Via Jason Snell, the f.lux folks have documented the process of getting f.lux onto your iPhone without jailbreaking. The process is legitimate; it uses Xcode and the new provisions in the Apple developer program. It’s a bit complicated, so you may just chose to do what I do, and wear cheap sunglasses with yellow lenses. …
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Quickly adding a link to the iOS Simulator
I was looking for a way to easily add a link to the iOS Simulator in my ~/Applications folder, but every explanation that worked for Mavericks seemed unnecessarily complicated to me. Here’s what I figured out myself: Open Xcode and launch the simulator as normal Control-click on the simulator icon in the dock, and select …
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Terry Cavanagh’s insanely hard games
After my post yesterday on Flappy Bird, my brother pointed out that a big part of the attraction was the punishing difficulty level, and bragging rights. If need a really hard game that’s insanely addictive, you can’t do better than Terry Cavanagh’s Super Hexagon. You control a triangle dodging rapidly rotating walls in a hexagonal …
All in a flap
The big news this week amongst nerd circles seems to be the disappearance of Flappy Bird from the App Store. I never tried it, so I don’t get the attraction to such a simple and kind of ugly game. For folks mourning the fact they didn’t get on Flappy Bird in time, I’d like to …
Triage email for iPhone
With Mailbox opening up to everyone, and thus devouring the media attention for email clients, I thought this might bear mentioning. Triage is a simple email client designed to very quickly work through only the new mail in your inbox. With a flick you decide to archive or keep a message. If you keep it, …