{"id":2276,"date":"2011-06-03T22:59:47","date_gmt":"2011-06-04T05:59:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/?p=2276"},"modified":"2011-06-03T22:59:47","modified_gmt":"2011-06-04T05:59:47","slug":"true-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/2011\/06\/true-love\/","title":{"rendered":"True Love"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em class=\"b\">I love my new iPad 2.<br \/>\n<\/em><br \/>\nMaybe more than any other gadget I&#8217;ve ever owned&#8230;<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/ipad2.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"my iPad\" width=\"525\" height=\"446\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2277\" srcset=\"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/ipad2.jpg 525w, https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/ipad2-255x216.jpg 255w, https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/ipad2-523x444.jpg 523w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Although I&#8217;ve really liked (and still do) my iPhone, I have a hard time reading on the small screen, and can&#8217;t stand typing on it.   I wanted something that was more portable than my laptop, bigger than my iphone, easy to read on &#8211; and fun.  And the iPad is it!<\/p>\n<p>I made it through all levels on the free <em class=\"b\">Angry Birds<\/em> game (a bit addictive).  <\/p>\n<p>I created the colorful blue abstract background with the <a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/stat?id=kmWFzVhDL2c&#038;offerid=146261&#038;type=3&#038;subid=0&#038;tmpid=1826&#038;RD_PARM1=http%253A%252F%252Fitunes.apple.com%252Fus%252Fapp%252Fartrage%252Fid391432693%253Fmt%253D8%2526uo%253D4%2526partnerId%253D30\" target=\"itunes_store\">ArtRage<\/a> App.  That program is even <strong>more<\/strong> addictive than Angry Birds &#8211; plus it&#8217;s a great creative outlet.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve discovered <a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/stat?id=kmWFzVhDL2c&#038;offerid=146261&#038;type=3&#038;subid=0&#038;tmpid=1826&#038;RD_PARM1=http%253A%252F%252Fitunes.apple.com%252Fus%252Fapp%252Ftoodledo-to-do-list%252Fid292755387%253Fmt%253D8%2526uo%253D4%2526partnerId%253D30\" target=\"itunes_store\">Toodeldo<\/a> for list keeping <em>(which is a pleasure on the large, yet portable, iPad screen)<\/em>.   I&#8217;ve downloaded Kindle, Pandora, Netflix, NPR, Huff Post, NASA, <a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/stat?id=kmWFzVhDL2c&#038;offerid=146261&#038;type=3&#038;subid=0&#038;tmpid=1826&#038;RD_PARM1=http%253A%252F%252Fitunes.apple.com%252Fus%252Fapp%252Fstar-walk-for-ipad-interactive%252Fid363486802%253Fmt%253D8%2526uo%253D4%2526partnerId%253D30\" target=\"itunes_store\">StarWalk<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/stat?id=kmWFzVhDL2c&#038;offerid=146261&#038;type=3&#038;subid=0&#038;tmpid=1826&#038;RD_PARM1=http%253A%252F%252Fitunes.apple.com%252Fus%252Fapp%252Fgoskywatch-planetarium-for%252Fid364209241%253Fmt%253D8%2526uo%253D4%2526partnerId%253D30\" target=\"itunes_store\">GoSkyWatch<\/a>, Xfinity Apps.   I&#8217;ve discovered <a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/stat?id=kmWFzVhDL2c&#038;offerid=146261&#038;type=3&#038;subid=0&#038;tmpid=1826&#038;RD_PARM1=http%253A%252F%252Fitunes.apple.com%252Fus%252Fapp%252Fid364497409%253Fmt%253D8%2526uo%253D4%2526partnerId%253D30\" target=\"itunes_store\">Hangman HD<\/a> (which combines the fun of Hangman with current events).  <\/p>\n<p>So&#8230;  any other &#8220;must have&#8221; apps you can recommend?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I love my new iPad 2. Maybe more than any other gadget I&#8217;ve ever owned&#8230; Although I&#8217;ve really liked (and still do) my iPhone, I have a hard time reading on the small screen, and can&#8217;t stand typing on it. I wanted something that was more portable than my laptop, bigger than my iphone, easy &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/2011\/06\/true-love\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">True Love<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[176],"tags":[182,177,181,184,183,140,178,179,185,180],"class_list":["post-2276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technology","tag-angry-birds","tag-apple","tag-apps","tag-artrage","tag-creative","tag-fun","tag-ipad","tag-iphone","tag-love","tag-technology-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2276"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2276\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2284,"href":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2276\/revisions\/2284"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}