Sabtu, 19 Februari 2011

Unlock iPhone 4 - Ultrasn0w to release in Feb. 28

  • As iPhone unlockers who are in touch with the latest news from the unlock world may be already aware, the iPhone Dev Team have announced that they will release the unlock for 2.10.04/3.10.01 only after iOS 4.3 is out.

New Macbooks Launched on Feb. 24, 2011....?

  • According to this article, it looks like Apple is all set to launch its new Macbook next week on Feb. 24.
  • Why? Perhaps because its Steve's 56th Birthday!

Kamis, 17 Februari 2011

Passion - Andrew's Word of The Week...

Andrew Thornton is hosting a weekly challenge over on his blog:
After Cone 6 (2232 F) glaze firing.
You may be thinking that this piece is more gothic themed than passion.
The passion goes deeper - it touches on the creation and history of this piece...
Glazed but not fired.
My friend Kelly Russell (Beadfuddled) and I used to travel to bead shows a lot together.
We would spend hours driving and talking - and laughing - and talking…
Ideas were thrown about...
After Cone 6 (2232 F) glaze firing
She wanted some of her pieces made with Porcelain.
I work in porcelain… hmmm.
I made her some porcelain paper-clay. She made a bunch of pieces.
These were extras she made for me...
Glazed but not fired.
This was probably around 4 years ago that we worked on these.
For me they sat in a bisque stage, in a little bowl, waiting for me to consider glazing them.
I knew what I didn't want - which is a good place to start…
Or rather, leave off because soon after my life changed completely.

My mom got sick. I became pregnant with Chloe. My mom passed away. I became a new mom. I became pregnant with Riley. And "artistic life" has been stuck in a stage similar to treading water…

Becoming active within the blogging community with my blog(s) and through my posts on the Beads of Clay Blog for testing commercial cone 6 glazes, I have made myself become more involved and have worked through a lot of personal things that have been holding me back.

So to me these pieces represent the passion of my love for working in clay...
For collaborating with wonderful artists…
For testing and experimenting and paying attention to the details…
And for letting that passion take full hold and let me work obsessively within my art…

Kelly and I have plans to pick up on this project again very soon…
I guess you can say we are both still very passionate about it.

Passion - Andrew's Word of The Week...

Andrew Thornton is hosting a weekly challenge over on his blog:
After Cone 6 (2232 F) glaze firing.
You may be thinking that this piece is more gothic themed than passion.
The passion goes deeper - it touches on the creation and history of this piece...
Glazed but not fired.
My friend Kelly Russell (Beadfuddled) and I used to travel to bead shows a lot together.
We would spend hours driving and talking - and laughing - and talking…
Ideas were thrown about...
After Cone 6 (2232 F) glaze firing
She wanted some of her pieces made with Porcelain.
I work in porcelain… hmmm.
I made her some porcelain paper-clay. She made a bunch of pieces.
These were extras she made for me...
Glazed but not fired.
This was probably around 4 years ago that we worked on these.
For me they sat in a bisque stage, in a little bowl, waiting for me to consider glazing them.
I knew what I didn't want - which is a good place to start…
Or rather, leave off because soon after my life changed completely.

My mom got sick. I became pregnant with Chloe. My mom passed away. I became a new mom. I became pregnant with Riley. And "artistic life" has been stuck in a stage similar to treading water…

Becoming active within the blogging community with my blog(s) and through my posts on the Beads of Clay Blog for testing commercial cone 6 glazes, I have made myself become more involved and have worked through a lot of personal things that have been holding me back.

So to me these pieces represent the passion of my love for working in clay...
For collaborating with wonderful artists…
For testing and experimenting and paying attention to the details…
And for letting that passion take full hold and let me work obsessively within my art…

Kelly and I have plans to pick up on this project again very soon…
I guess you can say we are both still very passionate about it.

Selasa, 15 Februari 2011

Snow Melts Into Crunchy Ice To Be Stomped On...

This was just the other day. 
Snow. 
Pretty soft to stomp on…
This following picture is Tuesday evening. 
After 2 days of melting temperatures, then refreezing overnight…
Chloe was checking out the areas she had previously stomped in the snow up on the front walkway...
I meanwhile saw some pretty ice areas to capture with the hipstamatic…
Like this one...
Ooohhh… And over there…

Oh, wait…

STOMP…

Never mind…
I do love her little cow girl boots…
And there is plenty of ice and snow to go around!

