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I got hit with $189 in roaming data charges on my AT&T bill from my trip to Vancouver. At least I didn’t get a $3000 bill like some people did.
SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “AT&T iPhone Roaming Data Charge”, url: “http://mcdevzone.com/2007/07/31/att-iphone-roaming-data-charge/” });

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Main Page - EtoileWiki
The Étoilé project aims to produce a document-centric desktop and post-desktop environment. The project is built on top of GNUstep
(tags: desktop opensource linux)

iPhone says “Hello World,” here come the 3rd party apps
iPhone tool chain and first 3rd party software.
(tags: iPhone hacks)

SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “links for 2007-07-30″, url: “http://mcdevzone.com/2007/07/30/links-for-2007-07-30/” });

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I’ve been working on a new website. I can’t say too much about it yet, but watch this space for more details. I hope to go live beta in about two weeks.
Uploaded with Skitch!
SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “New Project”, url: “http://mcdevzone.com/2007/07/30/new-project-2/” });

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Prius iPod Interface
This interface allows touch screen control with text display on the screen.
(tags: ipod prius)

SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “links for 2007-07-29″, url: “http://mcdevzone.com/2007/07/29/links-for-2007-07-29/” });

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I upgraded my DSL service to BellSouth’s DSL Xtreme 6.0, which is double the speed of my old DSL Xtreme and costs $2/month less. My DSL service went down about 11:30 last night and was down most of today. When it finally came back around 7PM it was running at twice the speed.
When I originally [...]

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GUI for adding Custom Ringtones to iPhone [UPDATED] - MY iTablet
IRC busy-beavers have done the business and produced iFuntastic, a GUI for the Jailbreak application which makes adding ringtones to the otherwise locked-down iPhone possible.
(tags: iphone hacks)

SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “links for 2007-07-25″, url: “http://mcdevzone.com/2007/07/25/links-for-2007-07-25/” });

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For anyone interested, I have 9 Pownce invites, 3 Skitch invites, and 5 Gleamd invites. Just leave a comment here if you want one.
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Boost your Drupal site!
Boost is a module for Drupal which assists you in caching content as static HTML, bypassing Drupal (and thereby PHP and MySQL) in order to handle much more traffic and serve content much more quickly.
(tags: drupal PHP web)

SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “links for 2007-07-24″, url: “http://mcdevzone.com/2007/07/24/links-for-2007-07-24/” });

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AT&T’s report that they only received 146,000 iPhone activations on the first few days should be taken with a grain of salt.
The iPhone was released on at 6 PM on June 29, which means there was less than two full days before the end of the quarter. Some people may not have activated their [...]

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NewsGator Shared Items
My shared clippings from NetNewsWire
(tags: RSS news)

SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “links for 2007-07-22″, url: “http://mcdevzone.com/2007/07/22/links-for-2007-07-22/” });

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One of Google Reader’s most popular features is shared items. Although it isn’t obvious, I found that it’s also possible to share items with NetNewsWire and NewsGator Online.
In NetNewsWire, show the Clippings group from the View Menu, which will sync with a corresponding folder, “My Clippings” on NewsGator. Using the beta version of NewsGator [...]

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For the last week I tried using Google Reader instead of NetNewsWire, since I can use it on my iPhone. I also like being able to share items in Google Reader. When I got home tonight I fired up NetNewsWire and found that I can read several hundred articles a lot faster and more conveniently [...]

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After every trip to Vancouver, I start thinking about moving there, but soon reality sets in. Everything is a lot more expensive, even taking into account currency exchange rates. Home prices are very high and I don’t want to go back to renting again.
Since Rogers is the only GSM cell phone provider in Canada, their [...]

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Today is my last day in Vancouver. My flight is at 7:45 AM tomorrow morning so I have to leave very early.
When I left the office this afternoon, the BC Lions were having a street party in front of BC Stadium at Beatty & Robson, just outside my hotel. This is probably the last time [...]

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I was so preoccupied with my trip that I forgot that Gogol Bordello’s new album, Super Taranta was released last week. I picked up a copy at HMV last night and listened to it today at the hotel gym. It ventures a bit from their Eastern European “Gypsy Punk” to a more internationalized sound. It’s [...]

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Storing iPhone apps locally with data URLs - Life with Lunchhooks
By putting images inline using data: URLs, you can create pretty rich pages and store them locally
(tags: iPhone web hacks)

Leaflets: iPhone apps that grow on you.
Leaflets are fun, useful applications designed to run fast on your iPhone—even over AT&T’s EDGE network.
(tags: iPhone web applications)

Los Altos [...]

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iPhone v1.0 Bugs
List of iPhone bugs
(tags: iPhone)

SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “links for 2007-07-16″, url: “http://mcdevzone.com/2007/07/16/links-for-2007-07-16/” });

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I’m in Vancouver now. Unlike my last trip, my luggage arrived with me this time. My flight from FLL to Denver was delayed 50 minutes because one crew member wasn’t there since her incoming flight was delayed. Thankfully I was still able to make my connecting flight.
The iPhone works here with Rogers Wireless, including EDGE [...]

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Hide-a-Pod iPod protection
Protect your iPod from theft by disguising it as a Zune.
(tags: funny iPhone ipod zune)

SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “links for 2007-07-14″, url: “http://mcdevzone.com/2007/07/14/links-for-2007-07-14/” });

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I’m leaving for Vancouver early Sunday morning. I’m going for the company’s All-Hands Meeting on Wednesday and I’ll be coming home Friday. I won’t have much time for fun or touristy things. I won’t bother taking my camera, but I’ll have my iPhone.
SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “Another trip to Vancouver”, url: “http://mcdevzone.com/2007/07/14/another-trip-to-vancouver/” });

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