Flipboard for iPad is UNBELIEVABLE! CLICK on the picture above to read about it!
My daughter Karen first turned me on to FLIPBOARD; but unfortunately for me, at the time, flipboard was swamped! It was like a million people trying to rush through a very small door… and they put me on their waiting list! Today, I was sent a kind email saying that my turn came up… and I rushed to the iPad to log it all in!
With Flipboard you can read all of the social media sites you wish to keep up on! For me that is twitter and facebook! On facebook, I can keep up with friends and family… and then follow a small group of friends and other culinary folks on twitter!
zooming in on a picture or a message is easy! Here I am reading a comment of Laura's
However, iPad jealousy is a sad thing! The critics of the iPad sound all too much like the folks who originally dissed the personal computer, the lap top and the smart phone. Some people just hate technology and the social connectivity that it offers all of us. Some understand that information is power and they really don’t want us to share and connect… let’s face it, some folks just don’t want you to have fun! In the meantime, flipboard for ipad is a wonderful addition to the social media experience!
CLICK on picture to be taken directly to the Drudge Report
There are many people in various levels of leadership who really don’t believe in a ‘free press’ or ‘freedom of speech’ and I am saddened by this. Let us just say, I have heard enough people say the trite, “the people don’t know what’s good for them” as well as the ” I can’t believe Reagan won (80%), because everyone I knew voted for McGovern! (McGovern won only his home state of Minnesota)” to wonder why they really aren’t listening to the rest of us? The unfortunate truth is that we are always one heartbeat from losing our objectivity. When we (and they) listen, we all benefit.
There was a time before Matt Drudge, Fox News, the Huffington Postand nationally syndicated alternative radio talk show hosts where the news was interpreted for us by a few national media outlets and locally by newspapers. Interestingly enough, media folks in those days referred to themselves as ‘moderates’, which amused most everyone. In the ‘old days’, it was almost impossible to have your voice heard, even on the local level. It was an almost impossible task to even stand toe-to-toe with a local newspaper editor… as has been often quoted: “Never argue with someone who buys ink by the barrel and paper by the ton.” This has all changed for the better with the internet. Today, scandals that would have been swept under the rug get to see the light of day. Stories unpopular with powerful entities get a chance to be played. Common sense rules the marketplace of ideas…. but there are those who do not like this at all.
So, I am reminded that without a true freedom of the press and free speech, none of our other ‘rights’ mean much.
Thank you to all those who present another point of view regardless of that part of the political spectrum you sit…. even on the local level.
First, NO, I am not voting for Proposition 19 and YES, I know that there is a good chance it will — unfortunately — pass in California. The history of drugs in America is hard to find on the internet. So, if you read everything on-line , you might believe we have never been in this position before…a time when drugs were legal. I find it darkly amusing to read the articles and blogs on this subject, it’s kinda like listening to a bunch of kids acting as though they just invented sex.
In reading what’s out there, I am reminded of George Santayana’s almost cliche quote: “those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it.” Addiction in America has been a long standing challenge that finally received national and local attention after the country was unable to find enough non addicted men to serve in World War 1. However, local, state and the federal governments did impose a few draconian solutions. Often after times of extreme indulgence comes times of repression and it usually isn’t pretty. We may not like where this future takes us.
However, sad to say, but sometimes, things have to get a bit worse, before they have a chance at getting better…. however, I am not convinced, I am still voting NO …
Everyone in my family loves technology, especially something new. Each generation of technology was fun for us to explore. We all joke about the days when updating an Apple meant knowing how to use a soldering iron! I remember cutting into a case to add the first floppy disk, then the 3 1/4, cd and dvd and all the recording versions. If you are old enough, you’ll remember when a floppy handled a whopping 10k of memory and buying a computer without a hard disk. We’ve even beta tested a few items which was fun, especially new video game systems. We smile back at those times. We may never meet any of the geniuses associated with these great devices, but we are grateful for the sense of awe they bring, their usefulness and practicality…. and yes, for the envy it causes in others!
So one day, we are all on the conference phone discussing Apple’s latest mobile devise called the iPad and ‘wondering’ which iPad — if any — is worthy of purchase? After much discussion, we agreed that we each would buy the WiFi 6G 64GB as it had virtually everything. They’ll be shipped at the end of the month and the only question remains is who will get theirs first?
Yes, I have heard from a few friends that we are once again being mislead on the quest for truth and enlightenment.We have heard that the iPad is justa fad and this too will pass. They said the same thing about the personal computer thirty years ago. However, I am reminded of Mark Twain’s famous remark,”denial is not just a river in Egypt!.”
CLICK on picture to go to Ronnie Woods Website & store
Quite a while back I was lucky enough to sit in ROW 2 at a Rolling Stone’s concert in Angels stadium in Anaheim, California. Laura and I don’t do many extravagant things, but this one was worth it. I think this is partly why I recieved the announcement for Ronnie Wood’s latest venture in fashion.
Besides a more than passing interest in music, Ronnie wood is known to many fans as an artist , so to see him take a step into fashion isn’t really much of a surprise, but a fun surprise none-the-less.
Click on the above picture and as they say CHECK IT OUT!
"A house is not a
home unless it
contains food and
fire for the mind
as well as the body.”
Benjamin Franklin
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"Without the culinary
arts, the crudeness
of reality would
be unbearable."
Kate & Leopold
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"Tell me what you
eat, and I will
tell you what you
are."
Anthelme
Brillat-Savarin
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"I think it is a
sad reflection on
our civilization
that while we can
and do measure the
temperature in the
atmosphere of Venus
we do not know what
goes on inside our
soufflés."
Nicholas Kurti
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The truth is that
with a gentleman I
am always a gentle-
man and a half, and
when I have to deal
with a pirate, I
try to be a pirate
and a half.
Prince
Otto Eduard Leopold
von Bismarck
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Honesty is not so
much a credit as an
absolute prerequisite
to efficient service
to the public. Unless
a man is honest, we
have no right to keep
him in public life; it
matters not how
brilliant his capacity
