The ipad sucks.

It sucks beyond comparison. There comes a time when every company thinks it can sell a load of crap to it's loyal consumer, but this is just plain ridiculous.

The first and most problematic issue is that the ipad has NO flash support. Flash is commonplace amongst computers, so why not the ipad? It's been lauded by apple as being able to eventually "replace the computer", but anybody that takes a good look at the capability of the ipad; will without a doubt question it's ability.

Another issue. What kind of practical use will the ipad have? Will you see people walking around with them? Notebooks? Books themselves? This is another aspect of the ipad that is yet unknown. Who exactly is apple trying to sell this too, and to be honest; after a look at the specs, you have to be insane to purchase this thing. Whether you're an apple fanboy/girl or not. So far it's crap.

Ahh, and who can forget that the ipad DOES NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO MULTITASK! Woo-hoo. Let's use one application at a time! This leads me to believe that the ipad is not equipped with the tech to multitask. Sometimes, you just have to laugh.

Really. Would you read something on the ipad? For three or so hours? If so, I wish you the best of luck. The thing has a terrible display. Oh, but it doesn't end there! No it doesn't!

Can you say: LIMITED STORAGE CAPACITY? It'll come with sixteen gigabytes, and the storage limit as of now will be sixty four gigabytes. What a truly inspiring move! Apple is certainly pushing the bounds of technology. Apple, I was being sarcastic.

Oh, and take a look at the battery! The company itself has stated that it will last ten hours. Do they honestly think of us as stupid? I say three hours, of actual usage. (Surfing the internet, watching a movie etc)

The list goes on, and I'm sure apple is doing it's best to cover it up.

To sum it up: a horrendous product from my standpoint. Apple should redesign, and rethink it's strategy. Not everyone follows the ho-hum mediocrity that is dished out by companies that think the public will swallow whatever they manage to spit out.

Cisco: Faster is better.

Not too long ago; Cisco announced that it has the the tech, and know-how to move massive amounts of data in a small amount of time. One of the examples that has been thrown about is the ability to stream a full-length movie in about four minutes. Naturally, the realist in me thought it was a bunch of hype to something that won't deliver.

However, I can't help but to be excited at the possibilities. IF Cisco manages to pull this off; it will change the internet on so many levels. After all, the internet itself does need a boost. Especially as webpages become more complex, and as an offset; they have longer load times.

There are many more practical applications to this "insanely-fast" internet tech that Cisco is working on, but it may take some time for it to take actual fruition. Let's just hope nothing screws up and everything goes according to plan.

...but hey, nothing ever goes according to plan.

Bye-Bye Blue-ray.

Now that HD-DVD's are all but gone. (Hm, there's only one machine that uses that format.
I wonder which one it is.)

Many people have focused their attention to blu-ray. To be honest; my thoughts are that
Blu-ray is a pointless endeavor. Although sony has enjoyed moderate success with it's new
format; the truth is that disc based media is on it's way out. The era of digital based
media is about to begin, and disc's have no place within it.

Soon, it'll al be about massive hard drives, and even bigger media sources.

What's even more interesting is that sony has managed to start this process with the
launch of it's *new* psp-go. The handheld ditched the much lauded "UMD" disc. I
knew it was going to happen. The UMD was a worthless disc that added restraints to the
psp itself.

It's like sony is managing to collectively kick their own butt.

If you put two, and two together..it only seems like ditching blu-ray is the natural
thing to do right? RIGHT?

It seems that way, and it's without a doubt that microsoft will abandon the disc format
with the next iteration of it's Xbox. It's the smart thing to do.

Give me terabytes, or zettabytes!

The end of youtube.

Yeap. We knew it was going to happen sooner or later. It was only a question of when,
and how. Youtube use to be about people being creating media for themselves, and others
to enjoy, but in the process; something went horribly wrong.

I'm sure that google didn't have this in mind when they bought youtube.

SERIOUSLY. Youtube sucks. It's bad. Just visit the site, and you'll see. Nothing
is what it use to be. There are ads everywhere, and the community itself is just
insane. Go ahead. Upload a video. and just watch all of the random comments that you'll
get. The bulk of them don't have anything to do with your video at all. It's mostly
just verbal arguements.

To make matters even worse; you have to be careful of what you're uploading. Any music
that's attached to your video will most likely get your account suspended. That or
youtube will remove the audio from your video. Which leads to a very boring upload.

So, what's exactly left for us? Well, you can always vblog. LOL

Atleast thats what the majority of featured videos appear to be.

Left 4 Dead 2 (Xbox 360)

The Left 4 Dead series has really gotten everyone by surprise. Even me! The game itself revolves around four survivors as they try to make their way to an evacuation point. Aaah, but did I mention that the world has been thrusted into a zombie nightmare? Such is the universe of left 4 dead. Players are forced to co-operate. If you are not a team-player; then don't expect to make it too far in here. You'll soon become zombie chow.

The game was really meant as a multi-player online affair. That or you can bring a buddy for splitscreen offline co-op. It is suggested that you have an account with LIVE...that is IF you want to truly enjoy this game to it's fullest potential. Modes include scavenge, versus, and survival. Did I mention that you get to have the chance to play as the zombies? Yep! Now you can smash those annoying little survivors! How cool is that?

If you plan on playing this game alone...don't expect much beyond the five single-player campaigns. They are fun, but not alot of story to them.

The game's great. Suggested for co-op fans!

Above: clockwise from top left. Coach, Nick, Rochelle, and Ellis.
Braving the zombie mayhem. One saferoom at a time.