What do I do for fun on a Saturday night? Well, after steam vacuuming the carpets, I like to install new operating systems on small computers. Seriously though…I’ve got Windows 7 Beta up and running on my ASUS Eee PC 900.
How does it work? Here’s a crappy video, see for yourself.
Honestly, it shouldn’t have been as hard as it turned out to be. Normally you can map to a webdav location and select “Reconnect at logon” and you’ll be fine.
For whatever reason, when you reboot Vista it cannot reconnect to your iDisk. There are a few posts and complaints out on the interwebs about this topic, but I found a post at macrumors that was particularly helpful. I’ve modified the steps to work for me and allow me to reconnect automatically so that my sync schedule won’t be interrupted.
Use at your own risk, as you’ll be putting your password in the path.
Steps
Right Click on your desktop, select New, Shortcut
In the “Type the location of the item:” box enter this,
net use m: \\idisk.me.com@ssl\username password /USER:username@me.com
Edit the username & password & username@me.com to reflect your account info.
Click Next
Name your shortcut, in my case, I chose iDisk
Click Finish
Click Start, go to All Programs (at the bottom left)
Navigate to the Startup folder and right click, select Explore
Drag your iDisk shortcut from your desktop to your startup folder
Notes: The persistent parameter doesn’t work, so no need to add that. You can change the drive letter to whatever you want. I already had “i:” mapped, so I chose “m:” . It’s the parameter right after net use.
There are probably several ways to accomplish what I did above, but it was easiest for me. If you’ve found another way, let me know in the comments.
Today I picked up a new case for my iPhone at Best Buy. Manufactured by Rocketfish, it’s made of clear acrylic and snaps into place around your phone. It has all the standard openings that you would expect so that you can access & charge without having to remove the phone from the case.
The clear acrylic covers both the front and back and the protective screen is flexible enough for finger taps. You do have to press quite a bit harder than you would without this case. So far, I like it, but I don’t love it.
I like the complete enclosure, now I can slip it into my pants pocket without having to worry that my keys or the wayward Werther’s Original will scratch it.
I don’t like how hard I have to press to get a response, especially toward the top of the screen. Using the keyboard isn’t half bad, but if you want to play a game, you’ll need to 86 this case. The good news is that it’s easy to get the phone in & out.
Pros
Doubles as a case & screen protector
Full enclosure, protective touch screen with electrostatic membrane
Clear acrylic, can see the iPhone in all of its glory
Click-snap system for easy in & out
Cons
Protective touch screen has a spongy feel. Harder finger touch required, especially near the top of the screen.
Price: $24.99 @ Best Buy – knock $5.00 off and I think it would be reasonable for an acrylic case
Verdict
It depends on what you use your iPhone for. For texting, emails & calls – it works well. If your into gaming, or using Safari in landscape mode – this isn’t for you.
This is a test of iBlogger, a blogging app for the iPhone. This app is currently on sale for .99 cents in the app store, so it’s a bargain right now.