Autoweek reports that a company called MyGallons allows folks to pre-purchase gallons of gasoline at a predetermined average price for the area where they live. According to the article, the gallons are loaded onto a debit card that the company says is accepted at more than 95% of the nation’s fueling stations. To take part in their service, MyGallons charges an annual fee starting at $29.95.
After bricking my iPhone this morning by getting caught in the iTunes server onslaught, I was able to complete the upgrade successfully this evening. The upgrade breathes new life into the EDGE iPhone — when I’m on a WiFi network it’s almost equivalent to the iPhone 3G. So far I’ve downloaded twelve free apps from the App Store and paid for one (Bejeweled 2). Even though I balked at paying $9.99 for an iPhone game, my friend Dave convinced me that 1) it’s a reasonable price and 2) it’s a small price to pay for something that I’ll use nearly every day. I can already tell that care must be taken with the lure of the App Store lest I go broke.
In related news, I finally received approval from Apple for my iPhone developer cert, so now I can try out my audio application on my iPhone and potentially sell it via the App Store.
If you’re looking for startup companies in your area, there’s a great new resource: Startup Warrior. It’s incredibly useful to drill-down into your region on the map and see all of the amazing work going on nearby.
Tonight the first CocoaHeads Reston meeting was held at Near Infinity Corporation. Jason Harwig gave an excellent presentation on WebKit, starting with a simple browser created completely in Interface Builder (it consisted of a text field linked to a web view). I’ve recreated it and included a snapshot below.
ErinGary has NEXRAD images and commentary of yesterday’s storm here in Northern, VA. For about half-an-hour yestersay, the folks at work milled around in interior offices, hallways, and the stairwell while my family at home hid out in the basement. Thankfully there were not much damage in my neighborhood, though I saw several fallen trees on homes during my commute home.
Almost a year ago, I submitted three recipes to Advanced Rails Recipes. Unfortunately, one which was originally selected back in June has been dropped from the book as it’s not really advanced. So I thought I’d post it here for everyone to enjoy.
You have finally mastered REST (Representational State Transfer) and wish to enhance your application with JavaScript but don’t know which of the resource URLs to call.
