Justine and I had a great date weekend (which ended with a horrible viewing of Harold and Kumar 2).

Here’s some of our weekend activity:

Walked from our home to the Ballard Locks - fun!

Lunch on 1st downtown - yum!

Movies - Baby Mama (a good date movie) at a small theater in Ballard; Harold and Kumar downtown (boo)

We had lots of fun, Justine got some ginch and a new pair of jeans (hooray!) and I had a wonderful time with her.

To-date, I’ve been very positive about the iPhone: I love the features enabled by the Jailbreak from Ziphone, am about to install a custom boot from PwnageTool, etc.

However, I’ve found the Achilles Heal (at least for me): The screen (glass) is not very resistant to weather changes.

Last week (a little more now), I was walking home from the bus (about 4 blocks) and my screen cracked in the cold weather - I swear I didn’t drop the device. A real sonofabitch break, too (see photos).

I’ve searched the Web looking for repair solutions, with nothing positive to be found. In fact, the best solution I’ve found is to send my iPhone (via mail/repair or via an Apple store) to Apple for a $250 glass replacement - which would put my out-of-pocket expenses at over $500 for a $400 device! Ouch!

So, does this change my opinion on the iPhone purchase? You bet your sweet ass it does. Some people have mentioned getting homeowners insurance on the device (namely, from State Farm), but I haven’t yet verified that the homeowners insurance would cover the device.

Sigh, for now the device still works with an ever-growing crack in the glass - we’ll see where it goes.

The Seattle Post-Intelligencer today published an article (great photos, by the way!) on cafe bikes (like my 1975 CB400 four).

Totally worth a read - in print, folks!

http://www.carlsalter.com/motorcycle-manuals.asp

Check out the above link for free PDF’s of motorcycle diagrams - I just found two great ones for my 1975 CB400 four.