Here are some of the highlights of IOS 4.

• Multitasking
• Folders
• Even better Mail
• iBooks
• 5x digital zoom
• Spell checking

Get on iTune right now and start updating!

Nick Clegg managed to pursuade me and it’s something that I probably won’t change. It’s a real shame because The Liberal Democrats don’t get much publicity and last night was probably the best publicity they have received.

I don’t think Nick will become the next Prime Minister but that doesn’t mean he will never become one. Let’s see what the next debate brings.

We worked very closely on the project and Carl Rosekilly wanted a site that had a lot of visual impact, yet retain clarity and purpose. He also wanted some javascript animation that would add dynamics to the site. Working on such a visually strong website always provides me with a fantastic challenge and something that I rise to.

It’s a great feeling when a developer and designer collaborate on a project and discuss the options of what can be achieved.

Carl Rosekilly was more than pleased with the outcome of his site and I have to say I am very proud of it too as it really showcases what I can achieve as a developer.

The site can be viewed here:- www.carlrosekilly.co.uk

Please look out for my site too as Carl Rosekilly is creating the visual for me as a favour of me developing his. So we will be working very closely yet again to produce a fully functioning and accessible website and I am really looking forward to it.

Am I happy with that? Of course I am! That’s around £1800. What will I do with the money? Well what I might do is put it into any future projects I might work on, this sale has made me realise what’s to stop from me trying different niches, getting them good page ranks, high in google, 28k backlinks and then selling them off?

All in all I think the sale of Talk Playstation was fair and I’m very happy with the result.

I’ve had some private offers of $3000 and currently negotiating an offer of $3800. To be honest, I’m not really that fussed on how much the website goes for, I just want it out of my hair.

So far more than 600 people have viewed the auction and 28 people are keeping an eye on it.

I’ll keep you updated.

It’s gaining quite alot of interest, I’ve had a few private offers, one being $3,000 (around £2k?) but I think i’m going to let the auction run. I’ve also been looking at past sites sold on a similar scale to Talk Playstation and they have gone for $4k.

The auction is currently sitting at $600 and I only put the listing on last night, it runs out next Monday/Tuesday night, we’ll see where we are at then.

I’m quite happy with what I’ve achieved and learnt from running the site, the stats are excellent. Here’s some of the highlights:-

• Page Rank 4
• 28k backlinks
• 66.72% of the 45k monthly visits come from Google
• Had a steady income via Adsense

Anyway, we’ll see where we are at next week. I did mention just before Xmas that Talk Playstation is worth around $3.5 to $9.5k.

Anyway, I’ve been posting some stuff on here that I may find userful for other developers, whether they know how or not. I wanted to do some alternative row colour for some table results within the system and this is what I did.

Presuming you have a counter such as $i, try this:

$i = 0;
foreach($vars as $var) {
$i++;

if($i%2 == 0) { echo 'class="first"'; } else { echo 'class="second"'; }

On the first row it will add the class ‘first’ and on the second row it will add ’second’. It will keep repeating this until the last row.

In simple english: The variable $i is 0 before the foreach loop, we check if the variable is divided by 2, we will see if it is odd or even. If it divides, the remainder will be 0, and the classes will echo.

What did I do? Because I’m so in love with Apple’s device I decided to order an iPhone 3GS 16GB, I might as well of ordered the top model (even though there is a 32GB) and it came costly because I’m on pay as you go. Not only that but I also got insurance for the phone because I didn’t want to face what I faced over Xmas.

I’m rather impressed with the 3GS, the camera has been upgraded and has recording capabilities. After recording a video you have a number of options including; emailing, MMS or even posting it to Facebook.

I’ve also noticed that the 3GS is not sluggish in anyway. I remember loading SMS, selecting my contact and as soon as I start to type a message it would be sluggish and delayed. 3GS doesn’t have this problem, it handles every app with ease.

Other than that, both models are pretty much the same and in mu opinion, it’s not worth upgrading to the 3GS if you have the 3G, I only did because I had the opportunity.

It all started off on Xmas eve when I went out on a night out in town, great night but to my shock horror I had lost my iPhone! I was like noooooooooooo. It’s the first gadget I’ve ever lost ever! £400 down the drain and I have to buy a new one now as I didn’t have the phone insured. I lost it as I got out of the taxi because I remember texting, it must of slipped out of my pocket.

Anyway, this is just an excuse to get the iPhone 3GS. For those that don’t know, here are the differences between the 3G and the 3GS.

