There are a lot of applications available for the iPhone, and thanks to the magic that makes orientation detection possible, some clever person produced an application that visually shows a level, bubble and all.
Today I was witness to a young child asking to borrow an iPhone, and with much curiosity he opened this particular application.
Unfamiliar with a level, it’s function, or operation, he innocently asked, “What one was supposed to do?”
“You’re supposed to put the bubble between the two marks,” came the adult explanation.
The kid tilted the iPhone back and forth, watching the bubble slide to and fro, and leveled it holding the bubble between the two lines for a moment.
At that moment he blurted out excitedly, “Look, I’m winning!”
Unfortunately, his excitement caused the bubble to shoot to one end, just as I had time to click a picture of the event.