Magic Trackpad?!
Anybody who’s been subjected to me talking about my computer setup/injury prevention/productivity obsession knows that I love using a trackball* the vast majority of the time. So far the only exception I can think of is Minesweeper, but now that I’ve completely switched over to a Mac slash Apple products in general, this awesome clone of Minesweeper on the iPhone quells my bomb-defusing addiction.
ANYWAY, for me, today’s Apple announcement about the Magic Trackpad boils down to this:
(In case you’re not into input devices, that second item is a Pogo Sketch, which, along with their Inklet software, can turn trackpads into pressure-sensitive tablets. And yes, of course it comes in orange. And yes, I have a Wacom tablet, but I got it before they came out with the Touch line. Sigh.)
* The Kensington Slimblade FINALLY has programmable buttons. I was happy with it even without, but now that it can do more than just zoom/pan and control music, I wholeheartedly recommend it as a badass and very sexy trackball. I just need a wrist pad. And to stop obsessively cleaning it whenever I am meditating on something at work.
** I should probably also mention that those icons in my quick graphic up there are from a set called BlackStroke.
My husband is a Mr. Bauhaus
Typestaches! So cute!
Buy a screenprint at Old Tom Foolery
Birthday presents for my siblings
I have two half-siblings – a sister on my mom’s side and a brother on my dad’s. Angela turned 10 on June 1 and Kevin will be turning 2 on June 6. Here are pictures of them because I can’t express how adorable and lovey they are:
Angela and Adrian on the cruise
Kevin and Adrian at Thanksgiving
So anyway, here’s what I bought for Kevin:
Imaginarium Train Table
It’s a table with a storage drawer and a reversible playtop, AND it has train tracks, trains, a crane, a car, a truck, a helicopter, cargo, people, and so on and so forth. It’s amazing! I saw it at Toys R Us and knew I would have to buy it. And here’s what I’m hoping will come to fruition this summer so that I can buy it for Angela before they come to visit. It’s especially appropriate because she’s a rabbit in the Chinese zodiac. Apparently it will even have changeable clothes!!
Mobiblu Miffy MP3 Player and Dock
Ah, Gizmodo. You even serve my cute needs.
Could I learn how to do this or would I break my neck?
How could I even safely figure out how to do this, anyway? Also, the picture seems to load slowly, sorry!