State & Lake

I was pleasantly surprised last night when I loaded Cydia to find an update to the DreamCatcher’s iPhone Video Recorder.  Unfortunately, there were no instructions with the update and there is nothing listed on DreamCatcher’s site that hints at this new version 3.0.  [UPDATE:  Instructions and info on v.3.0 are now available on the site.]  [...]

Looks like some members of Congress will get shinny new iPhones when they return from recess.  The Chief Administrative Office (CAO) has begun testing a small number of iPhones within its ranks to see if they are compatible with the working needs of lawmakers and staff.  This comes after hearing from a few who have [...]

Video Test With Cycorder for iPhone, originally uploaded by FemmeNoir.
I wanted to do a longer test with Cycorder for the iPhone and this is it. The video runtime is 1:30. I will admit, the video from Cycorder is much better than those I have taken with DreamCatcher’s IVR software. The colors are more [...]

Video Test With Cycorder for iPhone, originally uploaded by FemmeNoir.
I wanted to do a longer test with Cycorder for the iPhone and this is it. The video runtime is 1:30. I will admit, the video from Cycorder is much better than those I have taken with DreamCatcher’s IVR software. The colors are more [...]

Yes, my life is a stream of consciousness especially now since I have grown tired of cabin fever and want to get out and do something, anything.  For years I have been stuck.
Since 1998, the year one uncle died and one got himself into deep doo, I have not had a life.  In 1998, my [...]

. . . particularly if you’re driving a Bentley. Yes you too can have your very own Ego Bentley laptop.

Research In Motion (RIM) is releasing its first touch-screen handset, the Blackberry Storm and with the release comes wild talk of things to come.

A federal judge has given the go ahead for those in the states of California, New York, and Washington to proceed with suits against both Apple and AT&T.

The other day I logged onto Facebook and saw I had an email.  After checking the email I immediately noted the subject line was poorly written with numerous misspellings which immediately told me the email did not come from this person.  The subject line stated this person had a video with me in it.  Not [...]

I’m running out of time today but I wanted to post this video which has taken the internet by storm. The 15 minute viewing was a bit shocking for me and not for the obvious reasons. Gary Vaynerchuck employs some wild language throughout this video

Unlike Citizen McCain, Obama is aware of the technological explosion within the past five or ten years with new media, the Internet, YouTube and the iPhone.  McCain, in an old-fashioned way that is anything but cute, still believes he can tell people anything and hope they’ll accept what he says without doing further research.  That’s [...]

iPhone App - Heart Monitor from John Ballinger on Vimeo.
Sure, you want to check your heart rate and why not use your niffy iPhone to do this.  Don’t run to the AppStore yet, the app is currently awaiting approval from Apple.  As you can see from the above video, you won’t need anything more than [...]

After enjoying another day of contact lag with my iPhone and the need to reboot because it just couldn’t find in it’s tiny little heart to send out emails, I gave in and upgraded my iPhone to 2.1.  I will admit it is better and the the terrible lag I was experiencing when trying to [...]

As promised, I took some time today to test out Cycorder, the new video recording app for the iPhone.
Cycorder was developed by Jay Freeman, the developer of Cydia — the popular installer app for jailbroken iPhones.  Cycorder uses MJPEG compression which allows faster compression and allows you to view your video immediately after recording.  Many [...]

Yep, Katie went to hang with the bloggers and while there took in a little massage and yoga — and she’s good too.
And now I must leave State & Lake for a while so that I might get another site together for launch.  Enjoy.  I’ll be back soon.

Last week was a beautiful week for me because so many bloggers were there covering the DNC convention.  Didn’t see much of that this week and I didn’t hear about a Digg venue or “Big Tent” nearby for bloggers.  What I did hear sounded more like a police state with a host of protesters.  Don’t [...]

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According to an article in BusinessWeek, the First Gen iPhone is hot.  I’m not giving up mine, particularly after hearing all of the sad and bad news — not to mention lawsuits — surrounding the new 3Gs.
Apparently, folks want the original, hackable iPhone and a cottage industry is springing up to oblige them, for a [...]

There is such a wonderful community of folks on Twitter.  As Gustav makes landfall the Twitter community is organizing and sending out links to resources for those who are looking to volunteer, for those who may be affected by the storm and of course, to inform.  I’m loving this.
So far, the hardest working man on [...]

Beautiful, originally uploaded by FemmeNoir.
I loved this beautiful flower in the middle of all of that green. Incidentally, the photo accompanying this post and the previous post were shot with my iPhone. I ended up taking two Canon digital SLRs, a digital video camera, my iPhones and a tripod. You think I [...]

The Huntington, originally uploaded by FemmeNoir.
I have never been to the Huntingon. When Tommy suggested we go for a day of photographing, I jumped at the idea. It’s a beautiful place and I don’t know why I never visited this wonderful place prior.
We spent most of the day in the cactus gardens and [...]

The blogger lounge at the Democratic National Convention (ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images)[/caption]
This is an exciting time.  Never have I seen citizen journalists given a place at a major event like the Democratic National Convention.  I’m sure we’ll see the same at the Republican National Convention.
What has tickled my fancy was seeing blogger and comedian Baratunde Thurston [...]

Patience is a virtue and you must know by now I am anything but a virtuous woman.  Well, perhaps I am.  This week, Dream Catcher released its version of the iPhone Video Recorder for iPhones running 2.0/2.0.1/2.0.2 and it is available for jailbroken iPhones (3Gs and First Gens).  I know many were waiting for the [...]

I was in the process of preparing a little article on social networking when I thought about an old Bulletin Board System (BBS) where I was once a member.  I found this BBS prior to leaving Chicago and after I arrived I learned it was founded and run by a teacher at El Camino College.  [...]

All would have been right and well with the world had I not needed the video recorder earlier this week.  When I upgraded my tortured phone to 2.0.1, I truly believed the hype that DreamCatcher’s iPhone Video Recorder was on its way to Apple’s AppStore.  Well, if it is it ain’t there yet.
There are many [...]

Yes, I finally did it and I did it with the WinPwn tool which turned out to be much easier than anticipated.  My reasons for doing this has much to do with experimentation than anything else but, truth be known, I may end up restoring my phone to 1.1.4.
Unfortunately, many of the apps that were [...]

I began receiving these suspicious looking emails last week.  Since I’ve never signed up to receive anything from CNN, particularly “CNN’s top 10,” I have always deleted them.
From ITWorld, MX Logic Inc. is saying these emails peaked at close to 11 million messages per hour early Thursday, but remained at high volumes throughout the day [...]

Oh but they did.  The new PwnageTool by the iPhoneDev Team is ready to go for the new 2.0.1.  Do they sleep?  I somehow doubt it.
The update, PwnageTool 2.0.2, also includes the anticipated Installer 4 beta.
The tool will allow you to jailbreak all firmware versions of the iPhone OS - all iPhones, including 3Gs.

IntoMobile says [...]

iDo for iPhone, originally uploaded by FemmeNoir.
I’ve been looking for applications for the iPhone that will do some of the things I was once able to do with my Palm Treo. iDo is an app available in Apple’s AppStore that will allow you to sync your task list with your iPhone.

Unfortunately, in order to [...]

WiFi really is not evil.  What is not nice is seeing an unprotected WiFi setup.
I’m sure everyone has heard about the massive WiFi/ID theft ring that picked up the credit card information of shoppers by sitting outside of stores looking for unprotected WiFi connections.  The U.S. Attorney and the Secret Service believe this international crime [...]