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By phroghollow, January 28, 2010 5:26 am

I`ve been waiting to see hard info on this product, this since the rumours started flying thick and fast, i`ve never been an Apple fan due to the limitations on them set by Apple, but i`m looking around, and Apple have done really good things as far as mass marketing gadgets, so here`s what I think of the iPad :

Pros :

• eBook Store (ePub format) – Very interested to see how this pushes the eBook format, also no info on the DRM etc on it.
• Battery Life, 10 Hours is stunning, I would say due to the 1GHz Apple A4 CPU but interested to see more about this CPU.
• Looks Good, even i`ll admit it looks good
• 9.7″ Screen looks good, but 1024×768 res is a little disappointing but size of screen is limited.

Cons :

• No GPS, Kinda limits the possibilities.
• No HDMI or DVI Output – Big Disappointment.
• Only 64Gb Max??
• No Flash integration.
• No camera, Yeah it has an option for an add-0n but come on.
• No multitasking, maybe an OS update this year will do something about it?
• Soft Keyboard, No really positive reviews on it yet.

Pricing :
Biggest disappointment is the price, as usual for Apple there is a big premium for slapping a fruit logo on the back :
WiFi Only : $499 for 16GB, $599 for 32Gb and $699 for 64GB
Adding 3G costs a $130 per model So :
WiFi/3G : $629 for 16Gb, $729 for 32Gb and $829 for 64Gb
- Bear in mind these are US dollars and will be a premium markup when it hits Australia presumably around June/July this year.

Overall :
I was seriously looking at this device as my first Apple product (bar an iPod I never actually used except as a portable HDD), but the Cons column quickly outweighed the pros, the price also makes it look unattractive. The one thing I am really excited about is the iBook stuff, I read…A Lot, I don`t listen to music much so iTunes never really excited me, but I do read, extensively and quickly and I like to own original legit copies of books, so i`m quite frankly excited to see what Apple can do for ebook readers. Hardware wise, i’d like to see some things fixed up, mainly the stuff in the Cons column. Overall i`ll wait to see what other tablet options come out maybe the next version of the iPad may convince me, or it may be the Asus Eee Pad or the HP, Who knows? But I do know I like the look of tablet PC`s.

EDIT : Forgot, The Name : iPad, sounds like a female sanitary product, Really.

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By phroghollow, December 15, 2009 5:27 am

A Branding Iron that fits on a lighter :

A PlayTV setup for my PS3 :
Should be about $125 from BigW, Joyce Mayne in Ballina had a good deal on it too, Hint Hint Mary/Al/Amy

A Remote Control for the PS3 :
This was at BigW for about $40-50

Now Cool things i`ve seen :

The Guy is apparently getting 30Million to make it into a full length Feature film, more info here

Really must do my post about our shower getting fixed, its soo good, anyway, later. Bye.

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By phroghollow, November 29, 2009 5:29 am

Did you know someone went and made official rules for Shotgun? Check it out here

Something I like to see, correct usage of the apostrophe

Something more for the Christmas list a Jawa garden ornament :

Some cool advertising for Disneys Star Wars Weekends :
More of them when you click the picture

Sadly Mininova.org is only displaying “verified” torrents now, so if you need to find something torrent freak did a good story on 10 alternatives you can try : here

Now Video`s :
Alka Seltzer Tablet + Water in Micro Gravity on the International Space Station :

I personally prefer Top Gear but 5th Gear did a cool experiment, on can a car loop the loop :

This is a great sleight of hand routine :

Alright, thats it. Outta here. Bye.

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By phroghollow, November 26, 2009 5:30 am

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By phroghollow, November 23, 2009 5:31 am

Garden :
Blower Vac – Electric (Ryobi Preferred)
Solar Powered Sensor Light.

IT Related :
1Tb 3.5″ Sata HDD – Pref 32mb Cache

Clothes :
Wallabies Jersey
Socceroos Jersey
Australian Cricket Team Jersey

Books :
And Another Thing – Eoin Colfer (Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy part6)
Adrian Mole – The Prostate Years – Sue Townsend

DVD`s :
TV Series :
3rd Rock from the sun : From Season 3 Onwards
Air Wolf : Seasons 1,2,3
Astro Boy : 1960`s : Volume 2
Bewitched : Seasons 2-6
Black Adder : Complete Series
Chronicles of Narnia : Complete Box Set
Due South : All Seasons
Dukes of Hazard : All Seasons
Family Guy : From Season 3 onwards
Family Ties : All Seasons
Fantasy Island : Complete Series
Fawlty Towers : Complete Series
Fresh Prince of Bel Air : Season 4
Get Smart : Season 1 onwards
Golden Girls : All Seasons
Hale & Pace : Complete Collection
Hogan`s Heroes : All Seasons
Home Improvement : All Seasons
Keeping Up Appearances : Complete Box Set
Knight Rider : All Seasons
Little Britain : From Season 2 Onwards
Lois and Clark : From Season 3 onwards
LOST : Seasons 2,3,4 & 5
Macgyver : All Seasons
Monkey : The Complete Collection
Monty Python`s Flying Circus
Mork & Mindy : Season 2 & 3
Muppet Show : All Seasons
Ned & Stacy : Season 1
Perfect Strangers : All Seasons
Quantum Leap : Season 5
Red Dwarf : Just the Smegs & Beat the Geek
Round The Twist : Complete Box set
Seaquest DSV : All Seasons
Sliders : All Seasons
Spongebob Squarepants : from Season 3 onwards
The A-Team : All Seasons
The Cosby Show : Season 1.
The Dresden Files : Season 1
The Flash : Complete Series
The Goodies : The Final Episodes
The Simpsons : Season 9 & 11
The X-Files Season 6
Transformers : The complete Collection

Movies :
Clear And Present Danger
Jaws 2 & 3
Star Trek Movie`s : 1,2,5,6,7,8,9,10
The Evil Dead 2 & Evil Dead 3 : Army Of Darkness
The Great Muppet Caper
The Muppet Movie
Twilight Zone : The Movie

Blu-Ray
The Fifth Element
The Incredible Hulk(Edward Norton)
Star Trek 11
Watchmen (Extended Edition)
District 9

Alright, 2 birds, one stone, updated blog and gave christmas list ALRIGHT!!! Bye.

