Having waited months for the iPhone 4 to get to the shops, I gave up when Apple announced that it wouldn't be available until 'later this year' and got a black one.  It's not all bad news though as I found out, you can very easily and cheaply make your iPhone look like this:

The Gelaskin comes with back, front (top and bottom) as well as side skins with pre-perforated areas for the camera, led flash, speaker, etc. I have opted to skin just the back of my iPhone however as I didn't think the front looked right in part white and part black.

If you'd like to get one, here's the custom skin file I used.

Note: I have used my affiliate link for Gelaskins in this post. 

Had a picnic/BBQ by the Thames in Abingdon this evening.  Just before sunset, the bats came out to dine on the millions of midges that were flying around! 

I can so relate to this! This might cheer me up next time I'm having a crap morning.

Based on technology initially developed to create an oxygen atmosphere on a foreign planet, the Bloom Box is already being used by FedEx, Google and eBay to generate electricity.

I don't really like the way they call it 'green'. From the video, it sounds like it's carbon neutral at best as it would still emit CO2. That said, it's still awesome stuff from a technological point of view.

[Via Engadget]

Some people, eh? Hats off to Leo for his patience with her.

Kevin Rose interviews Dr. Weil on a range of interesting health topics including energy drinks, dairy products, omerga-3 and of course tea!  

[Via Kevin Rose]

[Dr. Weil's website]

And what if it also told you which side of the train the platform would be on at your stop.

I think i've found just the app. It's called 'Tube Exits' and it even works offline. Pure Genius!