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As I’ve reported on in the past, I’ve been working on a new iPhone project called Mangler. It’s a fork of the Ventafone code that enables people to chat on Ventrilo servers via their iOS device.

In the past couple of weeks, I’vre had some major breakthroughs thanks in part to Luigi at FingerArts.com. He’s helped me in figuring out some of the little intricacies in the code that makes the app run differently on jailbroken devices as opposed to non-jailbroken ones. Sometimes the little things can be a big pain.

Anyway, I’ve fixed a few major bugs that prevented people from properly being able to use Mangler. I’ve also forked the project to Github.com now so it’s easier for other iOS developers to get. Feel free to push fixes if you’re a dev who is looking to help. I’m still learning obj-c so my own personal fixes are slow going.

I’ve also moved the Mangler app to ModMyi’s repo as it will reach more people. Since it was on my own personal repo, I’ve had approximately 75 people download it in the past 3 months. It has now been on ModMyi’s repo for about a month and the download count is already up to 3,775. Not bad huh.

Another new theme. Another new wonderful design by Bluemetal.
Yet another wonderful reason to jailbreak your iOS device.

I got tired of there not being a Ventrilo client for iPhone, so I did something about it. I downloaded the Mangler SVN and built the iPhone client myself. I’ve uploaded it to a Cydia repo, but you have to be jailbroken to use it. Download it and give it a try. I am NOT updating the package on a regular bases, so if it breaks, you’re on your own. Have fun! Add the following repo to cydia: http://corridor9.net/cyrepo/ The Mangler package is in the now in the ModMyI repo. Just search for it.

I have stopped supporting Mangler. I no longer have the ability to build this as I no longer have a Hackintosh system. As such, the development has pretty much died. The source code is up on Github.com if you wish to take over development.

Posted this to Lifehacker.com

I looked through most of the IOS pictures and descriptions below and while I saw a lot of useful apps, I didn’t see anything that looked organized.

I like to have my IOS organized very cleanly, thus making it fairly easy to navigate without getting lost in a plethora of apps.

Starting with a calendar on the lockscreen (upper left) that allows me to view my upcoming appointments, holidays, birthdays, and work schedule at a glance without even needing to unlock.

Then, when I unlock (lower left) I have the 8 main apps I use spread out on the left side and in the dock. These are the apps that get clicked almost every day, and therefore deserve prime real estate. On the right side I have my folders organized as simply as I can. Also notice that the days weather, and the upcoming three days forecast, is displayed in the bottom middle of the screen. A script causes it to update every 10 minutes or on respring/reboot.

Because I only use 1 tab, I prefer to have all my apps in folders (lower right). This means that I need the ability to have folders inside folders (Folder Enhancer from Cydia), mostly for specific applications related to work (see HazMat).

The last panel (upper right) has the all necessary SBSettings tweaked out to my liking and with my own necessary buttons.

With this setup, I am able to do everything I need with a minimal amount of searching or swiping. As I’m not searching through page after page, or folder after folder, of apps I tend to get lest frustrated as well.

For those who understand how crappy this is….

Don’t support Rock, My3G, or MyWi. Told you I wouldn’t let this go. You shouldn’t have stabbed Kim in the back like that…. it’s lame.

Turned my iPhone into a portable web server tonight for the heck of it. Actually might be useful down the road. Who knows.