tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-05:298865dragonimpA step to the side and a half-beat offdragonimp2010-04-03T20:48:16Ztag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-05:298865:177457Eh...2010-04-03T20:48:16Z2010-04-03T20:48:16Zpublic4<a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=125534493&ft=1&f=1001">Apple's iPad (finally) goes on sale</a><br /><br />I just can't get excited about the iPad. It's new and techy and geeky and all, but it's impractical. Too big to function as a PDA. Can't really type on it without extra equipment. Doesn't reduce eye strain like ereaders. Can't run multiple programs at a time. Also apparently doesn't have ports for USB or storage cards. I don't want a hybrid between a PDA and a netbook, I want a PDA and a netbook. A Mac netbook, which Apple is not giving us. It gave us this ... not-computer not-PDA not-ereader not-convenient scifi-tech-wanabe thing instead.<br /><br />Needless to say I won't be running out to buy one.<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=dragonimp&ditemid=177457" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> commentstag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-05:298865:170037Computing of the future:2010-02-03T17:03:59Z2010-02-03T17:03:59Zpublic0This is fascinating:<br /><br /><object width="446" height="326"><param name="movie" value="http://video.ted.com/assets/player/swf/EmbedPlayer.swf"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="bgColor" value="#ffffff"></param> <param name="flashvars" value="vu=http://video.ted.com/talks/dynamic/PranavMistry_2009I-medium.flv&su=http://images.ted.com/images/ted/tedindex/embed-posters/PranavMistry-2009I.embed_thumbnail.jpg&vw=432&vh=240&ap=0&ti=685&introDuration=16500&adDuration=4000&postAdDuration=2000&adKeys=talk=pranav_mistry_the_thrilling_potential_of_sixthsense_tec;year=2009;theme=a_taste_of_tedindia;theme=the_creative_spark;theme=new_on_ted_com;theme=tales_of_invention;theme=what_s_next_in_tech;theme=ted_under_30;theme=design_like_you_give_a_damn;event=TEDIndia+2009;&preAdTag=tconf.ted/embed;tile=1;sz=512x288;" /><embed src="http://video.ted.com/assets/player/swf/EmbedPlayer.swf" pluginspace="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="446" height="326" allowfullscreen="true" flashvars="vu=http://video.ted.com/talks/dynamic/PranavMistry_2009I-medium.flv&su=http://images.ted.com/images/ted/tedindex/embed-posters/PranavMistry-2009I.embed_thumbnail.jpg&vw=432&vh=240&ap=0&ti=685&introDuration=16500&adDuration=4000&postAdDuration=2000&adKeys=talk=pranav_mistry_the_thrilling_potential_of_sixthsense_tec;year=2009;theme=a_taste_of_tedindia;theme=the_creative_spark;theme=new_on_ted_com;theme=tales_of_invention;theme=what_s_next_in_tech;theme=ted_under_30;theme=design_like_you_give_a_damn;event=TEDIndia+2009;"></embed></object><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=dragonimp&ditemid=170037" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments