Monday, March 15 2010
Written by Michael Swengel on January 31, 2010
With the release of Apple's iPad running iPhone OS version 3.2, we see the operating system still lacks support for the Adobe Flash platform. The iPhone OS shows the infamous blue lego where Flash content should be. Adobe's Flash platform is actually a collection of Web 2.0 technologies that allow content publishers to deliver a rich, interactive media experience to the end user. Flash brings to...
Written by Michael Swengel on October 23, 2009
The iPhone OS and the App Store have been an excellent platform for programmers of all sizes to design and code applications for delivery to customers. Unfortunately, writing applications for the iPhone and iPod Touch requires a working knowledge of Apple's developer tools and the Objective-C programming language. The Objective-C programming language is the foundation of Apple's Mac OS X and the ...
Written by Michael Swengel on October 17, 2009
After taking my MacBook Pro in for a hard drive and optical drive replacement on the 10th, I was rather curious how the repair was going. Tuesday, October 13th, I called the Apple Store for a status update. I very nicely asked about the repair. The tech said they had not had a chance to get to it yet. Since it was only the second business day of the week, that's understandable. There were other...
Written by Michael Swengel on October 14, 2009
I have finally given in. My MacBook Pro is sick. It's hard drive had been clicking quite a bit. To some degree it's normal for a hard drive to click, but when it's constant and loud, you know something is up. Ironically, I confirmed the hard drive was bad when I attempted to create a small partition for Fedora Linux. I wanted to try out Fefora 11 since I have not used the distro since version 9...
Written by Michael Swengel on June 28, 2009
Here's a video of a crazy dude who dropped his iPhone 3G S into a swimming pool, and it still works. (Supposedly.) Is it fake? What do you think? I know Apple makes good stuff, but waterproof? Tags (ignore this): 3G S swimming pool, cheap iPhone, free iPhone, iPhone, iPhone 3G S, iPhone 3G swimming pool, iPhone water...
Written by Michael Swengel on June 24, 2009
A crucial stepping stone to getting your site on the web is setting up web hosting. A web host is a location where your website's files are placed - ready for viewing by the public. There are thousands of web hosting companies on the market, so how do you know which is right for you? There are a few factors you need to consider. Storage Space How much storage space will you need? If you...
Written by Michael Swengel on June 21, 2009
For those of you who are jailbreak-happy, there is good news. A friend of mine has been testing a replacement for QuickPwn called redsn0w. According to my friend, the following do NOT yet work: Backgrounder (enables multi-tasking / app switching without closing apps) MobileMusicPlayer Flip (Reverse media icons) WeatherIcon (Shows the current temperature on the Weather app icon) ...
Written by Michael Swengel on June 17, 2009
The wait is finally over. Apple has released version 3.0 of it's device firmware! Here's what you need to do to upgrade... Go get it now! ...
Written by Michael Swengel on June 2, 2009
There are many leaked pre-release downloads of the newest iPhone OS available. If you're not a developer, let me just say you should NEVER attempt to use a beta device operating system. However, if you did get your hands on one of these downloads and upgraded unwittingly, you may encounter issues. What if you want to downgrade back to OS 2.2.1? Nope. iTunes will just point and laugh - IF ...
