FoxBoom!

On the iPhone’s calendar, a ‘dot’ on a day means there’s an event, right?

I’ve got an all-day event starting on March 28 and ending on April 3, but there’s a dot on April 4 too. If I move the end date back, the dot moves back… but there’s always a dot on the day after the event ends.

This isn’t right… right?

The last time I reported a bug to Apple, it turned out that I just misunderstood how the thing worked. I don’t want to make a boob of myself again, so I’ll ask you guys first.

Posting for Terrana!

“Double Rainbow“, by Jon Eccleston.

There was a double rainbow outside work yesterday. See?

If you’ve played Portal, “A Day in the Life of a Turret” is awesome!

Christopher Lloyd plays Doc Brown one more time in the music video for O’Neal “Pump Yo Fists In Da Air” McKnight’s “Check Your Coat”.

I’m sorry, yes, it’s quite awful.

Cardboard Tron!

“Stadium Reflection“, by draigefydd.

I was there!

“Feets“, by Jon Eccleston.

I just uploaded a couple of new shots. Like this one!

You guys! If any of you can get to the Battlestar Galactica Concert 2008, enjoy it for me. You bastards.

I love the score for that show. It’s on edge — there’s always danger. It’s tribal, primal. It’s so human, yet from another time. It’s beautiful.

Who’s going to Cardiff this afternoon?

I am!

Unfortunately, the new ‘Andromeda Strain’ mini-series looks kinda sucky.

Maybe that’s a little harsh… but seriously, we don’t need another ‘virus makes people crazy’ show.

But I’m gonna watch it anyway. I love the novel, I love the movie… it might not be so bad.

If you want to help improve iPhone/iPod Touch location awareness accuracy, Skyhook Wireless have a form to fill in to add your wi-fi points to their database.

Go!

Rifka asks what Twitter is. What a fantastic question!

There’s an official answer, but I just figure it’s somewhere between blogging and instant messaging. There are Twitter clients for a million platforms and mobile devices, and you can use them at any time to broadcast — in 140 characters or less — what you’re doing or thinking or feeling. And if anyone cares, they’ll get an SMS, or their Twitter client will pop up, or their RSS reader will get a new item, or whatever.

Can I call it “micro blogging”? Can I call it “targeted broadcast IM”? Is it a fad that’ll be forgotten next year? Is it the next big thing? Or is it just free and fun?

I am FoxBoom. Follow me.

I just signed up on Geni. It’s a Web 2.0 family tree!

Last year, I ditched del.icio.us because I had to switch back to Safari from Firefox to synchronise my bookmarks with my iPhone.

However, since the 1.1.3 firmware update lets me put links right onto the home screen… it turns out I only use a handful of websites on the iPhone, so I’ve put them all on there and I haven’t touched my bookmarks since.

Which means I’m back in Firefox, and back on del.icio.us. Good stuff!

Last month, I bookmarked Things to go back and have a look, then forgot about it. Oh, the irony of forgetting the task of reviewing a task management system.

I’ve tried Don’t Forget The Milk and some others… I’ve totally forgotten about them. Yeah, they were that memorable. I guess to be fair, I was really looking for a client-side application rather than something web-based. Apple Mail handles to-do items, but I don’t use it because I prefer GMail’s web interface.

I realise the inconsistency of my desires. They make me fun to be around!

But, hey! Things looks pretty awesome. I’ve mapped the “new task” command to ALT-space, so I can record things anytime. It’s super-simple and fast. And the preview release is free until Spring. Get!

Hey, Twitter actually makes a lot more sense when other people you know use it.

I discovered two things on Facebook.

1. Dude I’ve been trying to see is in a relationship. But looking at his partner, I’m not his type anyway.
2. My Jabber ID was out of date. It’s jon@foxboom.com and nothing else.

It’s like, OMG, what’s wrong with me?

I bought some gin on the way home, but I couldn’t find any tonic water. Crazy!

Two interesting Saturday afternoon facts.

1. I have been confused for a girl three times.
2. I have been accused of being a lesbian.

Dudes! Is this awesome? I think so!

The BBC’s iPlayer now works on the iPhone.

The website itself isn’t really iPhone-friendly for reading, but the videos are just simple H.264 streams which play full-screen. There’s an awesome blog post on the technical details if you’re interested.