0x01285a63 in objc_msgSend
0x0580e400 in ??
0x0105fb8d in _ CFAutoreleasePoolPop
0x00022443 in -[NSAutoreleasePool release]
0x002d3bf2 in _ UIApplicationHandleEvent
0x018cca36 in PurpleEventCallback
0x01105064 in __ CFRUNLOOP_IS_CALLING_OUT_TO_A_SOURCE1_PERFORM_FUNCTION__
0x010656f7 in __CFRunLoopDoSource1
0x01062983 in __CFRunLoopRun
0x01062240 in CFRunLoopRunSpecific
0x01062161 in CFRunLoopRunInMode
0x002cafa8 in -[UIApplication _run]
0x002d742e in UIApplicationMain
0x00001ca0 in main at main.m:14

You can activate NSZombie by doing the following:

1. Get info of the executable.
2. Go to the arguments tab.
3. In the “Variables to be set in the environment:” section add:
4. Name: NSZombieEnabled Value: YES

Then you can run  your app and when it crashes you should see an log entry in the console about the object causing the problem.

To read the excel sheet, i use the xlrd package.

import xlrd
from xml.dom.minidom import Document
wb = xlrd.open_workbook('Test.xls')
sh = wb.sheet_by_index(0)

doc = Document()
plist = doc.createElement("plist")
plist.setAttribute("version","1.0")
doc.appendChild(plist)

array = doc.createElement("array")
plist.appendChild(array)

for rownum in range(sh.nrows):
    if rownum > 0:
        dict = doc.createElement("dict")
        array.appendChild(dict)
        for cellnum in range(sh.ncols):
            key = doc.createElement("key")
            key.appendChild(doc.createTextNode(sh.cell_value(0,cellnum)))
            dict.appendChild(key)
            value = doc.createElement("string")
            value.appendChild(doc.createTextNode(unicode(sh.cell_value(rownum,cellnum))))
            dict.appendChild(value)

out = open("Test.xml", "w")
out.write(doc.toxml("utf-8"))
out.close()

Of cause this is not the first cool service you can only use in us. Facebook uses the same mechanism to block all users outside the us like most of the other services. Facebook get’s your geolocation by looking into a IP address – geolocation database. If your IP does not come from us, the service is blocked for you.

To by-pass this problem you have to use facebook with a us IP. You can achieve this by either use an proxy or an VPN located in the usa.

1. Proxy Solution

The proxy solution works only with a WiFi connection, cause you can only configure an proxy for a wifi but not for a 3G or Edge connection (shame on you apple!).
Ask google for a free us proxy and enter the settings under your wifi preferences.

Then point your mobile safari to http://touch.facebook.com/. You should see a new tab called “Places”.

The Facebook App did not work for me with a us proxy but it should. I things it just was a problem with the proxy i used.

2. VPN Solution

The VPN solution works with any connection of your iphone. On google you will find a lot free and payed VPN services. You just have to be sure to use one with an IP from usa and iphone support. Get an VPN accound and add the VPN settings to your iphone’s network configuration.

If you are connected to the VPN Places will work on http://touch.facebook.com/ and with the Facebook app.

My linux machine runs Ubuntu 10.04 LTS/Lucid Lynx. For the backup of the recordings i use lftp and for the convertion HandBrakeCLI.

1. Install needed tools

First of all we have to install this two programs:

root@dubai ~ # sudo aptitude install lftp handbrake-cli

On my ubuntu version handrake was broken, so i had to add the handbrake snapshot repository first:

root@dubai ~ # sudo add-apt-repository ppa:stebbins/handbrake-snapshots
root@dubai ~ # sudo aptitude update
root@dubai ~ # sudo aptitude install handbrake-cli

2. Create needed directories

Next we create the following directories:

• /home/dream/scripts – for the scripts we need
• /home/dream/movie – the backup directory for the recordings
• /home/dream/archive – the directory for the converted mp4 files

3. Backup the dreambox recordings

Lftp is just perfect to mirror a remote ftp directory. The easiest way to get the recordings from your dreambox is by ftp. The following script is a ftp script you can pass to lftp. First it will connect to your dreambox (you have to change the ip in the first line), then it will login as user root with the password dream. Afterwards it mirrors the /hdd/movie directory to /home/dream/movie. With the parameter –older-than=now-2hours you can easily avoid that running recordings get transfered.

open 192.168.0.XXX
user root dream
mirror -e -v --verbose=2 --older-than=now-2hours /hdd/movie /home/dream/movie
bye

This script goes to /home/dream/scripts/backup_dreambox.ftp

Now you can run lftp -f /home/dream/scripts/backup_dreambox.ftp to backup your dreambox movies.

