I love my iPhone, but I’m not sure I’d take a dive for it.

When I tuned into Charlie Rose last Monday, he explained his shiner by saying he fell. The truth is much funnier, as I find on the TechCrunch blog: He tripped while walking with his new MacBook Air, and sacrificed himself to save the computer. Attaboy, Charlie.

As a Machead, he’s got me beat. I dropped my iPhone while running on the treadmill a couple weeks back. It landed at my feet, and zipped off to the side. While my heart skipped a beat, if I had made a move to save it I’d have a shiner or worse. I can’t sing enough the praises of shock-absorbent cases.