This past Christmas, Mr. Jon Sykes bestowed upon me a macro lens for my iPhone. Hesitant to defile my pristine monolith with the sticky metallic ring required for the use of the lens, I took the plunge. And I haven’t regretted the application of that little ring since.
The macro lens comes as part of a wide angle lens that separates into two for the macro lens. Both are great and when combined with the iPhones already superb camera, they take tremendous photos.
This lens is so nice I had to buy it twice! (…because I inadvertently lost the first one). But that just gave me reason to pickup the fisheye lens as well. If you’re on the fence about picking these up, you won’t regret making the leap.
They can be purchased from the awesome Photojojo and will work with various other phones.
It’s well known that I’m a bit of a coffee fanatic. Ask anyone who was walked past me in the street. Passing any kind of fine coffee establishment requires stopping for a cup. Which really isn’t a bad thing. There’s worse vices in the world. But the caffeine that comes with the experience is beginning to take a toll. Sleeplessness, irritability, etc… Sure, there’s decaf. I’ve gone that route and it’s kind of pointless since it really doesn’t taste the same. Because that’s why I like coffee, for the taste, not the caffeine.
So it’s time for a change. I’m going to attempt to replace my coffee addiction with green tea. Or if not entirely replace it, supplement it. Green tea has half the caffeine of coffee. And even less if you go the loose tea route and do multiple infusions. Since most of the caffeine comes out in the first infusion. It also has a tremendous amount of health benefits, which when you start to get older, you start to pay attention to.
None of this is really new though. I’ve been drinking green tea for years and have quit coffee previously. I have no illusions about my inability to quit drinking something I love, but if I can reverse the roles of coffee and tea in my life, it would be a good thing.
So I’ve begun by ordering the Green Tea Starter Set from Adagio. We’ll see how this goes.
