I don’t know why I’m writing about the iPad. I really don’t. I don’t really wanna write or think about the iPad anymore after all the coverage in the last few days, but this post just sort of started itself, and now I’m writing it, and so here it is.
So, this Apple iPad thing was announced and demonstrated, right? Man, how exciting. How wonderful and interesting and everything. It’s like, man, you know? Or something.
And the thing is, we all wanted to be excited about this, Apple. We wanted to …

Since I moved into the new place, I’ve been without internet (except the paltry offerings AT&T has served to me at unsatisfactory speeds over the 3G network), and I’m ready to pull my hair out by its roots. It’s still 2 days until the internet hookup guy will come to my place (this was posted from the Starbucks on the corner). It’s disconcerting how dependant I am on the near instantaneous access to the global data network that is the World Wide Web, and yet: I don’t care. I don’t …