Its 11/11/11 11:11:11 November 11, 2011 | perivision | Leave a comment On the west coast at least. Weeeee!!! 🙂 This post has no point. BTW, Happy Veteran (Armistice) day to my buddies in the 79th TWF and my mates from “the ‘lick” during gulf war I.… Read More
Better ways to read Reddit on a poor connection. Esp for tethered ipad users. November 9, 2011 | perivision | Leave a comment This is very cool. I should have thought of this. So one thing that slows me down on Reddit is reading Reddit on my ipad while tethered to my iphone on the train. Its not a fast connection, so the constant going back and forth is somewhat of a pain. Well go to redditlurker.com and… Read More
Rumor control: Seems Siri will NOT make it to older iphones in the future.. or will they? November 9, 2011 | perivision | Leave a comment Nuts. Well it seems the rumor of Apple working on a version of Siri for older devices was just that. A rumor. According to a reply from devbugs@apple.com via VentureBeat; provided by Michael Steeber ; Apple has basically put the breaks on any hints that they are working supporting Siri on older iOS devices. I’m… Read More
Battlefield 4 preview is hyper realistic… Because it is. November 8, 2011 | perivision | Leave a comment Wow, if you have not seen this video preview of Battlefield4, then you are missing out! Take a look at those shadows! Lets see your xbox do ground deformation like this! And avatar rendering. TELL me this does not look like real life. Hyper realistic, you can shoot while being dragged as well as dragging… Read More
We may see Siri on the iphone4 without jailbreak November 7, 2011 | perivision | 2 Comments Last week there was all kinds of news about getting Siri to work on jailbroken iphones. Well there is news today that Apple my be working on a version to run on older iOS devices. Most likely you will still need to update your phone to iOS5 if you have not already. I have held… Read More
Email and phone scams are getting more sophisticated November 4, 2011 | perivision | 3 Comments Yesterday I got an odd phone call that sounded like a credit card company that was trying to confirm something with me. I just activated a credit card that day, so I did not think much of it … but a few things did not add up; I was smelling a scam. First the recorded… Read More
Iphone4 FAQ jailbreaking unlocking edition October 30, 2011 | perivision | 1 Comment A few weeks back the iphone4s came out. And to my surprise I get more questions about jailbreaking and unlocking the iphone4. Since I have been using a jailbreak phone since the first iphone came out. I sometimes forget that with every new phone release, there is a whole new population of users that have… Read More
Siri working on jailbroken iPhone 4 October 29, 2011 | perivision | Leave a comment The news just broke that @stroughtonsmith got Siri working on his jailbroken iPhone4. Nice. There is a vid, will post a link to it, then do an embed later. Right now he is not releasing the files or steps till the iPhone4s jailbrake is out there. Also, he wants to do a bit more testing… Read More
The $35 tablet from India is real. Called the AAKASH October 26, 2011 | perivision | 3 Comments Last month I said it would believe it when I see a sub $50 tablet, well know I’ve seen it from VentureBeat. It costs around $45 to build, but with a $10 discount from the government, we have a $35 tablet. Now this is just for India keep in mind and targeted for some of… Read More
If I stop using social media, does that mean I’m not longer social? October 24, 2011 | perivision | Leave a comment It’s kinda of funny. I remember getting into Twitter all those years ago. Loved it. I write TwittFilter and a few other programmes for analyzing twitter feeds and social graphs. I tried other socmed apps, including facebook, but never really got into them that much, but still, I was pretty deep. But in that last… Read More
Looks like Siri will run on any device with iOS5. Now we play the waiting game October 19, 2011 | perivision | Leave a comment Just like the news where Steven Troughton-Smith said he got Siri running on iphone4 but odds are we will never see it in the wild, we now have a report that Jackoplane has it working for any device with iOS5 on it. And without jailbreaking. Cool. But the real question is; when can “I” see… Read More
Porting Siri on iphone 4, its running! October 15, 2011 | perivision | Leave a comment I just read this on 9to5mac, so I still need to research this a bit more, but once I figure out how to install Siri on my iphone 4, I’m on it! And will report back. Now its pretty much a given you will need to be jailbroken to run this, and the first few… Read More
Funny iphone4s Siri replies. Proof enough there are a few Easter Eggs in Siri. October 14, 2011 | perivision | 19 Comments I’m sure this list will grow, but I came across these reading Ultrasnow. I think my favorite Siri reply so far has to be the first one. “I need to hide a body”, ‘what kind of place are you looking for? and its lists reservoirs, metal foundries, mines, dumps, swamps. This HAS to be… Read More
Jailbreaking the new iphone4S, perhaps, iOS5, yes, already with Ultrasn0w and Redsn0w October 14, 2011 | perivision | Leave a comment As expected, there is a jailbreak (beta) already out there for iphone iOS5. Also, no surprise, there is not baseband support yet, I expect this will be a bit more complicated given the new way iphone4S is using antennas, but still doable. Now we have be clear about something. The iPhone4s is running the new… Read More
Vector Maps via webGL finally make it to Google maps on the desktop October 13, 2011 | perivision | Leave a comment Not sure why this took so long. Perhaps dealing with the satellite view. Regardless, its pretty nice. You need to have a desktop with a good graphics card and a browser that supports webGL. The latest Firefox and Chrome should be fine. The two nice points, is VERY fast refresh, smooth transition from 2D to… Read More
Get 50 gigs of free space from Box.net on your iOS device October 13, 2011 | perivision | Leave a comment Wow, talk about the power and reach of iOS. Box.net is giving away 50 gigs of storage for iOS users. The promotion starts 12:01 AM PST on Friday Oct 14 and runs for 50 days. And its not limited to your iOS device wither, you can use it on your desktop as well. I tried… Read More
How to create custom tones for email alerts on the iPhone October 12, 2011 | perivision | Leave a comment Did not think about this till I got the press release, but sounds like a must have. Set custom sounds (think ringtones) for email. The use case is pretty clear. If you get an email from an important client, you may want to have a more urgent ringtone. Friends and family something else, and set… Read More
How to make a grilled cheese sandwich using a popup toaster October 11, 2011 | perivision | 3 Comments I cannot believe this has not been realized before, and yes its not perfect, like my Perfect Midnight Grilled Cheese Sandwich; but this approaches brilliance. Caution, do this at your own risk. Mess this up and you can ruin your toaster or worse. So really, be careful. Now let it be said I have not… Read More
XKCD tribute to Steve Jobs, eternal flame beach ball. October 6, 2011 | perivision | Leave a comment Although some may find it a bit off, using an animated icon that represents much of what drives Mac users nuts (especially us occasional users), but somehow it kinda works for me. Something about always waiting for the next great thing that is going to come from the mind of Steve Jobs, and for us… Read More
RIP Steve Jobs. Your work was an exercise in grace. October 5, 2011 | perivision | Leave a comment As you all know by now, Steve Jobs passed away today after a long battle with pancreatic cancer. Just as thousand of other tech writers have been doing all day, I felt the need to write something about how Steve and the work he did at Apple. Now I’m not going to gush about his… Read More