Browsing May, 2011 archives.

iPad 2 to DVI TV

Sunday, May 22nd, 2011

I just bought the Apple Digital AV Adapter and was able to test it out today connected to an HD TV … even with a lowly 768KB internet feed, we were successfully able to watch Formula One streamed from our DISH Network receiver back home, and Red Dwarf on Netflix! It seems that the DVI [...]

iCab Mobile

Sunday, May 15th, 2011

For almost the first year I owned an iPad, my browser of choice was not Safari, but Atomic Web Browser; I find the tabbed browsing much better than the scheme used by Safari – especially the ease with which links can be opened “background”. But now, Atomic is off my iPad, replaced with iCab Mobile! [...]

Leather iPad 2 case

Saturday, May 7th, 2011

Apple may claim that their very expensive iPad 2 cover is made from leather but it must be made from special “rock Cows” as the leather feels like touch plastic; it’s totally not worth $69. Yes it keeps the iPad 2 screen protected, and yes it’s cool to open the cover and have the iPad [...]

Planetary

Saturday, May 7th, 2011

Planetary is a very strange, rather beautiful, probably pointless, way to access music on your iPad … it groups music alphabetically by artist / album, but then display it in a galaxy / solar system format! Here is the Electric Light Orchestra solar system, looking at the Out Of The Blue planet, orbited by it’s [...]