Curious's Journal

Tethering. Only used it for emergencies or as a backup when a link goes down wherever I’m at. Hopefully they figure out how to do it in 3.1 even without a jailbreak.

Currently have an iPhone 3GS running 3.0. It is running 3.0 because there is currently not a jailbreak for 3.1 on 3GS. I’m seriously thinking about  I really want Snapture via AppStore and it’s only $1.99 there, but requires 3.1. More apps are destined to be 3.1 only due to features of the API.

Why I’m still jailbroken:

• Disable shutter sound (yes, turning off ringer, turns off sounds. But, I keep forgetting to turn it back on) Snapture, a 3.1 apps supposedly eliminates this issue though.
• Ability to quickly toggle Wifi/3G/etc
• Being able to broadcast video live from iPhone (doubt I’ll ever use this feature, but I’d love to have it)
• Being able to ssh/scp to/from iphone
• Being able to theme the iPhone

The other issue is that if I ever need to restore the phone, Apple only permits restores of 3.1.

F’ it. Here I go.

MacWorld is a conference that Apple has historically made new announcements at here are the things I predict apple is going to announce. I think the keynote is going to focus primarily on iLife and the upgrades to the computer systems:

iLife ‘09:
NOTE: every iLife update except the last update was done in January. Most rumor sites haven’t predicted iLife updates, I’m going out on a limb with this one!
(90% sure of these features)
-Ability easily to share media across various social media sites
-iMovie will see a massive update – many iMovie6 features will be added like  audio/video effects
-Better integration of features with iphone
(possible, but not sure how likely)
-iDVD gains ability to burn BlueRay

iphone:
-rumor sites talk about an iphone “nano” which doesn’t make sense to me product wise unless it’s extremly cheap…
-I haven’t heard anyone with an iphone complain that it was too big
-Banners seem to back up this rumor “Even the small talk will be Big” however these are MacWorld banners not Apple

iphone features:
-.mac photo sync
-several other features to tie into ilife update
-notification feature that was supposed to be released last year to be in next release
-bluetooth keyboard support (they are going to at least need to announce it to deter jailbreaking)

OSX:
-Will probably mention a few new features to expect in snow leopard which will likely get release on or shortly after WWDC
-May release preview of new Safari
-May release preview of Quicktime X

Announce replacement of rest of systems:
-Apple will really go into how “Green” the new line up is, maybe bring up Al Gore
-display ports across the line
-upgraded graphics across the line
-mac pro will sport multiple active GPUs
-xserve will get an update, but won’t be mentioned at the show
-imac will be slimmed down so that it looks just like an LCD screen
-macmini will be much smaller
-new macpro will be called “Fastest PC” or some other statement implying it is faster then the competition
-Apple MAY introduce BlueRay, not sure how likely though

Photoswap is a highly addictive iphone photo swaping service… I took a picture of my laptop with the below text on the screen (as each picture was received):

Photos Received:
Blurry picture of carpet
Picture of a half painted bird ornament?
Concrete floor
Bed with random crap all over it
A bathtub that really needs a bath
Hardwood floor (what is with all the floors today?)
Rain patterned rain boots
Yummy home made cookies!
Lots of little magnets stacked together/ like a battery?
—Reply image with text letting me know what the above was
—Duplicate reply image!?!
Blurry picture of a picture of a guy in front of a computer?
Stack of christmas treats
Blurry kitchen table with a fruit tray
Some bored looking dude in a pink floyd shirt
Set of tools
Pair of boots

I fail to see how any of the above was objectionable…
Maybe the Pink Floyd guy didn’t like being called bored looking?!? What do you think? (note, I never got to send a picture of the text with “pair of boots”)

BTW This is what it looks like when you get a temporary ban:

I don’t get it, winandmac.com is reporting on Engadget and Gizmodo reporting on John Hodgman using an iPhone. I mean seriously it’s a commercial, why waste time reporting on this and posting pictures?

