Still. Cool stuff.

Playing Missile Command, I'm reminded of the fact that as a kid in the 80's, playing this game terrified me. The threat of nuclear war was very real. And on TV. In music. All around us.

Even when it was unintentionally funny it was scary.

Here's the screen for Missile Command. Instead of game over. It says "The End" how appropriate.

Let's hope nuclear war ever happens again. What? It happened already? "No it didn't, this isn't a Terminator movie!" Yes, it did. Twice. In Japan. Never forget.

Guides & Manuals

13 reviews in, all 4/5 and 5/5 star. I'm pretty excited so far!

After months of work, my B&H iPhone app is live in the app store! It's free and I geared it toward photographers who are in the field who need to get gear fast - as well as valuable info.

My top 5 useful features:

1. Download user manuals for close to 3,000 items (see the manual offerings of the Canon 5D Mark II in the app to see just how comprehensive the documentation is)

2. Search (it's very fast, and the filtering allows you to narrow a broad search to something very specific with just a few taps: thanks to Endeca, our developer/vendor for a job well done!)

3. Item photos - pinch and zoom on some of the product photos - they look really great in high-resolution on the Retina display, you can really zoom up close!

4. Checkout - we're one of the few non-public retail stores (if the only?) that offers full checkout with credit card right in the app without having to load a regular webpage. Check out is done all right within the app. We don't save credit card info yet, but probably will someday.

5. Break a lens on set in Zimbabwe, we can ship you a new lens in 3 days. In the USA, shipped overnight - right from your phone in just a few taps!

The best one  is probably the downloadable manuals. If you've lost or don't have your Canon 5D Mark II manual for instance, to find how you set a particular function, you can download it right over the air! The manuals are in PDF and you're able to scroll through them, but for the next version we'll integrate with iBooks or get a better UI for that, so you can search, bookmark and browse manuals. But for now, it's certainly better than not having the manual.

Let me know what you think - and what we should work on for the next version! (Wishlists? Order Tracking?)

Grady from Sanford & Son is back in an iPhone 4 Facetime commercial!

(P.S. Not the real Grady but sure does remind me of him!