PvZ, iPad protected, forum festering
Last night after work I met up with Ali at Best Buy so she could pick out what sort of cover she wanted for her iPad. We looked at a number of options, none of which were cheap. We wound up going with the standard Apple cover, it was a good mix of protection versus convenience. It looks like a glorified book cover.
We also got a screen protector. I have put screen protectors on every smart phone we have owned so of course getting one for the iPad was a no brainer. Again, it was ridiculously overpriced, $30. Attaching the clear film on the iPad was quite a challenge.
Obviously an Ipad is much larger than a smart phone. Attaching the protector used a similar process to what window tinters use where you spray down the film with a liquid before attaching it. It was a pain in the ass trying to lay down the film while minimizing bubbles. It turned into a two person process where Ali manned the squeegee while I laid down the film. I spent a lot of time working small bubbles out of the film. Even with all of my work it still doesn’t look quite as good as I would like but Ali said it was fine.
Remember when the iPad came out I was decidedly negative about it, calling it little more than an oversized Iphone without the phone. That is still valid, it is basically just a bigger Iphone. What I didn’t realize just how much that increased amount of screen real estate affects the usability of the device. It really makes a big difference.
Web browsing which works but is a scroll fest on an Iphone is a pleasure on the iPad. You can fully interact with a web page in a manner that isn’t limiting at all. The device is very snappy, way faster than my old 3G Iphone and about the same as my Iphone 4.
Of course anything visual looks great on the iPad. I fired up Netflix and had a movie streaming in a few moments. Pictures look fantastic as well.
Ali’s original intent for the Ipad was to use it for ebooks since you can access titles on Amazon, Borders and Barnes and Noble. In addition to that you can get electronic magazines that look identical to what you get in the mail, without the paper. The idea of eliminating the 18 inch pile of magazines by the bed is very appealing to Ali.
The extra room also benefits apps like mail, calendar and more. Everything is just much easier to work with. We did find one thing that was mysteriously missing from the iPad, a calculator. The iPhone has one but for some odd reason Apple omitted it from the iPad. That problem was fixed with a free app from the App Store.
As I was surfing around for iPad info I got turned on to yet another awesome Iphone game, Plants vs Zombies. I was up until after 11 last night playing the game. It is a pretty simple game but also very fun and addicting. It’s a hell of a lot of fun for $3. I am a sucker for tower defense style games.
Yesterday I made the mistake of venturing on to the Eagles message board. The board was filled with ranting, much of it was the brainless variety.
My point of view on the Kevin Kolb situation that was contrary to most of what I was reading. A lot of these idiots were writing Kolb off as a total failure after playing 2 quarters in the Green Bay game and another two + quarters in relief on Sunday.
I decided to start a thread. The main point was the Michael Vick hysteria was a quick fix. Here is my original post. it was titled, Kolb’s confidence casualty of Vick situation
Hey I was annoyed as anyone else at the dink and dunk passing yesterday by Kolb. It was pretty obvious his primary goal was to not make a mistake, but hey can you blame him?
When Andy cut Kolb’s legs out from under him after one half of football after singing his praises since Easter it made a statement. Sure Andy’s decision momentarily pleased fickle fans that care very little about the long term success of the team. It’s a quick fix world.
Well in this case the quick fix had some collateral damage. Kevin Kolb can now never feel secure in his position as the starter. How could he?
Absolutely, Kolb needs to prove himself on the field but he hasn’t been given an adequate chance yet in my opinion.
If you were doing your job on a trapdoor that was connected to a hair trigger do you think your performance may suffer?
This team has a LOT of warts, Andy liked that Vick was able to hide some of them.
The team just is not that good. We aren’t going anywhere this season. I’d like to at least find out for sure if we have a franchise QB on the roster or not if nothing else.
Even with all of the short passing, Kolb’s numbers were decent and if Avant didn’t have hands of stone on that last play we would have had a big comeback win, under the direction of Kevin Kolb.
My post actually generated some back and forth discussion, a full three pages worth. If there is one thing I am pretty good at it is message board sparring. The thread was filled with some thoughtful comments both pro and con along with one liners from the brainless lemmings that dominate that space.
By the time I was done participating in the thread I felt like I had exhausted my negativity tank for the day.