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The Underwhelming iPad

The endless hype turned out to be a double-edged sword for Apple however; it raised expectations too high. When the curtains were pulled off the new iPad yesterday at Apple’s keynote, it was immediately (and largely) criticized by many. And in my opinion, rightfully so. The device isn’t ambitious enough, the cost is too high, and in the end, it just doesn’t fit in well with all the other gadgets people already enjoy using. Here’s everything that I think is wrong with the iPad, and why it is already destined for failure.

NBC Late Night Fiasco, CGI Edition

Though I haven’t been staying up late enough to catch much of this last week of The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien, I have been keeping up with the whole debacle every day on the internet. One of the best videos I’ve seen (barring Conan’s monologues of course) has been the following video, from the same Chinese TV firm who created the infamous Tiger Woods CGI re-enactment. Though I can’t understand the audio, I think the visual half of the video speaks for itself.

Scatterbrain

I haven’t been able to update the blog as much as I’d like over the last few weeks, but that doesn’t mean I haven’t been thinking about things to write about. Instead of letting all of my random thoughts go to waste, I thought I’d present them here as a collection. If you’re just looking for a few moments of entertainment, you like reading the musings of the slightly insane, or you’re looking for something to spark your pent-up rage, the following list is probably for you!