At the time I bought my iPhone 3G the iPhone 3GS had just come out but I didn’t feel like I really needed the video capture or digital compass features, so I opted for the older phone. I got a great deal on a refurbished model ($49!). 
 

I received a gift certificate to Beer at Home for Christmas from my mother-in-law. Thanks, Linda! So this weekend, I’m going to brew a batch of American style IPA.

I’ve been experimenting with homebrew software and really like Beer Alchemy from Kent Place Software. I had a license a few years ago, but through multiple email and computer changes, I lost it. Not wanting to spend $30 on another license at the moment, I remembered that I had downloaded the Brew Pal iPhone app a few months ago.

Before my Beer Alchemy trial had expired, I formulated a big Imperial IPA recipe. Turns out it was too big for my setup. To do five gallons, I’d need a 10-gallon Mash/Lauter Tun, and I’ve only got a 5-gallon one. So I decided to dumb down the recipe and make a standard IPA (it was only later that I came to the obvious conclusion that I could brew a 3-gallon batch and it would fit).

I downloaded the MotionX GPS Lite app with high hopes for its use as a GPS in areas where there’s little to no cell coverage. The app has the ability to function in such a capacity, although the iPhone’s assisted GPS chip hampers the possibilities of such usage. 

I've been dying to try out my GolfTracker iPhone app and finally got the chance last night when we played a round of disc golf at the Johnny Roberts course in Arvada.

The interface works great for inputting the scores after each hole, but I found a piece missing in that there was no running total of each player's score. I also can't seem to find a way to see the total score after a round - it only shows the player's best round. Maybe this information will surface after I add another round.