Techie Dad Hosts an Exchange Student » IT http://hightechpapa.com Father of a young boy hosts exchange student Mon, 23 Aug 2010 12:23:16 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Best iPhone Protection Ever http://hightechpapa.com/best-iphone-protection-ever/ http://hightechpapa.com/best-iphone-protection-ever/#comments Thu, 16 Apr 2009 03:59:41 +0000 chris http://hightechpapa.com/?p=57 The Speck CandyShell is some of the best iPhone protection products I have seen. Hear me now and believe me later- And then hear me later because after my phone has exceeded the escape velocity of my hand, crashing to the unforgiving asphalt of my suburban surroundings I’ll still be able to place that phone call unless for some odd reason it lands roughly on a very sharp pointy rock onto the screen surface or drowns in a vat of deep fried chicken fat. Then I’m not so sure.

The CandyShell is aptly named. It has a hard exterior and a soft, gooey (hopefully shock absorbent) interior.

Still, it was a million times better than this horrible rubberized cover I got at BestBuy. I got a pink one cause all the many covers were taken. It was hard tot get in and out of my pocket, and eventually it tore after only a few months use. This CandyShell will take many licks I hope before I get to that soft center.

Check it out at http://www.speckproducts.com/products/candyshell/iphone-3g/162

They also make a tough skin that is the most testosterone-driven cover of all time.

]]> http://hightechpapa.com/best-iphone-protection-ever/feed/ 2 Dungeons and Dragons and a New Business Model? http://hightechpapa.com/dungeons-and-dragons-and-a-new-business-model/ http://hightechpapa.com/dungeons-and-dragons-and-a-new-business-model/#comments Mon, 13 Apr 2009 20:05:31 +0000 chris http://hightechpapa.com/?p=51 I don’t know how Wizards of the Coast expects to comepte in a digital market using the same old books as a model for delivering content. Everythying ‘new’ they’ve tried up til now has been either half-hearted (as in the case of D&D 4th edition) or the ultimate in VaporWare (as with NeverWinter Nights, promising to be an online campaign delivery mechanism). And let us not forget those DM tools that were promised in 3rd edition, sourced out and played out to the max, the software title Temple of Elemental Evil which was riddled with errors, or the MMORPG which receieved lukewarm reviews at best.

From Ars Technica: Wizards of the Coast fails saving throw against pirates
http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2009/04/wizards-of-the-coast-fails-saving-throw-against-pirates.ars

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