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iPhone 3G initial impressions
iPhone maps Last Friday (through means which I’m too embarrassed to publicly discuss) IÂ got an iPhone 3G. Here are my initial impressions after using it for a couple of days. Screen. Visually, it’s...
View ArticleHow to quit your job with an iPhone 3G
In ten easy steps: Purchase an ‘R’ rated movie from the iTunes music store. Pause movie during particularly noisy sex scene, preferably one involving farm animals. Turn off phone. Go to important...
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Remote test post from iPhone
Thought I’d try posting directly from the iPhone for the fun of it. I can see this being useful if I actually did interesting things with my life. As it stands, however, I’m currently sitting in...
View ArticleMore news from the iPhone public beta: Don’t count on the alarm!
I had plenty of time to write this, because I missed class today. The reason I missed class was that my iPhone’s alarm never went off. When I woke up this morning, my first thought was “You know, I...
View ArticleApple’s iPhone 2.1 software: Lipstick on a pig
Among the myriad problems the 2.1 firmware was supposed to solve was poor 3G reception. How did Apple achieve this? Apparently by simply artificially displaying more bars, at least in part: In their...
View ArticleA new problem with the iPhone: stress cracks
I noticed a crack in the back of my iPhone, between the mute button and the metal bezel. It just appeared, not caused by a drop or anything. Looking online, this is happening to a lot of people. The...
View ArticleNew MacBook Pros have hard drive problems
When the new unibody MacBook Pros (MBPs, henceforth) came out, many owners were up in arms over the fact that the new, supposedly high-end models lost SATA 2, and were only capable of 1.5 Gb/s SATA 1...
View ArticleBenchmark results for Snow Leopard: 32- versus 64-bit kernel
It was recently revealed by ZD Net that Apple’s new Mac OS X release, dubbed Snow Leopard, would default to a 32-bit kernel despite being largely portrayed by Apple as the final step in the Mac’s...
View ArticleiOS 4 significantly slows down the iPhone 3G
Just a quick post to warm people that the iOS 4.0 upgrade will significantly slow down an iPhone 3G. I don’t know if it’s the slower processor or the lack of RAM, but I very much regret making the...
View ArticleFirst impressions of the iPhone 4
I had the honor of being the last person to get an iPhone 4 in Cambridge on launch day, wandering in to the Reserved line at 8:59, stupidly thinking the store closed at 9:30 instead of 9. Am I glad I...
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Finally, a good Subversion client for Mac OS X
If you don’t have a Mac, or don’t know what SVN is, please accept my apologies for this very directed post. To the one guy remaining, rejoice: For the longest time, there has been no good SVN interface...
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