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Anyone struggling with the challenge of developing for the iPad, a platform whose hardware has not yet been released, should welcome iSimulate. For just ten bucks, you can test your applications using event inputs from a real device. Yes, you’ll be working with the limited geometry of an iPhone — fewer pixels, not the same device shape — but you’ll gain access to a much wider range of gesture and accelerometer events to help you debug and develop your apps.
Using iSimulate involves little more than compiling in a framework and running an iPhone-based application that you download from the App Store. You’ll need to add -ObjC to your linker flags and include the Core Location framework. This latter is needed in order to provide simulated compass and GPS events to your app. Once run in the simulator, iSimulate will automatically find that running app and offer to link to it as shown in this video.
It took me only a few minutes to bring my Xcode project into iSimulate compliance and get it working with the iPhone. In use, I found the entire process of interacting with my phone to generate events on the Simulator far easier and more intuitive than I expected. I suspect I’ll keep using iSimulate over the next few weeks until the iPad debuts and can comfortably recommend it to other devs.
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TUAWiPhone devsugar: Simulating device events with iSimulate originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Wed, 17 Feb 2010 16:35:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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If you’re looking for a novel and crafty gift (seriously last minute Valentine’s Day gift?)—or just want to give your home a little boutique flair—DIY felted soap bars are surprisingly easy to make.
If you’ve never heard of felted soap, it’s a pretty neat concept. You take a bar of soap and wrap it in some unspun wool and wet it, massaging—felting actually!—the wool around the bar of soap until it has taken on the shape of the bar. After that you rinse it off with hot water and let it dry.
The result is like a self-lathering and self-cleaning washcloth perfect for washing your hands or tossing in the shower. If you choose a really nice soap and some wool dyed to match the bathroom of the recipient it makes for a crafty gift without the “Uhhh thanks?” DIY gifts are sometimes received with.
Check out the full guide, complete with great pictures, at the link below. If you’ve got a favorite tutorial or trick for replicating swanky boutique finds through DIY magic, let’s hear about it in the comments.
Firefox: Every new version of Firefox offers enticing new features, but the real question is whether or not your beloved Firefox extensions are ready for the jump. Is It Compatible? puts the compatibility information right in your add-ons window.
There isn’t much more to this handy little extension, once you install Is It Compatible? whenever you open the add-ons window in Firefox—as seen above in the screenshot—you’ll see not only the extensions you have installed but also the versions of Firefox they are rated for displayed in a minimum-maximum format.
If you only have one or two critical Firefox extensions you rely on, it probably isn’t much of a hassle to visit Mozilla and confirm their compatibility. With more than a few extensions however, Is It Compatible makes a tedious process as simple as scrolling down your extension list.
Is It Compatible? is a free extension and works wherever Firefox does. Have a favorite tool for keeping Firefox in top shape? Let’s hear about it in the comments.
Mac OS X: Trillian, the slick-looking multi-protocol IM client that kinda-sorta won our Hive Five for best IM app, has launched an early alpha for Mac OS X. It’s not close to feature-complete, but it does look like Trillian.
Early reports peg the Mac alpha of Trillian as very rough, and not on the same level as the well-known Windows client. Some preferences are missing, Growl support isn’t there, and, as Download Squad notes, the chat alert sounds are annoying and hard to turn off. That said, the client has a smooth look to it, and, while Adium is the well-tested standard for multi-protocol chat on Macs, if you’re familiar with Trillian on Windows, you’ll probably enjoy the Cocoa-ed version seen here.
Trillian Alpha is a free download for Mac systems only. Give it a shot and tell us what you think of Trillian’s new platform in the comments.
Well, wouldn’t you know it? Monster Cable has started a trend, and as you’d expect, it’s truly awful in every way, shape and form. After signing on a few “superstars” to brand their high-dollar earbuds, Live Nation has apparently discovered a similar trick. The difference? Lame packaging, low prices and compatibility with MP3 playas. We’re hearing that these will be out soonish with a sub-$20 price tag and support from a variety of musicians… you know, the ones who couldn’t care less what product their face gets slapped on. And before you ask, no, we aren’t bitter in the least.
Okay, maybe a little.
Lil Wayne endorses ‘high performance earbuds’ (with or without his knowledge) originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 22 Jan 2010 14:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Personal development blogger and self-declared computer geek Dragos Roua is serious about maintaining his computer so it’s running in tip-top shape, and suggests that treating your mind more like you do your computer will help you build “the best version of yourself.”
Roua walks through five yourself-as-a-computer metaphors, ranging from suggestions to balance your core features and defrag your mind to calls to update your drivers and protect against viruses. Related to your “core features”, Roua writes:
Any operating system has a set of core features. Any human being has a unique set of qualities. Be sure to keep a close balance between all parts. An equilibrium in motion. Too much of something will make the rest seem unfit. An imbalanced structure of qualities will make your mental operating system crash without warning on the weak spots.
For example, some operating systems are better at networking, but they really suck at graphics. Other[s] are good at office productivity but they lack a proper driver integration and so on. What makes your presence so valuable is not personal excellence on a single topic, but rather a stable load under high pressure. A well balanced mix of qualities.
Of course, the claim that “what makes your presence so valuable is not your personal excellence on a single topic” may not always be true, but excellence on a single topic combined with a well balanced skillset is clearly better than excellence without any other buttressing skills.
If you were to treat your mind and body like you do your computer, let’s hear what positive changes you’d make in the comments.
Losing a camera lens cap is no fun; not only are you temporarily without protection for your lens, but they’re surprisingly expensive to replace. This DIY cap holder will keep your cap close at hand.
Some camera lens caps have a tiny lanyard to attach the cap to the body of the camera, but more often than not lens caps have no such retention mechanism. You can craft one really easily using an empty bottle of shampoo, conditioner, hand cream, or other common bottle made from HD-PE plastic—often labeled with the recycling logo with a 2 in the center—it’s soft and easy to cut.
At the design site Benevolo, they’ve put together a tutorial for turning HD-PE plastic scrap into a little cap-keeper for your cameras. You’ll need an empty bottle of an appropriate plastic, a razor knife, a hole punch or drill—definitely a drill if your cap doesn’t already have some sort of anchor point—and some 3/32th inch elastic cord. Check out the site for step by step photos and a printable template to help you cut out the basic shape.
Have your own clever trick for repurposing disposable stuff? Let’s hear about it in the comments.
This Old House’s blog has been on a reuse kick lately. Following their garden-friendly Christmas tree tips, they’ve come up with a few ideas for that half-full bag of charcoal left over from your summertime cookouts.
The magazine suggests that leftover bits of lump or briquette charcoal, which you might only have a few scraps of sitting around the garage, can find a lot of uses around the house. Temporarily covering up hardwood floor scratches, deodorizing cabinets and drawers, and preserving cut flowers in water are all on the list. The most relevant to the current conditions, however, is a tip (number seven in the somewhat annoying click-thru gallery) on preventing rock salt or other driveway deicing material from clumping up from moisture.
Mix a few lumps into your bag or bucket, This Old House writes, and they’ll absorb the moisture that would otherwise have you pounding and beating your salt back into shape, right when you just want to get back inside. Hit the link for more tips, and share your own clever charcoal uses in the comments.
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