Waiting for Your College Acceptance Letter... and your iPhone?

I picked this up a few weeks back, but it's just now making its way into writing.

So, it seems that there is a college in Texas, Abilene Christian University, that is offering an iPhone to any incoming freshman this fall. Here's their press release: http://www.acu.edu/news/2008/080225_iphone.html.

Read about on Engadget and apply to ACU if you must. Apparently, the school portends that students will receive homework alerts and probably use some kind of course management webapp.

This is similar to Duke's attempt to give out iPods to incoming students. My guess is people know Duke exists and don't necessarily need more incentive to apply, which is why they ave since scaled back on that. But, really ACU-- don't you think we all see this as a far-cry from homework and an academic stimulus package so much as a marketing tool to tech-starved, MTV-obsessed Texas Christians.

Also, isn't like gluttony or pride a sin? Leave the sinning to the experts (me) and stick to what you know ACU.

Of course, in the fine print, the cost of the iPhone is included in tuition.

It Was a Matter of Time

*Mature Content Alert, i.e. NSFW... well, just don't click on some of the links... oh, and if you're under 18, go away*

I've been alluding to this for some time, but it's taken me a while to get the balls to actually post about it.

RubMyClit is an awesome webapp for the iPhone that turns it into an animated vagina that needs to get off. s you rub the screen (it takes some maneuvering with two fingers) the drawing gets flushed and excited and the "Horny bar" goes up and the screen tells you, "Don't stop! I'm so close." (Check out the video demo here; if you have an iPhone, check out the real deal here)

But I couldn't win. Now, I know I'm gay and all, but I love video games. This pissed me off. Surely there must be a gay version. Not sure what that would be since getting a guy off isn't near as mysterious as getting a girl off, but still. A boy can dream can't he?

The program is licensed by Creative Commons, and links to the iphoneporngrid which specializes in creating porn fit for viewing on the iPhone. I know I've mentioned the MACC before, but you can imagine that as we count down the days until Apple launches the SDK (rumor has it it will be announced next week), the porn industry is staring at the iPhone as the gateway to making truly mobile porn.

I'm curious now what kinds of mobile cyber sex sites there are. What will "iPhone sex" look like?

*Update: My friend G* and U-fabulous were both able to get the girl off, and I finished her off once too in just 3020 seconds. That sounds like decent foreplay. Look for my exclusive interview with the creator of RubMyClit on 3.14! Yay pi!*

*Update: Here is the first of my two-part interview with Tim Vandecasteele of RubMyClit fame.

IDK What An SDK Is

Since I've bought my iPhone, I've dealt with a lot of more tech-savvy folks telling me that they "would get an iPhone, but I'm waiting for it be more customizable." I have to admit that I only vaguely knew what that meant-- I mean, I've been pretty up front with the fact that I only bought the iPhone because it looked good, not because I actually understood anything about it.

It wasn't until I started IATC that I actually started to learn about all the cool things that iPhone could do. For instance, when the software update 1.1.3 came about, I only noticed that I now had the ability to send text messages to multiple recipients (thank God!), yet I somehow missed the fact that Maps on the iPhone now came with a limited GPS capability. (And by limited, I mean that I can basically locate myself on the Map within about .5 miles.)

But there is all the talk about the SDK coming down the road. SDK stands for Software Development Kit, which basically allows people to create applications for the iPhone home screen. This is kind of like when Facebook starting allowing people to personalize applications and develop all kinds of stupid programs like "My Heroes Ability." Currently, on iPhone we can only use the basic 10 programs (like calculator and maps) and then any web-based applications or Webapps that sites create (like the Facebook one). Webapps are a big part of the mobile dating series I am preparing, so keep a look out for them.

All of the new Apple and iPhone blogs I've discovered in my character study of the iPhone have revealed that everyone is expecting some kind of big announcement about the SDK at the end of February. I am certainly not the one to have the inside scoop but I'd be interested to see what kinds of advancements are made with porn and mobile dating on the iPhone when these potentially easier to promote and use iPhone programs make their long-awaited debut.