I have launched a new area of the site called Code, where I will place any open source projects or code snippets I write complete with documentation. Although I currently only have one project – my web based quiz with mysql leader board, more will be up over the coming months.

Feel free to use or modify any of the code for your own projects and feel free to drop me an email regarding any queries about the code.

Tom

The iPhones Home Screen is a thing of beauty, it looks great and is easy to use serving its purpose very well, but what else can it do. Well with a bit of imagination, the iPhone SDK and little but of know how you can use it as a canvas, literally.

I divided up the Mona Lisa into 20 squares and created 20 blank iPhone apps, saving one part of the image as the icon for each corresponding app.

Removing the app name below each icon was achieved by editing the “Bundle display name” in the application’s info.plist, I added a simple “!” to do this.

You may optionally remove the gloss and rounded corner effect added by default by ctrl clicking the info.plist file within xcode, opening it as a source code file and adding the following.

<key>UIPrerenderedIcon</key>

Inserting this key along with a blank app icon can be used to create blank spaces on your home screen.

Please send me your creations in a pre paid envelope to the usual address.

Imagine the fun you could have if as if by magic, you could make any text you want, appear on your friends phone!

Well by using a service usually reserved for network operators, now you can!

Flash SMS Messages (also known as Operator/Carrier Messages) are generally used to alert users how much credit they have remaining or occasionally for promotional purposes by a users network but with a little bit of know how, anyone can make use of this.

There are many ways of sending them including an app for Symbian devices and Clickatell’s online SMS gateway but by far the easiest is using a hidden command within the iPhone SMS app.

Simply write *go immediately followed by the message you wish to send, without a space between the command and message.
Such as *goHello World.

All that left for you to do is come up with some witty messages to send to your (now ex) friends.

Pop over to my gallery for some more examples.

(Sidenote: Flash SMS messages can be send to most mobile phones, not just the iPhone, also it may not work in all regions outside Europe)

Over the last few days iv moved the back end of my blog from RapidWeaver’s native blogging system over to WordPress. Now while it may look the same to the casual eye, if your a regular you will have to do a couple of things.

Firstly you will have to re-subscribe to the new RSS feed by clicking “RSS Feed” on the left hand side of clicking here.

Secondly if you wish to comment on posts you will need to re-register by clicking here.

The switch to WordPress will allow me to blog from pretty much anywhere, weather Im at my Mac or not.

Tom

At the carcass of Zavvi’s former flagship store, a sign of new life.
Could it really be?

iPod Earbuds are smaller in Asia than those sold in the Western market
due to the smaller average Ear size in the East.