We just saw Flash 10.1 ported to the iPad demonstrated in video form by Comex, and now you can get in on the action too, as long as your iPad is jailbroken. It’s called Frash, and while the plugin is still pretty early and doesn’t do video playback yet, you can definitely play games and other animations right now, and we’re told video support is forthcoming. Okay, so let’s try this out, shall we? It’s not point-and-click simple, but it’s not that hard, either. Full instructions after the break.
0. Make sure your iPad is jailbroken. It’s pretty easy — just run Spirit and you’re done.
1. Download Frash.deb and keep it nearby. [Update: We've been advised against hosting this ourselves, but it's not hard to find out there.]
2. Decide how you’re going to get files onto your iPad. For Mac users, it’s dead simple — just install Netatalk, which will automatically pop up your iPad in the Finder’s Sharing list. Windows users can try out this guide at iClarified to get OpenSSH installed and running and use WinSCP — it’s just as easy. Either way, the login is “root” and the password is “alpine.” Remember, you can seriously screw things up while you’re in there, so be careful!
3. Once you’ve got access to the iPad’s filesystem, navigate to /var/root/Media as shown here:
4. Once there, open Media and create a folder called “Cydia.”
5. Open the new Cydia folder and create another new folder called “AutoInstall”
6. Upload Frash to your new folder.
7. Restart your iPad a couple times.
8. You’re set! Now just navigate to a page in Safari with non-video Flash content and hit the F logo to play it. Again, no video for now, but games and other simple content works. We did have a few crashes here and there, but it’s early code, and things are bound to get better.
So there you have it — Flash on the iPad (sans fluid video playback for now, of course). Try it out and let us know how it goes — if you’re having trouble, our tipster suggests using SBSettings or the respring app to restart the Springboard, but we didn’t have too many problems without it. Just remember, you’re doing this at your own risk, and you might well end up bricking your iPad and blowing up the universe with this stuff. If you’re not feeling brave enough to muck around, here it is on video:
Mirror’s Edge is flat-out fun. More than any other game I’ve tried on the iPad so far, it shows what the potential for gaming on the platform can be. The basic mechanics of the game are simple: you control Faith, sending her running over the city and through tunnels to, well, do something that clearly has The Man unhappy. Whatever, the story is secondary. You control the game with a series of simple gestures – swipes left, right, up, and down – with the occasional tilt here and there. There are no health indicators, ammo bars, or anything else to get in your way.
I think it’s a great game for iPad because you can perform these swipes without covering up half the screen – you can always see the action and it really does feel pretty immersive.
The game is relatively simple to beat in story mode, but there’s plenty of extras to keep you in the game – including speed runs, going back to find hidden bags, and even a multiplayer option. It’s a little pricey at $12.99, but it’s addictive enough that I’ve lost a solid two hours to the game just toda. It’s only through great force of will that I was able to stop playing long enough to write this quick take.
Sift flour in a large bowl. Combine milk, eggs and vanilla extract in a bowl and mix lightly. Add the wet mixture to the flour and beat well for 3-5 minutes till the batter is light and fluffy. Cover and stand batter for an hour.
Pour batter into a squeeze bottle [like the ones you get in the supermarket for sauce]. Place Poffertje pan on the cooktop at medium heat. Brush pan with a liberal dose of olive oil. When the oil is hot, squeeze the batter into each hole, filling it just below the rim. When bubbles start appearing in the batter, flip over each pancake gently in their holes with a butter knife. Cook this side for 2-3 minutes and slide the pancakes onto a plate.
Serving suggestions
Serve hot with strawberries, fresh cream, nuts and chocolate sauce.
These pancakes can also be served simply with a drizzling of coarse sugar, topped with freshly squeezed lemon juice.
Notes
The quantity mentioned here is enough to make 90-95 pancakes, which would come to 5-6 serves.
A good quality cast-iron dutch poffertje pan is vital to make these crisp on the outside and soft on the inside.
Gemcake pans work well for this recipe too.
While cooking the heat has to be adjusted constantly, if you feel the pan starts smoking or the pancakes are browning very fast, reduce the heat a bit.
The quantity of milk mentioned here has worked well for me, but if the eggs and flour are of different sizes and brand respectively, you might need to add more milk. The batter has to be of thick, pouring consistency.
