So I've had the iPod touch for a full day and some change now. I've already jailbroke it using blackra1n and it's great. That being said, jailbreaking is not for everybody. Most of the jailbreak apps are for the terminal. For example, they have programs like top, bzip, gzip, bash, ssh, make, gcc, etc. Normal people would probably have no need to jailbreak unless they just wanted to change the theme or wanted a couple games. Personally, I love the terminal because it let's me ssh into this server. I'll add more to this post later.

I just got an iPod touch for Christmas and it is absolutely amazing. I'm currently writing this post from my iPod touch. I am seriously considering jailbreaking my iPod touch because I'm a big fan of aftermarket firmware. After all, I put dd-wrt on my wrt54gl and still love it just as much as the day I flashed it with the new firmware.

Why do I want to jailbreak my iPod touch, you ask? Well, all the apps in the AppStore cost money and are not open-source. I much prefer to use free, open-source software if I have a choice. Anyways, I'm getting tired of typing so I'm just going to end the post here. I'll keep you guys updated.

I wasn't completely satisfied with the final outcome of the website design. After various design tweaks and additions, I felt it had become too cluttered and messy. Reverting back to an older version would do any good either, as it would still look a bit crappy (not sure what I was thinking when I first made it).

So, I chose to redesign the website in Photoshop, focusing on a cleaner and less cluttered design.

I hope you find this new layout more attractive and it does look, at least in my eyes, a tad bit more professional. If you don't remember (or haven't seen) the old design, here's a screenshot:

Today I decided to finish off something that I've been wanting for a long time (been to lazy to do it) - article categorization with title icons.

There are currently only 4 categories: regular, programming, designing and tech. Eventually, I'll be adding more and more categories as the blog matures. The 4 icons were made in Photoshop using only a mouse (as opposed to using a tablet), though I had a few reference photos/sketches to look at. The only thing I kinda of stole borrowed was the document sheet with sketched lines (from a OS X Developer Tools icon.)

Unfortunately, the tiny resolution makes it impossible to see all the details. So therefor, I included the full size versions, as you can see below.


Click the images for full size.

Expect more icons as more categories are added.

I recently rewrote the login system for the website because I made a couple of stupid assumptions and the system had a few flaws. That being said, it should now be 100% better than its predecessor. The system is now more secure and works exactly how it should.