The moment you have all been waiting for is here! I’ve put up a MuxTape! If you haven’t caught on all ready, I have a very diverse collection of music and musical interests. So, I had start off with a theme/challange… the “Rules” with this mix:
-Must be a cover
-The cover must be performed by a female
-The song must either be commonly associated with a male singer or written by a male writer.
-The cover must be unique, ie. the song should feel different from the original
-The covers must be unique in style from each other (ie. not all punk or country)
-Covers should not already be popular

1. Chromatics – I’m on Fire:
I discovered this one on muxtape. There are a lot of cover theme muxtapes that have this on their tapes, and for good reason . Originally written and performed by Bruce Springsteen

2. T.A.T.U – How Soon Is Now:
The Russian duo put their unique voices this 80s classic. Written by Morrisey and John Marr. Originally performed by The Smiths

3. Scissor Sisters – Comfortably Numb:
Listen to this cover with an open mind. Sissor Sisters give this song a COMPLETELY different feel. If you let it move you, you will like it! Written by Roger Waters and David Gilmour Originally performed by Pink Floyd.

4. Sinead O’Connor – War (Live):
This is Sinead singing War at the Bob Dylan tribute concert where the a large number of the audience members tried to boo her off the state because she had ripped a picture of the pope on Saturday Night Live just days before. You can feel the emotion behind her singing this song, and the audience booing/cheering in the background. This doesn’t seem to fit well on this muxtape, so I may take it out. Written by Alan Cole. Originally performed by Bob Marley

5. Tori Amos – Amazing Grace:
Tori put her own spin on this Christian staple. Originally written by John Newton.

6. Kate Bush – Rocket Man
This cover may have made it onto the charts at one point, so I’m not sure if this violates one of my rules or not . Composed by Elton John and Bernie Taupin. Originally performed by Elton John

7. Cowboy Junkies – Sweet Jane
Blah blah blah, just check it out . Written by Lou Reed. Originally performed by Velvet Underground.

8. Blue Man Group – Baba O’Riley
If you every have a chance to see Blue Man Group’s MegaStar tour, see it… this is defiantly something wonderful to experience in person… (look for youtube videos of this to get an idea of what goes on during the performance). Written by Pete Townshend. Originally performed by The Who.

If you still interested in checking out after reading all that… go to

jcurious.muxtape.com

(UPDATE: Muxtape changed plans, so this tape is no longer available)

Click on a song to start.

BTW youtube’s “favorites” and “playlist” mgt needs some serious work. There does not appear to be a way to see which, if any, playlist your favorites are in. This makes trying to organize favorites into folders/playlists quite annoying since I don’t know which videos are already in at least one catagory… blah…

Here are my playlists:

www.youtube.com/profile_play_list?user=jcurious

Here is a list of all the favorites completely unorganized:

www.youtube.com/profile_favorites?user=jcurious

Random picks from the favorites:
Cartoon on what Mormon Theology is all about:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7v_V8qSIIo

Elton John improvs a Cooker song:

“Amazing Grace” done to the tune of “Sweet Child of Mine”:

Animated Book of Job done by Goon Squad:

Carl Sagan’s “Pale Blue Dot”: Must see video!

If Scientology made a truthful infomercial:

So, Miley and her dad go and get thier pictures taken by Annie Leibovitz. In one of the shots her back is exposed and you can tell she is probably nude under a sheet. Because of this, people are in an uproar…
Whatever, people are going to object to whatever they feel like objecting to no matter what… the uproar is not the reason I’m writing about it… it is because she apologized and says she is embarassed… If I was Annie, I would smack her across the face… how rude can you be? Annie is not some random amateur photographer… her work has the unique ability to connect with the viewer in a unique way and provoke a reaction. How do you agree to get your photo taken by her and not know the history of her work? At a bare minimum her picture of Lennon and Yoko on the cover of Rolling stone or more recently of Demi Moore naked and pregnant on Vanity Fair?

See more of her works here:
http://www.bubbleshare.com/album/68653.991524698ba/overview