Matte Nano Icons – iPhone Winterboard Themeing

My favorite combination of themes is Matte UI Graphite with Matte Nano. However there isn’t always a large amount of icons, and even when there is, after a crapload of users have created some, the theme starts to change and the original element is lost. So in an attempt to create some additional icons for Matte Nano and its given theme, here are some of the icons I came up with. Feel free to use them or share them.

You can grab the Matte UI here, and the Matte Nano theme here. Or look for them on Cydia.

The very last png is a Backgrounder Badge I created to look like the one Leopard uses in the dock for open applications. If you have any questions on SSH’ing these into your iPhone just post them in the comments.

Some Free Stuff for my Twitter Friends

Okay, so I’ve decided to give away some prizes to my followers on Twitter and share some twitter love.

I have a handful of Xbox 360 Games, HD-DVD’s and some Blu Rays that I will be giving away. There are a few contests I’ll do for this.

First off, my current followers. Tomorrow is Follow Friday, so everyone who shows some love, *cough* #ff #followfriday @nickhesson *cough* , will be entered to take their first pick at what I have. I will select two winners from this first grab.

The second contest will be for my 1999th, 2000th, and 2001st followers.

The third contest will be a random selection from anyone who comments on this post before Sunday, October 25th, 2009, 11pm Mountain time. lol.

Have at er.

@nickhesson

Don’t forget to follow @hessonfilms and @12secondfilms

Art School – New Web Series : A satirical look at art school through the lens of teen drama.

I recently had a chance to work on a  new web series called “Art School”, written by Ted Stenson and Directed by Hussein Juma. I was asked to join in as Director of Photography, and am very excited for the next few episodes. The first episode was shot in 2 days over the course of a weekend. The entire crew was great, and I had a blast working with them.

Synopsis: A satirical look at art school through the lens of teen drama.

The editing for the first episode should done by the end of this week. It’s been a struggle to get it down to under 10 minutes. The rough cut was 16 minutes and now after 2 weeks of retooling, we’ve got it down to about 12 minutes. 2 more minutes of fat to trim and then we’re good to go. It’s not going to be easy but in the interest of keeping “Art School” tight, it is going to happen. Hussein is working away on the final touches and I can’t wait to see what he has put together.

We’re currently working at securing a date for the first episode premiere here in Calgary, AB, Canada. It will premiere at Tubby Dog on 17th and the next day it will be on the web. We are hoping the premiere will be at the end of this month. I will keep you all posted on any updates. And watch for some stills to appear shortly!

Here are some stills from the first episode:

In the mean time, check out Hussein Juma’s “AssBackwards” below.

BlackRa1n Still Not Working for You? Try this BlackRa1n Fix Checklist

From: Cydia Updates

After hundreds of comments and over 8,000 views on our previous post on various ways to get BlackRa1n running, I’ve narrowed it down to a checklist you can follow to ensure that frodo will do his magic on your idevice. If there is anything I missed please let me know.

From various comments on the last post, it appears that BlackRa1n CAN run on Windows XP, Vista, and Windows 7. So if you think it’s your OS, it’s probably not. I myself have had success with an iPhone 3G on both Windows XP and Windows 7. It has also been reported that you can be on any firmware 3.0+ and it should work, so that narrows it down to the fact that it is not the OS or the firmware. Which doesn’t really narrow it down by much.

Other’s also reported that performing a backup restore prevents it from working, which again is not true. I had restored my backup after updating to 3.1.2 and some apps before Jailbreaking successfully. So scratch that.

Not every point in this list will be necessary however, to increase your success rate, I highly recommend following them.

