Friday, August 17, 2007

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  • MoodSwing 4 multi-status Quicksilver script has come a long way, baby

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    If it seems like it was only last week that Brett Terpstra introduced his side project MoodSwing, a clever script that allows users to change their status message across multiple apps with Quicksilver - well, it was. People loved it, so Brett quickly began updating, tweaking and adding a slew of new features and services that MoodSwing could manipulate. The script is now up to v4 with a dedicated page at Brett's Circle Six Design blog, listing out all the features and supported services:
    • Supports Adium, iChat and Skype
    • Supports Twitter, Jaiku and Facebook
    • Automatic Qurling of long URLs
    • Word Count
    • Send current weather (international)
    • Send current iTunes track
    • Encryption of passwords stored in preferences
    • Easy-to-edit defaults, can be overridden by command syntax
    In a surprisingly short time, MoodSwing has become an incredibly powerful Quicksilver action that can simplify the process of letting your friends across many services know what you're up to. The action is pretty easy to set up and configure to your bidding, but be sure to check out the MoodSwing page for instructions to get the ball rolling. As with so many of Brett's other excellent offerings, MoodSwing is provided as donationware, so scroll down on Brett's Downloads page and show him some appreciation.
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  • iPhone Coding: NSLog on the iPhone

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    NSLog provides one of the most important debugging tools for your iPhone arsenal. Unlike its Cocoa equivalent, the iPhone NSLog sends information to the command line. It's basically a printf for NS and UI objects. To print an NSString, for example, you might use NSLog(@"String is %@", mystring);. When this line executes, the results print out almost as if you had done a printf("%s", [mystring cStringUsingEncoding:1]); with an extra bit of date and time information attached. Use %@ for objects. Otherwise use the standard C formatting codes: %d for integers, etc.

    You will only be able to see NSLog results when your iPhone applications are launched from the command line. Launching them from SpringBoard hides the NSLog information.

    The iPhone Crash Reporter provides important information about failed program execution. Go to /Library/Logs/CrashReporter to see dumps from the most recent crash. Dumps are in the form of property list files, which you can open in a text editor or in Apple's Property List Editor.

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  • Amazon has an iPhone portal

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    This is yet another moment where I wish I was cool enough to get Erica's iPhone screenshot utility working, because this is pretty impressive: visiting Amazon.com in MobileSafari on an iPhone will display a small alert at the top of the page, prompting you to visit their new beta iPhone portal. The customized site is pretty slick and offers a healthy array of navigation options. The top of the page has a search box, with side-scrolling image thumbnails of the top selling music albums just below. Next in line is a pull down menu of top selling products across what looks like the entirety of Amazon's category selections, including Baby, DVD, Electronics, Health, etc. Next is a big fat 'iPhone beta site feedback' button - a great idea if I do say so myself - and finally, a list of links for the basics such as signing into your account, viewing your shopping cart and the Help section.

    For a beta site it's a nice first offering, but I am a bit more surprised by the fact that Amazon - the King Kong of online retail - has introduced a shopping and searching portal specifically for the iPhone. Could they have started a trend, inspiring other retailers to make it easier than ever for you to spend money with one of the most expensive gadgets you've ever bought? Only time will tell.

    [Update: Thanks to commenters reminding me about iPhoney, I was able to snap an actual screenshot of the site on an iPhone.]

    Thanks Jamie
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  • iPhone 101: Adding custom ringtones to contacts

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    Like many other cell phones, your iPhone allows you to assign individual ringtones to your contacts. This provides audio clues as to who is calling without having to look at the iPhone screen. To make this happen, tap the Edit button at the top right of any individual contact screen and scroll down until you see Assign Ringtone and tap it. Select a ringtone and tap Info to return to the Contact info screen.

    If you want to have a bit of fun and kick the trick up a notch, record individual messages by the people themselves. Use your favorite mp3 recording program at your computer and use a ringtone installer such as iFuntastic for the Mac or iPhoneRingtoneMaker for Windows to add the personal ringtone to your iPhone. "This is your mother, John. Pick the phone up Right Now." Hee!