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By phroghollow, September 11, 2009 5:31 am

I mentioned this a while ago, and here`s an update :That is all. Bye.A

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By phroghollow, September 10, 2009 5:32 am

Well, i`m on my days off again, just about to go pick Paul up, thought i`d hit the blog first.
Hasn`t been too interesting here, Car still p*ssing me off, still looking at leasing but trying to hold off till next year. Went and saw My Sisters Keeper at the movies, wasn`t that impressed, but Adele enjoyed it so it was worth it.

Intersting stuff:
History of Johnny Walker. I found it intersting anyway :

I Want One Of These :
Cheese Board in the form of a mouse trap :

These are cool, I can`t think of a use for them straight of the top of my head but anyway :

To Order Click the pic :
This is sooo bad, how can you eat this :
Deep Fried Butter.

Anyway, brief entry but i`m outta here. Bye.

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By phroghollow, August 24, 2009 5:33 am

Well the Commodore is slowly dying, apart from the Drivers seat which is bent, the Driver`s side door lock actuators are screwed, resulting in the doors not being able to be opened, so imagine if you will, me hauling my butt across the centre console to the passenger side to get out, if these are replaced then we need to replace the Body Control Module, all up looking at $1-$2,000 to fix it, so we`re thinking its time to investigate Car Leasing.

So today whilst Tuggeranong Auto Electric looked at the locks on the car, I went and saw GI Joe :

IMDB
Verdict :
Umm, I should have waited for Inglorius Basterds to start. It was Ok, just not great, you really need to turn your brain off to watch this, but its ok as a brainless blowing crap up movie, As for Inglorius Basterds, tomorrow is Tight Ass Tuesday, so we`ll see.

Bought 3 DVD`s today, Clerks & Chasing Amy 2-Pack from Revolution CD for $11.95 thereby completing my ViewAskew universe DVD Collection and I also got Jersey Girl from K-Mart for $7, I still need to get Zack and Miri Make a Porno to complete my Kevin Smith Collection though.

Meanwhile, i`m on the downhill run to 150,000 Experience points in Farmtown, DAMN Facebook games.

Alright, i`m out. Bye.

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By phroghollow, August 17, 2009 5:34 am

Bored, Been to the doctor this morning to get a script filled. Put some washing on the line. Watched some TV. Bored now. Might head down to the post office and send some stuff for Adele.

Off to see District 9 at some stage tomorrow, after Kaz come and do our cabling quote. If you haven`t seen a trailer for District 9 :

- So keen to watch this. I`ll let you know how it goes.

I love nature Doco`s as Adele will atest to, I can sit and watch them for hours and Sir David Attenborough is the king :

Amusing :

Thought this was pretty cool, his other songs are pretty damn cool as well, check em out on youtube :

Time to find something else to do. Bye.

EDIT : I ended up going to the post office.
EDIT 2 : Swine Flu Pic – First Celrbrity Death :

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By phroghollow, August 10, 2009 5:35 am

Ok, for those that follow me on Twitter you would have been right if you had guessed : Adele and I went to The Australian War Memorial. Adele and I adventured out for a bit of touristy fun today, it was free and we felt rather patriotic after doing it. We had been wanting to go for a while but since she took today off on flex we decided to go today to avoid the Saturday crowd…..BIG MISTAKE. Bloody School Kids.

So that was todays adventure, we actually feel we may go back and start on the bottom level as we spent most of our time on World War 1 & 2, so we feel next time we`ll start at the Korean war.

Last weekend cause I saw these on instructables.com :
We think the egg carton is to stop them falling over :
They looked good when completed we used a vanilla cream icing :
Smelly Ellie Helped too :

Adele didn`t think Smellie should eat chocolate cake mix but I beg to differ she liked it lots.

I have been relying on a stash of earplugs I had from working in the Data Centre but since I thought it was time to go legit, we went to the Safety Shop in Fyshwick and bought a tube of ear plugs, you have to be careful with your earplugs as Ellie has decided they are a delicious chewy treat that we keep next to the bed :
$28 for that lot, 100 pairs.

Apart from that its really been work, work and more work. I did have a small win over a Dell laptop this morning which made me feel better. Dell have some weird settings in their BIOS, the end result of which is that you can`t install an OS unless you change some stuff.

So what has amused me recently :
A Viral video that promotes office :

- Dunno how it promotes office, but its fun and gives me a goal to aim for this summer.

This is an animated gif, it may take some time to load, but essentially a revolving half-cut of the anatomy of a lego Mini-Fig :

This just cracks me up the more I watch it :

What can I say I love Bacon and this is a good way to go :

Ahh Calvin and Hobbes you never fail me :

Try to do this every time I visit Aldi :

This guy is pretty damn good with Dough :

Alright Swine flu pic and i`m outta here :

Alright, thats it, i`m outta here. Bye.