Push Notification for Third-Party Apps

Earlier this year when Steve Jobs announced iPhone OS 2.0, he talked about push notification through Apple's new MobileMe.  He also said that third-party apps would get to use the push notification by September of '08.  Well iPhone 2.1 came out in September with no push for third-party apps and they didn't even say anything about it.  Now we're at 2.2 and still nothing! Does Apple think that we're going to forget about this?  I hope that they come out with this feature soon, because I have been patiently waiting for a very long time.

Lost and WoW...

I'm on a Lost kick today.  Not even worth me attempting to comment on this as I couldn't do justice to the original post so I'm just going to link it.

The Fray and Lost!

Last night on ABC, The Fray's new song "You Found Me" premiered with a promo trailer for Lost, for those of you who haven't finished season 4, I caution you as I have not and a few things were spoiled.  It was good and worth it nontheless.  Click the link to download the free video on iTunes.

Hey all,
I have shared my views about the famous (rather infamous) organization called GreenPeace. Here’s another reason why I hate GreenPeace!
Now, GP has gotten it out for Apple. Yep. GP is up and against the famous creator of IPods, Macs and more… Well, they kind of lost it, if you ask me… GreenPeace uses Macs in all their offices. And they state on their website -

We love Apple. Apple knows more about “clean” design than anybody,
right? So why do Macs, iPods, iBooks and the rest of their product
range contain hazardous substances that other companies have abandoned?
A cutting edge company shouldn’t be cutting lives short by exposing
children in China and India to dangerous chemicals. That’s why we Apple fans need to demand a new, cool product: a greener Apple.

Insanity or what? But, they have gone on further to say -

It’s not about bruising Apple’s image, Apple should be an environmental
leader. We want Apple to be at the forefront of green technology, and
to clearly show other companies how to do it the right way. But YOU
have to tell Apple to go green to the core — they listen to their
customers, not to Greenpeace.

Hmmm… Interesting. Does GreenPeace heads draw lots every weekend on which company to support, and which to bury?

Well, a fellow blogger, Vectronic’s Apple World, has put up a very sensible article on this latest battle.

Why does Greenpeace have it in for Apple? I would wager a good sum of
money on the proposition that Steve Jobs and company favor Greenpeace
and their ilk. Steve Jobs is the quintessential example of a hippy
turned yuppie. He probably recycles all his garbage. He probably votes
the straight Democratic ticket. He probably likes big government. He
probably stays up late at night worrying about global warming. He
probably thinks George Bush is really the Anti-Christ. So why does
Greenpeace find it necessary to attack Apple?

My hate to GreenPeace started with them campaigning against a company where my dad used to work. The Fertilizers And Chemicals Travancore Ltd (FACT) was blamed for a lot of pollution - actually caused by other companies(who donated generously to the Green Peace Fund). They wanted to shut down FACT. They didnt realize that fact that FACT was the pioneer and one of the biggest Fertilizer company in India, and it provided Fertilizers at the cheapest rates in India, and abroad. If it shut down, then we would have seen yet another starvation famine in the Indian subcontinent! But why should GP care? They get their purses filled to shout against a company, they’re happy!

Green Peace is nothing but a group of money hungry, senseless activists! They need to be shut down for good!

Well, anyway, back to the Apple vs GreenPeace, I’m waiting for Steve Jobs to put in a good comment against the GreenPeace…

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http://www.blogforpeace.org/2006/11/05/greenpeace-vs-apple-another-reason-why-i-hate-greenpeace/

I'm dissappointed!

How can I call myself a true apple nerd and completely miss the iPhone 2.2 update.  I'm even more dissappointed in the fact that at least 6 writers for this blog own an iPhone and no one thought to post this?  Any way downloading and installing now, I will give you my impressions after a little time with it.

The Law of Wiggins 3

4) The South shall rise again! False the South shall never get it up again without Viagra. For one thing there is no South as you would call it as in the olden days. You see after reconstruction and the civil rights movement of the 60's more and more Yankees move to the South to gentrify it. And also all those thugs are going to put a cap in the ass of any hillbilly that tells them to get in the fields =).

The Law of Wiggins 4

3) I hate Mondays! We know all ready! so try to phase this comment out of yea olden dictionary of speech. Because we all hate Mondays!

The Edge of Desperation...

The horizon is dark with rising smoke and haze. I catch myself, on to business. I run with my head down, risking myself to better the group. I run into the open, grabbing my most effective tool, the wood splinters around me. I'm short of breath, is that the fear or the run. Do I dig in or run back to safety, back to the group. If I fall will there be someone to lift me up, will there be a hand. My chances of survival here are slim, but my position is vital. I release fire from the sky getting hits. I'm out. I run to safety, I'm red but not down. Two at the door, one mid, and one high. I take my position watching the door. The ever present horde approach's. I force it down, tightening my grip. This is our last chance of survival. We are the only one's left.

Home 1.0

HOME 1.0 is out for you all beta testers! 

Looks like Sony did in fact, deliver what they promised, at least some part of it. Also they sent about 10k invitations to Quore subscribers and people that applied for be beta testers through the HOME theme. It should be a couple of weeks until everybody's able to join in, for now I'm still HOMEless. 

Thumbs up XBOX!

After not waiting for so long, therefore not really having to be patient. The New Xbox Experience (NXE) was launched yesterday and may I say, it's pretty awesome. Microsoft seems to always come through on their promises.

Why is Microsoft so amazing? Sony did not deliver their anticipated HOME. Even with all the challenges NXE had to face , they still managed to get it up and working. NXE is awesome!

Make sure you leave your comments about XBOX's NXE.

"F" You Sony!!!