4. Convert the recordings to mp4 files

To convert the recordings to mp4 i use the Handbrake command line program. It was not that easy to find out the perfect settings but this ones work for me and do also handle 720p HD videos. The only problem i still have is, that my iphone/ipad don’t likes files bigger than 4GB.

I use the following script to handle the convertion. On the first lines you can define the settings like the output folder, the quality of the target file, the handbrake settings.

The script will convert the file you passed as command line argument. If the target file already exists, it will just skip that file. First the scripts scans the the audio tracks on the movie to create the audio parameters for the handbrake convertion command. Currently it supports up to 2 audio tracks. Than it start the convertion and creates the new file in the /home/dream/archive using the original filename without Date/Time.

#!/bin/bash
QUALITY=0.67
OUTPUT=/home/dream/archive
HANDBRAKE_SETTINGS="-4 -T -2 -e x264 --loose-anamorphic -4 -x ref=2:bframes=2:subq=6:mixed-refs=0:weightb=0:8x8dct=0:trellis=0 -X 1280"

if [ $# -gt 0 ]
then
 OUTPUT_FILE=`echo $1|awk -F"-" '{ print $3 $4 $5}'|awk -F. '{ print $1 }'`.mp4
 TARGET=$OUTPUT/`echo $OUTPUT_FILE`
 echo $TARGET

 if [ -f "$TARGET" ]
 then
   exit 0
 fi

 AUDIO_TRACKS=`HandBrakeCLI -t 0 -i "$1" 2>&1|grep "scan: audio"|wc -l`
 AUDIO="-a 1"

 if [ "$AUDIO_TRACKS" -eq "2" ]
 then
   AUDIO="-a 1,2"
 fi

 HandBrakeCLI $HANDBRAKE_SETTINGS $AUDIO -q $QUALITY -i "$1" -o "$TARGET"
else
 echo "usage: dream2mp4 INPUT"
fi

This script goes to /home/dream/scripts/dream2mp4.sh

5. Glue everything together

Finally we create a script to first backup the dreambox and than convert all movies. You can just execute the script every day, hour or minute with a cronjob. It will first check if it’s already running.

#!/bin/bash
DREAM_MOVIES=/home/dream/movie
PID_SEARCH=`ps -fea|grep [b]ackup_dreambox.sh|grep bash`
let PID_COUNT=`ps -fea|grep [b]ackup_dreambox.sh|grep bash|wc -l`
if [ $PID_COUNT -lt 3 ]
then
 lftp -f /home/dream/scripts/backup_dreambox.ftp
 find $DREAM_MOVIES -name "*.ts" -exec /home/dream/scripts/dream2mp4.sh {} \;
else
 echo "backup is already/still running"
fi

This script goes to /home/dream/scripts/backup_dreambox.sh

The scripts: dream.tar.gz

To make the World Cup even more exciting, we updated our “Tipping Competiton” Web Applikation wettem.com.

Some of the new features

• Facebook integration
• New Look & Feel
• Easier and better tipping mechanism
• Possibility to tip the tournament winner
• lot more …

Just go to http://www.wettem.com/ and try it out!

Now, there is only one thing to do for the next World cup! a iphone application like:

• http://www.apfelnews.eu/2010/06/04/wm-tippspiel-fuer-das-iphone/
• http://www.sevenmac.de/news/appstore/2689-neu-wm-tippspiel-fuer-iphone-ipod-touch-und-ipad-
• http://www.mittelstandcafe.de/wm-tippspiel-1-0-fussball-fans-tippen-die-ergebnisse-auf-dem-iphone-207141.html

You get the locale but not the timezone and if you try to create the timzone from this locale you will get the default timezone from the server.

