Surfing the North Shore

Taking lots of pictures on this trip

Diamond Head from Waikiki Beach

Shot from our morning walk

Diamond Head from Pu'u Ualaka'a

Yet another rainbow

Pu'u Ualaka'a State Wayside Park

It was sunny at sea level but stormy at 1600 feet up the mountains.

On Vacation with My iPad

North Shore

I could not figure out how to reduce image size to upload via cellular. But then we found the Apple Store Waikiki!

North Shore Cliff Jumping

North Shore

Turtle Beach

Morning on Waikiki

Hello from USS Bowfin

Betsy meets a nice airman

David & Betsy at Pearl Harbor

Here we are looking out towards the Arizona and Missouri. Great day. Especially to be here for Memorial Day.

USS Missouri, Pearl Harbor

Beautiful day at Pearl Harbor. Looking at Arizona Memorial. Via iPhone.

Pearl harbor today

We just watched the Memorial Day flag ceremony at Pearl Harbor. Arizona bell ringing is upcoming. We will spend most of the day here.

View from our room

Just got here. This is the view from our room.

Sending Picture to Blogger

Here is a test photo sent from iPad to blogger. This was taken using the photo booth app with the front camera.

Hawaii Bound

Betsy and I are currently in the air headed to Honolulu for a weeks vacation. I will try to blog some of this from my new iPad. Not sure if I will be able to post pictures here or not using safari in the iPad.

10 iPad Apps Everyone Should Have - PCMag.com

From PC Magazine:

10 iPad Apps Everyone Should Have - PhotoShop Express - Slideshow from PCMag.com

It's time to start blogging about the love of my iPad and all the cool apps I can find. Especially since I convinced my Dad to buy one in order to use the included FaceTime app. So here is PC Magazines 10 apps you should have:

1. Photoshop Express free

2. Epicurious - free

3. Netflix - free

4. Kindle for iPad - free

5. AP Mobile - free

6. Instapaper Pro ($4.99)

7. iWork ($30 for 3 apps)

8. iDisplay ($4.99)

9. TweetDeck - Free

10. Angry Birds - Free

These all look great and I think I will make sure I get all of the ones I don't have currently except for #8 and #9 since I don't really tweet and don't think I need a second display via WiFi.

I also think the USA Today newspaper app belongs on here. That is really a good one.

AT&T envisions the future in 1993

Happy Mothers Day Betsy! Enjoy your iPhone 4...

Apples App Based Internet Approach is Winning

Apple 'Is Killing the World Wide Web' | CFOworld

Apple's app-based approach to the internet was a much more innovative one, he said, and the popularity of the iPhone and iPad meant that the Cupertino company was starting to wrest control from Google, the firm that has dominated the web for many years now.

"Right now Apple is just killing the World Wide Web. Peope are adapting iPads and iPhones at a rate. Apple will do almost 100 million units this year - I mean, the numbers are staggering," MacNamee said.

Apple is also taking the fight to another of its tradtional rivals - Microsoft, MacNamee argues. "This is the year where Microsoft has fallen below 50 percent of internet-connected devices, down from 97 percent 10 years ago," he said.

According to MacNamee, Windows is about to enter a cycle of decline, whereas Apple will come to the fore with the iPad 2. The success of the iPad and Apple's app-focused approach would see the company lead a 10-year cycle of growth for the company and the technology industry as a whole, he said.

Higher Education: The Next Asset Bubble?

Higher Education: The Next Asset Bubble? | The Pelican Post

Many awful facts pointed out in this article:

1. the cost of a private college has soared thirteen-fold over the past 40 years,
2. college tuition has risen twice the rate of inflation and four times the rate of wage growth.
3. the federal government guarantees student loans, when a student defaults the federal government pays the loan originator the balance of the loan plus interest. The government then hires a collections agency to recoup its money and adds a 25 percent collections fee on the defaulter,
4. Student loan debt has now outpaced credit card debt, at $829 billion versus $826 billion.
5. From 2004 to 2005 alone, student debt increased by 30 percent.
6. a majority of undergraduates owe $20,000 in student loans, up 108 percent in a decade,
7. 45 percent of college graduates from the class of 2009 earned less than $15,000 in 2010.
8. 25 percent of all government loans default, 30 percent of community college loans default, 40 percent of two-year college loans default, and for-profit schools have a 43 percent default rate.
9. student loan debt could not be dissolved through bankruptcy

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