Future iPhone Will Be Solar Powered. Until Then, Solar Panel Purses And DIY Chargers

If you know me, you know I looovveee my iPhone. But my biggest problem with it, is the battery life. All 12 minutes of it. So today, when my phone has been of all day due to lack of battery, I was thinking- Damn if the iPhone had solar panels, it would be charging itself right now!! So I did some research, and duh, Apple has thought of that. According to The New York Times, Apple has filed a patent for a technology which would enable a layer of solar cells to be inserted under a touch-sensitive screen like in the iPhone. Awesome. Until then, I found this website that for under $50 you can build your own:

Another idea, I was thinking was a solar panel purse. After some research, I couldn't find that many. Mostly just talk about the below one, designed by a guy. Guess I figured a chick would have thought of it... (Interesting NY Times article about it here.)

The only ones I really found were at Noon Solar. The below is my favorite, but at $300, kinda pricey....

Even a cute man purse! :D

Then again, I found this totally awesome idea just in time for summer.....

(I wonder if she's carring an iPhone)

Until this solar power iPhone is out, I ordered this charger/protective case for about $30 that is suppose to double the charge of your phone.... Which will be awesome.

NY Photographer's Insightful Slideshow on Snow

Watch my favorite NY Times Photograher, Bill Cunningham's slideshow here. He's just so insightful and silly. He has fun with photography while talking about social context, our culture, how fashion, location and many other elements play into a great photograph that tells a story. One picture would not have worked as wonderfully as this set does. Seeing 10 or more you really start to think about something as simple as walking off the curb. And, in my opinion, great art takes something simple and talks about so much more. Makes you think... I could talk for ages about Bill's slide show...In essence though-the whole idea to me, has a direct reference to the above Cartier-Bresson image.

DC's Weather Report This Week:

Oh is that a snow flake?...That's nice. I guess I'm not in Miami anymore. This weeks weather is HIGHS of 40, lows of 20. Snow blusters tonight and tommorow....WTF were am I?!?