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Texts From Nancy Drew
Texts From Nancy Drewheyyyyy where are you right now At home Why? do you think you could come get me? are you tied up again? i'm just over at the cave by the old mill so you're tied up in a cave you...
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More extortionate Apple Codesign dickery
Fun fact!With the default security settings on MacOS 10.8, Apple refuses to launch apps that are signed with a signature that is validly signed by Apple's CA if that key is for the iOS store instead of...
View Articlebest review of XScreenSaver in the iTunes store:
What is this ★★★★★ by Fwhgkdkds - Version 5.18 - Aug 2, 2012"I though it would save my screen but instead it crashed I got a blue screen that said that said and now my iPad shows me things that are not...
View ArticleBrowser cache, do you fucking speak it yet??
Is there still no fix for this yet? Jesus, Mother of Fuck, this is irritating. I'm tired of having a browser that has only one window and no cache.Maybe I could have JavaScript implement its own god...
View ArticleiOS SMS database schema whack-a-mole
If you have been using my sms-backup-iphone.pl script, you'll be wanting to upgrade that before you upgrade to iOS 6.0.Previously, previously.
View ArticleiOS 6 "From" field
I have a bunch of email identities I have to use. My "email address" in Mail on both desktop and iPhone is set to a list, which causes the From field to be a menu.On the desktop, it defaults to the...
View ArticleWhy isn't DPT crowdsourced?
I wish I could just take a picture of the license plate of cars parked in the bike lane or otherwise engaged in obvious jackassery, MMS it to DPT, and cause a ticket to be issued. All the information...
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iOS 6 ad-tracking opt-out
It's plainly posted, right behind the sign that says "Beware of the Leopard Mountain Lion":Settings → General → About → Advertising → Limit Ad Tracking → OnIt's far from clear what, if anything, this...
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Dali Clock, Four Inches Tall
To make your apps not be letterboxed on iPhone 5, you have to re-build and re-submit the app.So to those of you with a crack-like addition to The Shiny, please enjoy Dali Clock 2.37 in the app store...
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Lowjack your sock drawer
New system uses RFID tech to keep track of your socksEach individual sock comes with an RFID chip attached to the cuff. Stored on that chip is the sock's unique ID number. The Smarter Socks system also...
View ArticleNotes and Mail annoyances
Dear Lazyweb,Why do my pages in the "Notes" app keep duplicating themselves? It seems like I get a duplicate page every time I edit one of them, but it's a Heisenbug because I can't make it happen at...
View Articlepage-dragging with Javascript
I made dragging left/right go to the prev/next page on the DNA Lounge galleries and flyers pages. Does it work reasonably for you?I noticed that when people look at the photos on their iPhones, they...
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"Scan this QR code to opt out of our in-store surveillance."
How very.Previously, previously, previously, previously, previously.
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2-factor hax0r for 2-factor auth!
This is an epic hack.Sophisticated botnet steals more than $47M by infecting PCs and phonesClicking on the link directs them to a site that attempts to download one or more trojans: customized versions...
View ArticleBurrito Bomber
The world's first airborne mexican food delivery systemIt works like this:You connect to the Burrito Bomber web-app and order a burrito. Your smartphone sends your current location to our server, which...
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Fucking "clouds", man.
How come if I add a "Reminder" on my iPad, I have to quit the desktop "Reminders" app and re-start it before my reminder shows up? Every time.How come if I edit a "Note" on my iPad or iPhone, three...
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Fundamentals of Teletypewriters Used in the Bell System, 1938
BSTJ 17. In case you were wondering why we used to have stop bits. Or why your modem has that noisy, spinning wheel inside it.Previously, previously.
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Full MAME emulator for non-jailbroken iOS
Gridlee: Get it before it's gone.Gridlee is a freeware arcade game from 1982 which was re-released on the iTunes App Store by David Loureiro. This would have been unremarkable, if Gridlee was a...
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Apple: still dicks.
This hotel must be so happy that they bought hundreds of these iPhone-dock clock radios that only functioned with non-obsolete phones during, like, 8 months of 2010.
View ArticleMail.app, you had one job.
If messages end up queued in Outbox, they are delivered in the wrong order. Always.ONE JOB.
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