Earlier this month I had the privilege of spending a weekend away with 2000 other sweaty blokes at MKC. John Andersen former deputy pm was one of the speakers. The topic was men of Courage and it was based on the book of Daniel. It was my first time at Men's convention and it will not be my last.
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I got an iphone many moons back and it been really the best phone i ever had. Only gripe i have using Optus as a provider. I could be standing still and you can see the signal fluctate from 5 bars to no service at all. Optus claims that it is an iphone issue but there are plenty of users on whirlpool who can attest to the same thing. Definitely be moving providers to Telstra when the contract runs out! Telstra is way more expensive but at least you can use the phone as intended.
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Sorry I had a long extended absence from blogging. Inexcusable really, life got in the way. Anyway as Chuckie said…” I am backkkkkkkkkk….”.
http://www.codezest.com/archive/2008/09/28/development-tools-i-use-amp-recommend.aspx
this is an excellent post. Will add to it in a bit
If you are not sure about the sites you visit, make sure you try http://www.mywot.com/ It will tell you if the site is a scam or not
I should have checked but www.baydownloads.com is a scam. If you type in a search box for anything it will say the file is available. Don't sign up! They will take your money!
I admit, I was sucked in by Apple Iphone hype. I been a windows mobile user for many years and the bad battery life, misbehaving apps got to me. So begins my adventure with the iphone. After many issues culminating with Optus loosing my number; Verdict...Iphone does some things well, some things not so well and some things downright badly.
Things done well.
UI. Most people buy the phone purely on UI.
Appstore. Integrated approach to getting more money from you.
Push email
Things not so well
3g coverage. Dont let Apple or Optus fool you about how quick Iphone is. Hardly quick enough..I wouldn't surf any pages on an Optus 3 g connection
Things downright bad
Integration with Exvchange- Yes it works, but where are my tasks? In the calendar, the recurring events doesnt have as many options as Outlook does. If you don't have exchange then you are definitely missing out here. Apple supplies a mobile me control panel applet but i never got it to work.
My latest craze is collecting portable apps. What is portable apps you say? Applications that leave zero footprint on a client pc. Check it out here
The app store isnt a new concept by any means. I mean Handango been there for the windows platform for ages. But because with Apple there is an integrated approach, it works well. The apps like everything else; is good and bad.. Not sure what Apple criteria for software is, multiple versions of software that does basically the same thing doesn't really work for me.
Anyways what apps do I use most?
- NetNewsWire - Free app. This is singularly the best application for me as it syncs with Newsgator to provide me with my subscriptions that I can read offline.
- Versa Bible - KJV. Bought app. I tried Olive Tree's bible app and Mantis Bible Study reader and i still come back to VB..
- MxTube - Free app. Allows you to download youtube videos to the phone. You need to jailbreak your phone for this. To jailbreak your iphone I recommend winpawn
- Mail - Integration with exchange works well if you have a company that provides a public cert and has exchange active sync.
- Mobile me ( mmm next topic)
- Readdle Docs - provides an online repository for pdf documents
- Jaadu VNC - great vnc app. works well with Real VNC
- Palringo - IM Client
Apps that I bought
- Crash Bandicoot - Not sure why as i haven't played it at all. Just to show off the iphone i suppose
- G-Spot (k get your mind out of the gutter) It allows you to pinpoint your location (google maps does this) but allows you to email that to your contacts as well
- MoPhoto - allows you to view flickr albums
- Illium ewallet - store security stuff. Didnt use it as i use a portable app called keePass
- CroMag Rally - Another game
- Phone Sabre - Need I say more?
- Ipint - Safe drinking!
- Super Monkey Ball - k i was sold in the Apple Dev demo
Been a while since I blogged. Life kinda gets in the way. Natalie ( my youngest ) been having the HSC so my life been revolving around tuition and being a driver. Lately on the technology front, been playing with Windows Server 2008. I can say that my vista phobia is over. It is what vista should have been like. Currently using it as my development platform and it is so good that i removed OSX and used it for my server as well!
Been using vijaysk post as a guide to setting it up as a super desktop environment. Also the kind folks at Win2008workstation been a great help as well.
I found myself agreeing with this article. I am a windows developer pure and simple but at times windows suck
http://arstechnica.com/articles/culture/what-microsoft-could-learn-from-apple.ars
Ever wondered how Windows Vista source code looks? Here it is!
http://www.drunkenfairies.com/windows-vista-source-code/
I have reached the point where I am totally disenchanted with the NSW government. Can they do nothing right? First is the disaster that the transport system in Sydney, then the hospital system in shambles, corruption in the councils and now this. We need to be connected everywhere and our backward government doesn't see that. Well I know who I will be voting for next time elections roll around.
Over the last week or so, I been spending some quality time with Graffiti. I found that there were absolutely things that I love, even to the point of trying to convert this blog over to it. (more about this later). The layout and site design, is relatively easy..you can use the result of my playing here. The content posting is great and works sort of with Live writer.
What I find is that not all themes or skins that are publish support a default set of features of Graffiti, so you need to customise it. So I started by pointing the web address to a new install of graffiti. Version 1.1 supposedly has a cs2.1 migrator, but i couldn't get it going at all. I tried taking a local backup and tried it but to no avail.
One of my requirements is that it should work seamlessly with live writer like cs2.1 does. In the skin I chose, i couldn't figure out how to post on the home page. In graffiti, there is an option tab, where you can say post to home page. I asked on the Graffiti forums and currently live writer doesn't support all the features of Graffiti.
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