Want to see more funny with the little ones?
Ok. So we love Dr. Seuss.
Wacky Wednesday is on our read almost every night list of books.
Well, those Sutherland Sisters - they were wacky!
And so were some of the ladies we saw at the store...
"Yook Mom - She has NO feet! That's Wacky!!!"
("l" is pronounced "y" - we're working on that - but giggle at the way things come out sometimes - "can I have some chapstick for my yips?").
"No head! That is Wacky Too!!!"
Chloe, maybe you should put your head up there and I'll take a picture…
Oh - the things she and I are going to get in trouble with in the future!
She was pretending to be a little pig and I was going to blow her house of dresses down…
Lots of giggles were heard in JC Penney's dress department that day…
Meanwhile - Riley was at home with a stomach bug…
Two things here:
  1. He will not be going to play in dresses like his sister with messy hands and face like that. Must keep them clean or we would be bringing a lot home with us…
  2. I wonder if eating this much home-made gnocchi is what made him sick? He ate a full serving on Friday night, but got sick Sunday morning… So probably not. 

Here is a peek at unfinished backs to some of my "focus" tiles that are ready for glazing.
I just really liked seeing them lined up, face down…
I have a test kiln that should be unloaded tomorrow morning.
Then hopefully a day of glazing will be in my sights and not a day of taking care of a sick little boy…
Not that I would mind taking care of Riley - but I don't want him sick.
And I've got deadlines…
Oh, well - so is life!

Thanks for stopping by!

Snow Melts Into Crunchy Ice To Be Stomped On...

This was just the other day. 
Snow. 
Pretty soft to stomp on…
This following picture is Tuesday evening. 
After 2 days of melting temperatures, then refreezing overnight…
Chloe was checking out the areas she had previously stomped in the snow up on the front walkway...
I meanwhile saw some pretty ice areas to capture with the hipstamatic…
Like this one...
Ooohhh… And over there…

Oh, wait…

STOMP…

Never mind…
I do love her little cow girl boots…
And there is plenty of ice and snow to go around!

Want to see more funny with the little ones?
Ok. So we love Dr. Seuss.
Wacky Wednesday is on our read almost every night list of books.
Well, those Sutherland Sisters - they were wacky!
And so were some of the ladies we saw at the store...
"Yook Mom - She has NO feet! That's Wacky!!!"
("l" is pronounced "y" - we're working on that - but giggle at the way things come out sometimes - "can I have some chapstick for my yips?").
"No head! That is Wacky Too!!!"
Chloe, maybe you should put your head up there and I'll take a picture…
Oh - the things she and I are going to get in trouble with in the future!
She was pretending to be a little pig and I was going to blow her house of dresses down…
Lots of giggles were heard in JC Penney's dress department that day…
Meanwhile - Riley was at home with a stomach bug…
Two things here:
  1. He will not be going to play in dresses like his sister with messy hands and face like that. Must keep them clean or we would be bringing a lot home with us…
  2. I wonder if eating this much home-made gnocchi is what made him sick? He ate a full serving on Friday night, but got sick Sunday morning… So probably not. 

Here is a peek at unfinished backs to some of my "focus" tiles that are ready for glazing.
I just really liked seeing them lined up, face down…
I have a test kiln that should be unloaded tomorrow morning.
Then hopefully a day of glazing will be in my sights and not a day of taking care of a sick little boy…
Not that I would mind taking care of Riley - but I don't want him sick.
And I've got deadlines…
Oh, well - so is life!

Thanks for stopping by!

Sn0wbreeze 2.2 Untethered Jailbreak for iOS 4.2.1

Another untethered Jailbreak solution for iOS 4.2.1 has been released today. This time for the Windows user.


iPhone developer and hacker ih8sn0w has released Sn0wbreeze 2.2 (aka PwnageTool for Windows) for creating iOS 4.2.1 custom firmware files on Windows. Just like the recently released PwnageTool for MacSn0wbreeze 2.2 also incorporates the kernel based GreenPois0n exploit for untethered 4.2.1 jailbreak.


The highlight feature of Sn0wbreeze 2.2 is the new “Baseband Preservation Mode”. This new mode enables current iPhone 4, 3GS and 3G users to preserve their baseband while upgrading to iOS 4.2.1 so that they can unlock using existing version of Ultrasn0w.




Also new in Sn0wbreeze 2.2 is the ability to play Pac-Man game to keep you busy while the custom IPSW is being built for your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch, along with the ability to change boot logos, thanks to GreenPois0n RC5/6 exploit. Fix for iBooks is also included.





Supported devices:
  • iPhone 4, 3GS, 3G
  • iPod touch 4G, 3G, 2G
  • iPad
Simply follow the instructions posted here (from Step 1 onwards; Spirit2Pwn is not needed; Select iOS 4.2.1 IPSW file instead of 4.1) to jailbreak the above mentioned devices on iOS 4.2.1 untethered using Sn0wbreeze 2.2.
Download Sn0wbreeze 2.2 for Windows Download iOS 4.2.1 for iPhone, iPad, iPod touch Download .NET Framework 3.5 (required to run Sn0wbreeze)