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iPad, the funnest iPod yet…

After gawking at the ipad for a few months and a lot of reading about it i found myself at the complicated task of getting one as fast as I could.

In the past, right after the ipad got announced, I wrote it was a bit of a failboat. But it turns out the ipad is quite a neat device. As I thought a bit after writing my initial comparison. It is in fact a massive iPod touch. It has no place in the laptop market or even the netbook market. It’s a media device like the iPod and iPhone. Period. You even need a real computer to activate it. That alone doesn’t make it a replacement.

Anyway. The iPad became available here last Friday. So I bought one Saturday. 16gb wifi. T-mobile tried to lure me into the world of 3G with some expensive contract. Wouldn’t allow a dual sim on my current iPhone contract. That, combined with their super poor 3G coverage quickly had me decide against it.

So, wifi only. It’s an excellent device. I have a bunch of games on it. Synced my bookmarks and email and have been happily ipadding for the past day or so. Yay!

What i did notice… The pixel doubler to make any app work is not so nice. The iBooks offering is poor. Many developers of apps charge for their iPad version. Even if you already have the iPhone version and the iPhone chargers are not really compatible with the iPad.
They lack power output, just like a regular high powered USB 2.0 port. Charging goes super super slow.

Other than that it’s been fun so far. I’m getting into Geometry Wars. Aquired an IRC client, I’m playing with the background picker and flip through a bunch of photos. It’s fun. I’m even writing posts on my blog (this one) with it.

I found out that most of my apps are not iPad optimized and looking at the horrible pixel doubling the iPad does is not fun either. So it’s been fun plowing through the itunes store again looking for cheap and good alternatives. I hope the iBooks feature catches on and publishers get over themselves so it’s actually fun and not like DVDs are now. And of course a better offering of books. I hope comics too and magazines… *dreams*

I need a cover or sleeve too I think…

Just for geeks! Become a geek today!

Hah! And you should get one too!

Get yours here: https://www.opendns.com/community/merch/!

Don’t know about openDNS yet? It’s a free DNS service trying to make the internet work better. I use their servers for my home internet connection exclusively, apart from my own internal DNS server. I think they’re doing a great job since name resolving goes lighting fast.

What is DNS? It means Dynamic Name Server. Which basically is a service translating the web site addresses we type in computer readable terms. If the server translation is set up properly things go faster and are more secure.

It’s pretty and starts with a C….

Today they finally arrived. The thing i ordered back in November last year. Which were promised to be delivered 10 orso days after that. But were delayed for well over 2 months. But now they’re here…

… iPhone Coasters! Woohoo!

Aren’t they pretty?
Try to get yours here: http://www.iphoneappscoasters.com/

Pleasantries of a plugin release

I make plugins for WordPress so people like me, sometimes. Until they break, then my forum is crawling. Some even find their way into my IM accounts.

And, well… What can i say –

Not me: “yo!”
Me: “hi”
Not me: “Your plugin is broken! Help!”
Me: “i don’t do support via IM, go to my forum http://forum.at.meandmymac.net”
Not me: “But you must help me!”
Me: “i will, on the forum”

And he, i assume it’s a he, just stops talking and someone with a similar name registers shortly after on my forum.

Not me: “How can i use your plugin on my site?”
Me: “what plugin, i have more than 10″
Not me: “uh…”
Silence
Me: “well? Events or AdRotate?”
Not me: “the one for ads”
Not me: “Adrotator for wordpres”
Me: “AdRotate”
Not me: “How do i use it?”
Not me: “Hello??”
Me: “did you read the manual?”
Not me: “no”
Me: “try that first, http://meandmymac.net/plugins/adrotate/2/”
Not me: “Can’t you help me?”
Me: “i just did, besides i don’t do support via IM, says so on my contact page”
Not me: “You’re a twat”

I don’t see how i’m a twat. Am i? Perhaps i am. After all, he demanded help and i told him to read my manual. But hey, he didn’t introduce himself. Rude!

Not me: “Hello”
Me: “hi”
30 minutes later
Not me: “i like your site”
Me: “cool, which one did you look at”
Not me: “yours”
Me: “meandmymac.net?”
Not me: “your blog”
Me: “…”
Me: “ok”
20 minutes pass, i attempt for a conversation
Me: “so what’s up”
Not me: “?”
Me: “You started a conversation like 45 minutes ago, you must have something to say”
After about an hour, ‘not me’ goes offline

Useless sod! Leave me alone!

Sadly these conversations are all real. None of those people i know a name, sex, or anything specific about. Not that *really* i mind that. Chat is fun, i think. But please… this is horrible. Make an effort people!

Why is there a dead pakistani on my couch

Why is there a dead pakistani on my couch?
Or rather… Where is my couch?
Maybe he stole it and choked on something…
I dunno.

I don’t want my couch back then.
Do you know why there is a dead pakistani on my couch?

Reply below!