Hijinks Inc.

Author: Aaron Nelsen

  • iPhone SDK + Firmware 1.1.4

    This is all pure speculation/wishful thinking on my part, so please don’t take it too seriously.

    I personally love the way Installer.app works, I can install/uninstall applications where ever I go, that being said I’m not looking forward to installing apps via iTunes.

    So my question is this, will Apple be able to offer the same on-the-go application management style as Installer.app with the release of the iPhone SDK? I genuinely hope so, however that functionality would likely require firmware 1.1.4 to be released alongside (or soon after) the SDK with a major overhaul to the mobile iTunes application.

    Completely doable, but will Apple choose to follow the logical example set by Installer.app? If they plan on allowing developers to sell applications it makes great sense financially, after all I’ve purchased more than my fair share of stupid games for my cell phone at random times when I was utterly bored and had no form of entertainment readily accessible.

    That being said, what do those of you who actually own an iPod touch or iPhone think?

  • 230 / 25 = 9.2

    I’m at the South Mill and the internet here has been down since yesterday. Basically, I figured out they lost their PPPoE Username and Password for their DSL modem, not a big deal, right? Just call tech support… or not. Apparently they went with a local company called Binary.net, which only offers tech support during normal business hours, so if you have a problem over the weekend you’re out of luck. Lame!

    Long story short, I’m currently sharing my 230kbps connection through my cell phone with 25 other people. This is officially slower than dial-up. Now I could be mean and cut them all off, but their little faces lit up like it was freaking Christmas when I started serving up sweet bandwidth.

    p.s. Much love to the people at Internet Nebraska, who don’t suck… It’s a pity The Mill isn’t even your client.

  • MacBook Pro + MacBook + Eee PC

    For no real reason other than the fact that I could, I took a picture of an Eee PC stacked on top of a MacBook, stacked on top of a MacBook Pro.

    Macbook Pro + Macbook + Eee PC
    Click for full size

  • Hulu Invites

    If you haven’t heard of Hulu, chances are you are either on a dial-up connection or living under a rock, in which case, kudos for reading this blog under your rock.

    Anyhow, I have 9 invites to the private beta of Hulu, so leave me a comment with your email if you want an invite.

  • Flash coming to the iPhone? Doubtful.

    Gear Live is reporting that Flash is on it’s way to the iPhone, now one might be inclined to believe them since they did manage to get their hands on an advance copy of 1.1.3 before it came out, but I still don’t buy it. Here’s why.

    Hardware capabilities, let’s take a look at the system requirements on Adobe’s website:
    Flash on the iPhone - System Req
    Now the iPhone with it’s 624MHz ARM processor may come close, but the iPod touch is certainly out of the question since it’s running a 412MHz ARM processor. Also, I had a Dell Axim x51v a few years back, which had the same clock speed as the iPhone and Flash preformed like crap on that.

    If Apple can pull it off, more power to them, but I don’t see it happening prior to the iPhone 2 coming out.