After more than a month, PicSlide has finally been approved. You can download it here.
Mike Cohen
The Magic Mouse is a winner
I’ll cut right to the point: the Magic Mouse is the best mouse I’ve ever used. The scrolling is so smooth & effortless that when I first started using it, I kept scrolling around just to admire how nice it feels. Unlike the Mighty Mouse, the right click works easily and I’ve never had any false clicks. I haven’t had much of an opportunity to use the swipe gestures, since not too many applications support it. The only feature I miss is the middle button click. I suspect it may be possible to implement it in a future software upgrade.
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The Magic Mouse requires a software update, which is available from Apple’s download page. Without the software, none of the gestures work and the mouse movement is erratic. The new mouse preference panel lets you enable the various gestures.
I ordered the Magic Mouse as soon as Apple announced it, and it finally arrived today. The first thing I noticed was the minimal packaging. The shipping box contained only the small plastic box with some padding instead of the usual big cardboard boxes. Unfortunately a bit of sticky tape on the bottom left a bit of residue on the mouse, although it came off easily.
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See the full unboxing gallery here.
WordPress for iPhone 2
WordPress for iPhone 2 is now available in the app store! Although it’s free, it’s a separate application, not an update to the original WordPress app, so you’ll have to download it from the app store.
The user interface has been redesigned and it’s really beautiful. A set of tabs makes it easy to switch between managing comments, posts, and pages. The comment screen now shows Gravatars and author URLs.
Overall, the application feels a lot more polished and more pleasant to use than WordPress for iPhone 1.x.
This is simply brilliant.
I think I’ll do this the next time I have to write a letter to someone I don’t like:
(via TechCrunch)
Have iPhone apps reached a new low?
Today I received the following press release:
Venice, Italy, 26 October 2009. MobFarm announces availability in few days of PUSH my Fart on Apple App Store.
PUSH my Fart is a revolutionary joke application for iPhone and iPod touch. Using Apple Push Notifications you can let fart your friends devices from anywhere in the world. It’s priced 0.99$ (Tier 1) and will be available in few days worldwide.
PUSH my Fart uses the latest sdk api to share contacts with friends like Bluetooth, e-mail and obviously Push Notifications, it integrates with Facebook for unique user experience.
Here a PUSH my Fart brief description.
Fart on your friends wherever they are, whenever you like with PUSH my Fart!
Make their iPhone or iPod touch ring with a loud, rolling fart when they are enjoying a beer at the pub or while in a staff meeting!
Or just at the bus stop or even in the elevator!
Thanks to the most advanced technologies, Apple’s Push Notification Service and Facebook integration, PUSH my Fart allows you to make jokes with extreme simplicity, but surefire success.
Just select you friend, choose the fart and… FART!
Features:
– Make your friends fart with just a tap!
– Choose between 30 different high quality farts to send or play directly on your device.
– Add friends with Bluetooth or trade contacts through E-mail
– Find even more friends from around the world with Facebook Connect
– Send farts thanks to Apple’s Push Notification Service
– Send farts from the Web through Facebook on http://apps.pushmyfart.com/pushmyfart/
Become a fan of PUSH my Fart on Facebook and help spread this amazing application, or just find more unwitting victims of your jokes!
Visit http://pushmyfart.com for ideas and jokes to play on your friends, you’ll find amusing videos and nice gags.
Notice:
Sending and receiving Farts, and Facebook Connect, requires Internet connection.
Bluetooth doesn’t work with iPhone 2G and iPod touch 1G.
PUSH my Fart is localized in English, Spain and Italian with many languages coming soon.
PUSH my Fart will be available on App Store
PUSH my Fart has a dedicated Website http://pushmyfart.com
There’s a support e-mail support@pushmyfart.com
PUSH my Fart is also a Facebook application with the ability to send farts to your friends’ devices directly from the web.
links for 2009-10-26
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Code for WordPress MU Administration confirmed username before the blogger is able to start blogging.
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Since at some point spammers will find your site and create splogs, there’s many ways to stop them. Deleting them as they occur is like shovelling snow during a blizzard. You can add another field to signup, add a captcha, go invite-only, or in the case of my main niche blogging site – moderate the signups. This works well for smaller signups where you don’t get a huge number of new bloggers on a daily basis, and where spammers have proven to be a general nusiance, a potential embarrasement, as well as a time suck.
Still not approved
It’s now exactly one month since I submitted PicSlide and it still hasn’t been approved. I haven’t heard anything at all from Apple in 2 weeks now.
Welcome to Microsoft's Apple Store
Microsoft’s new retail stores are such a blatant ripoff of Apple stores. They use exactly the same layout and the display table setup is identical. They even have the same accessory section in the back near the GeniusGuru Bar.
links for 2009-10-21
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A nice solution for localizing apps without using separate nib files for each language by loading strings at runtime.