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Jailbreaking your 3.0 iPod Touch/iPhone

So a big problem I encountered with jailbreaking my device on 3.0 was the error message:

“Internal Error, Could not perform immediate configuration (2) on essential”

So the way you fix this problem is to rejailbreak the device with redsn0w 0.7.2. When you get the option to install Cydia and/or Icy, select ONLY Cydia and continue with the jailbreak. This will keep Icy on your device and will fix the permissions issues with Cydia.

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iPhone 3G S and 3.0 are out! Shipping Delays!

While I may not ever plan on owning an iPhone, simply because I have a G1 and I have the Android bug. I think the new 3G S is still pretty spiffy. Its cool that Apple came into the new age with everyone else by adding copy/paste, picture messaging, and a real compass… All of these are things my G1 was shipped with. It is really stupid though that AT&T hasn’t released MMS messaging yet, nor does it look like they will include tethering in their data plans, likely to be an extra charge. So greedy. Don’t get me started on my thoughts on carriers. *cough*here*cough*

Now you can navigate while spelunking when you dont have a GPS signal

Not only are new iPhone owners happy about the new devices they will be getting, they are also peeved about Apple’s decision to delay the receipt of their precious babies. How annoying is that to see a delivery date of tomorrow and see that Apple forked over extra money to delay your happiness.

I have a MacBook, but I think Apple is already seeing its decline in a post- Steve Jobs world. I mean we already see that Disney might be in trouble with the underage Miley Cyrus scandal (according to 4chan, ha!), read about it HERE. Her PR people claim it is a hoax and that it isn’t really her. If it is, I just don’t see how hard it is for celebrities to just have a “I’m not going to let you take pictures of me while I’m blowing you” policy. I haven’t seen these alleged photos, as Miley Cyrus is 16 years old, and that is morally wrong to seek them out. However, if they are real, isn’t she dating the Jonas Brothers? I think they would be pissed since the alleged photos don’t involve them, although I think Disney could attract a whole new fan base to replace the Christan yuppies if they did something like that.

I hope this showed the Christian Right that they have to be less uptight and realize that even the most innocent, pure, “sex icon” is still a human and therefore, can still have sex. Let me know what you think in an email to: author@spilky.com

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MMS/Copy/Paste are upgrades?

Tomorrow is the big day. Apple announces it’s 3.0 software update. There are speculations that this update will be the most innovative of all of the software updates to date! Such Apple innovations such as MMS, background applications and copy/paste features!!!

As you can probably tell, I am speaking ironically, and I have nothing but grievances against Apple’s software on their iPhone and iPod Touch (Family Guy). Granted, they are very well marketed, they are sexy as hell, and have a very functional developer backing… however these things come at great limitations. The developers are shrugged into a corner as to what they can do with the platform and there are arbitrary guidelines in place which limit what they can put in the app store anyway!

Case in point is that recently Tweetie 1.3 was denied from the app store for offensive language on Twitter. That is like banning the Safari app because more than half of the Internet is pornography! Not that censorship of any kind is OK, it just shows that Apple is very wrong in their choices.

Also, how are people excited about copying and pasting… and how are they allowing Apple to get away with giving them copy and paste as a “feature?” That is basic functionality folks… they should be demanding blood for not having it. MMS too. Any phone that is incapable of sending and receiving photos shouldn’t be on sale in America today. If I send a picture of something to someone, they better damn well be able to see it.

For these reasons, I support the iPhone Dev Team and everything they are doing. Granted, you don’t get the same kind of open developing that you get from the Android platform (hopefully that opens up some more as well), but it’s a start. You can at least do unapproved Apple things and submit them to Cydia. Everyone that has an Apple device should unlock their hardware. It belongs to you, you should be able to make the most of what it’s capabilities are. I have an iPod Touch and an HTC Dream (T-Mobile G1) and I love the combination of these two devices. They are very powerful together.

I will have another post tomorrow (hopefully!) about the 3.0 update.

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The Cookie is Taunting me

So someone decided to bring cookies in. I had like 6 of them AHHHH. So much for bringing a V8 and a granola bar to have a more “healthy lunch” since I forgot my mac n cheese at home. I might as well go home and eat it too. lol

I need a gym buddy to keep me motivated. Hell, I want it to warm up, I really want to hike/camp this summer.

For the record though, I didnt eat the last cookie. YES! Now to go drink 5000 calories of beer this weekend! Oh no!

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Good *noon.

Edit: Go check out Cosmo’s Root Beer Reviews. This guy is great. CLICKEEETTTT

Ever notice that we have salutations for the morning, afternoon, evening, night, ect but nothing to account for the middle of the day?

Like “Good Morning” is a greeting, “Good Night” is a farewell. I guess that is a social construct because you say good morning when you arrive, and good night when you leave to pass out. However, my big issue with the english language and it’s greetings is that if you meet someone at noon o’clock precisely, you don’t have a greeting to reflect the time of day. “Good Noon” sounds silly. I guess if you say “Good Afternoon” at 12:01 pm it is appropriate, because it is after noon… however it seems wrong.

