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iOS 5 Beta 4 OTA

Jeff — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 03:23:01 +0000

Nice to see over the air updates are now active in iOS 5. Worked well, and it was quick and seamless. Very cool new feature.

Photoshop layer support coming to iPad

Jeff — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 18:19:52 +0000

All I can say is… finally.

See the demo over at Photobay

No iPhone 5 at WWDC

Jeff — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 18:01:46 +0000

Looks like we won’t be seeing any new iPhone hardware in June.
I guess this could be a good thing. Apple has been very busily working on IOS updates and their self imposed deadlines with the IOS line could be speading them thin. Delaying the hardware could give them some breathing room for something extraordinary.

Read the full article at Loopinsight.com

IOS 5 Cloud Based?

Jeff — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 04:10:07 +0000

There is a rumor going on this weekend about IOS 5 being cloud based. I find this very hard to believe. We might see something in the next few years but, I don’t think this is the time for it. Look at all the people on limited data plans from AT&T and the slower network Verizon. Lucky I don’t fit into those categories, but many people still do. If this is Apple’s strategy, to move people to the cloud; it looks like the data providers and Apple have opposing goals. They’ll need to straighten those out before we can see complete cloud computing on any of our mobile devices.

One thing that looks better than this rumor is Apple updating it’s Mobile Me services for free. Let’s hope that one comes true. We could all benefit from that one, and could help them to compete against Google’s free services.

Stream Media Wirelessly

Jeff — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 16:12:44 +0000

Every since I started building a digital library of music, movies, and photos on my mac. I have been looking for a way to seamlessly share that content with my HD TV. I’ve search high and low on my quest to access this content, but to no avail. I couldn’t find anything that would work the way I wanted it to. The Apple TV is a nice piece of equipment, but it lacks true HD. Its only capable of running 720p content. I thought about a Mac Mini but it lacks power, and its slower than my Macbook!

I also wanted my content to stay in one place. I didn’t want to have to sync the content with other components and have there hard drives filled with content that already existed elsewhere. I wanted to stream it, and most of all I wanted to stream 1080p videos.

Streaming the content would give me the flexibility to ultimately have full control over the content from a home server and stream that content to any computer, or game console in the house.

So, I decided to purchase a PS3 for my media hub in the living room connected to the HD TV. The reason for the PS3 and not any other console or computer, was because it fit the bill. Its could support full 1080p content, and with its own built in wireless card, and I could stream my content wirelessly to it without a problem (or, so I thought). It also had a blu-ray player built in so I thought that in its self should make this a great media center.

Streaming the content from my Mac
We need to run a UPNP server on the computer that has the content, so the PS3 can access the files you want to share. Their are a few software choices out there, but I find that the PS3 Media Server is the best option. (and its FREE!) I highly recommend using the latest beta, its available through the forum. It has a lot more functionality then the public release. Anyway, once the UPNP server is setup on your computer and your sharing your content. You just have to make sure your PS3 on the same network as the computer, and the UPNP server should show up on your PS3. I did run into a few problems with my connect speed though, it turns out that the wireless card is only 802.11 G. Streaming music worked great on the G card, as well as standard DVDs, but adding in an HD movie, and G just couldn’t cut it. I could wire in the PS3 to the router, but since I’m in an apartment right now, running cabling just isn’t going to work. It had to be wireless, and since I have been running an 802.11 N network for over a year now, and wanted to be able to use the N network to its fullest potential. Apple had just recently upgraded their Airport Express to N. So I picked one up, and wired it to the PS3. It worked perfectly, I’m now getting full 1080p content streaming wirelessly to the PS3 from my Mac!

The connection goes as follows:
Macbook running UPNP server wired to Airport Extreme using gigabit ethernet. Hard drive with all content, connected to the Extreme and shared with Macbook, and all computers on network. PS3 wired to Airport Express, and Express wirelessly joining the Extreme’s N network.

Portfolio Samples Added

Jeff — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 04:33:54 +0000

After having a new born and dealing with my day to day life that can sometimes be crazy;
I finally had some spare time on my hands. I decided to add a few more sample to my portfolio page. Hope you enjoy them.

View Portfolio

This ones for Jeremy

Jeff — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 03:40:12 +0000

I was reminded that I haven’t written anything in a while.

So…

I just updated my blog to the newest version of wordpress tonight so I could update it from my iPhone (like I’m doing now). Will see if having the ability to update it from anywhere will get me to update more often.

Two & a Half

Jeff — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 00:41:12 +0000

Only two and a half weeks left until I go back to Dallas, and start telecommuting for a few months.

I hope it cools down a little by the time I get there. :)

Moving to Texas

Jeff — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 20:32:58 +0000

Today we started the first part of our move to Dallas Texas. We got up at 4am this morning, and reached Nashville for the night around 3:30pm (eastern time).

Tomorrow, the trip continues at 5am. We should arrive in Dallas around 3pm… but we’ll see.

My Portfolio

Jeff — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 03:04:39 +0000

I’m getting ready to launch my portfolio section. So, keep an eye out.