be pretty expensive. Luckily, there are still sites out there that offer some great ones for free.
And here they are:
Thanks to [friedbeef] for the list
Add comment July 20th, 2010
This is a cool way to take notes. I have a Notes.txt saved on my Desktop at work, and every time I need to note anything, I fire up this file and type it up. I have a date, and time stamp inserted each time for future reference.
Add comment July 9th, 2010
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