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Even if Jobs had rescued him from vagueness, it was odd for Ive to bring this up now, immediately after I’d learned how to reject a color without causing injury. “I’ve seen Jony deeply frustrated, but I’ve never seen him rant and rave,” Laurene Powell Jobs said, and she added, laughing, that she would not have said the same of her husband. (And it’s hard to imagine Ive using a disabled-parking spot, as Jobs often did, long before he was unwell.) Ive likes to be liked; the story seemed to be a preëmptive defense of Jobs veiled as self-criticism. It was also an indirect response to Walter Isaacson’s 2011 biography of Jobs, which, though not hostile, included examples of unkindness. In a later conversation, Ive said that he’d read only parts of the book, but had seen enough to dislike it, for what he called inaccuracies. “My regard couldn’t be any lower,” he said, with unusual heat.

Betz, A. R., Xu, J., Qiu, H. & Attinger, D. Do surfaces with mixed hydrophilic and hydrophobic areas enhance pool boiling? Applied Physics Letters 97, 141909–3 (2010).

I’m not calling for the return of stuffy, socially stratified fine dining. After all, today’s elite restaurants are often quite pricey, and people are eating out more than ever. Rather, I’d welcome a return of a more relaxed and serene dining experience, one in which I can hear my dinner companion, avoid drinking too much, and dodge a stress headache following an after-work drink.

You wouldn’t know the DualPro is a dual-layer case unless you looked at it closely. Unlike with other two-layer cases, the DualPro’s seams are very tight, and the case doesn’t try to look tough. The similarity in color between the two layers doesn’t hurt, either. The bottom layer is made of silicone, and the top is a hard plastic with a soft-touch coating. That coating makes the DualPro comfortable to hold, though it does yield fingerprints more easily than other cases. Overall, though, this is a premium-feeling case.

I was also worried about the buttons, but the KerfCase’s buttons are some of the best I’ve used. From what I can tell, they’re just small wood pieces glued to the suede lining of the inside, but they work very well. They’re extremely easy to push and very tactile. Branding is minimal, with some small "KERF" text embossed into the right side. My only real qualm with the case is what you can see from the front; since the lip doesn’t go around the front, you can spot the lining (including where it ends) and some less refined-looking stuff inside. It’s just not something you’d want to see, but this is the consequence of a one-piece design. I have read some reports of the wood cracking when the case is dropped, but I don’t believe it’s a huge issue given the warranty. If you own this case, chances are you own another that you can use even if you have to send it in. And if the case isn’t repairable, KerfCase will offer 50% off a new one.

Deep, wide storage compartments in the lower door casings have been designed to accommodate 24oz beverage containers with ease. The center console provides additional storage behind the lower touchscreen – ideal for storing valuables away from view.

Urban Armor Gear is no rookie in the case game, and its latest Plasma case for the Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL illustrates that – for the most part. The unique, rugged look is a love it or hate it kind of design, and while I’m a fan of it and the case overall, I just can’t stand using it because of one stupid flaw that could have easily been avoided.

"Walk into any Montrose dive bar, and it won’t be long until someone launches into a rant about how the neighborhood isn’t as quirky, artistic, or gay as it used to be. … But the neighborhood still has character to spare, and people still flock here."

One morning in September, Ive was talking with a few friends, including Chris Martin, of Coldplay, and Stephen Fry, the British actor and writer, in a courtyard beside a community-college hall, a few miles from Apple’s headquarters, in Cupertino. He wore pale, wide pants, cut as if for a chef, and tan suède Clarks shoes, and his hair was cropped. He was maintaining a look captured in a Playmobil figure of him, which his design colleagues made as a Christmas present a few years ago. The seven-inch Ive had on sunglasses and carried an off-white Valextra briefcase. A photograph of the gift is the lock-screen image on Ive’s iPhone.

The process for manufacturing a polycarbonate helmet shell is completely different than the process for making a composite shell. Both require technical expertise, manufacturing technology and a large capital investment, but the investment focus is different in each case.

Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC) with Queue Assist and Intelligent Emergency Braking reduces driver workload when cruising on the highway or driving in traffic2. ACC maintains a set cruising speed, and/or a driver-selectable gap to the vehicle ahead if the leading vehicle’s speed is lower. The technology is further designed to bring the vehicle to a complete stop when the vehicle ahead does. If the driver then presses the accelerator, the system will assist the vehicle in pulling away and track the vehicle in front all the way up to the chosen speed setting, where conditions allow. If the system detects that a potential frontal collision with another vehicle may occur, it will display an alert to warm the driver to brake. If the driver doesn’t react, the system is designed to engage the brakes to mitigate the result of the potential impact2.

Features: This spectacular beach home enjoys a prime location on the peninsula with the beach on one side and private creekside dock on the other. Masterful craftsmanship and high-end finishes grace this five- to six-bedroom home featuring a library, a great room, a family room, a gym and a dramatic master suite with a private deck and a balcony.