Thinking of which…

 

Hmmm… the first computer I ever used was Sinclair ZX81 with humongous pixel block there is. That was back in 1981. A year later, my dad bought me an Apple II compatible from Singapore (i think it was at Phoenix Plaza or something) and I really used it like a crazy kid with new toys… till I literally short circuited into smokes and flames. Ahhhhh… WordStar … Ctrl-B and all… But soon after, I got a brand new Apple IIe…. then Apple IIgs… hehehehe damn … those were the days….. Amiga, Commodore 64, chess game Acorn…. or was it Argon…

Think Different

I really love this…

The misfits.
The rebels.
The troublemakers.
The round pegs in the square holes.
The ones who see things differently.

They’re not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo.

You can praise them, disagree with them, quote them, disbelieve them, glorify or vilify them.

About the only thing you can’t do is ignore them. Because they change things.

They invent. 
They imagine. 
They heal.
They explore. 
They create. 
They inspire.
They push the human race forward.

Maybe they have to be crazy.
How else can you stare at an empty canvas and see a work of art?
Or sit in silence and hear a song that’s never been written?
Or gaze at a red planet and see a laboratory on wheels?

We make tools for these kinds of people.
While some see them as the crazy ones, we see genius.

Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.

it’s from Apple’s Think Different commercial…

iPhone 2.0 and Caller ID

I have been using iPhone with 2.0 update since dev-team released Pwnage Tool 2.0 last Sunday.

So far, I’m loving it. AppStore truly revolutionized the mobile experience.

Despite all the goody goody feeling, I still have gripes about iPhone 2.0.

a. Can’t use the Installer.app till version 4.0 comes out.
b. No iLog version for iPhone 2.0, can’t manage my call log.
c. No iSMS or WeTool for iPhone 2.0, can’t forward SMS nor contacts
d. No AppSupport patch, no caller id recognition with international numbers.

I can probably live without (a) since there’s AppStore now but (b) and (c) is rather important unless Apple decides to include that in next update but I need it now.

As for (d), it is simply a huge hassle not being able to recognize caller id. Fortunately, after poking around the root folder, using DiskAid, I have found out that Apple has moved the AppSupport framework to PrivateFrameworks folder and more importantly, tweaks can be applied very easily to support caller id from unsupported countries, like mine, Malaysia.

Get hold of CyberDuck, DiskAid, WinSCP or whatever you fancy, goto folder :/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/AppSupport.framework/ and copy the PhoneNumberTemplates.plist file to your desktop. Make sure you make a backup of that file.

 

Using Property List Editor, add new entry as “my” like the pic below: (click to enlarge)

save it … replace it with the original in 

/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/AppSupport.framework/

otherwise, you can download it at me.com

reboot your iPhone… and be happy with it…

MobileMe experience…

Okay…

After waiting impatiently for the MobileMe to be fully up and running, I’ve finally managed to play around with it a bit. For some odd reason, the first app that I tried out was MobileMe’s AddressBook.

First impression, WTF!!!! 

How come I have so many “No Name” in my listing? Did MobileMe screw up addressbook? A few moments later, I soon found out it was actually entries for Companies’ number.

Mobile Me Address Book

What gives?!

Come on, Apple!!!! In the OS X AddressBook, I can use just the name of the Company as entry listing. This should reflect the same on MobileMe AddressBook.