Currently there are two ways to get the timezone:

1. expensive geolocation service like http://www.ip2location.com/
2. javascript as discribed at http://www.onlineaspect.com/

I don’t like both solutions, therefore i created a third one by mapping the locales to timzones. This solution doesn’t work for countries with more than one timezone but thats ok for my requirements.

id	code	language	country	capital	timezone
1	ja_JP	Japanese	Japan	Tokyo	Asia/Tokyo
2	es_PE	Spanish	Peru	Lima	America/Lima
3	en	English	United States	Washington	America/Los_Angeles
4	ja_JP	Japanese	Japan	Tokyo	Asia/Tokyo
5	es_PA	Spanish	Panama	Panama City	America/Panama
6	sr_BA	Serbian	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Sarajevo	Europe/Sarajevo
7	mk	Macedonian	Macedonia	Skopje	Europe/Skopje
8	es_GT	Spanish	Guatemala	Guatemala City	America/Guatemala
9	ar_AE	Arabic	United Arab Emirates	Abu Dhabi	Asia/Dubai
10	no_NO	Norwegian	Norway	Oslo	Europe/Oslo
11	sq_AL	Albanian	Albania	Tirane	Europe/Tirane
12	bg	Bulgarian	Bulgaria	Sofia	Europe/Sofia
13	ar_IQ	Arabic	Iraq	Baghdad	Asia/Baghdad
14	ar_YE	Arabic	Yemen	Sanaa	Asia/Qatar
15	hu	Hungarian	Hungary	Budapest	Europe/Budapest
16	pt_PT	Portuguese	Portugal	Lisbon	Europe/Lisbon
17	el_CY	Greek	Cyprus	Nicosia	Asia/Nicosia
18	ar_QA	Arabic	Qatar	Doha	Asia/Qatar
19	mk_MK	Macedonian	Macedonia	Skopje	Europe/Skopje
20	sv	Swedish	Sweden	Stockholm	Europe/Stockholm
21	de_CH	German	Switzerland	Bern	Europe/Zurich
22	en_US	English	United States	Washington	America/Los_Angeles
23	fi_FI	Finnish	Finland	Helsinki	Europe/Helsinki
24	is	Icelandic	Iceland	Reykjavik	Atlantic/Reykjavik
25	cs	Czech	Czech Republic	Prague	Europe/Prague
26	en_MT	English	Malta	Valletta	Europe/Malta
27	sl_SI	Slovenian	Slovenia	Ljubljana	Europe/Ljubljana
28	sk_SK	Slovak	Slovakia	Bratislava	Europe/Bratislava
29	it	Italian	Italy	Rome	Europe/Rome
30	tr_TR	Turkish	Turkey	Ankara	Europe/Istanbul
31	zh	Chinese	Taiwan	Taipei	Asia/Taipei
32	th	Thai	Thailand	Bangkok	Asia/Bangkok
33	ar_SA	Arabic	Saudi Arabia	Riyadh	Asia/Riyadh
34	no	Norwegian	Norway	Oslo	Europe/Oslo
35	en_GB	English	United Kingdom	London	Europe/London
36	sr_CS	Serbian	Serbia and Montenegro	Belgrade	Europe/Belgrade
37	lt	Lithuanian	Lithuania	Vilnius	Europe/Vilnius
38	ro	Romanian	Romania	Bucharest	Europe/Bucharest
39	en_NZ	English	New Zealand	Wellington	Pacific/Auckland
40	no_NO	Norwegian	Norway	Oslo	Europe/Oslo
41	lt_LT	Lithuanian	Lithuania	Vilnius	Europe/Vilnius
42	es_NI	Spanish	Nicaragua	Managua	America/Managua
43	nl	Dutch	Netherlands	Amsterdam	Europe/Amsterdam
44	ga_IE	Irish	Ireland	Dublin	Europe/Dublin
45	fr_BE	French	Belgium	Brussels	Europe/Brussels
46	es_ES	Spanish	Spain	Madrid	Europe/Madrid
47	ar_LB	Arabic	Lebanon	Beirut	Asia/Beirut
48	ko	Korean	South Korea	Seoul	Asia/Seoul
49	fr_CA	French	Canada	Ottawa	America/Montreal
50	et_EE	Estonian	Estonia	Tallinn	Europe/Tallinn
51	ar_KW	Arabic	Kuwait	Kuwait City	Asia/Kuwait
52	sr_RS	Serbian	Serbia	Belgrade	Europe/Belgrade
53	es_US	Spanish	United States	London	Europe/London
54	es_MX	Spanish	Mexico	Mexico City	America/Mexico_City
55	ar_SD	Arabic	Sudan	Khartoum	Africa/Khartoum
56	in_ID	Indonesian	Indonesia	Jakarta	Asia/Jakarta
57	ru	Russian	Russia	Moscow	Europe/Moscow
58	lv	Latvian	Latvia	Riga	Europe/Riga
59	es_UY	Spanish	Uruguay	Montevideo	America/Montevideo
60	lv_LV	Latvian	Latvia	Riga	Europe/Riga
61	iw	Hebrew	Israel	Jerusalem*	Asia/Jerusalem
62	pt_BR	Portuguese	Brazil	Brasilia	America/Sao_Paulo
63	ar_SY	Arabic	Syria	Damascus	Asia/Damascus
64	hr	Croatian	Croatia	Zagreb	Europe/Zagreb
65	et	Estonian	Estonia	Tallinn	Europe/Tallinn
66	es_DO	Spanish	Dominican Republic	Santo Domingo	America/Santo_Domingo
67	fr_CH	French	Switzerland	Bern	Europe/Zurich
68	hi_IN	Hindi	India	New Delhi	Asia/Calcutta
69	es_VE	Spanish	Venezuela	Caracas	America/Caracas
70	ar_BH	Arabic	Bahrain	Manama	Asia/Bahrain
71	en_PH	English	Philippines	Manila	Asia/Manila
72	ar_TN	Arabic	Tunisia	Tunis	Africa/Tunis
73	fi	Finnish	Finland	Helsinki	Europe/Helsinki
74	de_AT	German	Austria	Vienna	Europe/Vienna
75	es	Spanish	Peru	Lima	America/Lima
