iPad Apps Need Not Apply

Dear websites that I otherwise willingly sign up for email updates: I do not have an iPad or an iPhone.  I do not, therefore, need an email a week advertising that you now have an app for them.  Please cease and desist.  And even if I did, I don't necessarily see why you need to advertise that you have one.  Either, a) you are somewhere to par with Twitter and would be remiss for not having an app, or b) have an app that seems to do nothing but repackage the website information that I already otherwise enjoy in a more convenient manor.

Your efforts are noted, please move on.

As for why I do not have an iPhone or iPad?  Well, I just can't justify the out of pocket expense.  I much prefer getting a laptop for about half the price with the same shelf life as a Macbook.  I've heard many a friend lament at the two-year lifespan of their laptops, and with one exception of a faulty motherboard, my PC's have lasted me just as well.  I have one faithful little Dell that is seven years old this year, and still works as good as it did then.  The same can be said, therefore, for iPhones.  I don't have $500+ to drop on a new phone every time it comes out.  My phones typically cost me $100 with contract renewal, and that's about the best I can do.  I personally don't feel the phones' superiority to my Android phones.  And I do not have a tablet whatsoever, as I still can't justify shelling out all those clams one my tight budget.  But if I did, I would spend the money on one that supported flash...as in NOT the iPad.  Perhaps that's why everyone has an iPad app--because their websites which are 70% reliant on flash do not work on iPads.  And Apple has managed to convince us that their product is superior, and it is simply our fault that we cannot adapt.

All of this is not to say that Steve Jobs/Apple-fiends/hipsters/artists out there are bad/evil/unlikable.  You're just wired different than me, and if Apple is what you value, that's great for you.  It's just not what I value.

"If I moved away, I would definitely miss the Mexican food. Every region has its own Mexican food, and they're very chauvinistic -- they believe their food is the real Mexican food." --Russ Parsons

Okay, so I'm the biggest and densest geek on the block.  I've never been one to keep up with a planner or calendar, except for truly important things (like paper deadlines).  Even with the advent of digital calendars, I could never get mine to sync well because what I wanted to use on my computer didn't work with my phone, etc.  Well, since I've gotten my Droid, I've been using many of Google's services that I had never used before--one being the calendar.  Why, you ask?  Well, I'm going to eat with a friend of mine named Kristin (but not the Kristin I go to church with) and she said that we should go to a Mexican restaurant on Vets, but I didn't know where it was.  Well, I found it on Google Maps on my computer, and starred it so it would show up on my starred items on my phone.  It then occurred to me how dumb it was to star something I'll never need to look up again.  And then, I thought, "Hmm...maybe if I put the item in my calendar, that maybe I could store an address for the event.  And what do you know?  I can!  And when I pull up the event, the item was a hyperlink that lead straight to Google Maps on my phone!  Hooray!  Again, biggest and densest geek.  I kinda hate that it's this easy these days.  I'm pretty sure that I'm going to get lazy.  Oh well.  Google take my brain away!

"They fell in love with the memory of old Coke." --Roy Stout

Or fell in love with the Vignette app for Droid.

The parents are coming tomorrow which makes me nostalgic for Coke stuff. Most importantly, though, they're bringing my furniture! And some kitchen stuff! Don't know exactly what they're bringing so that adds to the excitement.

We're getting internet next Tuesday and I can't wait! Even if it only increases the frequency of the use of Justin's nickname for me--"nerd herd."

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"Froyo is proof God loves us and wants us to be happy." --Benjamin Franklin

Okay perhaps a slight misquotation but true nonetheless. (By the way, "nonetheless" is one of my favorite words because you don't have to use spaces yet it's still a correct word.) I awoke unnaturally early this morning with no provocation, only to find that Android wanted to update. I said yes. And lo and behold, froyo. I hadn't been looking at the differences between 2.2 and 2.1 because I was afraid I'd get jealous.  The only change that I knew for sure was that flash was available on 2.2. But guess what!!!! I now have 5 home screens instead of 3. I know that sounds silly but I lurv it. There's also a phone button and a browser button built into the bottom of the home screens.  I've definitely been missing that phone button but the browser button is pretty cool too.

Wow. This is a really long post to make from my phone. I'm getting so much better at typing on it, though only whilst it reposes on my bed. Well it's a start.

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