Robinhood4x4
11-05-2008, 08:04 PM
The Perfect Storm.
So I walk out to the 4runner this morning to go to work and I realize I forgot to get my morning banana (1st storm). With my hands full, I put my ipod on the hood (you can see where this is going), because that's where I put things when I don't want to forget them. The truck is white, the Ipod black, so it's easy to see.
I go get my banana, get in the truck and take off. Normally before I leave, I plug in the ipod and listen to the Amateur Traveler podcast, but this morning I wanted to listen to NPR because of the elections (2nd storm).
About 15 minutes later, I start to think that I didn't remember putting the ipod in the center console. I look around, then look straight out over the hood. The dash is blocking the area of the hood where I put the Ipod so I had to sit up higher to see that it was not there (3rd storm).
Crap.
I turn around and head back home, resigning myself to the fact that it's gone. Once I get back into my development, I keep an eye on the road to see if it's there somewhere. Nothing. After looking around the house in the futile hope that I had left it somewhere there, I head back to work, but keep my eye on the road. I get out to the main road, a busy 4 lane road and get up to speed.
About 300-400 yards later, I see it! It's sitting on the yellow stripe in the median, face down! I couldn't believe it. I turned around, found a place to park and ran after it. Expecting to see a cracked screen, it looked pristine. I hit the ON button and wouldn't you know it, it started right up! It's perfect and not a single scratch on it!
Those silicone skins really work. By the time it fell off, I was doing at least 45 mph and it's a good 4-5 foot drop from the hood. Who knows how many times it bounced and how far it tumbled. The skin I'm using is the Speck Pixel Skin. http://www.speckproducts.com/products/pixelskin/ipod-touch-2nd-gen/153
So I walk out to the 4runner this morning to go to work and I realize I forgot to get my morning banana (1st storm). With my hands full, I put my ipod on the hood (you can see where this is going), because that's where I put things when I don't want to forget them. The truck is white, the Ipod black, so it's easy to see.
I go get my banana, get in the truck and take off. Normally before I leave, I plug in the ipod and listen to the Amateur Traveler podcast, but this morning I wanted to listen to NPR because of the elections (2nd storm).
About 15 minutes later, I start to think that I didn't remember putting the ipod in the center console. I look around, then look straight out over the hood. The dash is blocking the area of the hood where I put the Ipod so I had to sit up higher to see that it was not there (3rd storm).
Crap.
I turn around and head back home, resigning myself to the fact that it's gone. Once I get back into my development, I keep an eye on the road to see if it's there somewhere. Nothing. After looking around the house in the futile hope that I had left it somewhere there, I head back to work, but keep my eye on the road. I get out to the main road, a busy 4 lane road and get up to speed.
About 300-400 yards later, I see it! It's sitting on the yellow stripe in the median, face down! I couldn't believe it. I turned around, found a place to park and ran after it. Expecting to see a cracked screen, it looked pristine. I hit the ON button and wouldn't you know it, it started right up! It's perfect and not a single scratch on it!
Those silicone skins really work. By the time it fell off, I was doing at least 45 mph and it's a good 4-5 foot drop from the hood. Who knows how many times it bounced and how far it tumbled. The skin I'm using is the Speck Pixel Skin. http://www.speckproducts.com/products/pixelskin/ipod-touch-2nd-gen/153