76	nl_NL	Dutch	Netherlands	Amsterdam	Europe/Amsterdam
77	es_EC	Spanish	Ecuador	Quito	America/Guayaquil
78	zh_TW	Chinese	Taiwan	Taipei	Asia/Taipei
79	ar_JO	Arabic	Jordan	Amman	Asia/Amman
80	be	Belarusian	Belarus	Minsk	Europe/Minsk
81	is_IS	Icelandic	Iceland	Reykjavik	Atlantic/Reykjavik
82	es_CO	Spanish	Colombia	Bogota	America/Bogota
83	es_CR	Spanish	Costa Rica	San Jose	America/Costa_Rica
84	es_CL	Spanish	Chile	Santiago	America/Santiago
85	ar_EG	Arabic	Egypt	Cairo	Africa/Cairo
86	en_ZA	English	South Africa	Pretoria	Africa/Johannesburg
87	th_TH	Thai	Thailand	Bangkok	Asia/Bangkok
88	el_GR	Greek	Greece	Athens	Europe/Athens
89	it_IT	Italian	Italy	Rome	Europe/Rome
90	ca	Catalan	Spain	Madrid	Europe/Madrid
91	hu_HU	Hungarian	Hungary	Budapest	Europe/Budapest
92	fr	French	Belgium	Brussels	Europe/Brussels
93	en_IE	English	Ireland	Dublin	Europe/Dublin
94	uk_UA	Ukrainian	Ukraine	Kyiv	Europe/Kiev
95	pl_PL	Polish	Poland	Warsaw	Europe/Warsaw
96	fr_LU	French	Luxembourg	Luxembourg	Europe/Luxembourg
97	nl_BE	Dutch	Belgium	Brussels	Europe/Brussels
98	en_IN	English	India	New Delhi	Asia/Calcutta
99	ca_ES	Catalan	Spain	Madrid	Europe/Madrid
100	ar_MA	Arabic	Morocco	Rabat	Africa/Casablanca
101	es_BO	Spanish	Bolivia	La Paz	America/La_Paz
102	en_AU	English	Australia	Canberra	Australia/Canberra
103	sr	Serbian	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Sarajevo	Europe/Sarajevo
104	zh_SG	Chinese	Singapore	Singapore	Asia/Singapore
105	pt	Portuguese	Portugal	Lisbon	Europe/Lisbon
106	uk	Ukrainian	Ukraine	Kyiv	Europe/Kiev
107	es_SV	Spanish	El Salvador	San Salvador	America/El_Salvador
108	ru_RU	Russian	Russia	Moscow	Europe/Moscow
109	ko_KR	Korean	South Korea	Seoul	Asia/Seoul
110	vi	Vietnamese	Vietnam	Hanoi	Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh
111	ar_DZ	Arabic	Algeria	Algiers	Africa/Algiers
112	vi_VN	Vietnamese	Vietnam	Hanoi	Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh
113	sr_ME	Serbian	Montenegro	Podgorica	Europe/Podgorica
114	sq	Albanian	Albania	Tirane	Europe/Tirane
115	ar_LY	Arabic	Libya	Tripoli	Africa/Tripoli
116	ar	Arabic	United Arab Emirates	Abu Dhabi	Asia/Dubai
117	zh_CN	Chinese	China	Beijing	Asia/Shanghai
118	be_BY	Belarusian	Belarus	Minsk	Europe/Minsk
119	zh_HK	Chinese	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Asia/Hong_Kong
120	ja	Japanese	Japan	Tokyo	Asia/Tokyo
121	iw_IL	Hebrew	Israel	Jerusalem*	Asia/Jerusalem
122	bg_BG	Bulgarian	Bulgaria	Sofia	Europe/Sofia
123	in	Indonesian	Indonesia	Jakarta	Asia/Jakarta
124	mt_MT	Maltese	Malta	Valletta	Europe/Malta
125	es_PY	Spanish	Paraguay	Asuncion	America/Asuncion
126	sl	Slovenian	Slovenia	Ljubljana	Europe/Ljubljana
127	fr_FR	French	France	Paris	Europe/Paris
128	cs_CZ	Czech	Czech Republic	Prague	Europe/Prague
129	it_CH	Italian	Switzerland	Bern	Europe/Zurich
130	ro_RO	Romanian	Romania	Bucharest	Europe/Bucharest
131	es_PR	Spanish	Puerto Rico	San Juan	America/Argentina/San_Juan
132	en_CA	English	Canada	Ottawa	America/Montreal
133	de_DE	German	Germany	Berlin	Europe/Berlin
134	ga	Irish	Ireland	Dublin	Europe/Dublin
135	de_LU	German	Luxembourg	Luxembourg	Europe/Luxembourg
136	de	German	Switzerland	Bern	Europe/Zurich
137	es_AR	Spanish	Argentina	Buenos Aires	America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires
138	sk	Slovak	Slovakia	Bratislava	Europe/Bratislava
139	ms_MY	Malay	Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur	Asia/Kuala_Lumpur
140	hr_HR	Croatian	Croatia	Zagreb	Europe/Zagreb
141	en_SG	English	Singapore	Singapore	Asia/Singapore
142	da	Danish	Denmark	Copenhagen	Europe/Copenhagen
143	mt	Maltese	Malta	Valletta	Europe/Malta
144	pl	Polish	Poland	Warsaw	Europe/Warsaw
145	ar_OM	Arabic	Oman	Muscat	Asia/Muscat
146	tr	Turkish	Turkey	Ankara	Europe/Istanbul
147	th_TH	Thai	Thailand	Bangkok	Asia/Bangkok
148	el	Greek	Cyprus	Nicosia	Asia/Nicosia
149	ms	Malay	Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur	Asia/Kuala_Lumpur
150	sv_SE	Swedish	Sweden	Stockholm	Europe/Stockholm
151	da_DK	Danish	Denmark	Copenhagen	Europe/Copenhagen
152	es_HN	Spanish	Honduras	Tegucigalpa	America/Tegucigalpa

