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Filmed & edited entirely on an iPhone 4. Edited with iMovie, effects by CinemaFX & Slowmo. Music by Vital.

There seem to be a lot of people out there with the same problem (according to Google and the Apple support forums) and the only suggestion — which only worked for a few folks — is to “Reset Network Settings” followed by several reboots. That didn’t work for me though.

Since I changed nothing inside of the fleet of WPA2/PSK2 accesspoints I admister at work this is clearly not a iPhone hardware problem nor a software problem on the accesspoint/router side but a iOS4 software problem. A very odd one I might add.

So here’s the fix (and probably the proof why it’s odd):

If you want to join a Wi-Fi network you usually open the “Settings” app and tap on “Wi-Fi”. Don’t do that, this isn’t helping much (at least not when you encountered Wi-Fi problems — which is probably why you are reading this anyway).

Again, don’t tap on “Wi-Fi” but swipe down a bit and tap on “General”, then tap on “Network”. Now swipe down to the bottom and tap on — yes — “Wi-Fi”.

Surprise surprise, the “long road” Wi-Fi page looks exactly the same as when you enter it via the “short road”, but at least to me, only the long road works for joining networks and storing their passwords.

Let me know if this works for you as well. And Apple, please fix that bug sometime over the next few months.

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Video by Keith Loutit.
Music by Washington — Clementine.

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*Let’s hope the doctors prediction that I can’t board for at least 2 weeks turns out 2 be wrong. — Damnit!

Rope: Manuel Martensen, Lens: Jochen Neumann, Wheel: Holm Löffler.

Taken on the Listlandstrasse on the Isle of Sylt with an Apple iPhone 3G on January 29, 2010.

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Fully equipped with “Headcam” video camera… Vid coming up later at manuelmartensen.com — stay tuned.

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5 years ago I’ve bought an iMac for 1700 Euros. A few month out of warranty its logic board broke for the first time and Apple agreed to replace it for free.

Unfortunately this was not the only time it broke, it happend 3 more times. And eventhough the iMac was out of warranty, Apple always aknowledged the problem as a general design or manufacturing problem and fixed it for me for free — untill it happend for the 4th time.

This 4th time Apple refused to take responsibility of a problem which they have already quietly agreed to be a problem with that very single machine of mine (by fixing it 3 times for free).

Apples quiet agreement

If one special part of your computer brakes four times in a row, and if that part is not a part a user could abuse by using it the wrong way — like one could with hatch or a button or a cable port — then it should be obvious that this very single machine has a PROBLEM.

So this is clearly not a warranty issue, it is either bad design or faulty manufacturing, I can’t tell.

Four failed logic boards resulted for me in several weeks without a computer, several hours of backing up data before the iMac could be shipped, countless hours on the phone talking to support people explaining this special case, several design jobs I have missed, and most importantly—for you and me—a fading faith in what Apple stands for.

I always felt like we were some sort of friends, I always felt like Apple is a brand I am proud to associate myself with. But today I am very disappointed—and suprised about it.

I am no cheapskate, I don’t want stuff for free, but I want a working Mac, one I could trust, one where I don’t count the months till I have to start to fear that it will fail me again.

I’ve paid 1700 Euros, please give me a something you (and I) are proud of.

Still with high regards and hope,
Manuel Martensen
Support case 141598408

You can actually click on a ship and view its track and see where it came from or what it was up to, pretty cool feature. Only AIS equipped ships will be displayed though.

Made by Chris Silich, found on YouTube.

Wonder what Anatole of Piqshare will think about this logo critique.

A) Polaroid says “picture”.
B) Paperclip says “attachment”, which says “sharing”.

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Every time I pass that mirror I have to take a picture. Dunno what it is with it, maybe because it’s a bit tilted or because of the old school background, or maybe I look fitter in it than in others, dunno.

Not much of a story, but photos always look better in here with a little text beneath them, even if it’s bogus stuff.

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I was actually trying to “seduce” those cattle with extra delicious grass from behind the fence to make them comfortable with me so I could take some closeups of them, but they didn’t buy it.

So all that was left is this shot and my “fence of persona”, visualized with my 4M logo.

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