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Sir Patrick Stewart talking euphoric about the internet, Twitter, iPhone and games. This man is awesome.

GeoMapLookup, the web app to geolocate IP adresses and domain names, got a new icon and custom map marker. Furthermore GeoMapLookup is now on Twitter with an open ear for feature requests and feedback. The latest tweet will be displayed below the info box on geomaplookup.net.
To update the icon of your iPhone home screen link [...]

GeoMapLookup now uses the new Google Maps API in version 3.
The iPhone version includes a zoomable and pannable mini map while the desktop version benefits from the new technology and a clean and modern looking map.

Try GeoMapLookup at http://geomaplookup.net

The geolocation app to identify the geographical source of an IP address or host name GeoMapLookup got a new mini map for its iPhone version. It is zoomable and cycles through the most important zoom levels (with a nice CSS animation) by simply tapping on the map. The button to open iPhone’s integrated Google Maps [...]

While moderating (mostly spam) comments on this blog (cinnamonthoughts.org) today, I came across a pingback that looked a bit strange so I followed the link and discovered this:

The blog reposted several of my posts including the one on Reeder and my latest Emojinator update without linking to my blog or giving credit. It looks like [...]

As a small gift for christmas, I’ve updated Emojinator with some nice changes:

Added fullscreen mode. To use it, add Emojinator to your home screen: tap “+” in MobileSafari and select “add to Home Screen”.
Replaced “Send to” buttons with text explaining copy and paste.
Removed confirm dialog on Emoji selection to speed things up.
Removed text input field. [...]

Every Safari user on Mac OS X should take a look at ClickToFlash which makes your browsing through the Flash infested World Wide Web pleasant again.
Using ClickToFlash, all of those icky Flash bits that have infected most webpages on the internets are replaced with a nice, smooth gradient and the word “Flash” set in a [...]

Dear Facebook,
you’re telling me my mail@DOMAIN address is invalid because individuals can’t use generic mail prefixes. The reasoning behind this: they are often used by organizations.
NEWS FLASH: It’s 2009 and I am indeed allowed to buy a domain name and do whatever I want with it!
In ten years I’m using said mail@DOMAIN address you are [...]

My first thought: searching on Twitter why twitter.com was down. Which didn’t work of course… This is when http://istwitterdown.com or http://downforeveryoneorjustme.com come in handy.
The official Twitter blog informs about an ongoing denial-of-service attack.
While I’m wondering why a company not making any profit at the moment is the target of a DDoS attack, you can follow [...]

Something neat is coming to http://isne.at/. Maybe it will be public, maybe not.
In the meantime I’m wondering what this shortened URL is good for… http://isne.at/dg

It always bugged me that whenever I’m deleting an e-mail in Apple’s mail client Mail.app another mail is selected and subsequently marked as read. Cmd + Shift + U became a good friend of mine. (It marks a mail as unread.)
TurePreview is a lightweight Mail.app plugin which gives you all the time you need to [...]

I’ve just switched my content and comments feeds to FeedBurner. I hope every feed reader notices the redirection. Please report problems!

Today Tweetie for Mac was released and like any other Mac user on Twitter I had to try it on its first day.
I like to assign Twitter clients to all of my six Spaces (Mac OS X’s virtual desktops) and toggle the window using the F5 key. Tweetie for Mac didn’t allow this (bug?):

Of course [...]

invertr — an iPhone/iPod touch web app which allows you to turn your written text upside down — sends the rotated text not only to iPhone’s Mail and Twitter.com but also to the popular Twitter client Tweetie available on the iPhone App Store.

var uri = ‘http://impde.tradedoubler.com/imp?type(inv)g(17473420)a(1634162)’ + new String (Math.random()).substring (2, 11);
document.write(”);

To launch invertr point [...]

Interesting article by @dom on how Twitter was developed.

invertr is an iPhone/iPod touch web app which allows you to turn your written text upside down, send it to your friends and colleagues and enjoy the confused looks on their faces!
You choose whether to send the rotated text to your iPhone’s/iPod touch’s mail application or to Twitter.com to create an amusing tweet. Read more [...]

After one week using Twitter I’ve decided which apps I’ll be using in the future with this micro blogging service:

Safari140 – Twitter extension for Safari with auto-shorten for long URLs and a great shortcut: ^T
I’m using Tweetie as my iPhone Twitter client. It’s just great!
Decided to use Twitterrific and Safari140 on my Mac. I like [...]

When Safari 4 (beta) was officially released yesterday the whole internet noticed that our favourite password-remembering piece of software didn’t work anymore.
Just one day after this outcry by all Apple-loving geeks (and a workaround) 1Password 2.9.9 is here to save the day.

GeoMapLookup — a website/web app to geolocate a host, domain or IP address with Google Maps integration — has been updated to include a fullscreen web app mode.
To view this web app in fullscreen mode, just add a link to your iPhone or iPod touch home screen (+ button in Mobile Safari).
To use GeoMapLookup in [...]