Comments for The 23x blog http://blog.23x.net News you didn't know you needed Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:10:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comment on What is a Munchy Box? by Tom http://blog.23x.net/5/what-is-a-munchy-box.html#comment-3381 Tom Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:10:12 +0000 http://blog.23x.net/?p=5#comment-3381 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">@thatkevinsmith Seriously Kev, this is what people eat in Scotland...its mental! http://blog.23x.net/5/what-is-a-munchy-box.html</span></span> @thatkevinsmith Seriously Kev, this is what people eat in Scotland…its mental! http://blog.23x.net/5/what-is-a-munchy-box.html

]]> Comment on Apple pull Porn and WiFi snoopers from the App Store by Jared Earle http://blog.23x.net/350/apple-pull-porn-and-wifi-snoopers-from-the-app-store.html#comment-3366 Jared Earle Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:45:35 +0000 http://blog.23x.net/?p=350#comment-3366 So, the upshot is that Apple have improved their methods for spotting unauthorised use of Private Frameworks in the run up to OS3.2 and the release of the iPad? Again, this isn't news. If you bought the applications, you've still got them; they still work. With Private Frameworks, there's no guarantee they'll continue to work with the next OS upgrade though, but the developers are free to rework them using legitimate, guaranteed techniques and resubmit them. Nice project, by the way. :-) So, the upshot is that Apple have improved their methods for spotting unauthorised use of Private Frameworks in the run up to OS3.2 and the release of the iPad? Again, this isn’t news.

If you bought the applications, you’ve still got them; they still work. With Private Frameworks, there’s no guarantee they’ll continue to work with the next OS upgrade though, but the developers are free to rework them using legitimate, guaranteed techniques and resubmit them.

Nice project, by the way. :-)

]]> Comment on Apple pull Porn and WiFi snoopers from the App Store by bobzilla http://blog.23x.net/350/apple-pull-porn-and-wifi-snoopers-from-the-app-store.html#comment-3365 bobzilla Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:39:35 +0000 http://blog.23x.net/?p=350#comment-3365 At the Wireless Geographic Logging Engine ( http://wigle.net ), a database and mapping system for "Net Stumbling" or "War Driving" hobbyists, we've seen the iPhone provide a low barrier-to-entry for this hobby. It combines a GPS with a Wifi radio, but it can only work when apps like Wifi-Where, WiFiFoFum and others are allowed to exist. These apps were inspected for months before finally getting through the nebulous App Store approval process. Some have been available for months or even years. Now, arbitrarily, they are banned. If they use API calls that Apple didn't want them to, why were they approved? Why weren't the developers contacted behind the scenes to address any fiddly technical issues Apple might foresee? As users all we see is a useful app, that was paid for, that now can not be updated. We can't find the least used frequency channels to set our access points to, can't take surveys of campus wireless coverage or find rogue wifi on a corporate network. And we can't help with wireless mapping projects. There's no app for that. At the Wireless Geographic Logging Engine ( http://wigle.net ), a database and mapping system for “Net Stumbling” or “War Driving” hobbyists, we’ve seen the iPhone provide a low barrier-to-entry for this hobby. It combines a GPS with a Wifi radio, but it can only work when apps like Wifi-Where, WiFiFoFum and others are allowed to exist.

These apps were inspected for months before finally getting through the nebulous App Store approval process. Some have been available for months or even years. Now, arbitrarily, they are banned. If they use API calls that Apple didn’t want them to, why were they approved? Why weren’t the developers contacted behind the scenes to address any fiddly technical issues Apple might foresee?

As users all we see is a useful app, that was paid for, that now can not be updated. We can’t find the least used frequency channels to set our access points to, can’t take surveys of campus wireless coverage or find rogue wifi on a corporate network. And we can’t help with wireless mapping projects. There’s no app for that.

]]> Comment on Anatomy of a Fireballing by Ian Betteridge http://blog.23x.net/216/anatomy-of-a-fireballing.html#comment-3359 Ian Betteridge Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:50:12 +0000 http://blog.23x.net/?p=216#comment-3359 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">@cimota If you're on Wordpress, some good advice from @jearle at http://blog.23x.net/216/anatomy-of-a-fireballing.html</span></span> @cimota If you're on Wordpress, some good advice from @jearle at http://blog.23x.net/216/anatomy-of-a-fireballing.html

]]> Comment on What is a Munchy Box? by roisin http://blog.23x.net/5/what-is-a-munchy-box.html#comment-3321 roisin Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:06:28 +0000 http://blog.23x.net/?p=5#comment-3321 You sound really arsey. Being English and living in Scotland does not entitle you to take the piss out of us. You sound really arsey. Being English and living in Scotland does not entitle you to take the piss out of us.

]]> Comment on What is a Munchy Box? by from the den http://blog.23x.net/5/what-is-a-munchy-box.html#comment-3190 from the den Sat, 06 Mar 2010 19:52:10 +0000 http://blog.23x.net/?p=5#comment-3190 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">@eatlikeagirl that looks fantastic. for the other end of the spectrum see the munchy box. http://bit.ly/2OgjFB</span></span> @eatlikeagirl that looks fantastic. for the other end of the spectrum see the munchy box. http://bit.ly/2OgjFB

]]> Comment on What is a Munchy Box? by Dave http://blog.23x.net/5/what-is-a-munchy-box.html#comment-3163 Dave Wed, 03 Mar 2010 17:00:55 +0000 http://blog.23x.net/?p=5#comment-3163 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">@rebeccawatson re youthful widow, are you familiar with the Scottish diet and lifestyle? esp the weegies http://bit.ly/cavna3</span></span> @rebeccawatson re youthful widow, are you familiar with the Scottish diet and lifestyle? esp the weegies http://bit.ly/cavna3

]]> Comment on My thoughts on the Apple iPad. by What is iPad http://blog.23x.net/318/my-thoughts-on-the-apple-ipad.html#comment-3155 What is iPad Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:00:18 +0000 http://blog.23x.net/?p=318#comment-3155 <strong>What is iPad...</strong> Of note, Apple has reworked its office productivity suite, iWork, for the iPad. Furthermore, the demo highlighted how having a larger touch- screen interface can create all sort of innovations to make using these core applications easier to use. In con... What is iPad…

Of note, Apple has reworked its office productivity suite, iWork, for the iPad. Furthermore, the demo highlighted how having a larger touch- screen interface can create all sort of innovations to make using these core applications easier to use. In con…

]]> Comment on What is a Munchy Box? by Richie Mackay http://blog.23x.net/5/what-is-a-munchy-box.html#comment-3123 Richie Mackay Fri, 26 Feb 2010 22:23:19 +0000 http://blog.23x.net/?p=5#comment-3123 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">@McNeato_Burrito I already cook with too much butter. Check out this "Scottish" delicacy http://blog.23x.net/5/what-is-a-munchy-box.html</span></span> @McNeato_Burrito I already cook with too much butter. Check out this "Scottish" delicacy http://blog.23x.net/5/what-is-a-munchy-box.html

]]> Comment on Beginner’s Guide to HDR by A3Vphoto http://blog.23x.net/7/beginners-guide-to-hdr.html#comment-3086 A3Vphoto Mon, 22 Feb 2010 21:30:35 +0000 http://blog.23x.net/?p=7#comment-3086 <span class="topsy_trackback_comment"><span class="topsy_twitter_username"><span class="topsy_trackback_content">http://blog.23x.net/7/beginners-guide-to-hdr.html (via @photojack)</span></span> http://blog.23x.net/7/beginners-guide-to-hdr.html (via @photojack)

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