Archive for March, 2008

How to convert almost any video file to play on your iPhone or iPod Touch

Monday, March 31st, 2008

This tutorial will walk you through the steps required to convert pretty much any video file to a format that your iPhone and iPod Touch can play. And the software used to accomplish this is free.

Simple Help is Social

Monday, March 31st, 2008

If you'd like to stalk me online, please feel free to view/add me on FriendFeed. If you're more of a Twitter person, you can follow my rantings here. And who can leave out Facebook - you can be a Simple Help fan or join the Simple Help group, whatever floats ...

How to install the iPhone applications Mail, Notes, Stocks, Weather, and Maps on your iPod Touch

Saturday, March 29th, 2008

Update - May 1st 2008: The original method I outlined in this tutorial no longer works. But don't worry, I've figured out a new one! What I'm getting at is that this tutorial has been completely re-written. This tutorial will guide you through installing the iPhone apps Apple MobileMail, ...

How to add additional sources to Installer on your iPhone or iPod Touch

Friday, March 28th, 2008

I suppose this goes without saying, but just in case - make sure you have a jailbroken iPhone or iPod Touch. Without it, you won't have Installer.app on your device. To add additional sources to Installer - which will give you a wider variety of software to install, follow the ...

How to customize the music icons (buttons) on your iPhone or iPod Touch

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008

One of the things I adore about Apple products are how intuitive they are. Most of the time. Once in a while I run into a bit of an exception, and this is one of them. This brief tutorial will show you how to customize the icons/buttons that are displayed ...

How to easily create great comics

Thursday, March 20th, 2008

I'll admit, this is a bit of a plug for my friend Ba (yes that's his name). He has recently launched a fantastic and terribly easy-to-use online product that allows you to create comics - Bitstrips. For those of you who may be witty as hell, but aren't artistically gifted, ...

I’m back

Thursday, March 20th, 2008

After 3'ish months of total neglect*, I'm back. So far I'm doing boring house-cleaning stuff (upgrading WordPress, plugins etc). But I should have some new tutorials up soon'ish. * = this time it wasn't neglect due to laziness (which is usually the case), rather it was illness. I'm totally fine ...