Logic, Life, and Theories

After the release of the iPad yesterday and due to some Apple fanboys raving SO much about the iPad, I thought I’d share my opinion about not why the iPad is a useless gadget but how people in general are not only shallow with people, but with technology as well.

Groupon.  What is it?  Well it’s sort of like Woot [Woot] but on a much smaller and cheaper scale.  Everyday there’s a “featured” item to do at an awesome price, but you are only able to get it if enough people join in that same day.  If there isn’t, just wait until tomorrow and give that deal a go! For example, today I signed up and it had only required 2 more people to signup in order to get a $10 Robeks coupon for $6, I signed up and shortly after they hit their quota so my credit card got charged and about 45 minutes later I received the coupon in my email!  The only downside is that you’ll have to wait until the next day to use it. So sign up! The link is below. [GROUPON]

According to the New York Times, counting calories on fast food or even restaurant food isn’t always accurate.  Apparently, when the restaurants or whatever give you the nutrition value, there’s always a good possibility it’s up to 20% incorrect, so you may want to give yourself a little buffer if you’re calorie counting. They sometimes are inaccurate in the sense that they tell you there are more calories than it really is, but that’s not usually the case.  I guess they tell you a slice of thin Domino’s pizza (don’t know why you’d want Domino’s in the first place, but…) is 181 calories but apparently it’s only 141.  But then they say a bowl of grits at Denny’s (which is gross, ew grits..) is 80 calories but when tested it’s 258. So. Just a heads up for those calorie counters out there.. [NY Times - Counting of Calories Isn't Always Accurate]

This weekend Jamie Lynn and I ventured on a quest to find crepes.  This crepe place we had thought to be in “The Arcade” of downtown Cleveland was closed because apparently there’s another location of this crepe place and it’s off 25th and Lorain.  So of course we start heading out to go there but then walked pass this place called “The Chocolate Bar”, we looked at the menu posted on the window and the prices looked very reasonable so I say “Let’s eat here!”.  Lemme tell ya.. it was delicious! [Chocolate Bar Menu] I had ordered the “Mac-n-Cheese Bar” with caramelized onions and bacon, it was the best mac n’cheese I’ve ever had! It was ohhhh so creamy! So. If you’re a fan of mac n’cheese, I’d recommend trying it from the Chocolate Bar! I think Jamie Lynn ordered the Turkey Club and it looked rather appetizing, it was your standard Turkey Club on some panini toast served with a side of delicious potato chips and when I say delicious, I mean delicious! I’m really not sure what was so special about these chips but I found them super tasty. For dessert we split the Belgian Chocolate Mousse Cake and of course, it was delicious.  It was even served with one custard puff on the side! Additionally, all this was in The Arcade which I had completely forgotten how classy this place was.  I definitely have to go back to try out the other places in there.  The first 2 floors consists of restaurants and shops and the upper 2 floors are hotels that belong to Hyatt. [Chocolate Bar Cleveland]

There are just a few major gadgets I would like to get for 2010.  More of course would be nice but these are the “necessities” of 2010.  Well, more like wants than necessities.  I believe only one of them is a necessity.  Well, here we go. The first is the “necessity” item.  2 new video cards.  The reason being is that when I first got my PC 2 and a half years I ago, I started out with some XFX GeForce 7600 GTs, well.. they’re dying.  One of them has already crapped out on me and the other is ticking a whole lot.  I can’t imagine it will last much longer.  I need video cards in order to well, use my computer.. which is why I am categorizing this under “necessity item”.  I am considering coming out of XFX and going with EVGA and getting a pair of EVGA GeForce 9800 GT [Newegg] with maybe a gig of ram but if I can find one with 512mb of GDDR3 ram, I’d be alright with that too.  Cost? About $130 a piece.  Not too bad I suppose.  It’s justified with one of these days I’ll be putting together another computer for myself, I can always reuse them.  Well, unless they’ve crapped out on me too of course but let’s hope they last. My next goal is purchasing a netbook.  As of right now (which I’m sure will change a million times before I buy one) I have my eye on either the Nokia Booklet 3G or the Toshiba NB-205.  They both have outstanding battery lives, decently sized (non-SSD) hard drives, and a 1GB of RAM.  Out of the two at the very moment would I go with?  Probably the Toshiba because it’s cheaper and has much less unnecessary features such as 3G and GPS.  [Nokia Booklet 3G] [Toshiba NB-205] Lastly, my favorite laptop as of right now is the HP Envy 15.  With it’s i7 mobile processor, 6GB of RAM, thin, sleek.. I’m in love.  Unfortunately it’s $2,000 and it’s probably not all that practical for me to get a laptop this year.  But! If I’m able to, I’ll do it! It’d be nice to be able to do anything I do on my desktop… on the road.  And actually have it out perform my quad-core desktop. [HP Envy]