iPhone Dev Team announces public iPhone 1.1.1 Jailbreak
Want to jailbreak your 1.1.1 iPhone so you can access all its files and install third party apps? Don’t want to wait for Niacin’s patch to leave beta? Here’s a published method direct from the team. The hack applies only to the iPhone at this time and is not meant for iPhones with modified basebands.
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Solar decathalon
Now some who read this blog might think I am a complete whore to big oil and am not keen at all on any kind of alternative energy. In fact I am quite keen on methods to discover alternate energy sources; so long as they are not artifically made financially viable via generous grants of taxpayers money to force it on the market. So when I see a company sponsoring an event to further the study of alternative energy and the increased effectiveness of existing technologies I am always keen to give them a plug.
One such even is the BP Solar Decathlon that is taking place this week in Washington, DC on the Mall. In this event twenty teams from all over world are attempting to win this contest to make the best house solely relies on solar power for its energy sources. This week long event is the culmination of hundreds of hours of work for these students. And the contest is keen to stress these dwellings must be livable and no something out of a Japanese cyberpunk anime film. Americans are not going to be keen on living in little tubes or small boxes. They need their creature comforts as you can imagine.
Oh and naturally the competition has a group blog for all the competitors. You can find it here if you are keen to follow their exploits and experiences. I am not sure if I would want to be a human guinea pig on the mall in our nations capital.
UK inheritance tax changes…
Are a good start according to K T Dodge, but still way too high as basically the tax is immoral anyway. I think the Tories should have gone for a total ban; but they wussed out a bit and just went for a far higher threshold. However the fact they forced the hand of Brown is probably the most, or rather only, useful think Cameron has done since he took over.
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Who won the Republican debate?
“RightWingNews has posted a good round-up, that I suspect will keep growing, on the reaction to the first Republican Presidential debate to feature Fred Thompson. He also has the results of his poll about who won or lost the debate. Its early days but things are getting interesting now that Fred’s in.”
I am still torn on the 2008 nomination, and boy am I getting some shite for it on AMG, between Ron Paul and Fred Thompson. I am not yet convinced that Ron Paul can actually beat Hilary or Obama at the General Election. And to me keeping a socialist out of the top job is what matters. Internecine squabbling be damned really. Its not really Ron Paul I don’t trust its some of those people who are around him.
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RIP Royal Mail
As I am not in situ and its rather convenient we are not getting mail in London, I have yet to write about the dire state of the British Royal Mail. What genius decided that a week long strike would do anything but engage the anger of everyone in the land is beyond me. The DT is saying that this strike is putting the Royal Mail at make or break point. Its been pretty much stuffed for a long time as no one with any sense sends anything that really matters through the Royal Mail anything other than registered. I have been having things go awry, including wedding invitations, for many a year.
I rather feel sorrry for some of my, or rather Marty my metal alter ego’s, review product suppliers. Much of their material is time sensitive, you don’t send it too early or too late, who have this rather large mail hole in the middle of the run up, review wise, to Christmas. It will not shock you to hear that much of what is in the system does not actually get anywhere after a strike.
Her Majesty disassociate herself with it forthwith as well. What a sorry state the unions have brought it to. Oh to own a Mail Boxes Etc franchise in the UK.
More on the postal strike here and read some of the comments to see how bad its gotten when they are actually working.
1 commentModern & Classic
This time I am talking furniture to be exact. That nicely styled stuff for quite a few years ago that sometimes gets lost in the roar of all the uber-cool stuff that does not age well. Ultimately I am talking something like Bertoia Stools which it is said are making a comeback. Just as neo-retro car styling, ie the new Challenger and Camaro started off by the PT Cruiser, 50 year old furniture styling is making a come back too. How about of retro-cool is your oh so modern apartment?
Email marketing software
As you know this blog has some interesting in online marketing and campaigns. Both from a political and practical point of view it is something we keep an eye on. Never know when might need to know about it. No doubt many of you would like to find about ways to find out about iContact Enterprise Email Marketing Software. You can sign up for a free trial iContact on the site. Their clients include AT&T, T-Mobile, International Paper, Re/Max, Ford, Nissan, LG Electronics and would you believe the DoJ? Hey if its good enough for the feds.