So the checklist begins:

0. Log in as the Administrator
1. Perform a backup/sync in iTunes for safety
2. Check if you have the file QTCF.dll, in C: / Windows/System32. If you dont have,you can download it from here. [Thanks to UltraLord]
3. Remove any passlocks you may have on the phone.
4. Enable “Airplane Mode” under Settings
5. Open iTunes and disable all Syncing (Check the first comment for a detailed breakdown of how to disable this)
6. Open Taks Manager (Ctrl+Alt+Delete) and kill the following processes if open: iTunesHelper.exe iTunes.exe, AppleMobileDeviceHelper.exe, msdnresponder.. (any i missed?)
7. Leave AppleMobileService.exe running for now. (might be required to end it after stuck in a mode)
8. Unplug your phone/ipod.
9. Download BlackRa1n to the root of your C:/ drive.
10. Right click blackra1n.exe and choose Run As.. then enter the Administrator credentials. Uncheck the “Protect my computer and data from unauthorized program activity” option. If you see “This file came from another computer and might be blocked to help protect this computer” then unsure you unblock it. (this step may be skipped, but not sure. Haven’t confirmed if this is needed. Some worked without) (You can also try Compatibility Mode)
11. Click Make It Rain, when prompted, connect iPhone. If things went alright , you should see Frodo’s face and and Voila. If not, continue reading.

BlackRa1n says “Entering Recovery Mode” but my iPhone is not entering recovery mode. Or my iPhone is stuck on the iTunes/USB Restore screen and blackra1n still says “Entering Recovery Mode” or my iPhone turned off and won’t boot, blackra1n says “Entering Recovery Mode”

1. Press the power button and the home at a time and when you see the icon of the apple release the power but keep pressing the home until you see the photo of geohot with the Iphone. Let go home then.
2. Turn the phone off complete ly by unplugging USB cord. (Note Blackra1n is still running in the background) Plug it back in and try setp 2 again.

BlackRa1n has entered my iPhone into Recovery mode, and now says “Running…” but nothing is happening. I still see the iTunes/USB Restore screen on my iPhone/iPod.

If this is the case, try the following:
1. Close blackra1n and try opening it Again
2. Try terminating the process AppleMobileService.exe. (May require you to unplug/reboot your iPhone or Running BlackRa1n again)
3. [more suggestions from comments to be entered]

I’ll try and add some more scenarios. If anyone has anything they want to add, please feel free.

iCrossing Launches Social Media App for iPhone: Say What?

iCrossing, a global digital marketing agency today announced the release of Say What? a free iPhone social media monitoring application that enables integrated search of Twitter, Digg, and thousands of forums and blogs. Say What? can be downloaded from the iTunes App Store.

The application scans the most active social media networks on the Web for a keyword or phrase, and returns a real-time snapshot of what is being said where and by whom.

Users enter a search term on a simple interface, and the latest conversations from each of the social media sites are returned in an easy-to-read format. Say What? displays the most recent conversations in aggregate, unlike searching social networks or blogs via a mobile browser.

Users have the option to dig deeper into the responses on a particular source, and a search history is saved so users can get easy updates for their regularly-searched terms.

“iCrossing developed Say What? to demonstrate how search, social media and mobile can work together to provide users with information that is real-time and relevant,” said Rachel Pasqua, director of mobile strategy, iCrossing. “Our goal was to put one-click social media monitoring in the palm of the user’s hand.”

Say What? is the latest in a number projects developed by iCrossing’s growing mobile practice. iCrossing has built mobile platforms for Mazda USA and Toyota Motor Sales that were designed to meet the specific information requirements of users who are on-the-go while keeping operational costs at a minimum. iCrossing also provides clients with a robust and flexible SMS platform that currently powers sales lead alerts for Kia dealers and enables users of MazdaUSA.com to send dealer information directly to their cell phones.

Download Say What? for iPhone from the iTunes App Store:

Users have the option of finding out more on a particular topic, and a search his saved so they can receive updates for their regularly-searched terms.

“iCrossing developed Say What? to demonstrate how search, social media and mobile can work together to provide users with information that is real-time and relevant,” said Rachel Pasqua, director of mobile strategy, iCrossing.

“Our goal was to put one-click social media monitoring in the palm of the user’s hand.”

[Thanks: http://www.webpronews.com]