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black rock city gps map 2010

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here's my version of black rock city, garmin gps street map for 2010. i've added items, gate road, confirmed porto-potties locations (not all placed yet), medical locations.

got off to a late start publishing this year, since the survey appears off a degree or two from 'true' north. it happens. so i've been adjusting and confirming points as i drive around.

this is a garmin formatted street vector map, you can use with most garmin gps models. upload the map using the sendmap.exe program, or copy the file to your memory card if you have a newer model with a memory card

black rock city 2010 img file
sendmap20.zip (contains to sendmap20.exe).

inspell iphone autocorrect

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you can use inspell with (a jailbroken) iphone, to add inline spell-check highlighting to the iphone, which is awesome. you can also add custom correction entries (i have an entry that turns 'y' into yes and 'n' to no, creating a little shorthand/shortcut typing.

turns out, you can add entries that will cause the iphone auto-correct to skip words you don't want the phone to prompt or modify.

the iPhone auto correct feature is great but sometimes it changes words you simply don't want to be changed. I use with Inspell with "duplicate" entries for words i want the iphone auto correct to leave alone. example, the phone keeps prompting to turn 'yo' into "to", which just doesn't work well for me. so i put an inspell entry that specifies 'yo', with 'yo' for the replacement entry (e.g. no change).

'yo' -> 'yo'

so now the phone does not prompt to auto-correct the word 'yo'. i'm guessing this must work by automatically replacing with the 'original' with the correction as you type, which matches the current selection (the original word) therefore avoids the prompt (or at a minimum, the *appearance* of invoking the prompt)??

cydia 'size mismatch' issue

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You need to seach for and install Aptitude from cydia. (if you can't find it then you need to go to manage in cydia and then click on settings and then click on Deleloper (no filters) you also have to install the APT0.7Strict console package (with this little console sign beside the icon) be sure that you have set the package settings to developer mode

you can shell to the command prompt and try to fix it.

- su root
- apt-get update
[If you see errors, it's probably in /var/lib/apt/lists]

i ran the apt-update command a couple of times, then went to Cydia and reloaded any out-of-date apps. appeared to me this command alone cleared out the stuck downloads. the original recipe continued:

- apt-cache policy cydia
[If you see errors, it's probably same as above]

- cd /var/lib/apt/lists
- rm *

[If something is in "partial" directory, go there and rm * that too. When done, do: apt-get update]

- cd /var/lib/apt/lists/partial
- rm *
- apt-get update

also here are some important commands:
apt-get update
apt-get upgrade
apt-get autoremove (removes packages that you dont use anymore)

iphone email, stop image autoload

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Prevent iPhone Mail from Downloading Remote Images

I don't know if the default is open access or my settings got switched, but the iphone mail app (Mobile Mail) downloaded an image.... whatwhat? grrrr.

To make sure iPhone Mail does not download remote images in emails (which would reveal your opening the message to spammers and your approximate location, too):

Go to the Home screen.
Open Settings.
Tap Mail, Contacts, Calendars.
Make sure Load Remote Images is not enabled.

I'm also trying out the Cydia/RockYourPhone 'Firewall' app. I have a few UI complaints but in general it's working and should help prevent inadvertent access (outgoing traffic) by rogue mail like this, or other apps.

my top jailbroken iphone apps

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these are my current fav jailbroken apps:

• Intelliscreen (lockscreen app)
  
• My Profiles (custom alerts & settings)
  
• Inspell (more than auto-correct)
  
• Backgrounder (any app, on demand)
  
• MyWi (wifi tethering)
  
• Siphone (voip phone)

Honorable mention:

• GV Mobile+ (GoogleVoice)
  
• Font Swap (custom font)
  
• Multiflow (manage background)
  
• Searcher (better than apple)
  
• Maps Enhancer (GoogleMap caching

Essentials:

• PushFix.inf (enable push notes)
  
• SBsettings
  
• Winterboard
  
• Terminal (shell)

I'm more utilitarian about my apps, all of these either correct an artifitial limit or significantly improves how my phone works -making the phone do more for me.