Author Archives: mindflayer

Facebook 2 for iPhone released

Quick thoughts - looks slicker and more polished. It appears to be more on par with the website now.

On the T-Mobile G1 and Android OS

I have used Palm- and Windows Mobile-based HTC phones in the past and have found them to be a decent option. The Google entry into the market with Android really interested me - a new OS not straddled with the legacy of Windows Mobile or Palm and on hardware not bound to one vendor as [...]

Sid Meier’s Colonization

I really don’t have time for another game but this brings back good memories of the original.

Chris Rock on voters

An old but good one. Warning - the language is definitely NSFW.

iPhone 2.1 firmware released

iPhone firmware 2.1 was released this morning. If you are having issues with iTunes 8 seeing your iPhone, power down the phone, connect to the USB cable, and then power it up with iTunes active.

On Chrome,Gears, and Wordpress

On using Google’s Chrome browser to make the last post, I noticed a “Turbo” mode referenced in the Dashboard banner in Wordpress. I had missed that Wordpress 2.6 now supports Google gears. If you want to work offline and don’t use something like MarsEdit, this is a great solution.

Storms’ a-comin’.


“People don’t play games online.”

Looks like I am not the only one that heard this line from AOL management.

Google Chrome Browser

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/09/fresh-take-on-browser.html
I have not read through the whole comic book (!) yet, so unsure if it uses any Gecko code.
Edit: It’s based on Webkit - which you may recognize as the engine behind Safari and newer Symbian-based phones.

On iPhone 2.0.2, 3G dropped calls, and power

Roughly Drafted has the inside scoop on why AT&T is pushing the 2.0.2 firmware so aggressively. Go read the post, but in short, it seems an algorithm on the iPhone 3G required too much power from the AT&T transmitters. When the transmitters run short of power, some people will experience dropped calls.