Tether your 3g iPhone data connection via App Store
Priced at $9.99, the app would have been a good deal for anyone who hasn’t jailbroken their iPhone already – aside from the fact that AT&T would likely have busted the proverbial cap of overcharging in ones financial ass. But within an hour or so, the app was no longer available in the US store – one can only think this was because someone at Apple realized they were going to expose US users to a massive burden when AT&T realized someone was downloading music and movies using their 3g connection.
No butts about it
Although it was cute and funny at first, if you want to be in the top ten or top five mac sites of all time you really should think about going with a more conservative, less offensive logo that people can read at work without people asking “Whats that butt on your screen” ? So I ask you, my friends: should we drop the logo and replace it with something that isn’t quite so NSFW , or just perhaps tweak the site itself to display the logo less prominently while keeping the logo itself – or do we just leave it like it is?
1Password and many other hit the AppStore
In a HUGE update that started yesterday afternoon, Apple has released a few dozen new and updated apps, including the long-awaited 1Password for the iPhone .
…PS: 1Password is glorious and well worth the wait.
5 random App Store thoughts
I know that the MPAA and RIAA dictate new releases in their own respective domains, but Apple needs to step up and create a standard for their own App Store releases. … It’s clear that Apple can remove an app from a device on sync – we saw that with Aurora Feint – so the concept of a 7/14/30 day trial doesn’t seem too far out of the realm of possibility.
Tricksy FileVault and Parallels
After hitting a roadblock with Parallels this morning, in which it told me repeatedly that it couldn’t allocate memory, I discovered that I was out of disk space. … The solution will be to (sometime later today), disable FileVault, which puts everything back in a ‘normal’ drive mode – then recreate the FileVault account to take advantage of the new space.
The Mac media server project
The basic premise is that you have libraries or folders on your Mac containing media files – UPNP compliant software then runs on the Mac, and pushes out the folder structure to your player(s). … My needs for my UPNP software were simple: display my videos using my pre-defined folder structure (eg; Movies\Genre) allow file system folders to be added – some software only uses iTunes/iPhoto, which do not support some file types or video codecs. run as a system service and be securely accessible from outside my home network be inexpensive and easy to configure So how did it work out?
Big fat Apple Store post
Wowsa, our rep at the Apple web store just sent over a HUGE list of specials currently running. … Order online and get free shipping. exp 9/15 Free Laser Engraving on iPod Free ground shipping on all orders over $50 Save up to $100 on a New Mac and Printer The all-in-one iMac.
iPhone box on eBay – $650
What’s worse than someone paying that much for a box (reading is fundamental) is that there were 34 bids. … Here’s a screenshot that can be used for evidence. 
The iPhone availability tracker
A great idea (well implemented too, I might add) from the guys over at TopMuffin . It checks the Apple website and updates store locations with iPhone model availability.
Bury me in my iPhone
A company called CreativeCoffins will put you in the ground in style (of sorts). I guess the big question is what kind of reception you’ll get from six feet under.