Apart from that, I’ve had a good weekend/week so far.

I’m looking forwards to 2010, new year, new beginning and I have alot of stuff already planned.

Anyway, see you in the year 2010!

Here are some of the features:

1. Global undo/”trash” feature, which means that if you accidentally delete a post or comment you can bring it back from the grave (i.e., the Trash). This also eliminates those annoying “are you sure” messages we used to have on every delete.
2. Built-in image editor allows you to crop, edit, rotate, flip, and scale your images to show them who’s boss. This is the first wave of our many planned media-handling improvements.
3. Batch plugin update and compatibility checking, which means you can update 10 plugins at once, versus having to do multiple clicks for each one, and we’re using the new compatibility data from the plugins directory to give you a better idea of whether your plugins are compatible with new releases of WordPress. This should take the fear and hassle out of upgrading.
4. Easier video embeds that allow you to just paste a URL on its own line and have it magically turn it into the proper embed code, with Oembed support for YouTube, Daily Motion, Blip.tv, Flickr, Hulu, Viddler, Qik, Revision3, Scribd, Google Video, Photobucket, PollDaddy, and WordPress.tv (and more in the next release).

For more information, head over to Wordpress.

I’ve been looking at a number of ‘we give an estimate on your site’ websites and a few have come back with some legit looking results and others have come back with some unrealistic results. I got an estimate of around $800,000 once!

Anyway, the three sites I’ve properly looked at are:-

• mywebsiteworth.com
• peekstats.com
• yourwebsitevalue.com

MyWebsiteWorth gave $4,078, Peekstats gave $9,536.36 and YourWebsiteValue gave $3,587. I’m pretty impressed with these results but what is it really worth? No one knows unless I put it up for sale which I’m not prepared to do.

Here are some stats that these evluations go off…

• Alexa Traffic Rank: 245,218
• Compete Rank: 362,353
• QuantCast Rank: 564,615
• Indexed Pages: 6,359
• Backlinks: 32,410

I’ve been look at websites that have been sold for those estimated values above and they have pretty much the same stats. I’ll say it again, it’s not going up for sale. I just found it interesting to know. Try your website.

I now have a total of 3 platinum trophies and very close to getting another in Modern Warfare 2. All I’ve got to do on Modern Warfare 2 is get all 69 stars in the Special Ops mode and the level I’m trying to complete is rock solid!

I will post a more informative update during this week. Stay tuned!

One thing I ran into was exiting the loop when after say 3 items have been listed.

This is what I did:

<?php
$i=0;
foreach($files as $file) {
if ($i == 3) {
break;
} else {
$i++;
} ?>

// do stuff here

<?php
} ?>

That’s it! Of course, some people prefer to do this with a for loop:

<?php
for($i=0; $i<3; $i++) { ?>

// do stuff here

<?php
} ?>

At the end of the day it’s personal preference.

I’ve done all my Christmas shopping for this year and it wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be. I usually go out and buy all the presents but this time i’ve done it ALL online, did I save money? Hell yes!

If you’ve read this blog from the beginning you’ll learn that I like to use online cashback service, Quidco. Quidco is an excellent online cashback service that pays out pretty quick depending on where you buy your stuff from. Up to now I’ve had around £150 worth of cashback from buying online. It’s great for buying Christmas presents, birthday presents etc and you get a little in return for doing so.

And to finish the weekend off before work tomorrow, i’m going to play some Modern Warfare 2 and Fifa 10.

• iTrophies – This is a great application if you are a Playstation 3 owner. You can see who’s online, check your trophy progress and even compare your trophies against your friends. A must have app for any PS3 owner with an iPhone.
• Wordpress – I’ve only used this a few times but it’s worth having if you are out and abouts. What if you have a spare minute to post?
• eBuddy – An all in one messenger for the iPhone. You can be logged into MSN, Facebook and more and you’ll be able to see who’s online in all areas and chat simultaneously.
• AroundMe – Again, I don’t use this application much but it’s very clever at what it does.
• eBay – Speaks for itself. Bid, buy and pay for items while on the move.
• Saw VI – Now I’m an avid Saw fan and this application is funny! You can record your voice and it will output it as Jigsaws. You can then email the recordings to people to freak them out.

That is all I’m using at the moment because I had to send my older iPhone away for repairs and got a new one back. That one had loads of apps on but haven’t been bothered to download them yet.