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I was unable to find the creator of the Windows 8 logo I used in the image. Creator, if you stumble upon my website feel free to shoot me an email for recognition.

After some time on IRC channels with the creator of Theos and several other helpful and knowledgeable folks I’ve managed to bring the barebones version of the Inception Button to Cydia! I’d like to thank Allen of Planet-iPhones for hosting the application. Anyone who is jailbroken should be able to install the Inception Button via the default community sources.

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The various methods by which I accumulate my music often leave me with duplicate songs in my iTunes library. Having been fed up with the task of manually removing these files I decided to create a utility to do it for me. The project took me quite a bit further into the night than I anticipated however I was able to come out with an end product I’m happy to call a 0.1 Beta.

The utility is written in Java so it should, in theory, be compatible on both Windows and OS X. That being said, the only testing I’ve done has been on a Windows 7 machine and it was quite minimal. With the latest version of Java installed you can instruct iDupeNuke to remove duplicate songs in iTunes with the following code

java -jar iDupeNuke.jar

The program should proceed to analyze and neutralize any duplicate songs in your iTunes library.

I welcome suggestions, bug reports, and generic comments as I plan to expand this project and implement some sort of GUI. I hate Swing – if anyone has a recommended alternative I’m all ears.

With the release of the WakeMate I decided to pull together a site to provide prospective customers with current information and reviews on the intriguing device. In addition to providing information, the site encourages people who already own a WakeMate to submit their own thoughts, comments, suggestions, and reviews.

Please feel free to post your thoughts or suggestions on the new site either in the comments here or via the WakeMate Review site itself.

The iPad was a logical step that hardly anyone saw coming and even fewer people imagined could be successful. Steve Jobs recently revealed that the iPad was the idea in the first place and he rushed to make a phone out of it. The timing of the entire thing was gorgeous – not only was it able to beat the JooJoo to market (which many people thought would be a real contender) it became the clear choice for a tablet. To this day the only other real contenders are Linux or Android tablets or Windows 7 tablets. The Windows 7 tablets are a mess because, as touch friendly as that OS is, it’s not good enough to be thrown on a tablet willy nilly. The Android tablets suffer from the reverse issue – an inappropriate upscaling of a mobile OS.

Some may argue the iPad suffers from this same problem but the truth is the iPad is an entirely different experience than the iPhone. Things will start to get interesting as we see how Chrome OS might adapt on a tablet and what HP can do with WebOS (I predict a change reminiscent of iOS -> iPad OS) to make it work on a tablet.

The iPad 2 will be coming out soon likely with two cameras and the highest resolution screen on a tablet device which will push the market further in Apple’s direction and force some much needed innovation. We’re not far at all from components powerful enough that a MacBook Air-esque device will be able to boot into a more iPad-esque OS (if Apple pulls this off they’ll probably manage it without a noticeable reboot time… very doable with solid state storage) to be used as a more mobile tablet while retaining the full power of OS X either when in a docking station or on your lap as a laptop rather than in your palm as a tablet.

As it stands things are going to get very interesting in the next year and the trend shows no sign of slowing. If it doesn’t go without saying I would definitely recommend waiting until the iPad 2 at the very earliest for those of you in the market for a tablet. If you don’t like the direction Apple is heading the next best thing (disregarding any CES hooplah) is the Color Nook which runs a crippled version of Android but, in my opinion, has the right idea on the hardware front (at least until color e-ink becomes a reality).

I’ll also mention that the software developers of tablet and phone operating systems alike have to do some serious work on the notifications front before Apple plugs their obvious hole. Right now Android does it best with the pull down bar (and I think WebOS did pretty good) but there is a fine balance between user control, automation, intrusiveness, and unobtrusiveness that Apple has been searching for behind the scenes for the last few years (and slowly working towards – multitasking implementation, anyone?) and they’re bound to stumble upon it soon.

Apologies for the rough article, I’m not in a proofreading mood.

Wouldn’t it be just great if some aspiring developer who just completed a semester of Java downloaded the Android SDK and set to work on bringing the iOS hit – 100 Rogues – to Android?

• bin distribution – contains the documentation, javadoc, and jar files for Derby.
• lib distribution – contains only the jar files for Derby.
• lib-debug distribution – contains jar files for Derby with source line numbers.
• src distribution – contains the Derby source tree at the point which the binaries were built.

Download whichever fits your needs – the only essential files are the jar files. Execute the following line in terminal to set a DERBY_HOME variable.

export DERBY_HOME=”Insert the location of your downloaded directory”

You can then enter the next line of code into terminal to set your classpath to include DERBY_HOME (and the two needed jar files) and the root directory.

export CLASSPATH=”$DERBY_HOME/lib/derbytools.jar:.:$DERBY_HOME/lib/derby.jar:$CLASSPATH”

UPDATE 3: I’ve changed my focus to Android. I’m not leaving this behind, though – I’m sure I’ll get fed up with programming Java for Android at some point and switch back to some smooth Objective-C and Cocoa Touch.

UPDATE 2: Per Cameron’s request (sorta) I’m gonna try to get this sucker into the App Store. Stand by.

UPDATE: Bad news – the app was denied due to its limited functionality. I also am planning to move on to my next project (a game hopefully running on OpenGL) rather than adding “functionality” to this Inception Button. If anyone really cares I’ll do so but I do not plan on it. Sorry people.

I have recently started to learn the basics of Objective-C and Cocoa Touch in order to create iPhone/iPod Touch applications. Earlier today I submitted “The Inception Button” to the App Store. This simple application emulates the flash application found here: http://inception.davepedu.com/. I plan to upgrade this application to add retina display support, possibly game center support, and any requested features.

I will update this post and likely post again when the application is live in the App Store. Feel free to leave suggestions on the iTunes Store comments area or on my site here. I’ve also included screenshots of the application running on my iPhone 4 along with the build in xCode. Oh and the application is 100% free and ad-free… I’m not sure what I’ll do as I add more and more but there will always be a free version.

The sound clip used for the app is available for download below as well.

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Allen of Planet-iPhones asked me if I could make an option on the right-click menu that would copy the folder's size in kilobytes to his clipboard. I said no, not yet, and set out to work. A little less than an hour later I had figured it all out and he had his wish! If this you find this useful go ahead and download it below… If you'd like to make your own let me know in the comments and I'll follow this post up with a brief tutorial.

Installation Instructions:

• Download the .zip file below
• Unzip anywhere
• Run the install.bat file (it should prompt you for admin rights… if not, run as administrator)
• Delete what you downloaded and you're good to go!

If, after following those instructions, the context menu doesn't appear for you go ahead and double-click on the SmallRegEdit.reg file that was inside the download. That should manually add the registry value and you should be on your way! Additionally, if you can't keep track of all of your money I'd be happy to take some of it off your hands – Donate!

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