MacBook Pro on the Big Screen

My MBP 13 is a mid-2010 model, meaning audio can operate on mini-DisplayPort-to-HDMI adapters. In my search, I found two models.

Amazon.com:

http://www.amazon.com/DisplayPort-Female-Adapter-Macbook-Laptop/dp/B002HU629E/ref=sr_1_2?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1288575735&sr=1-2

Moshi via Apple Canada Education Store:

http://store.apple.com/ca_edu_108284/product/H1824ZM/A?fnode=MTY1NDA3Ng&mco=MTgwOTAzMjI

Ultimate laptop idea

How's this for an idea for future laptops? Detachable capacitive touchscreen monitor that streams the display wirelessly using WUSB or WiDi. Maybe not as a standalone device, but as a different method of interacting with the device. It's not like an iPad or separate tablet device, but sometimes I just want to take off the screen of my laptop and pull it closer and play with it. With the surge of tablet attention these days, I think the laptop needs to fight back for relevance. If I had the wherewithal to implement such an idea, maybe I would. It's kind of like how the Eee Pad seems to work. Although the iPad comes with a keyboard, it isn't the same as if your laptop's display goes free. Make a fully functional laptop at 13.3", then remove the monitor to roam free with a "tablet" that doesn't have to carry the weight of all the electronics except for wireless cards, battery, battery charger and touchscreen controller. That much glass already weighs quite a bit, and carrying it around can be tiresome. I'll be around for a couple more decades, so take your time, manufacturers. :)

Finally! Progress!

Harro Kitty,

I finally made some progress on the iPhone app front. Yipee.

I was reading Saurik's article, Upgrading the iPhone Toolchain, when it suggested that I should join the chatroom #iphone at irc.saurik.com. Luckily, I took that bit of advice, and users AWright4911 and Maximus gave me a bit of help. I was gonna try and bother my co-worker, Nihal Ahmed, but he could not be reached for comment. Anyways, I learned lots with just a few answers to some of my questions, which I am going to catalogue here. If it isn't immediately obvious, I have very little programming experience, so my blogging is aimed at those enterprising entrepreneurs who want to start something completely out of their current skill set and comfort zone. A lot of it will be painfully obvious for those well-versed in programming, so if anyone actually reads this blog, you can correct me when I'm way off.

• Here we go. Apparently, Cydia takes Objective-C. You write it, debug it on your device by signing it, then send the code to BigBoss or ModMyi. I don't know what I was imagining when I thought of the Cydia app approval process, but it was good to get that bit of input. Lots to learn still. I now have to get cracking on learning Objective-C.
• Also, I don't need the iPhone toolchain if I have a Mac, I think.
• Even better, I found theiphonewiki.com. Much to read about there.
• Now I can make more sense of iPhone Open Application Development.

Not much else to share. I'll bring more knowledge back when I actually get some. There is hope!