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• How to Convert a MacOS X 10.5 Leopard Drop-in DVD into a Full Version
  As the title says – fix up those pesky drop-in disks.
• SnapBack :: Firefox Add-ons
  Addon to give Firefox the handy snap-back behavior from Safari
• Macworld | Macworld Video | Free your media
  Good video showing how to use Handbrake to convert media for iPods/Apple TV etc.
• iPhone 1.1.3 firmware feature gallery | Gear Live
  Features look good, I’ll start working on a jailbreak/unlock guide as soon as it’s public
• no-www
  They say www. is deprecated. Interesting initiative – I redirect to www if you don’t put it in here
• Geek And Poke
  Fun little geeky cartoon, for whatever reason I haven’t seen it before

Just a quick update to let people know that Startup Weekend Sydney is happening, and I’m currently looking at planning it for late February. A location is currently being finalized, and I should have some news on that shortly. Pre-register here to get announcements as they happen, and feel free to help me spread the word.

I am also looking for some sponsors that would like to get involved in the event. Know a fun and friendly company, or work for one yourself, that would like to be involved? Please get in contact with me.

I was honestly surprised to read this week that the FIA has ratified a ten-year engine freeze for F1 motor sport. F1 teams must deliver an engine design to the FIA no later than the 31st of March next year, and must stick to that design through the 2017 season.

The reasoning the FIA has given for this is that F1 engines are already incredible pieces of machinery, revving to 19,000 RPM whilst still being surprisingly reliable. While this might be true, F1 has always been the pinnacle of motoring – demonstrating what could be possible in consumer motoring in the future. Stopping this incredible innovation might have short-term benefits, such as limiting the huge budgets that these teams must operate with, but curbing this pool of innovation will also remove the goal that is being set for consumer brands to aim for.

Instead of putting a freeze on development, perhaps the FIA should instead set environmentally friendly targets for teams, such as reducing emissions. This will truly make F1 a target for general motoring. If F1 teams can work out how to pull this incredible performance out of environmentally friendly engines, then it may open people’s eyes to be more acceptant to these kinds of technology.

The FIA has a real opportunity to make F1 a leader in motoring for the world, but instead they have put a total halt on the amazing innovation possibilities.

Comments for this post are now closed and the guide is made available for reference only. I have published my guide to jailbreaking and unlocking firmware 1.1.3, please refer to that to upgrade to the newer firmware version.

I have been messing around for a day or so trying to get this to work, but I think I’ve nailed the method for upgrading an unlocked and jailbroken iPhone to firmware 1.1.2, and preserving the unlock and jailbreak. What follows are the steps to get your iPhone to 1.1.2 written as simply as I could manage. These instructions look long (and they are), but they are easy to follow and anyone with basic computer skills should be able to get it done. Remember: there is no predicament that you can get your phone into that can’t be repaired.

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