it's been awhile
four weeks later, my apple order is finally complete. component video out cable, ipad, and ipad case -- woo! the ipad totally is a giant no talking, no texts iphone, but the extra girth makes a big difference for things like surfing the web, and making normal qwerty typing possible (though i'm not very good at it.) watching movies on it is perfect, and when i go to mexico i'm totally going to leave my laptop at home and just bring the 'pad. there's no one thing that makes it "amazing", though. there's no killer app for the ipad yet. so many killer apps for iphone, and you can run them all on the ipad, but you have to do the pixel-doubling mode. and a lot of iphone apps are just redundant on the ipad, like any of the facebook or myspace or okcupid apps, because the browser is big enough that viewing the full site is just as quick, and better. i'll be really interested to see how the experience changes with os 4 in the fall. oh, and the ipad case is kind of disappointing. it's a barely-rigid softshell that doesn't really execute on the promise of being able to hold the ipad in useful positions. but it protects it enough, i guess.
but not to let my new toys stop me from going on more of a buying spree, i suddenly decided that i *had* to have some of the iron maiden vans that were put out a few years ago. so i keep looking around for size 11 powerslave slip-ons (and bid on some piece of mind high-tops). i'm ridiculous. also, never ever let me near the express in the mall, because i'll find 15 things that i'll only wear on special occasions and have to buy them all.
and if you're not doing anything saturday, erin's having a 30th birthday party at a bowling + skating place in lynwood. contact me if you want the invite!
but not to let my new toys stop me from going on more of a buying spree, i suddenly decided that i *had* to have some of the iron maiden vans that were put out a few years ago. so i keep looking around for size 11 powerslave slip-ons (and bid on some piece of mind high-tops). i'm ridiculous. also, never ever let me near the express in the mall, because i'll find 15 things that i'll only wear on special occasions and have to buy them all.
and if you're not doing anything saturday, erin's having a 30th birthday party at a bowling + skating place in lynwood. contact me if you want the invite!