I had / have them all:

And I have started jailbreaking them as early as firmwares 1.xx .

It can be sometimes dangerous and cumbersome to jailbreak, but several Cydia apps are definitely worth the hassle. In this post I will try to keep a list of trusted and working Cydia apps. I will try to add a small description, if the function is not obvious.

Have fun checking out my list after the break…

And here it comes:

• AdBlocker: an ad blocker for safari and other apps
• AirServer: an AirPlay target for streaming audio / video from a mac or other iOS device
• >>> Auxo <<<: a new and beautiful app switcher, see here for details
• Barrel: 3D and other effects for icon page switches
• >>> biteSMS <<<: InternetSMS with own “from” number, 7ct/SMS instead19 or 29ct (in Germany) (makes most sense for iPhone)
• BlueToothIcon: an enable / disable BT icon for the home screen
• Bluetooth Profile Selector: can configure, which BT profiles should be active and which not (iPhone, iPod touch, iPad)
• BTstack Mouse: BLUETOOTH MOUSE on your iPad!!! perfect together with a BT keyboard or the keyboard dock (mostly iPad!?)
• Chromizer: Some tweaks for iOS Chrome (e.g. full screen mode)
• DashboardX: widget system for the home screen
• DisplayOut: Springboard (= iPad Desktop) as well as ALL  Apps can be shown via an iPod-to-VGA connector on an external monitor, no matter if these apps can do the trick on their own (iPhone, iPod touch, iPad)
• Five Icon Dock: well, it enables you to have 5 icons in your dock, obviously (e.g. biteSMS )(iPhone, iPod touch) Better use Springtomize
• Five Icon Switcher: 5 icons in the multitasking switcher (only for iOS4 and iPhone)(iPhone, iPod touch)
• Gridlock: icons can be placed anywhere on the home screen grid
• GuizmoDNS: 3G DNS settings for system preferences (manual settings for DNS on iOS)
• HomeScreen Settings: Gets you a homescreen icon for every setting in your settings, with folder-like effect for options
• >>> IntelliScreenX (6)<<<: TRUE successor of Intelliscreen, enables a plethora of functions on the lock screen, enables to check appointments, email, Twitter, Facebook, the weather and RSS feeds ON YOUR LOCKSCREEN; there is a new version for iOS 6.X
• Lorem: remove notifications by dragging them out
• Multifl0w: good looking multitasking switcher (iPhone, iPod touch, iPad)
• My3G: tricks programs into thinking that they are in a WiFi network, although they are on 3G such as Facetime!!! (important for some programs which only work in WiFi) (iPhone, iPod touch, iPad)
• MxTube: DOWNLOADS Youtube videos (iPhone, iPod touch, iPad)
• MyWi 6: converts the iOS device into a 3G-WiFi Hotspot, which brings other WiFi (only) devices online (iPhone, iPod touch, iPad), can also use BT and cable
• NCSettings: Toggles for HW and more in the notification center.
• Nitrous: speeds up alternative browsers (e.g. Chome for iOS), by allowing access to the Nitro JavaScript engine (normally only for Apple apps).
• PKGBackup: backups Cydia programs for easy re-installation after firmware updates
• ProTube HD: better Youtube
• SBSettings: great program for the management of a HUGE amount of settings (On/Off: Wifi, BT, 3G, data, brigthness …), reachable just with a swipe (iPhone, iPod touch, iPad)
  • Airplane SBSettings Toggle: an additional toggle for Airplane mode
  • SBSettings VPN Toggle: well, a VPN on/off toggle of course

• Smartscreen for iPad: gives your iPad lock screen a true meaning. You can add widgets to the screen
• >>> Springtomize 2 <<<: The springboard customizing app to rule them all!! One neat app for so many functions. Has replaced “Five Icon Dock”, “Five Icon Switcher”, Old TV Tube and more for me and offers still many more functions I haven’t seen in other apps
• TruPrint: Enables Printing with much more printers than AirPrint. Might not be supported on iOS6 anymore! Check before buying!
• TVLocker Pro: nice “monitor off” animation, like an old cathode ray tube TV set
• XBMC-iOS: The well known media center, which is available for a huge number of platforms, for iOS
• Zephyr: brings gestures to the iPhone (e.g. up from the bottom edge for multitasking)

As you might have seen in my other post about the movie “Inception”, there are many different approaches to that film, when it comes to comprehend what really happened. A new approach shows the different dream layers all at the same time:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHBlYJ-tKcs

The panoramic view was stiched together from 8000 photos and is 400.000 x 200.000 pixels in sizes. Try that with your usual digital camera!

A personal tip: also try to look down, more or less where you stand and you can see Londoners in their daily life:

However, a lot of gamers seem not to know how to play the game. They do horrible mistakes all the time and tend to stand in a corner and snipe the whole time until their tickets run out.

There are a couple of videos out there which can help to be a better player. Here they is one with simple tips that help to be a better player and teammate:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcZ3wXF3r14

1. Make the stick bootable

from a DOS prompt execute: diskpart
list disk
select disk 1 (assuming disk 1 was your thumb drive in the above list disk command)
clean
create partition primary
select partition 1
active
format fs=fat32
assign
exit

Now the stick is bootable.

2. Windows files

Copy the contents of your Windows image or DVD to the base level of the stick.

3. BIOS

Make sure that in your BIOS boot options, you have selected USB as primary boot option.

4. Booting

You will notice a significant boost in installation speed!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fKBhvDjuy0

A funny note comes from the adaption of the mind blowing trailer after the break.

ORIGINAL:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziixLbLKBXU

and

A CAPELLA REDUBBED ( Mirrored btw!! Did you notice? Try playing both videos simultaneously.):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2yD4yDsiP4

Like really good pieces of art, also this movie seems to inspire other artists. Have a look at this gorgeous Southpark snippet:

Gizmodo, a well-known gadget site, often brings on really cool pictures on top of each post, some from own artists. Especially this post caught my eye, as I had seen a similar picture before. I commented to that post here by posting the “original painting” from Leonardo Da Vinci: The “Last Supper” has a long and moving history and certainly is a true masterpiece:

Obviously the 500 years old painting inspires artists still today, as the  awesome “adaptions” show after the break.

from “Battlestar Galactica”

from “Lost”

from “Star Wars”

from “The Sopranos”

with too many clowns… (this picture frightens me most!)

Mario and friends

some ad for gambling (WTF?)

a friggin tattoo!!!

even cats have a kind of last supper (they surely like the fish!)

some really questionable street fair poster of 2007 (again: WTF!???)

and many many more…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5B_sBG47w8