The iPad has always seemed cool, back when tablet computer were just coming out they seemed like a great idea. In Si-Fi TV you can find iPad type pads used for just about anything. So it seems like this iPad and it's successor the iPad2 is so hot?
First let's talk about usability. I'm using an iPad1 to write this blog entry... It has taken about three times longer than it would to just use a laptop. If I want to add a link to a post here or maybe on FaceBook I have to hope that the all powerful iPid will allow the text I'm trying to copy to be highlighted, instead of select + copy + paste you have to jump through major hopes!
Wow... I had to ditch the iPad and just go for the good old fashion laptop. BTW, how the hell old am I when a laptop is "old fasion", but I digress. Heres the thing, almost nothing is formatted the same on an iPad as it is on just about any computer/web browser combo I've used. Almost all websites are somehow messed up. If you are typing just about any acronym the iPad auto corrects the spelling to what it thinks you might have meant (ex: "DIY" becomes "dig"). This can be a blessing for spell auto correct but it can also be a curse (see damnyouautocorrect.com). I see the commercials where they show what a iPad can do... I just have to laugh because I have not had the experience depicted in those commercials.
Will I get the new iPad2, I doubt it. Don't get me wrong, if it was free I wouldn't turn it away but I would NOT go spend my hard earned dough on it. I went to Apple's website to see the cool videos or info about the new iPad and guess what, the iPad1 would not play the videos! Sure "#2" might be faster, yes it might be cooler cuz it can video chat and stuff but that was all cool when they put it in the iPhone... thats all you need.
If the iPad would give me a full keyboard (with control, command, and alt keys) letting me use the keyboard shortcuts I'm use to. It would also allow me the ability to use it as a wireless keyboard/mouse for my actual computer (not just an Apple TV). I'm glad that the iPad has helped us take another look at tablet computers but we still have a LONG way to go before they replace laptops.
Saturday, March 12, 2011
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Long time...
I'm working on making this a daily affair. I never really liked to write in my actual journal daily, but I would do "catch up" entries that would be pages... pages of illegible crap about the girl that I liked or the dumb crap happening at school. I regret not writing about my feelings. I will attempt a more emotionally charged approach.
I'm told I am quite opinionated, I suppose that's a good thing. My wife thinks I'm gonna die an early death thanks to how excited I can get at little things. For example, Shakespeare, I HATE Shakespeare! What a tiring form of entertainment. Iambic pentameter... really!?! The constant back and forth of love triangles that are hard to identify with because they go on for years! Maybe it was harder to "hook up" back then so if you found someone with all their own teeth maybe you would want to invest a large portion of your life (2yrs = 10% of the average life span for some of those people) trying to land that catch.
As for his popularity, I blame the plague. Think about it, would you go stand in the mud next to a urinating goat or whatever to watch some people prance around a stage speaking lines you might not be able to hear over the rest of the crowd... I would, but only if the alternative was sitting at home in my filthy shack awaiting death by consumption or the like.
Lastly, Shakespeare being "timeless" in the sense that his plays can be performed in any time period (my High School did The Two Gentlemen of Verona, or maybe The Merchant of Venice in 70's disco style) doesn't showcase his talent, I would say it points out his lack of talent! Now, it was a clever twist to **Spoiler alert** leave Shylock with the conundrum of only being able to take a pound of flesh if he did not also spill blood (which could be done mind you). Sorry, where was I... Oh, talentless, he doesn't bother with a time setting like "long ago" or "in the year..." but does that mean any story that lacks a time setting is timeless... I think not.
This rant is one that reared its ugly head while my wife was trying to peacefully watch A Midsummer Night's Dream. There is a scene where some Nymph is telling how she got to where she was or how tired she was (that part of my brain instantly died for having listened) by giving a long list of the things she had traveled over, or under, or across, or around, or through, and the list just kept going on and on and on... How about, "dang I'm tired" done, move on!
Remember, just because these are my opinions do not make them correct, however, in this case they ARE correct.
I'm told I am quite opinionated, I suppose that's a good thing. My wife thinks I'm gonna die an early death thanks to how excited I can get at little things. For example, Shakespeare, I HATE Shakespeare! What a tiring form of entertainment. Iambic pentameter... really!?! The constant back and forth of love triangles that are hard to identify with because they go on for years! Maybe it was harder to "hook up" back then so if you found someone with all their own teeth maybe you would want to invest a large portion of your life (2yrs = 10% of the average life span for some of those people) trying to land that catch.
As for his popularity, I blame the plague. Think about it, would you go stand in the mud next to a urinating goat or whatever to watch some people prance around a stage speaking lines you might not be able to hear over the rest of the crowd... I would, but only if the alternative was sitting at home in my filthy shack awaiting death by consumption or the like.
Lastly, Shakespeare being "timeless" in the sense that his plays can be performed in any time period (my High School did The Two Gentlemen of Verona, or maybe The Merchant of Venice in 70's disco style) doesn't showcase his talent, I would say it points out his lack of talent! Now, it was a clever twist to **Spoiler alert** leave Shylock with the conundrum of only being able to take a pound of flesh if he did not also spill blood (which could be done mind you). Sorry, where was I... Oh, talentless, he doesn't bother with a time setting like "long ago" or "in the year..." but does that mean any story that lacks a time setting is timeless... I think not.
This rant is one that reared its ugly head while my wife was trying to peacefully watch A Midsummer Night's Dream. There is a scene where some Nymph is telling how she got to where she was or how tired she was (that part of my brain instantly died for having listened) by giving a long list of the things she had traveled over, or under, or across, or around, or through, and the list just kept going on and on and on... How about, "dang I'm tired" done, move on!
Remember, just because these are my opinions do not make them correct, however, in this case they ARE correct.
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