iPad2 – using magic markers to fix a few things
When I first got my iPad2 (it’s now 4 days old), the excitement wore off quite quickly. Is it really only a big iPhone? I have now commenced an endeavour to make this baby useful! It must pay it’s way! As the only alderman (councillor) on Alice Springs Town Council who is totally paperless, I’ll be reading my papers on iPad2 on Monday night – if there is a #fail, there will be an angry tweet. Follow me on twitter @_ijane_ Also, I want to be able to log into client web sites and update them – can this be done? I will find out. Of course I can update the WordPress sites, but I want more. I want FTP and an HTML editor. The Cover I forgot to say that the magnetic cover is pretty cool. It’s a bit like a refrigerator...
Apple iPad2 Customer Review
I have had my Apple iPad2 3G for 3 days now. If you want to skim this, please read the last paragraph first – it’s very important. On day 1 I was impressed that it arrived on exactly the day Apple said it would – good service. Apple certainly gets the customer service side right. You can have 30 days free phone support on new purchases. I like that – I didn’t expect to have to use it though. It fired up immediately, connected to my wireless network seamlessly and I was up and running. So, there I was staring at it thinking it was really only a big iPhone. Do I really need it? However, as I started to search for Apps, I realised that one of the great things about iPad2 is the Apps community. Whenever you have a thought...
Japan Quake Victims – don’t give up
My brother in Tokyo spotted this sign for the quake victims … 東北の皆様がんばってください。Kind of means To all people in Tohoku do your best (or don’t give up). We in the west, in our safe havens, greedily soak up the news of disasters in far away places. It’s probably not conscious but we are behaving a little like the people in George Orwell’s 1984. I remember first reading the book in around 1974 and being surprised at the portrayal of characters enjoying movies about the horrors and miseries of others. Now I look at myself and see that it has come to pass. Each new disaster brings a flood of frenzied media coverage, interest and voyeurism. But once it’s old news, we don’t think that much about the...
iPad2 and Fanny Wang Cans -Reviewed
Reviewing the technology I use for work as a web developer. I’m currently awaiting the arrival of two items iPad 2 - It will be put through it’s paces and given hell in central australia. Does that iPad know what it’s in for? Firstly I have to say I’m very disappointed at the unethical labour apparently used by Apple to produce my iPad. I still struggle with the fact that many of the items I enjoy today such as cheap clothing, chocolate and technology were created by people living horrible lives with few rights as workers. Read this Chinese Apple Workers Forced to Sign Pledges Not To Commit Suicide http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1382396/Workers-Chinese-Apple-factories-forced-sign-pledges-commit-suicide.html Fanny Wang...
Slow Down Mr Abbott – Alice Springs, Katherine, Tennant Creek Intervention #2
The main reason for failure of the awful intervention apart from having to suspend the racial descrimination act is the speed and blanket approach Also read my opinion here- http://www.abc.net.au/unleashed/43634.html
Flooding in Alice Springs
Sometimes long term residents forget that newcomers may not have experienced the drama of flash flooding here. Here’s some helpful info: Flood information flyer including where to expect innundation How to prepare - your house, your emergency kit etc Household emergency plan - What a good idea! With cyclones and emergencies high in the news this is a positive thing to do with your family and will help the kids feel safer and prepared. Please don’t swim in the river if it’s in...