For this example I used an web service which gives access to the results of soccer league games: http://www.openligadb.de/.

First of all i had to decide which SOAP implementation and generator to use. I found three candidates:

• http://ws.apache.org/axis2/
• http://xfire.codehaus.org/
• https://jax-ws.dev.java.net/

To use them with maven an corresponding plugin is needed. The plugin for jax-ws was the simplest one to use:

https://jax-ws-commons.dev.java.net/jaxws-maven-plugin/

After creating the maven project i modified the pom.xml and added this plugin:

<project
xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<groupId>ch.uebelacker.openligaclient</groupId>
<artifactId>openligaclient</artifactId>
<packaging>jar</packaging>
<version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
<name>openligaclient</name>
<url>http://maven.apache.org</url>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<configuration>
<source>1.6</source>
<target>1.6</target>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
<artifactId>jaxws-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<executions>
<execution>
<goals>
<goal>wsimport</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
<configuration>
<wsdlUrls>
<param>http://www.openligadb.de/Webservices/Sportsdata.asmx?WSDL</param>
</wsdlUrls>
<packageName>ch.uebelacker.openligaclient</packageName>
<extension>true</extension>
</configuration>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.sun.xml.ws</groupId>
<artifactId>jaxws-tools</artifactId>
<version>2.1.3</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>junit</groupId>
<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
<version>3.8.1</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
</project>

After executing mvn install, i have everything i need to access the webservice:

Sportsdata tSportsdata = new Sportsdata();
for ( League tLeague : tSportsdata.getSportsdataSoap().getAvailLeagues().league )
{
    System.out.println(tLeague.getLeagueShortcut() + " - " + tLeague.getLeagueName());
}

Proxy
If you’re behind a proxy you can pass the proxy configuration to the vm:

-Dhttp.proxyHost=192.168.82.1
-Dhttp.proxyPort=3128