How to Downgrade Your iPhone 3G[S] from iOS 4 to iOS 3.1.3

A lot of iPhone 3G owners—myself included—have discovered that upgrading to iOS 4 has slowed their devices to a crawl. If you decide the new features and shortcuts just aren’t worth the glacial performance, here’s how to downgrade your iDevice. [via LifeHacker]

Steve Jobs to Introduce iCloud, iOS 5, and Mac OS X Lion at WWDC Keynote

NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Apple Inc Chief Executive Steve Jobs, who spent months on medical leave, will open an annual developers’ conference next week showcasing the iPad maker’s latest computer software and a new cloud computing service.

Apple’s shares rose almost 2 percent after it said on Tuesday that Jobs and a team of executives will kick off the June 6 conference with a keynote speech, without making clear exactly what role Jobs would play or if he is returning from medical leave. [Via YahooNews - MacRumors]

Developing Your Creative Practice: Tips from Brian Eno

Current neuroscience research confirms what creatives intuitively know about being innovative: that it usually happens in the shower. After focusing intently on a project or problem, the brain needs to fully disengage and relax in order for a “Eureka!” moment to arise. It’s often the mundane activities like taking a shower, driving, or taking a walk that lure great ideas to the surface. Composer Steve Reich, for instance, would ride the subway around New York when he was stuck. [read]

Bi Color LED Video Light

The CN-240 is a Bi Color LED Video Light with a color range from 3200k- 5400k and is dimmable from 5-100%. It also comes with a diffuser filter, metal hot shoe mount and the ability to take a range of batteries. This LED panel could be power by Sony, Panasonic or AAA Battery ( Battery holder is included) [read Amazon]

A Brief Introduction to Web 3.0

If you ask some, they’ll tell you Web 2.0 as we know it is probably on its way out the door. For many, Web 2.0 is characterized mainly by the ability of users to share information quickly with others, which has been developed into the phenomenon that we call social media. From Twitter to Facebook to YouTube and to all sorts of other kinds of communities, Web 2.0 is all about sharing and seeing. Now if you recall or were around during what is now known as Web 1.0, information was put up on a website and that was it–the best way of sharing it was privately through e-mails and such. There was little to no communication and if you wanted information, you had to go to the source for it. Can you imagine such a harsh internet? Now with Web 2.0 on it’s way out, the obvious question is, what in the world is Web 3.0 going to be? [read]

$100,000 NOT to go to college

Peter Thiel, the venture capitalist/behind-the-scenes power broker at Facebook, is a man of eclectic interests. Besides helping guide the social-networking giant to an astounding $60 billion market valuation by some estimates and co-founding PayPal, he is an avid believer in underwater exploration, outer space research and other BIG projects.

He also wants to change the mindset about higher education in America. [read]

Skype installing junkware without asking

Seems that Skype has been installing a program called “Easy Bits Go.” The program is made by a company that produces game apps. And it’s a paid ad trial ware. And they’ve been installing it without your permission. How to get rid of it? You have to jump through a bunch of hoops including a registry hack. Leo says that this is the same nonsense that killed Real Player. Leo understands that Skype provides a bunch of free services and it’s a business that has to make a living. But installing something without permission, and with no option to opt out, is just plain unacceptable.[via The Tech Guy]

Do You Prefer Cell Phones Over Sleep? You’re Not Alone

Our obsession with our smartphones has grown into a full-blown addiction, according to a new survey in the iPass Global Mobile Workforce Report. According to iPass, one of every three mobile workers get up regularly throughout the night to check email on their phone, and nearly half of those surveyed admitted that they couldn’t sleep without a smartphone within reach. [read]

Six Ways to Stay Motivated during Hideously Boring Tasks

Motivation can be tough. Even when you want to do something – like exercising regularly, eating right or keeping a journal – it’s easy to find your enthusiasm slackening off.

But motivation gets reallytough when the task at hand is downright boring.

I don’t know exactly what your most-dreaded things are, but maybe they look something like this:

• Repetitive, boring data entry or copy-and-pasting tasks on the computer
• Housework – laundry, cleaning, cooking, tidying, washing dishes…
• Sorting and filing papers
• Delivering leaflets door-to-door

They’re tasks that are repetitive, unchallenging and uncreative. There might be relatively little reward or recognition for completing them. No wonder you put them off, or struggle to focus when you’re tackling them. [read]

 

7 Must Read Life Lessons from Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States of America (USA). A famous polymath, Franklin was a leading author and printer, political theorist, politician, postmaster, scientist, inventor, satirist, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat.

As a scientist, he was a major figure in the American Enlightenment and the history of physics for his discoveries and theories regarding electricity. He invented the lightning rod, bifocals, the Franklin stove, a carriage odometer, and the glass ‘armonica’. He formed both the first public lending library in America and the first fire department in Pennsylvania. [read]