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iPhone Battery/Case? 2 rocks, one stone?

Was Incase reading my mind, or perhaps my blog? I just caught this in my iGoogle Engadget feed: http://goincase.com/products/detail/EC20003/5 All four corners protected? Check. Extends battery life more than double? Check. Isn’t completely fugly? Check. Lets you charge and sync via standard mini-USB port? Check. Next Friday, I’ma be all over this, barring any terrible reviews or completely ridiculous pricing. It does look a little thick in some of the photos, but maybe that’ll be…

What the ground did to my iPhone

Or, more precisely, what its case didn’t prevent the ground from doing to my phone: It didn’t get destroyed or anything, and is still perfectly functional, but it’s now got some more personality. So maybe the case did protect it a little. Still looking for a good leather or neoprene replacement that covers all 4 corners of this thing… (This is a followup to this post.)

Some more drums comped and another bass track

Over the last few days, I’ve been putting together some more of the final drum comps so I can get to work on the bass guitar, and then the rest of the instruments for those songs. Since we kept 3 or 4 full runs through each song, I had a lot of options, which is good, but also a bit overwhelming. A few of the songs had one complete take that was just what I…

Worthless iPhone case!

So this morning is cold and rainy. I was running in from my car, and out from my hoodie pocket tumbles… yep, my iPhone. Now, when I got my phone back in July, I made sure to pick up a good case for it, since I’m prone to dropping my phones. I had an Incase case for my last phone (a vx8300), and it was great. It did its job of protecting the phone when…