Paul Hartrick » iphone

iMatchsticks

-Paul — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 02:25:37 +0000

For those of you looking for the solutions to “iMatchsticks” for the iPhone well here they are…All the solutions including the bonus levels are provided. I know this is a spoiler page so if you don’t want the solutions don’t scroll down.

imatchsticks level 1 solution

imatchsticks level 2 solution

imatchsticks bonus level 1 solution

imatchsticks level 3 solution

imatchsticks level 4 solution

imatchsticks bonus level 2 solution

imatchsticks level 5 solution

imatchsticks level 6 solution

imatchsticks bonus level 3 solution

imatchsticks level 7 solution

imatchsticks level 8 solution

imatchsticks bonus level 4 solution

imatchsticks level 9 solution

imatchsticks level 10 solution

imatchsticks bonus level 5 solution

iPhone Webclip Icons

-Paul — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 22:18:17 +0000

*Warning Geek Content*

With the advent of the iPhone populating the world I have been inspired to develop at least one application for the iPod/iPhone. Part of development process is obviously creating the graphics for the application, and in particular the Icon people will see in the AppStore and on the iPhone desktop.

As a website owner you can also create your own iPhone Icon for the iPhone desktop, so when people bookmark your website on their iPhone instead of getting a crappy scaled snapshot of the Webpage they will get the Icon of your choosing.

Here are the steps to create your own website icon for the iPhone

Create a 57×57 PNG
Name it “apple-touch-icon.png”
Upload the file to the root folder of your website.
Safari will automatically round the corners and apply the standard “glassy” overlay so it will looks like a built-in iPhone or iPod application.

Apple has more info on their iPhone Dev Center (you need a developer ID to access)

If you want more flexibility you can use a link tag in the head of the document, such as:


    Paul Hartrick

iPhone 3G Stuff

-Paul — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 08:41:34 +0000

I have recently resisted posting too much about the iPhone 3G for fear of being labeled a Mac Fan Boy.. well.. I guess it’s partly true.. however I do have a foot deeply planted in the non Mac world for various work and pleasure related activities.

In addition to my iPhone3G I also have an iPod Touch that I have decided to use as a development platform, it’s time I jumped into the development of some applications for the iPod/iPhone world.. some of the numbers from the Apple September 2008 Special Event has definitely motivated me to put the coding hat back on.

Quote: “Users have now downloaded more than 60 million programs for the iPhone and iPod touch, or roughly 2 million per day”

I want some of that action…..

All that aside, the iPhone really is a great utility for everyday life, the number of application available now is amazing. The screen shots below show my current applications and bookmarks, and while I don’t use them all everyday I have used them all in the last 2 weeks so they get to stay for now. Even John Turningpin get a spot, well its so I don’t accidentally end up on the other Madtokyo sight… unintentionally…

With the upcomming release of Firmware 2.1 for the iPhone 3G this device will only get better. Now all I need to do is invent a compelling application, sell it for $0.50 2 million times…

Tamagoyaki Challenge

-Paul — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 00:49:31 +0000

I always get a kick out of watching my food being prepared in front me and Thursday night at Hisamaru was no different.

Having ordered one of my favorite “please cook in front of me” dishes I was excited to here there would be the Apprentice vs Master Tamagoyaki challenge.

The apprentice Aki-chan using a girls sized square fry pan vs Master Hisamaru-san, part time pro wrestler, with a frypan 50% larger and heavier, both competing to please the customers taste buds.

Let me explain Tamagoyaki for those who don’t know. Take 3-5 eggs, beat a little, add some flavors, pour a small amount into the special square fry pan, pop the bubbles, fold 3 times, once folded add a little more egg, fold three times …. and so the process goes until all the egg is gone. Remove from fry pan, either using a getta or spatula, cut and serve with grated daikon and soy sauce.

I captured the challenge with my iPhone… while the end results looked very similar, the precsion, speed and final taste were very different.. however both were great…

First the cute apprentice

Oden Apprentice making Tamagoyaki from Paul Hartrick on Vimeo

Next the master in action

Oden Master making Tamagoyaki from Paul Hartrick on Vimeo

Wordpress iPhone Application

-Paul — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 22:14:57 +0000

This post was written from my recently aquired iPhone using the recently released Wordpress application. The amount of really useful applications for the iPhone is amazing, i’m waiting for a video record app and then my iPhone will be complete.
Here are a few photos at various places in Japan taken recently with my iPhone.