RE: [Paddlewise] Not the latest iPad

I'm sure one day there will be holographic GPS displays and all kinds of
gizmos for use by kayakers. I'll probably spring for an LCD-type reading
medium some day - probably OLED-based if I'm still at it.

I am setting up a little shelf in my hallway for a weather station. I wonder
if there are any recommendations. I' didn't want to spend too much as the
times are a bit uncertain here in the Lloyd household, but I want to do some
paddling this spring wit good weather intel on the fly.

The iPad might do well here in Canada if there isn't the need for 3 year
terms with the various providers.

Doug 


On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 6:50 PM, Doug Lloyd <douglloyd_at_shaw.ca> wrote:

>
>
> As for the iPad skit, I remember it well for three years ago. Now that was
> prophetic.
>
> Oops... sorry Doug.... I didn't see this last paragraph. I don't recall
the
skit but prophetic is clearly the proper word.

As for books.... I guess the approximately 1,000 hard-back books in the
library might be a testament to my love of imprinted paper. I told my wife
that when I die she should get an appraiser out to go through them because a
goodly number are first editions and a subset of those are signed.

I do find the iPhone pretty useful but expensive. I could easily trade it
for a regular cell phone and an iPod because I use the Internet functions
mostly in areas where wifi is available anyway. I suspect the highway patrol
would look askance at surfing the web while driving although I have pulled
over on the freeway to get an address off the 'Net and then plugged that
into the windshield-mounted GPS for guidance. Once. I dunno if that's worth
$120 a month.

What I really like the iPhone for is its ability to get me into the servers
(mostly Linux and Unix boxes) and routers (Cisco) for remote administration
of networks even when I'm sitting in the Princess at Doheny Beach or in the
Muthah-ship at Orcas Island.

I have not been that impressed with the GPS in the iPhone especially when
compared with one of the stand-alone GPS units from Garmin.

Craig Jungers
Moses Lake, WA
www.nwkayaking.net
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