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How to fix iPhone/iPod Touch disconnects with Airport Extreme

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After upgrading my internet connection to 50mbit it was time for a new wifi router as my old Linksys capped out at 3MB/s (although 54g). So I bought a shiny Airport Extreme for super 5ghz hi-speed wifi fun. Everything worked perfectly. Everything but my old iPod touch 1G that I’m using for development to test [...]

Give us UISplitViewController on the Mac :)

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After playing with the new iPad SDK I must say: I want Cocoa Touch for the Mac. Especially the UISplitViewController stuff.
I’m using for one of my recent Mac projects a split view with a custom split view controller and tinkering with the boiler plate code is just a mess. And when I look at the [...]

Entering the PIN for USB UMTS Modems on OS X

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From time to time I have to use my UMTS modem (a Huawei e270) to connect to the internet. It does not occur often but when I need it it has to work. For this reason I purchased a license for Novamedia’s launch2net some years ago. Sadly their DRM is somewhat restrictive and you may [...]

Using a Socks proxy with your iPhone

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I was testing ads in one of my iPhone apps but the ads didn’t display. After mailing the advertising company’s support it was clear that they did not deliver any ads for the country I’m currently living in. (They check the user’s location through IP geo location.) So I had to virtually move to the [...]

Yet Another OS X Coder Blog

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So now I am doing it too: a OS X dev blog.
I’m the guy behind fluxforge.com and here you will find posts about development related stuff, source code and some experimental apps.