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  • Play Audio URLs from the iPhone Command Line

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    You never know when instant karma is gonna getcha. Take my playaudio application. Yesterday, I was chatting with some developer buddies about maybe putting together an Internet radio application and discussing the fact that the Celestial iPhone framework is essentially QuickTime repackaged. While talking, I decided to try using my existing playaudio app with a URL rather than a local audio file. So I typed the following at the iPhone command line:

    playaudio http://steiner.math.nthu.edu.tw/ne01/tjy/music/06.I%20Just%20Called%20To%20Say%20I%20Love%20You.mp3

    And...it worked. Just like that, the instrumental-only cover began to play back through my iPhone speakers. Apparently, Apple has merged the concept of "local file" and "URL" a lot more closely than I'd thought. I haven't had any luck connecting to .pls or any other live radio feed but if you'd like to play back Internet-based files, playaudio works just fine.

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  • David Pogue on iMovie '08: "What the [bleep]!"

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    iLife '08 buyers have spoken, and Apple has listened: the new iMovie '08 is a major disappointment in some key areas. So much so that Apple decided to provide iMovie '06 as a free download, but it's almost as if they knew this was going to happen, because iMovie '06 is the only iLife app that gets preserved in a backup folder when installing iLife '08.

    Adding his influential voice to the crowd, David Pogue has penned a new article blatantly titled Apple Takes a Step Back with iMovie '08, and you get three guesses as to how he feels about the new changes. Throughout the article, Pogue repeatedly slams Apple for doing something no other company has in recent memory: update a mature, popular application with a new version that retains almost no resemblance to its predecessors. Pogue even goes so far as to recommend iMovie '08 to have been given a different name, such as FlyMovie, ByeMovie or WhyMovie.

    Though he does briefly praise the app for a few of its new features - such as skimming (despite its tall resource requirements), unparalleled color correction tools, YouTube sharing and the ability to truly delete portions of a clip you won't be using to reclaim hard drive space - Pogue still tosses his hat into the ring with disgruntled iMovie fans (especially since he's been using it to create all his videos for the New York Times) in asking Apple: "What the [bleep]!"
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  • iPod iNsider trading?

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    Nine bigwigs at Taiwan's Inventec Appliances could be headed to jail over allegations of insider trading-- the executives allegedly failed to report lowered order numbers by Apple before dropping off $22.4 million worth of stock on the Taiwan Stock Exchange. Apparently, Apple decided to send more of its iPod order to China, and the executives reportedly knew in mid-January that the decision had been made to do so. But they didn't reveal the troubles until mid-March, at which point IA's stock tumbled, and the execs had already reportedly unloaded their stock.

    In other executives and stock news, Jobsy picked up a few Apple shares this week-- 120,000 for $5.75 a piece. The stock price has actually been dropping since around August 1st, but considering the price is right around $117 right now, Steve is sitting pretty-- it's good to be the king. Apple says Jobs isn't selling at this time, though. Obviously-- he's got to wait until the ultraportable shows up, right?

    [via MacBytes]
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  • TUAW Back-to-School Giveaway Day Five: Blue Bottle

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    When I was a kid at school, after recess, we'd all have to go to the same water fountain, and get in one big line to get a drink. And I would have to sit and wait there, dying of thirst, until all the kids in front of me were done with it. And you just know that kid with the zits (Kenny) probably stuck his stupid mouth right on top of that thing, because the water just barely made it out of there, and you really had to slurp it up, and then the next kid pushed you out of the way too early, and--

    Well, you get the idea. It was lame. Fortunately, you don't have to go through the same thing, should you win this spiffy blue Apple water bottle from today's giveaway. Fill it up at your leisure (stick it in the fridge to cool if you want-- it won't mind!), and then enjoy your very own water, on your own schedule, far away from Kenny and his stupid mouth.

    To enter today's giveaway leave a comment on this post. Contest entry period is 5AM-11:59PM EDT on August 17, 2007. Same rules as usual, all described on our TUAW giveaway page. Good luck!
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  • iWeb 2.0.1

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    The new app smell has hardly left iWeb '08 and already Software Update brings a dot rev for it. iWeb 2.0.1 'addresses issues with upgrading and publishing iWeb 1.x websites.' Rather terse, as most of the recent Apple update descriptions have been lately.

    If you've been having trouble with iWeb 1.x websites in iWeb '08, this update is for you. Download here or through Software Update.

    Thanks, Robert.
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