Thursday, June 30, 2011

Housekeeping & Random Questions

- Thanks to some excellent IT assistance, the iPad is now up-and-running. I barely know what I’m doing and haven’t spent much time playing with it, but what (preferably free) aps do you recommend? In addition, is there an off button or does the iPad turn off automatically after a certain amount of time of inactivity?

- I’m working on a rare political post and am looking for some folks to answer a question or two. Some extremely basic knowledge of Virginia politics (or even Virginia) is preferred. Please note that I will likely publish your response, so you can obviously say no once I send you the question(s). Opinions from across the political spectrum are welcome.

- Why does the Women’s World Cup only have 16 teams when the Men’s World Cup has 32 countries?

- If you had only one day in Pittsburgh, where would you eat?

- Finally, it’s about time to update my blogroll. If you have a blog that you would like me to add, please let me know. I hope that you also add a link to Sean’s Ramblings on your blog. In addition, I’m happy to follow folks on Twitter that read my blog.

7 comments:

Gilahi said...

Why does the Women’s World Cup only have 16 teams when the Men’s World Cup has 32 countries?

You're kidding right? Obviously, women wear 2 cups and men only wear 1, so it all evens out.

If you had only one day in Pittsburgh, where would you eat?

New York.

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yengsai1102 said...

Actually, it doesn't turn off. It just go into sleep mode and then you can activate it again by just tapping. If you enabled the usage of password then you need to type your password before you can use nonethless you can just slide the button and then use readily.
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Sean said...

Gilahi - That may be the best comment ever to appear on the 6+ years of my blog. (The World Cup part.) Well done, sir!

Amy said...

The iPad is mostly in sleep mode. To put it in this mode, press the button on top of the screen toward the right. Sleep mode uses very little power. If you want to turn it all the way off, hold down that button, then it will ask you to swipe your finger to turn off.

Good free apps: Skype, Weather Channel, AccuWeather, USA Today, IMDB, Minesweeper, NBCLive, NYTimes, The Onion, Pandora, Solitaire, AllRecipes, EW Must List, Zillow, Glow Hockey. Also tons of stuff for kids when your boy gets a little older.

Messiah said...

Pamela's for breakfast

Big O for lunch (it's still there, right?)

Probably a recommendation for dinner. Try a good new place ("new" meaning less than 10 years old)

Sean said...

Thanks for the suggestions Amy. I already downloaded a few of the apps from your list.

Messiah - Good call. Sadly, I didn't make it to Pamela's or The O this past weekend. Maybe next time.