South Africa’s Kulula airlines recently received the rebranding treatment from their in house creative team when they applied this 101 guide to the various parts of the airplane. Now every traveler can even learn where the black box is.
Melt chocolate and water and stir around with a whisk. Use about 1 / 3 water and 2 / 3 chocolate. Pour into a glass or metal bowl. Fill a large bowl with ice cubes and cold water. Set bowl of chocolate on the top bowl with ice cubes. Whip well.
Continue to whip. It only becomes a little thicker so it will gradually consistency of a mousse.
Footballers on Ipanema Beach in Rio must in the future quench your thirst with coconut milk from the bottle. (Photo: Scanpix)
One of the enduring images of Rio’s beaches — coconuts opened to yield their sweet water — is about to be a thing of the past under a new clean-up campaign by authorities.
The environment secretariat of the host city of the 2014 soccer World Cup and the 2016 Olympic Games has decreed that the big green fruit beloved by thirsty residents and tourists alike is an unhygienic eye-sore and its sale by vendors will be banned from December 1.
“Go on Ipanema beach at the end of the day and you’ll see a mountain of coconuts that people have left on the sand. What attracts rats most to the beach are coconut husks,” the official in charge of the beaches, Jovanildo Savastano, told AFP.
Up to 30 tons of empty coconuts are recovered every day, he said.
Some environmentalists argue however that the fruit is biodegradable and presents no negative ecological impact. Its liquid is also excellent for health, they say.
Beachgoers with a craving for coconut juice will still be able to slake their thirst, but only by buying it in receptacles like bottles — or industrially made, in cans.
“This ban favors companies more than the people,” environmentalist Gerhard Sardo said, stressing that empty drink cans are already a problem.
Rio de Janeiro‘s mayor, Eduardo Paes, has offered to rethink the ban — but only if the thousands of people hitting the city’s beaches pick up after themselves.
Besides cleaning up Rio beaches, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva vowed last month to ensure The Marvelous City is also free from violence during its hosting of the 2016 Olympic Games.
That having been said, the Cyberbike is being developed by European publisher Bigben Interactive and comes bundled with some sort of lame treehugger game that requires you clean up the planet with the power of your eco-calves (don’t worry, it also works with Mario Kart). The bike is slated for a January release in Europe, but pricing details have not been announced. Granted, it will most likely be cheaper than purchasing an actual exercise bike, but I can’t imagine that some plastic, boxed Wii accessory will be able to handle the beating. Even professional stationary bikes break down on a fairly regular basi
When Nokia’s Booklet 3G laptop/netbook/whatever-you-want-to-call-it was first announced last week, we were pretty impressed. Surprisingly so, in fact. We knew a Nokia laptop was on the horizon but we really expected it to be a boring, inexpensive “me too” offering intended to make Nokia’s entry into the notebook space a simple and attainable one. As it turns out, the exact opposite is the case — the Nokia Booklet 3G is anything but simple, it’s anything but boring and with the announced price of 575€ ($817 USD), it’s anything but inexpensive. Now that Nokia World ‘09 is here and the Booklet 3G’s specs have been revealed, we’re even more bowled over than we were before. The bottom line is that the Booklet 3G is a Windows 7-powered beast with an insane 12 hour battery life (and that’s supposedly usage time, not standby), admirable specs and a design that’s just begging to be ogled. Yep, we need it. Hit the jump for the full specs along with a new promo vid and a brief video interview with the designer.
All day computing
Up to 12 hours of usage time
Last for a heavy work day
Windows 7 and Intel Atom processor
Charge it and go – no need to worry about taking your charger with you
Sleek, robust design
A stylish, premium design with a chassis made from a single piece of machined aluminum
19.9 mm thin
Three different colors at launch: black, ice (white) and azure (blue)
Seamless connectivity
Inbuilt WLAN and WWAN enable connectivity to the Internet anywhere a WiFi or cellular network connection is found
3G/ HSPA with hot swappable simcard
Sync easily with your Nokia handset
Integrated Ovi Suite enables easy sync of calendar contacts, media with your device and the cloud
Integrated Nokia services
Ovi Suite 2.0
Nokia Music for PC
Ovi Maps
Social Hub – keeps track of your social software feeds in one spot and serves as a SMS sender
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July 8, 2010
