Kevin Rose throwing a raccoon. Seems the founder of Digg will kick your ass if you attack his dog July 20, 2013 | perivision | Leave a comment There is not a whole lot to say here that the video does not say. Seems Kevin Rose, founder of Digg, heard his down yelping in pain. He comes out to see his dog and a raccoon fighting. So what does bad ass Rose do? He charges in dressed in his always fashionable boxes and… Read More
ESRI User Conference 2013 – When the World’s Digital Information met Digital Fabrication July 16, 2013 | Damon | Leave a comment So I just got back from the ESRI User Conference 2013 in San Diego and wow, what a trip. Founded by Jack Dangermond, ESRI (Environmental Systems Research Institute) is an industry leader and international supplier of Geographic Information System (GIS) software and geodatabase management applications. The company has an installed base of more than one million… Read More
Lytro camera goes on sale in the UK. Does anyone care? and at £400? July 16, 2013 | perivision | Leave a comment I remember when the Lytro infinite focus camera came out. I was pretty excited and could not wait to get my hands on one. Then I got my hands on one. Meh. First, a little background. The Lytro camera will let you take a picture then let you change the focus AFTER the shot is… Read More
Nest Thermostat on the Pebble watch July 15, 2013 | perivision | Leave a comment Yup. If you have a Nest Thermostat and an iPhone, then you are on luck. You can get your nest data on our Pebble. Sweet. Right now its read only, but the dev is working on change the temp from the watch! Nice. Lets keep an eye out and with him luck. http://forums.getpebble.com/discussion/6556/nest-thermostat-with-pebble… Read More
Should I get the Pebble or wait for Apple’s iWatch? July 12, 2013 | perivision | Leave a comment This was a question posted on Reddit. It brought up a good conversation, but I think I can condense it into a few point to help you decided between buying a Pebble or other smart watch now, or wait for the Apple iWatch. Before I bought my Pebble through kick starter a year ago, got… Read More
Top 10 apps for the pebble watch. Or perhaps just 10 July 4, 2013 | perivision | 1 Comment I finally got my Pebble watch after near a year from when I bought it on kickstarter. When I first bought it I figured, well there will not be many applications at first, but hopefully some core useful apps will come out. Now that I have the watch my reaction is .. meh. However, Best… Read More
How to get name tag adhesive off a shirt after you washed it. Tip #954 June 30, 2013 | perivision | 11 Comments It was only a matter of time. I go to a fair number of events, not as many as others, but enough. And every now and again I will put on a name tag. Since I do not go to that many and I do not always put a paper name tag on, I sometimes… Read More
Top Gear reviews the Ford Fiesta. Chase through a shopping mall and then a beach invasion. June 24, 2013 | perivision | Leave a comment Yes, a nice clean standard car review from the stodgy conservative folks at Top Gear. The Ford Fiesta, even the green one, is not terribly exciting. However, give enough resources and cooperative shopping mall, it can be done. Still not sure how they convinced the Royal Marines to allow a beach landing during a what… Read More
OculAR – Displaying Oculus Rift Dev Kit Info in Augmented Reality June 20, 2013 | Damon | Leave a comment So I had some time on my hands with Qualcomm’s new SDK for their Vuforia augmented reality platform and thought this would be a good app to build since I am asked about the Oculus Rift headset when I show it around.… Read More
Microsoft cracks and reverses Xbox One DRM features June 19, 2013 | perivision | Leave a comment So Microsoft reversed itself. All along they have been claiming that DRM is the soul of the system, and they reverse it in a few days. What a joke. Here is the thing, the can turn it back on again anytime they want. Also, now they claim they had to remove family and other features. … Read More
Edit Microsoft docs on the iphone. New App from Microsoft 360. Video demo June 14, 2013 | perivision | Leave a comment Well this came from nowhere. I guess they do not want to give iPhone users any more reason to get another iPhone instead of a Windows phone, but Office is Microsoft’s biggest profit product, and they know they need to move to the cloud with 360, so they bit the bullet and released an iPhone… Read More
Why did my Twitter app suddenly die? June 13, 2013 | perivision | Leave a comment Ah, we were warned and warned. Yesterday, or the day before, twitter API 1.0 was finally turned off. Already seeing the confused posts asking for help. No easy answer I’m afraid. You can read more here. https://dev.twitter.com/blog/api-v1-is-retired I have two apps that died, TwittFilter and NewsSnacker. TwittFilter is a pretty large and dense program, so… Read More
How to get iOS7 IU on your current iPhone via Jailbreak June 13, 2013 | perivision | Leave a comment This is a bit late but I have been busy. So its pretty old news now that yes many of the ‘New’ UI improvements in iOS7 have been around for awhile. Many via Jailbreak. So say something you really liked in iOS7? Check out this list. Odds are you can have it. However, before we… Read More
New iOS7 UI as a jailbreaker. Apple shows some Metro love June 10, 2013 | perivision | Leave a comment The rumors were true. Apple has finally overhauled its UI; and it looks like a combination of Metro and flaticons (Jailbreak). I guess that says something for the Metro design approach. The redesign is cleaner and more efficient, but somehow it just does not sit well. It feels like its trapped between Metro and the… Read More
Success Gorilla June 7, 2013 | perivision | Leave a comment Success Gorilla was successful. That is all. Here is the source. View post on imgur.com… Read More
Custom Risk board maps, Civil war US, Europe, UK, Solar system! June 5, 2013 | perivision | Leave a comment This is very cool, and something I have thought about. How cool would it be to have Risk like boards but of different maps, like the US or Europe? Well Havoc has done that. Its a kick starter project but they have 15 designed maps so far, Civil War US, New York, United Kingdom, Los… Read More
Restore iphone without losing jailbreak using SemiRestore May 15, 2013 | perivision | Leave a comment I have not tried this so use at your own cation. But if you want to know how to restore your iOS on your iphone or ipad but NOT lose your jailbreak, this could be for you. Now before you ask, its RESTORE. Not upgrade or downgrade. So that being said, here is SemiRestore! SemiRestore… Read More
Changes coming for Apple care. Fix your device on the spot. Good news for jailbreakers May 13, 2013 | perivision | Leave a comment This is welcome news. According to AppleInsider, Apple Care will not fix your device on the spot instead of exchanging your device for a like new one. That is not the only new news. Apple is also looking to move to or add a subscription model to Apple care. This can be great for those… Read More
McBain, the full episode from the Simpsons May 6, 2013 | perivision | Leave a comment Did you know that the McBain clips in the Simpsons actually make a complete episode if you stitch them together? Neither did I. So credit Gawker for putting this together. Now I present you with episode 1, McBain – you have the right to remain dead. {edit} The links does not work anymore. Go to… Read More
How to play Piano Passcode – jailbreak iphone hack May 5, 2013 | perivision | Leave a comment Want to unlock your phone using a piano keyboard? A fun little hack is out called Piano Passcode. Simple enough hack, you have a keyboard and you type a tune in as your passcode. How to play it is easy enough, set pianopasscode to some key combination from 1-7 and your gold. However, it is… Read More