IBallz to the Rescue!

Beer, baseball, and technology are pretty much my life. Granted there's a little more to me than that but... And they all go pretty well together, I can watch a game while taking notes on my iPad and enjoying a frosty beverage. The only problem I've ran into with my iPad has been in transportation. I have been known to be pretty hard on my gadgets so I'm always looking for the best way to protect my little investments from, well, myself. I also use the iPad for brewing and keeping all my brewing information with iBrewMaster. So being that the iPad goes with me everywhere, my picking of a proper case was extremely important. After being totally unsatisfied with three cases I have purchased over the past 6 months, I ran across the iBallz page. It looked to solve some of the issues that I was having with the other cases I didn't like. I think what really sold me was the modular feel of it. You can use just the "ballz" to protect the edges and incase of dropping or spillage around it (very handy when brewing). Then for an extra layer of protection they sell cases that work with the ballz and are made to where there's no fumbling and taking everything apart just to use it. I was extremely impressed of the quality of the case. It far exceeded any other case I have purchased at a fraction of the price. If you have an iPad you really need to try this system. The picture above was from the coffee house yesterday with the iLid case folded behind it. And I just went to the website and they have everything on the site on sale which means everyone I know will be getting them for Christmas. Great job of a high quality product at a very reasonable price.

Finally, an easy way for Home Brewers to label their Beers!

Playing around the net on my lunch break today, I discovered two of the coolest things I didn't know I needed! One of them was an accessory for my iPad (iBallz) but the one relevant to this blog is the simple solution for labeling your home brewed beer. Onlinelabels.com makes all kinds of pre-cut label templates in any shape or size you need, along with the Word or Pdf template for you to design and print them out. Even if you're not a home brewer but were looking for foil Christmas tree labels, they have them. The one I'm buying is this one Beer Label Template .Their prices are very reasonable too, 100 sheets of 4 for 22.95! Imagine the possibilities!