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Balance…

I really need to find some sort of balance in my life.  I tend to fixate on a particular thing for a long period of time and then move on to the next – dropping the original item like a hot rock.  This time is different.  The last few weeks I’ve been looking for a job.  My wife has had enough of me giving my opinion around the house and wants me out.

So in the last few weeks I’ve been concentrating on the employment process.  Which I think I could write a book on now.  Since I have a couple of good leads, I thought it would be okay to find a more balanced work/life equilibrium.  So I’ll post a few very quick entries on the interesting stuff I’ve seen lately and have personally experienced.

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General

Case-Mate Naked Case

Finally got my Naked Case from Case-Mate. The case was on back-order for 3 weeks and the wait was worth it! The case has very clean lines and doesn’t interfere with the look of the iPhone. I’ve put on the phone and haven’t taken it off since getting it.

My biggest concern was the ability of the touch screen retaining it’s responsiveness with the cover on. The Naked Case ‘s cover does such a good job, it’s like it’s not even there. I’m very impressed.

There are only two issues I have with the phone:

  1. The case doesn’t fit into the dock included with the iPhone. According to the site, it should fit in a Universal dock… what’s that? Of course, I’ll have to get one because I didn’t spend a ton of money on the cosmetics of the workspace to just leave the iPhone laying on the desk with a cable attached to it.
  2. The screen cover maybe a little too snug. The first few attempts on putting the cover on ended up with large sections of the screen “touching” the cover. This creates a darker patch and looks like an inverse “bubble”. After several attempts of cleaning and resetting the cover, I’ve got the “bubble” to livable amount. I’ll have to look on their site to see if this is a common issue.

Overall, the case is great. If you have an iPhone, do yourself a favor and take a look at the video they have on their site. Also, check out the close up pictures at iLounge.

-JT

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Photography Reviews

MB-D80 Multi Power Battery Pack

MB-d80 Finally picked up my MB-D80 Multi Power Battery Pack, a.k.a. vertical camera grip, today.  Now the D80 is really big and heavy – especially after I dropped the second battery in it.  Initial reaction is that the product seems to be well made.  It’s rather simple in design, you almost don’t need the instruction booklet.

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Mac

Woot! – Dual Monitors on my Hackintosh

dualmonitorWell that went relatively painlessly.  I just added an old HP 17inch LCD panel to my existing 28 inch ViewSonic.  Both monitors are powered by a EVGA GeForce 8800GT. The Viewsonic is running at 1900×1200 and the HP at 1280×1024.  Coupled with Spaces with 6 workspaces, I have effectively 12 monitors!!  Woot!

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Mac Reviews

Rogue Amoeba – Freebies: SoundSource

Logo_AmmoHead2 I needed a way for me to quickly change my audio input/output from the standard “internal speakers” configuration to my USB headset.  On a Mac you basically have to manually do this by going into the Sound application in System Preferences and select the appropriate choice.  Now – this isn’t much work – but I’m really lazy.  I just want to hit a button and have this done.  Rogue Amoeba’s SoundSource is the tool that solved my issue.