Just Stwo

Recently, it has come to the attention of the iPhone dev-team that there are apps that are collecting usage data and location without your knowledge on your iPhone.  Fortunately for those of us with jailbroken devices, we can take measures to protect ourselves.

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Now, that I am no longer unemployed, I feel much more comfortable sharing the details of being unemployed. I have always prided myself on being a hard working, dedicated, and passionate employee of whatever company I have worked for. Thanks to an awful economy, I was laid off from my job in February.
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Managing your Twitter traffic can be near impossible, especially if you follow a lot of people. Through trial and error I have gone from being insanely overwhelmed and not being able to keep track of many conversations or streams of my favorite people, to somewhat having a handle on specific tweeters and conversations. This problem is twofold; it occurs when you are on a computer as well as when you are mobile (I consider mobile to be any time you are not in front of a computer). Believe it or not, I have discovered ways to make Twitter more easily manageable while mobile. I’m still having issues when in front of a computer, but have definitely improved things. Read more…

In this segment, I discuss an app that brings you as close as possible to multitasking on your device.  While backgrounder is in no way perfect, it can and does a decent amount of background processing on your phone. It’s only real limitation is the small amount of RAM on your device.

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Greetings and salutations everybody!

Last night, I attended a private screening of District 9, the new Sci-Fi movie written and directed by Neill Blomkamp, starring Sharlto Copley, and presented by Peter Jackson. Big thanks to Ain’t It Cool News, who set up the screening here in South Florida, as well as many others around the country. Read more…

I’ve been thinking on this topic for quite a while and now that the blog is up, I have an outlet to express my feelings on this sensitive topic.  When I first met my girlfriend (going forward she will be known as Noodles, to protect her anonymity), about a year ago, we were completely enraptured with one another from the very first moment.  I am so lucky to have met a woman with her sense of humor, intelligence, determination, perseverance, and of course, beauty.   We spent countless days and nights together, sharing our thoughts and feelings on everything imaginable.  I definitely clued her in on my love for technology, and I’m sure she could tell that I had some geek in me from looking at my apartment.  I had the PC hooked up to the HD-TV, the iPhone, the Xbox 360, and a slew of other gadgets.  We even played some games together occasionally.  In fact, I was not even ashamed to tell her I was a World of Warcraft player. (I no longer play, but that’s another story)  She seemed to appreciate my geekiness as a charming part of my character.  Fast forward to 1 year later, and it seems to be causing a bit of a rift between us.  It is no longer charming, but quite the opposite.  I have definitely rubbed off on her with some things, but there are still many other points of contention between us, all related to geekery. Read more…

I’ve been playing the guitar since I was 13 years old. My love for music started even earlier. I remember being no older than 5 and standing on the fireplace ledge in the living room of my parents’ house singing “I Can’t Smile Without You” by Barry Manilow. My folks would ask me to perform for their friends and my family all of the time. At about 13 years old, my friends were all picking up instruments and starting a band. Naturally, I became the singer of that band. At the time, my favorite bands were Rush, Pink Floyd, Stone Temple Pilots, Pearl Jam, Nirvana, and others. One thing all of these bands had in common was that the singers all played an instrument as well. I can remember exactly what made me want to play the guitar. Read more…

I have been wanting to start a blog for quite a long time now.  Although I consider myself to be quite savvy with all of this stuff, the prospect of designing and setting up my own blog was a bit daunting.  Thanks to Adria Richards (@adriarichards) I now have this blog to share my thoughts, ideas, music, jailbreak instructions, and anything else I may come up with in the future.  If you don’t follow Adria on twitter, I highly recommend it.  She is one of the most selfless people I have ever had the pleasure to meet.  Adria takes pleasure in helping people establish a presence on the web.  I take pleasure in listening to and collaborating with her.  Don’t forget to check out her websites. (and here) Thanks Adria!

3.0.1 was released recently and closes up an exploit where someone could hack into your device by sending a simple text message.  I highly recommend you update your firmware to fix this possible exploit.  Here are instructions on how to re-jailbreak one you update your device.  I have also included instructions on how to backup your cydia apps and restore them if and when you decide to re-jailbreak your device.

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