i just read about the new apple tablet…

Posted on January 27, 2010 - Filed Under geeklife | 3 Comments

…and nearly wet myself with my geekgasm!

(It’s the one in the middle, between my beloved ipod touch, and my also beloved macbook. It’s a triumvirate of apply goodness!)
EXCEPT WHO THOUGHT OF THAT STUPID NAME???? I mean, really. iPad??? It sounds like something you use when you’re on the rag. Ew. What was wrong with iTablet? [...]

ipod touch / iphone games for little kids, part 2

Posted on September 13, 2009 - Filed Under geeklife, kiddo life, reviews | 1 Comment

A while ago, back when I first got my ipod touch (how did I ever live without it?), I wrote a post about gaming on the ipod with my kids. At the time there seemed to be very little out there on games for little people, and few games they could play. As with everything [...]

accept the change that has already happened

Posted on April 6, 2009 - Filed Under geeklife | Leave a Comment

The app store clocked over 1 million downloads for the new skype app on it’s first two days. Wow. That’s a lot of downloads. And I was one of them—I called my friend Priscilla this morning on my ipod touch using the new app. It was great, extremely clear, free. Why wouldn’t I use it?
Which, [...]

14 ipod touch / iphone games for little kids

Posted on April 1, 2009 - Filed Under geeklife, kiddo life, reviews | 4 Comments

We are all about the games around here. Board games, card games, yard games, video games, computer games, dice games, make believe games, you name it. We are an equal opportunity game household.
But, I had no idea, when I got my spiffy new ipod touch, that I was buying a gaming machine. I think I [...]

three wearable computers, SF comes true

Posted on March 12, 2009 - Filed Under geeklife, reviews | Leave a Comment

My recent experiences with my new ipod touch have demonstrated to me how satisfying and convenient it is to have the information and solutions of a wifi computer with me, all the time, in my pocket. But, even with it’s sexy design, hunching over a 3.5 screen ain’t ideal. The information is there, but the [...]

there’s a butt-load of apps for that

Posted on March 4, 2009 - Filed Under geeklife, reviews | 1 Comment

What’s that peeking out of the special ipod pocket of my knitted purple furry monster felted ipod bag?

Why, it’s a 2nd gen ipod touch! That’s right, after dropping hints like anvils as my birthday approached, I received enough amazon gift certs and cold hard cash for me to succumb to my inner geeky desires.
Perhaps by [...]

knitted purple furry monster felted ipod bag

Posted on February 14, 2009 - Filed Under making things | Leave a Comment

Okay, it’s really more of a purse that can also carry an ipod. But it’s more than that, too. It’s the bag I’m making instead of getting an expensive, spiffy, 2nd gen ipod touch. Like those periodic episodes in a woman’s life when a rush to have a baby (hormonal?) becomes oddly intense…and instead she [...]

confessions of a former knitter

Posted on February 10, 2009 - Filed Under making things | Leave a Comment

I was cruising the internet the other day, indulging in a little gizmo-porn, to be specific, a fantasy of getting one of the new, sexy, 2nd gen ipod touches. Drool, pant… Er…what was I saying?
Oh yeah. Porn.
Um, well, of course, ipods led to checking out ipod accessories, and that led to ipod cases, and somehow [...]

i have seen the future

Posted on September 12, 2008 - Filed Under geeklife, kiddo life | Leave a Comment

Sophie, four and half, has taken over my ipod. Yes, I have an ipod, this old, 2nd gen, B & W, wood-burning thing. Anyway, I showed her once that music comes out of the funny things I was wearing in my ears, and she grokked the situation immediately and started asking to listen on her [...]