Sometimes when I'm sitting in class... You know, I'm not thinking about class, 'cause that would never happen. I think about kissing you. And it's like everything stops. It's like, it's like freeze frame. Willow kissage.

Oz ,'First Date'


Buffistechnology 3: "Press Some Buttons, See What Happens."

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Laga - Jan 14, 2011 4:30:56 pm PST #15912 of 25501
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.

Yahoo mail is working for me.


dcp - Jan 14, 2011 4:36:31 pm PST #15913 of 25501
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.

Excellent! That made it work for me, too.

Thanks!


Laga - Jan 14, 2011 4:38:57 pm PST #15914 of 25501
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.

It's funny, I've been using gmail for so long, it took me a moment to remember how to send mail with yahoo.


Jon B. - Jan 15, 2011 3:39:34 pm PST #15915 of 25501
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

Apple has applied for a patent for a theremin-like control interface. [link]


DCJensen - Jan 15, 2011 4:48:51 pm PST #15916 of 25501
All is well that ends in pizza.

iPad owners: iOS 4.3 beta brings back the rotation lock as a preference


brenda m - Jan 15, 2011 4:56:06 pm PST #15917 of 25501
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

I'm thinking about replace my (practically defunct) home laptop with an iPad instead of a new laptop. Opinions?

I mostly use it for web, email, vids, etc. And I schlep my work laptop home all the time anyway so I would have that as an option if I need to do something more complex. But I wonder if there are considerations I'm not thinking of?

I will wait for the new release which hopefully will be in April as rumored - my bonus comes in March so I'm planning to hold off at least that long anyway.


Tom Scola - Jan 15, 2011 4:57:29 pm PST #15918 of 25501
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

Watching vids could be a problem.


Typo Boy - Jan 15, 2011 5:48:05 pm PST #15919 of 25501
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.

A good rule of thumb for computers is that you always need more power and capability than you think. A computer that appears to have exactly what you need and nothing more is almost certain to lack something critical to you.


le nubian - Jan 15, 2011 6:27:48 pm PST #15920 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

brenda,

I like my ipad a lot, but it doesn't really replace any of my computers - home or work.

My recommendation is for you to walk in to an apple store (or best buy - I guess they are going to get a genius bar sometime soon) and check out the macbook air 11" or 13". A lot of tech reporters really think they are groovy and it is light enough that you might really like it.


NoiseDesign - Jan 15, 2011 7:08:05 pm PST #15921 of 25501
Our wings are not tired

I have travelled more than once with just my iPad. I spent 3 weeks working on a ship and my laptop came out of the bag once for about 20 minutes. Everything else was done on my iPad. I routinely use my iPad around the house and leave all the computers back in the office.