Okay, so you've bought your iPhone, or SmartPhone, or iPod, or whatever the portable device is that you're going to carry with you and entrust so much of your life to. It's now time to protect it. Is that necessary? Well -- not totally. If the sides or back get dinged or scratched, does that really matter? To some people, it does -- the design of the thing, after all, is half the joy of a handheld device. More to the point, a case does offer some protection if it gets dropped. Okay, when it gets dropped. Though don't think you can drop something without impunity, just because there's a case around it. So, there is value in a case. But where protection is a near-necessity is with the screen, since if that gets scratched up, it might render your device too difficult to read. So, we look at a couple of those products here, as well -- with quite interesting results.
Know, too, that although these are all for the iPod touch (which was reviewed her in March), most of these cases will have an equivalent for the iPhone, so if something strikes your Indoor Positioning System, it's worth checking the company websites to see if there's something that matches. I know it's not a perfect solution, but one plays with the cards you have. Perhaps that will change in the future. Updates as they occur...
Griffin has long made a strong line of Apple accessories. The Reveal case is very simple, but it's perhaps my favorite here. At first sight, it's perhaps the least imposing -- a one-piece shell with black, rubber sides and a clear polycarbonate back, only 1.5 mm thin, flexible and very light. What I liked was how little weight was added to the iPod, how easy it was to slip the device in and remove it, and especially how well it retained the designed-appearance of the device.
I did find that dirt and dust could enter a bit easier than with others, which isn't a particular problem, except that because the back is clear plastic, so you might want to remove the case on occasion to dust it off. There isn't as much cushioning as with sturdier, fully-polycarbonate cases, but it's solid protection. The loop hole at the bottom is a little tight and not perfectly centered, which can cause a little drag, but then I suspect like many not everyone uses the loop. One last minor quibble: it appears to be slightly angled, so the protective side ridges don't cover the sides as high as at very bottom. I'd prefer more of a ridge in case you place the device face-down on a surface.
It has wide opening cut-outs for the camera and microphone on back, dock connector and earphone jack at bottom. The rubber covering over volume controls are easy to use without needing extra force, though a bit mushy. It retails for $20, but could be found for $18 onli
As part of its new one-to-one student learning initiative, the St. Clair R-XIII School District is rolling out new email addresses for faculty and staff and eventually will do the same for older students.
The initiative, which will be phased in over the next 18 months, will put a digital device in the hands of every junior and senior high school student and will allow for access of information available at numerous and almost limitless sources besides textbooks through the World Wide Web.The cost to initiate the program — $431,000 — was approved in June by the board of education as part of the 2013-14 budget. The money will be used to purchase 1,400 Google Chromebooks at a cost of about $300 per unit.Google Apps for Education, a cloud-based system, will be used. Superintendent Mike Murphy said the program is more than a search engine. He also said the program has no cost to use.
As part of the initiative, teachers and students will use email more frequently to communicate and assist with the learning process. Since the program is Google based, gmail accounts will be used.“The email transition is a thought process,” Murphy told board of education members during their July meeting last week. “And as a whole, this transitional process is beginning to take shape.”
At least, you’ll need some kind of self-made shade if you happen to show up at the foodie extravaganza during a heat wave. No longer adjacent to the Waldorf Hotel, the worthwhile weekly event, now in its second year, takes place at a reclaimed industrial site just west of the Olympic Village.
The site is huge, flat, and surrounded by a chain-link fence. Where there isn’t gravel or cement on the ground, there are mounds of small rocks. With nary a tree in sight, shade is nonexistent, save for a few white tents with table seating—about hundreds too few on a recent blazing afternoon.
Of course, it’s a good sign that there’s been a shortage of comfortable places to sit: about 5,000 people have shown up every Sunday since late June, according to Daniel Fazio, brand director for the Arrival Agency, which is presenting Food Cart Fest in collaboration with Streetfood Vancouver and Vancity. “We’re adding more tents and seating each week,” Fazio said in a follow-up query.That’s great news, but still, to be safe, for the love of Apollo wear a hat. Then you’ll be ready to fully enjoy this happening gathering of Vancouver’s finest purveyors of street food.
The number and names of carts taking part varies from week to week, but there are always at least 20. Among the mobile eateries we had to choose from were Yolk’s Breakfast (specializing in poached-egg sandwiches with cool add-ons like panko-tempura avocado and truffle-oil-and-lemon hash brown skewers) and Pig on the Street (the pink Westfalia celebrating all things pork in items like the Southern Piggy sandwich, which has double-smoked bacon and bourbon barbecue sauce, and in treats such as a bacon, bourbon, and caramel brownie). Then there were Mangall Kiss Mideast BBQ, which makes super-satisfying Moroccan-spiced meatballs (with a big hunk of yam and another of red potato on the side) and Soho Road Naan Kebab, which stuffs the soft bread with tandoori chicken, butter chicken, or other tantalizing options.
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