A long time ago, I stumbled on a link for a company named DefaultCase which was selling cheap iPhone cases at $5 a piece. I decided to try their cases out (they also appealed to me since they reminded me a lot of the Mac Pro tower) and placed an order in February.

I started to think it was a scam after not receiving anything for a month (and no emails citing any delays either). Four months later to my surprise, it actually arrived:

In a recent trip to Vancouver I changed my iPhone's backplate with a fingerprint magnet shiny chrome one:

In short, I'd say it's not a bad case for $5. The saying, "you get what you pay for" applies here. The wait for it can take a really long time though. It feels plasticky, but it gives access to what you need on the phone while giving some protection to the back and sides.

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Had a few spare business cards laying around and tried this out. You can create your own by following the specs on Instructables.

As part of the exhibition the Albright-Knox included an experimental video installation produced by the Sabres called “N.H.L. in 360°.”, The installation uses high-definition point-of-view cameras and special binaural sound microphones worn during games by Sabres goalie Ryan Miller and forward Jason Pominville, augmented by video and audio recorded from the HSBC Arena stands.

I recently signed up to Rdio's trial and five days into the trial I have to say that it's mostly been fantastic. Tonight however, Rdio's mac app wasn't connecting properly so I was left starting at their logo for a little bit while I tried to get it to work.

I noticed that the holes in the 'd' and the 'o' were a little bit funny shaped, and then it dawned on me:

If you run multiple displays, you might have wanted to watch a TED talk, sports broadcast, or some other flash video in fullscreen on one monitor without it restoring to its original size once the video loses focus.

Below are links on how to get this working:

• Chrome on Windows: DrizzlyChrome
• Other browsers (eg. Firefox, IE) on Windows: FlashHacker

I got around to buying Gran Turismo 5 yesterday and found a neat photo feature in the campaign mode of the game. For my first car I chose the Civic Type-R which seemed to be a better choice than the other options from Nissan or Toyota. Polyphonic Digital did a great job allowing for full control in photo mode. Besides being able to place your car however you want in the setting, the camera they let you play with has controls just like an SLR allowing you to play with the white balance, f/stop, shutter speed, etc.

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