I AM BLOG.

Simple but ingenious.

Ahh this made my morning. I was looking for some kind of template for Family Feud and instead was directed to this website. Sadly, I’m on Mac OS X and not Windows XP.

Nice try!

Some people have been asking me what my opinion on the iPad is. I think in a nutshell, it’s nice, but could be better (not unlike all of Apple’s products). In my opinion, I think Apple missed out on a few, but huge, components. But the thing is, I don’t think they omitted a camera because they forgot or because there were technical limitations. They did it because they probably already have the next tablet in the works. But to sum things up in a nutshell:

Pros
    + It’s thin and fairly compact.
    + It has Apple’s own processor, the A4. It’s fast and efficient. This is big news for iPhone users wanting to upgrade.
    + Battery life, this is both a pro and con. 140hr music playback, 10hr video, ebook.
    + Affordable 3G plans. 250mb at $14.99 is a great in between plan.
    + Everyone knows how to use it, ie: iPod/iPhone users.

Cons
    – The UI is boring. It’s a gigantic iPod. Couldn’t Apple be more creative?
    – No flash support. I understand Apple’s reasoning, but still.
    – 16GB? Please, memory is cheap.
    – Accessories. Adaptors for EVERYTHING = expensive.
    – Battery life. 10 hours is great, but makes it far from a Kindle killer.

Overall, I think the iPad could find a place in my home and maybe during traveling, but not much else. I think it would be a great help in the kitchen. Cooking while pulling up recipes or viewing videos online would be nice. As for the battery life, it will last you a day, which is fine. We all know batteries are THE limiting factor in portable technology today. Complaining won’t do much. In any case, it’s not super fantastic and it’s not a complete bust either.

The real kicker? I think my parents would absolutely love it. They always ask us to get them a portable DVD player for when they travel and I think this would do a far better job.

There’s always going to be another mountain
I’m always going to want to make it move
Always going to be an uphill battle,
Sometimes you going to have to lose,
Ain’t about how fast I get there,
Ain’t about what’s waiting on the other side
It’s the climb

I don’t really watch the Tonight show, but Gizmodo had a photoshop contest and I thought some of the pictures were pretty funny. This one’s my favorite, but you can catch the rest here!