Iguana Bites

A slight annoyance while developing with RubyMotion is having to reset the iOS Simulator. It is quite frustrating to use a mouse sometimes to perform a repetitive task, so I thought it would be nice to simplify that to run it in a command line.

By executing AppleScript using the osascript command, we can call the “Reset Content and Settings” menu item in the simulator and have it reset by running the following rake task:

Magic Shutter is an awesome app that lets you develop long exposure photographs on your iPhone. The video is self explanatory:

According to Wired, the app uses image processing to some extent to provide the effects, so this is not a straightforward long exposure app. The app has several camera modes and this programming allows you to adjust your phone to get the desired effect.

via. Petapixel

Pretty neat gadget. Will be useful when I get my new iPhone G4. Still a concept, but why not get on with it?

Glif is a simple iPhone 4 accessory with two primary functions: mounting your iPhone to a standard tripod, and acting as a kickstand to prop your iPhone up at an angle. From these two functions emerge numerous uses: hands-free FaceTiming, watching videos, making movies, using your iPhone as an alarm clock, and many others.

Glif – iPhone 4 Tripod Mount & Stand by Dan Provost — Kickstarter.

Gruber translates Apple’s open letter to the consumers regarding antenna failures:★ Translation From Apple’s Unique Dialect of PR-Speak to English of the ‘Letter From Apple Regarding iPhone 4’.

Why not use a human being as an antenna, or an antenna extension? If you are holding the phone already, you can conduct; or is it technologically impossible?