regx's blog

How to JailBreak the iPhone 3g 2.1 using Windows

This is the best and easiest to follow method for jailbreaking the iPhone 3g on Windows.
Disclaimer: Jailbreaking your iPhone could void your waranty.
I am in no way responsible to any damage that may result by following this tutorial, so proceed at your own risk!

This method works really well and does not require any patches to get iTunes working.

Before you start, make sure you are running iTunes 8 and make sure your iPhone is running version 2.1
To see what version your iPhone is running goto Settings / General / About on your iPhone.

MyMote MythTV Remote for iPhone

MyMote is an awesome MythTV remote for the iPhone.

The best part about it is that the progam guide displays on the remote allowing you to quickly scroll through the program guide with the iPhone finger flick scrolling thing.
Before I got my iPhone I was using my N800 or a standard remote via LIRC as my MythTV remote, but MyMote is much better.

MyMote is available as a free install from the app store. So you don't even need to jailbreak the iPhone to get it .
Just search for "mymote" and install.

AT&T doesn't support the iPhone

I recently called AT&T support for help setting up my new iPhone 3G.
The AT&T menu system wouldn't recognize numbers entered via my iPhone dialer.
Initially the menu recited my mobile number and asked me to press 1 to verify it was correct. I pressed one and was then asked to enter my mobile number. After entering my mobile number I was asked to enter it again in an endless loop.

Iphone and Linux

I just got a new I-Phone a couple of days ago, so I haven't had a chance to play with it to much.

I have an older G3 Mac running OSX 10.3, but primarily run Linux. I also have a desktop running Windows XP, but primarily use that as a dumb client and login to my Linux systems via NX from http://www.nomachine.com.

How to backup your N800 in Linux

First you need to be able to login to your N800 as root. just install the openssh package and it will ask for new root pass you have to ssh root@localhost to get root on the N800 Now, from your linux box, lets say you want to backup your n800 to /backups/n800/ from a terminal type
mkdir backups/n800
now login to your n800 Make sure you are not connected to the n800 via USB
ssh root@n800ip
where n800ip is the ip address of your n800 I didn't have any luck with rsynch or scp because of looped symlinks so use the tar across network method
tar -cf  

Chimney Repair - how to repair a cinder block chimney.

I noticed several searches for chimney repair in my logs to my gallery, so here is a how too.

First off you will need some tools / materials.

Google gets search wrong in Chrome

Does anyone else think that is funny that Firefox has way better search capabilities than that of Search engine giant Google's Chrome?

I am sure this will get fixed. Google does have some really nifty search features like hashmarks along the scrollbar allowing you to see all matches at a glance. This is similar to most diff and merge applications, but Chrome doesn't seem to be able to search in form fields. Am I missing a setting somewhere?

More pictures posted on my recent home remodel

[g2:5231] Just click on the image to goto the gallery.

Ninja Cat

This cracked me up so much I just had to post it.

The Truth About Identity Theft

The Truth about identity theft is a fascinating book on Identity Theft. Jim Stickley presents social, technical and other aspects of identity theft in this humerous and fascinating book.
But don't take my word for it, read the Amazon editorial review below. Order Today