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Tablet posts forthcoming
In the wake of the iPad announcement, I've been thinking a lot about various aspect of its design and functionality, and I'd like to record my thoughts here in a series of posts. I want them available to the open web, so I won't put them on a filter, but I recognize that this is not an interesting topic to most of the people on my friends list, so ( Read more... ) -
Tablet predictions
As a break from the work stuff I'm doing today, some predictions around the Apple iPad:
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Tablet thoughts
The Apple Tablet - excuse me, the iPad - release event is now over, so I'll take a break from the tech blogs, where everybody's shouting about how much it sucks, and register my opinion ( Read more... ) -
Unnecessary alliteration: on
It was a weekend largely of intellectual pursuits for me, most notably the inaugural session of what alfrecht and I are jokingly calling the "Crazy Celtic Cafe," wherein we hang out at a coffeeshop for a few hours and discuss Celtic studies and related issues (read: anything else we feel like talking about). I had a really good time: alfrecht shared some of the ( Read more... ) -
Weekend
I've kept pretty busy this weekend, but it's been a good variety of busy. On Friday night otterkin and I went out with alfrecht; he and I have had some conversation in other LJ venues, and as he's teaching at the U this semester, I thought it would be fun to spend some time hanging out. Fortunately, I was right. =) We went out for dinner, and then dragged him ( Read more... ) -
Tablet thoughts
As I said earlier this week, one of my to-do items this year is to buy a slate-form tablet computer. I've never owned a portable computer, and now that we have the MiFi, I'd like to have a device of my own for using in the living room and taking out of the house, rather than borrowing otterkin's laptop. I do far more content consumption than creation, ( Read more... ) -
New year, new tasks
2009 sucked ass. Between physical pain and emotional pain, things totally my fault and things completely out of my control, 2009 was the Year That Sucked. I am determined that 2010 will be a better year. Some things I'm planning to do in that period:
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Gone but not forgotten
Gerald Elmer Martin
Feb 7 1948 - Dec 12 2009
Thanks to everyone who expressed their sympathies, either directly or through otterkin's various communication channels.