Don’t cash a cheque, take a photo of it with your iPhone

Who would have thought that even banks are getting with the iPhone age?
The amazing news from the New York Times is USAA, a tiny bank and insurance company, is allowing customers to ‘cash’ physical cheques (or checks, as the Americans say) via their iPhone’s camera.
You will have to download the company’s free, dedicated app, but [...]

Finally, my BudTrap and 4 BudTrap Buddies arrive

A couple of months ago, I tried to work out what the whole BudTrap thing was about.
To recap:
On one level BudTrap is a simple piece of plastic you secure to your iPhone, MP3 player etc using the 3.5mm jack. It then enables you to securely tie up your cable and reduce stress. Easy. Happy.
However there’s [...]