Concrete: 1, iPhone: 0... You Win This One The Ground...

I'm sure you all think we Geekanerd editors are like infallible gods among men; strange and terrifying beings imparting geeky wisdom as if from on high. Well, that's not entirely true... at least not the infallible part. Cause I DROPPED MY FREAKIN' IPHONE ON THE GROUND LIKE SOME DOUCHE! On the plus side, at least now my iPhone comes with Dino-Damage! Oddly enough, the thing still works fine, the touch capability works perfectly; even under the cracked part... which isn't supporting any motivation to shell out the requisite $200 to replace the sucker. I think the only thing that was affected by the cataclysm (I think that's what I'll call it) is the iPhone's gyroscopic type things... cause I have to tilt the poor guy to the right to get my little doodle to jump straight in Doodle Jump. Ah well, the scotch tape will hold it together for now. Besides, we all know that scars are cool. I'll just tell people he got it in a bar fight... you should see the other guy.

David Lynch Slams the iPhone

Kudos to the snarky bastard who made this clip of crotchety filmmaker David Lynch into an iPhone commercial spoof. Having no desire to watch a movie on a teeny tiny screen, I'm inclined to agree with the man. I at least respect his passion.

Via /Film.

Protect Your Gadgets With Gelaskins

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Indulge yourself with some brand new iphone cases with cool concept designs.

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You put your ipod in your pocket, and in your pocket are your keys and a pen that, unbeknownst to you, sprung a leak yesterday.

The moment will come when you feel like listening to the “No One” by Miss Alicia Keys.

You reach for your ipod and see this:





There’s a crapload of ink dried up permanently covering almost 2/3 of your screen. Friend: “Hey what song is this?” You: “I DON’T KNOW.”

That scratch takes itself right through the touchwheel.

Don’t hate yourself. It’s not like you were about to velcro your ipod into a forty-dollar accessory like it’s about to go on a trip to Mars. If you’d wanted to cart around a refrigerator-sized device that plays music, then you could just put your home stereo system into a wagon. Tell me I'm wrong. No, you wanted an ipod that was shaped like an ipod. And don’t step over here with an idea about some translucent royal blue holiday saran wrap googity moogity that, while sure it maintains your junk’s silhouette, is about as nice to look at as the CIA headquarters in DC and about as good at protecting you and yours as the CIA has been in recent years. Tell me I'm wrong.

There's hope. Four weeks ago, I was at an event with my friends A. H. Robe and Albertson Rather.

I came upon two gentlemen selling these. They're gelaskins. Check out how nice.

They come for a variety of ipod models, and some phones and computers too. Most importantly, they look good.

These gelaskins are made of a special adhesive designed for use on buses and cars. The adhesive is tough. Your keys won’t be able to scratch up your nano no matter how much they want to.

The gelaskins peel right off, too. Maybe you get tired of the beautiful artwork encasing your ipod. Well, remove it. Go ahead. What’s that, you applied your gelaskin last year? That shit peels off like it’s late for a meeting, no matter how long it’s been in place.

And the gelaskins collection is well curated. This is one of those opportunities to give the world a lot of information about yourself. What kind of person are you? A dreamy kid? Troy McClure? Proudly into golf?

Here’s my 2nd generation nano today: protected on all possible sides (there’s even a gelascreen on my screen protecting it from scratches).


Here’s a jacked-up modification AHR made using the sassy steam punk gelaskin she got at an expo. It’s for an iPod touch, not her classic kind, but she wanted to look cool, so she’s trying to make it work.

Play NES on Your iPhone... Kinda

A consumer electronic that doesn't play 8-bit Nintendo games is hardly a consumer electronic at all. This particular iteration of the trend comes with the caveat that you'll be using a touchscreen that can only register two points of contact to emulate a controller that has eight buttons. The solution? Tapping a direction on the D-Pad seems to register as holding it down, meaning one click and Mario will keep moving forward until you click again to stop him. In short, you basically won't be able to play anything comfortably. Still a neat parlor trick.

Via Technabob.