Waiting for over 2 years for Home to be released, and patiently (yeah patiently) waiting for it's release yesterday, I was once again left in the cold without Home, not even a beta invitation.

WTF is wrong with Sony? Microsoft delivered NXE on the scheduled date without hiccups (except Netflix not playing some movies) and Sony can't even deliver a freaking beta code for someone that applied over 6 months ago. Sony this is insulting!! 

Make sure you leave your comments about Sony's B.S.

The Law of Wiggins 2

2) That sounds gay! Watch yea mouth and say not that which sounds gay!
Of course unless you are gay then it's 100% A-OK to sound that way…

The Law of Wiggins 1

1)Yea older women of heavy breast shall wear a sports bra in the sight of innocent people as of my self and deedless children who may be traumatized by the bounce... You know who you are!

The Ex-Never Boy friend 2

You know what? Some time's or maybe most of the time it's not worth trying to have a girl who's a friend you want to date, you need to either spit it out and ask in the first week or just let it be, and stay friends!

All women are crazy just like 2 + 2 = 4 so I should have seen it coming = ) and remember there is an equation to who you should date. I am 29 so if you half my age then add 10 you will get the age of the youngest women I should date or you… so 29 / 2 = 14.5 14.5 + 10 = 24.5 is the youngest women I should date and you too.

The Ex-Never Boy friend 1

Crazy time is between 9:00 pm and 10:00 am, during crazy time you should never receive/make a call text or email from any women who is not your mom during this time! I do not care how sane she seems during those hours her emotions take over like a werewolf during a full moon! DO NOT ANSWER/SEND ANY THING!!!!!!

New rig is nearly finished

So my new computer totally kicks ass, even with the defective RAM I got.  It's in the process of being replaced, but in the meantime, I've got the new machine on life support with some old RAM from another tower.  Even though it's limping along with some old, used RAM, it still manages to absolutely crush Crysis with 30+ FPS at 1680 x 1050 and 8x anti-aliasing.

Processor: AMD Phenom 9850 2.5 GHz Quad Core

Mobo:  Asus M3N72-D nVidia SLI chipset with a 2600 MHz FSB!!!

RAM: 4 GB Corsair PC2 6400

Power Supply: Coolmax 950W

Video Cards: 2x EVGA GeForce 9800 GT SLI bridged.  This may change, since the mobo can hybrid the onboard video into a 3rd SLI VPU, but only if I install Vista.....booooo Vista.....but it might be worth it.

Case XClio A380...yes aviation nerds, I'm sportin' an A380...ok, maybe not so funny, but both of those fans are 25 cm.....so it might as well be a jet.

Monitor:  Asus VW222U 22" 2000:1 Contrast

Total price tag? About $1100.  Cost of a comparable machine from, say, Alienware?  About $2500.  Just goes to show that a little tech knowledge goes a long way.....and makes you one hell of an ass-kicking machine.

First!

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I am a death bringer...

So I rolled a DK last night, thanks much to init_5 for getting my main to 55 to allow this roll.  I just hit 57, and can't wait to finish the initial quest line to finally get myself to Outlands.  A very interesting series of quest for the early life of a Death Knight has you doing everything from killing innocent civilians, to secretly sneaking behind enemy lines, almost instantly killing 100 plus soldiers of the Scarlet Crusade.  The quest line really gets you involved in the story of your character and makes you feel like an integral part of the Liche Kings army.  Blizzard really did it right with the Death Knight.

WTF!!!

I woke up this morning and relaized I had some time before I had to go. And, like any excited video game nerd I turned on my xbox so i could get the new NXE update, except this BULLSHIT!!! I said maybe it's a mistake, and I tried again and again and again and now my xbox has to be sent in . Damn it Bill Gates! Damn You!  

Internet Porn & You

A Typical Day in the Metro State IT Call Center.

ASL?

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Why the Matrix would never work...

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NXE - One More Day to GO!

Well, it's released to the masses tomorrow November 19th, but if you were vigilant you could have gotten an invite to get it TODAY! Unfortunately I wasn't but what's one more day? It's a totally revamped Xbox dashboard which makes it easier to get with friends, find movies, games, and many other items in the Marketplace, and it looks cool. Plus there's avatars. I know it's kind of a rip off of the Wii interface, but hey it looks a lot better than the soon to be replaced dashboard. Look for my Mii, I mean avatar tomorrow!

Left4Dead, looking good!

So the talk around these parts lately has been the Left4Dead demo that went up last week.  Many a people has requested I download the demo and play with them, ranting and raving on the mechanics of game play.  Since it is released today, I thought I would let you know it has gotten pretty good scores.  I know at least one blogger here is definitely picking it up.

Gears... Holy shit!

Gears is getting good, huge worms, chain sawing arteries, shoving grenades down huge monsters throats. Oh man it's intense! I kind of don't want this to end... Oh well, its back to Gears! Just a small peek of the night...

A day in IT!

Welcome...

First off I would like to welcome everyone to the blog.  Readers and contributors alike.  As a collection of geeks, who constantly revel in our geekdom, we thought it would be a good idea to have a communal place to share and collect these ideas.  So welcome and enjoy feel free to drop us a line with comments, questions, or suggestions.

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“Back in MY day, all we had was Punchout!!, and we LIKED it! We also had this game where you were a circle! And you ate dots and fruit! Those were the days; that’s when games were GAMES, not this new-fangled stuff."

ungh

Why Halo?!?!? I mean, really...what is so great about Halo? It's a crappy, über-simple FPS that really brings nothing new to the table as far as FPS games go. So, riddle me 'tarded, but wtf makes Halo so freakin' great?