Why I'm getting an iPad 2 and not an Android tablet

Viruses!  Trojans!  Malware!  Oh, my!

Electronista reported recently that the number of malware on the Android platform has climbed to 44.  And the number of them on the iPad/iPhone?  Zero.  The same as that on the WebOS platform.  But then we would expect that, wouldn't we...

An iPad? Or something else?

Well, I have my heart set on an iPad 2 at this point and I have almost enough saved up for it.  However, for those of you without the iPad-love have other options.  This little list of the top-5 top-4 alternatives give you some other choices.  What's yours?

DealNews - Top 5 iPad Alternatives

A Blog made out of trees?

I love this quote: "For those of you under the age of 25, a magazine is a blog made out of trees."

It's from an article (on a blog...) describing how a die-hard professional Windows user (a former editor of Windows Magazine no less!) became an Apple fan-boy.  Here's a hint if you are a Windows user and want to avoid the same fate:  Do not get involved with Apple's gateway drugs!

How the Editor of Windows Magazine Became an Apple Fanboy

iPad 2!!!

Wow.  I. Want. One.

How to keep up with it all...

You may have noticed I haven't done much posting lately.  The problem isn't lack of desire; it's lack of time!  I'm taking two courses at college in the evenings and until recently, was finishing up an independent study class.  Just to show you what it's like, one of my weeks had a final on Friday, read a book and write a report for a class for the following Tuesday, and study for a midterm for the other class on Thursday.  All this while keeping up with class attendance, class reading, and doing assignments!  I'm amazed I didn't drop dead that week!

The only way I was able to keep things straight was to have all my assignment deadlines online and at my fingertips.  I could bore you with all the to-do list type applications that I went through or mention the probably hundreds that I didn't have time for, but I won't do that.  If you'd like to take your own journey through that vast field, just Google "to-do list applications" or "GTD" (Getting Things Done).  It'll definitely keep you busy.

For me, I just had a few requirements:

• online - I had to be able to access it from anywhere.
• easy - nothing complicated.  Just let me enter a task, a due date, and be done!
• quick - See "easy".  Quickly add a task and date.  Keyboard shortcuts are a real help here.
• flexible - But when I need it to do some more complicated things, those features should be available somewhere.  And nothing fancy either: recurring appointments, flagging tasks, stuff like that.

So after a bit of testing, I settled on... are you ready for it?... Todoist.  Like I said, it's nothing fancy, but it lets me do what I need to do to keep organized and on top of my homework quickly and easily and for free!  There's a monthly paid version, as well, with more powerful features which is probably worth it if you need those, but for me the free version is good enough.  

Right now, I'm just using it online, but according to their website they have both iPhone and Android apps available (third-party I'm assuming), and an API to extend Todoist's functionality.  Something I'll have to play with (once I have some time... :) ).

Yee Haw!

Apple's gonna be be having an "event" on March 2...

Thanks to Engadget for this link, but if you want a whole boatload more, just Google "Apple March 2"

Okay, once and for all, it's OS "ten", not OS "ex"...

The official word from the official source is that you pronounce the name of the operating system Oh-Ess-Ten, not Oh-Ess-Ex.  So how do you pronounce OS X 10.6.6?  A little Googling seems to indicate that you can say Oh-Ess-Ten-point-Six-point-Six.  (i.e., you don't need to say the second "ten")

Are we all clear on this now? :)