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Where I write things out: meals worth remembering, trips, gadgets, and the odd strong opinion.
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10 Top Chocolate Consumers
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Video of iPhone 3G Unlock
Member of the iPhoneDev Team, MuscleNerd, posted a video of him unlocking the iPhone 3G from his Mac.
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10 Highest Gross Animated Films
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[Update] Mac OS 10.5.6 Fix for DFU Issue
Yesterday, I reported that the Mac OS 10.5.6 update killed the iPhone’s ability to get into DFU mode.
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[Update] Mac OS 10.5.6 Killing the DFU Mode
Finally an Automator script that will perform the fix suggested by the iPhoneDev Team. This method will not require a layman to jump into Terminal and fuzz with the inner…
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Facebook Invented Time Machine
While posting a message on the Wall of the new Facebook group, “New York Fries Lovers in HK“. I notice something amazing, I was able to go forward in time after submitting the…
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Apple Strikes a Death Blow on Macworld
Apple announced in a PR that the coming Macworld 2009, held in San Francisco will be the last time Apple is attending MacWorld.
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UBS Flash Drive Size RFID Reader
A mainland Chinese manufacture of RFID products, Daily RFID Co. Ltd., released an ultra small RFID reader. Its form factor is perfect for the ad hoc RFID scanning purpose. It…
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[Update] Mac OS 10.5.6 Breaks DFU Mode for iPhone
The iPhoneDev Team has released a note addressing the issue reported regarding the problem with activating the DFU (device firmware update) mode for the iPhone, after the Mac…
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Taiwan iPhone 3G Unlocked Out-of-the-box
When Apple made the iPhone 3G available on the little island, Taiwan, these phones sold through the official carrier partner, Chunghwa Telecom, are all carrier unlocked.
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WARNING: Mac OS 10.5.6 Breaks Hacked iPhone
Apple released Mac OS 10.5.6 update on Monday (US PST). As always I would suggest everyone follow the instructions on the release notes plus use the Combo Upgrade to upgrade…
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Middle School Student Reprimanded for Promoting Linux
According to the HeliOS blog, a middle school teacher sent a nasty email to HeliOS, the nonprofit organization that supply computers to post-secondary school kids in the states…
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Past week’s Twitts
- will call it a relatively early evening for me. Watch a few episodes of CSI then to bed. #
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Is Smartone-Vodafone’s IOM Value Pack Right for iPhone?
Over a month ago I decided to switch to the Smartone-Vodafone “IOM Value Pack“. You can read why I make this move in my previous post, New Tariff Plan from Smartone-Vodafone…
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iPhone Firmware 2.2 Is Ready for General Consumption
It has been over two weeks since my first post, _[Phone Firmware 2.2 NOT for Hacked iPhones](<http://blog.vinko.com/2008/11/21/iphone-firmware-22-not-for-hacked
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iPhone Firmware 2.2 Is Ready for General Consumption
It has been over two weeks since my first post, Phone Firmware 2.2 NOT for Hacked iPhones about the new iPhone firmware 2.2. Since then the famed hacker team iPhone Dev Team…
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Movie Review: What Just Happened
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US Capitalism
It appears that United States capitalism is different from typical capitalism.