11 May 2012 0 Comments

my.security – Identity Theft Vectors (Cell Phone SIMs)

I am in no way claiming to be a security expert, but security has always been a huge interest of mine. From time to time I run into things in our big wide world that are glaring security holes or poorly implemented solutions. I wanted to take time to document these in a more formal [...]

25 February 2012 0 Comments

The NEX(t) Big Thing

I have to give Sony huge props for getting this camera right. I have never been a Sony brand fan, but they have made me a fan of their Alpha line of cameras. After leaving SLR land and moving to Micro Four Thirds, I was very happy with the move and didn’t regret it at [...]

19 February 2012 0 Comments

iPhone Camera Accessory – olloclip

It’s no secret that the iPhone has a really great camera in it. In fact, the latest iPhone, the 4S, has a really great camera! If I was forced to come up with a complaint about the camera in the iPhone 4S, I think the best I would be able to come up with would [...]

16 January 2012 0 Comments

Browser Testing

A couple months back I decided to see what it was like to use various browsers. This was mostly to see if I was missing anything. At the time I was using Google’s Chrome browser, so I was going to try the other 2 in the top three. Of course the top three are Chrome, [...]

1 January 2012 0 Comments

Writing an iOS app!

In June of 2010 I finished writing my first application for a mobile device! Actually, this was the first full fledged application for any device. It was an app for the fledgling OS called WebOS from Palm. I had never written an application before, but since WebOS was built with web technologies which I had [...]

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5 October 2011 0 Comments

iOS App: CarTunes

If you are the type of person that listens to your music on shuffle and likes to hit next a lot to find the perfect song for that moment while driving, then CarTunes is for you! The above describes me perfectly. I found this app a couple weeks back and have been in love with [...]

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24 September 2011 0 Comments

iOS Dev Tip – Getting Images Into iOS Simulator Photo Album

Getting specific images into the iOS simulator photo album for testing. 1) Drag the image you want on top of the iOS simulator (green plus symbol) 2) This will launch safari and display your image. 3) Click and hold on image until prompted to save. 4) Save image and it will now be in the [...]

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27 July 2011 5 Comments

Mac Resource Inspector – Apple Store

I went to the Apple store the other day with Valerie to get her MacBook battery looked at. In years past, the technician at the Genius Bar usually would just run some diagnostics or maybe even use a couple tools from a bootable CD. They have quite a cool setup nowadays though. They now take [...]

26 July 2011 2 Comments

The Best Computer I Have Ever Owned!

MacBook MINI

January 29, 2008. Apple announced the MacBook Air. It was nothing short of amazing! Thin, light, and beautiful. I got one shortly after release and loved it for about 2 weeks. The machine was absolutely perfect until you tried to do any real work on it. Because of its size, it had to sacrifice on [...]