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How To Redeem A Damaged iTunes Gift Card

In: Entertainment| Mac OS X| Tech| iPhone

7 Dec 2009

Went a little overboard with the card scratching, eh?
Don’t Worry! Here’s How To Fix It!
Every year around the holidays the iTunes gift cards start rolling in. It’s a safe play for distant relatives, friends and colleagues. Needless to say, I’ve gingerly scratched the adhesive backing off many an iTunes gift card. That said, I wasn’t [...]

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Tags: gift card, help, iTunes, lost code, redeem, scratched

How To Jailbreak An iPhone 3G S

In: Tech| iPhone

20 Oct 2009

Back in the early days of iPhone jailbreaking, things weren’t exactly easy. Jailbreaking my first generation iPhone took the better part of a few hours, running command line scripts and ensuring that you had the correct files for your particular baseboard or flavor of OS.
I’m happy to say that this time around, it’s a whole [...]

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Tags: 3G, 3G S, iPhone, Jailbreak, Pwnage Tool, Unlock

My iPhone Groom’s Cake

In: Entertainment| Funny & Offbeat| iPhone

13 Oct 2009

IMPORTANT NOTE: For greater appreciation and a good laugh, check out San Francisco Weekly’s 6 Saddest iPhone Cakes first.
I recently got married and my amazing wife had a fantastic iPhone groom’s cake made for me. There’s no doubt about it– it was definitely a huge hit!
Also, I learned that clever cakes, photo booths and crab [...]

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Tags: cake, groom's cake, iPhone, wedding

BNO News Works Out iPhone Dilemma

In: News| Tech| iPhone

18 Sep 2009

Just a week or so ago, BNO News (@BreakingNews), Twitter’s kings of domestic and international breaking news, announced rather unceremoniously that they would no longer support their newly released iPhone app.
With the newest revision of the app just weeks old, BNO’s announcement came as a huge surprise to me. Given the fact that I am [...]

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Tags: app store, BNO News, iPhone

Simulating an iPhone App: iWebKit vs. iUI

In: Mac OS X| Tech| iPhone

28 Aug 2009

For those of you out there looking to produce a mobile site that simulates the look of a native iPhone app, you have probably run head first into two separate (but free) CSS/Javascript packages aimed at helping you achieve just that. If you’ve yet to stumble upon them, it’s your lucky day. The purpose of [...]

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Tags: iPhone, iphone site, iUI, iWebKit, mobile safari, mobile site

App Review: ‘FTP On The Go’

In: App Review| iPhone

25 Aug 2009

FTP On The Go
Current version: 2.1 (rel. 8/25/09)
Size: 0.7 MB
Price: $6.99

Whether you’re a Web designer or system administrator, you probably don’t see too many days pass without logging into an FTP for one reason or another. Personally, I find 90% of the issues I deal with when away from my office are technical in [...]