Now that Apple has so generously removed my ability (for now) to install, run and delete applications on my iPhone with the release of firmware 1.1.1, I really miss them. It will only be a matter of time before someone figures out how to break the new encryption and get our 3rd party apps [...]
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(No Ratings Yet)iPhone: Experience installing Firmware 1.1.1 on Jailbroken iPhone with 3rd Party applications




(No Ratings Yet)iPhone Firmware 1.1.1 was released today (as expected) to the general public. It came with a warning from Apple:
“If you have modified your iPhone’s software, applying this software update may result in your iPhone becoming permanently inoperable. Making unauthorized modifications to the software on your iPhone violates the iPhone software license agreement, and the inability [...]
Blog Fix: Twitter Tools plugin and WordPress 2.3




(No Ratings Yet)I’m going through and reviewing my site after updating it to WordPress 2.3 and it looks like there are still some hidden “issues” stemming from the migration to the new Category/Tagging structure. The latest one that I found is related to the “Twitter Tools” plugin.
Update: Some people were reporting that “term_ID” was not working where [...]
Blog Fix: HemingwayEX and WordPress 2.3




(No Ratings Yet)Last night I upgraded to the latest version of WordPress 2.3. See my previous posts (here and here) for more information. However during the upgrade process, I found an incompatibility with the new Category and Tagging functions and the theme I was using (HemingwayEX). On my homepage, I was getting the following error:
WordPress database error: [...]
Blog: TechDadBlog updated to WordPress 2.3 with some issues




(No Ratings Yet)I took the plunge and installed WordPress 2.3. For the most part, it was pretty straight forward. Do follow the standard upgrade instructions (including deactivating your plugins). I didn’t do that and left the Ultimate Tag Warrior enabled. After running the upgrade.php, I had issues still, referencing UTW. So I went to the plugin directory [...]
iPhone Question: “Unlocking” and “Jailbreaking” the same thing?




(No Ratings Yet)Apple today released a statement that said the following:
CUPERTINO, Calif., Sept. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Apple has
discovered that many of the unauthorized iPhone unlocking programs
available on the Internet cause irreparable damage to the iPhone’s
software, which will likely result in the modified iPhone becoming
permanently inoperable when a future Apple-supplied iPhone software update
is installed. Apple plans to release [...]
Blog: WordPress version 2.3 scheduled to be released Sept 24, 2007




(No Ratings Yet)A fairly significant update to WordPress is slotted to be released today (09.24.07) with some interesting new features, including:
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Updated Default Blogroll
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