ReidBurke

I have read a few articles about how PHP is a perfectly good first language and how it should never be a first. These articles are interesting because my first programming language was PHP† and I have been using it extensively since 2004. One thing is true: it's really easy to get started with PHP. My first real job was creating a system to log phone call metadata from a PBX. I was able to get a working version up quickly ...

Check out the screenshots of TripLog/1040, The Athlete’s Calculator, and Handy Randy, new iPhone applications from PalmOS developer Stevens Creek Software. Via Gruber, who points out that this really isn’t a joke.

I'm experiencing a strange Safari 3 bug on Leopard involving color on web pages. It seems that sometimes a page will "lose" its color past a certain point on a page after I scroll down. I can't pinpoint the cause to any particular page or situation. Have you had this problem? I've already reported it to Apple (Radar #5608552) but if you have had this problem, let me know and I'll pass it along. Screenshots and more info after the jump.

Undercover, a theft recovery solution for Macs, has been updated to 2.0 and is free to all existing users. This release includes a new "Plan B" feature: if you Mac is disconnected from the internet for two months, the Mac will become unusable until reconnected. This release also includes support for Leopard and takes up less resources. In the event your Mac is stolen, Undercover transmits iSight pictures, screenshots, and network information to Undercover's servers, where the information is given to ...

The Apple iPod touch web apps page shows several iPod touches, all with a little AT&T in the upper left corner. No conspiracy here, just amusing.

Update: It’s fixed now: iPod is shown instead of AT&T.

Being without an iPhone, I’ve quietly wondered why the iTunes icon was placed on the right side on the home screen instead of the left like everything else. 37signals explains the genius of how the iTunes icon is placed on the iPhone… right above to the “docked” iPod icon. It makes a lot more sense now.

Equally interesting is how Apple seems to group icons by color according to their application’s function on the iPhone.

Today I noticed my Verizon cell phone now has a EV-DO signal in Carbondale, Illinois. I haven’t seen anything online about this yet, including on Verizon’s coverage locator, so it must have happened not too long ago.

It’s about time. I’m sure Carbondale’s 21,000 college students will welcome the ability to watch broadband-speed video clips on their phones, and finally people can actually use the V-CAST service Verizon pitches at their Carbondale store.

If this MacRumors post is to be believed, full Calendar editing will soon be possible on the iPod touch, with Steve himself labeling the lack of editing as “a bug that will be fixed in a future software update.”

I’ve always wanted this feature and sent feedback to Apple about it. The touch would fit my needs well: a device to manage events, play music, and do light browsing over campus Wi-Fi. I think contacts make more sense on an actual phone.

Apparently you can’t add calendar events on the iPod touch. This makes little sense, and makes even less sense when the ability to add contacts is left intact! (Not that I would like to see that removed also.)

The response from Apple seems to be “it’s not a PDA.” Apple, I thought the iPod was a media player, not an internet device. Come on.

Have you heard of Microsoft Surface? Then you’ll love this scarastic parody of “The Power” promo video.