I don’t have a suggestion for an alternative, just felt like ranting.

Here is a picture!!

Good Noon Everyone!

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Office Supply Store Addict.

Kara can attest that I have an addiction to all things office supply. Whenever we are at Wal-Mart or any other similar store, I always have to take a long lap through the office supply section. We will on occasion go to Staples or Office Depot because she needs something a little more specialized than the big box (like those two ARENT big box) stores can offer. In those time I am completely obsessed and will go up and down the same isles admiring the pens, pencils, paper, etc.

Tonight I decided to go to Staples because I have needed/wanted to get a ruler and some .5 mechaninal pencils/lead for quite a while. So I arrive and I am perusing the pens before I even get to the pencils. I dont just peruse… I downright read the labels on all of the pen varieties. I hold very strong opinions about pen styles/colors/brands. ie that Gel Pens are way too over-rated… but I won’t get into that now.

As I am just getting to the “Zero Gravity Pen” a clerk asks me if he can help me find anything. I say no and that I am just browsing. I guess this isn’t a very good answer because over the course of the next half an hour while I am there, I am asked not only by every other employee in the store but by the first guy three times despite me asking him later on where pocket protectors are. (Don’t ask).

As soon as the guy asked me the first time I knew what was going on. The “can I help you find anything” routine means to me “I think you are shoplifting, this is a polite way for me to tell you that I see you and that I am watching you.” So it must be strange for a 21 year old male to wander around Staples for half an hour reading the labels of pens and pencils, examining the graph paper, and opening and closing the binders to make an estimate of their longevity.

I must be a strange person that my mannerisms are only duplicated by shoplifters. I wasn’t stealing… I just love office supplies.

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I accidentally the whole blueberry. Is this bad?

I woke up this morning at about 9:00-9:30. It is hard to tell what the exact TOA (time of awakening) was because I hit snooze several hundred times. As a result of waking up a half an hour before work I decided not to shower. Luckily though, I had showered before bed AND put on the bad ass uber prescription strength deodorant before bed which apparently only works IF you apply it before bed, and how is it prescription if you don’t need a prescription… you shouldn’t need a prescription for anything… I digress.

Kara drove me to work this morning, and I got here on time, but I arrived with an insatiable hunger attempting to claw it’s way out of my stomach. To avoid the apocalypse that would be sure to ensue if this hunger pang were given berth to escape from the depths of my small intestine I went and got coffee and a pastry at Crosby Cafe. I was looking at the display of baked goods deciding if I wanted a muffin, a rice crispy treat, or a bagel. I decided bagel and proceeded to get one. I decided no on the Jalapeno cheese one because seriously… it’s a bagel, plain is legit enough for me. So I grabbed one from the back of the plain tray. To my surprise upon leaving, it was actually blueberry! FML, so now I have cream cheese/blueberry. I get my ET Late and my fruity bagel and return to work. I eat it with the cream cheese anyway, and it was actually alright. No picture though because I ate it without thinking.

The coffee isn’t half bad either. I had to stop getting Mocha Breves because I don’t think a hot cup of half and half in the morning is that good for me. Also, I need to start going to the gym more because all of this beer I have been drinking lately has been kicking my ass.

Burner/Coffee

I am delaying a walk to Jundt where I have to deliver and install a DVD burner into a woman’s computer.

I might post again later.

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Updated about page

Prepare to lol my peons.

Actually. I don’t want to set you up for disappointment.

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Feels like the Fifth Time!

I would imagine at this point, if there are any frequenters of the Spilky.com way of life, that you are most likely the baddest, hardcore-est, Tyler Spilker fans alive. Since I have deleted, remade, updated, and changed this site repeatedly and have never delivered on the content. Spilky.com is mostly the place where I dump pictures like this just for personal lols:

Today is Tuesday, so that image is irrelevant, but you smiled you old sailor you.

However, I do have a phone that has adequate data capabilities now, a T-Mobile G1, and for you unfortunate souls who have not had the privilege of having such a fantastic phone, let me tell you how deeply sorry I am for your troubled lives and extend a hand of sympathy… but not both hands. I need one to play Pac-Man between text messages.

I guess this is another post to tell you “Hey everyone, I am here, and I *promise* to update more/again” You know I most likely wont… but what if I did???! Oh the fantastic times we can have reading my blog posts. The new web server actually lets me install WordPress on my own, so I have the newest version now, and it is f-ing SLICK. The interface may actually warrant me doing something with this crap!

See you soon!

Also, if anyone wants to do updates, I will gladly give you authorship to spilky.com to post blogs and stuff! Just email me at tspilker then you put an at gonzaga dot edu! (just to avoid the spam harvesters.)

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Yearbook’d

Rofl

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