Same here, but truthfully, I'm a bit let down: this sounds like a re-tread. Not that it's "bad" in an absolute sense, but I expected something new, sonically.
Anyone excited about this show? It's premiering Sunday on HBO. Personally, I love Steve Buscemi, and the premise of the show sounds like the HBO shows that I really love (like The Wire and Deadwood).
Just had an amazing lunch with my co-workers at Brenda's French Soul Food in SF. The beignets are to die for. If you are in SF or the Bay Area, I highly recommend this place.
I find the iPad perfectly adequate for reading e-Books. Granted, I don't read while I'm outside under direct sunlight, so the contrast issue has never really come up for me. In fact, I barely even use iBook to read. I do most of my PDF reading on Stanza, and if I do buy anything, I buy it from Kindle and use the Kindle app on the iPad to read it. I'm sure as a dedicated reading-only device, the Kindle would be better, but I also enjoy the other things I can do on an iPad.
I came into work this Monday morning, only to find out that I have to work this weekend. It's no big deal, except I bought tickets to see Pavement in Chicago the very same weekend months ago. And since I've only been on the job for a week, there is no way I can ask the boss to let me off the hook on this. Fuck!
Check out these presets for HandBrake that does the conversion for you:
Optimised Handbrake Presets For Encoding Video For Your New iPad Or iPhone 4 | Lifehacker Australia
Very easy to use.