iPad thoughts

[alchymie]

I've identified my main objection to the iPad. I acknowledge that it's an utterly cool bit of software and hardware, and if one were to materialize in front of me now, absolutely free, I wouldn't say no to it. But my objection to the iPad can be summarized in a single sentence: It's not made to create.

Oh, you can get it to create, a document

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I arise from my ashes

[miriellegrey]

To agree and disagree

Re: I arise from my ashes

[alchymie]

Welcome back to the land of the (somewhat) living, Miri. You've been missed.

Anyway, I readily admit that one can create content with an iPad... but it's a lot more work than the equivalent job on my laptop. Since I don't mind a laptop's size or weight, I don't see a need to drop half a grand for a new acquisition.

New Year's been okay to date. Just got back from American Samoa, which is a tale in itself. Ghu knows where I'll be sent next, but the coin toss is between Ottawa and Ghana.

Re: I arise from my ashes

[elmunadi]

If Ghana, you #WILL# get your yellow fever vacc, religiously take your antimalarials, make sure your DPTT titer is at useful levels (Tetanus/Polio/Typhoid/Diptheria), get a scrip for Cipro and another for Keflex, and follow maximal food and drink contamination avoidance protocol. I've got a co-worker who's down for at least another month dealing with the consequences of failure when he was in Accra supporting an airline.

Re: I arise from my ashes

[alchymie]

All that, and maybe a Hepatitis A vacc. Oh, and a visa, evidently Ghana wants me to have a visa.

So much for any more blood donations to the Red Cross...