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Traveling without a laptop
Ever since I bought my first laptop well over a decade ago, I think that I've taken one on every trip with a few exceptions. With the rise of the iPad, no longer do all my trips necessitate me taking a laptop. In the last year, I've been on 2 trips with just my iPad, a Bluetooth keyboard (to make it easier for me to blog :-)), and a MiFi for connectivity. The first trip my wife forbid me from taking my laptop and I survived; the second trip which was last month I actually didn't want to travel with my laptop.
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Are we safer?
Every time I fly, which isn't all that often, I feel compelled to write something about the sorry state of the TSA. In the last 6 months, I've flown 3 times and on 2 of the legs, I was supposed to go through the full body scanners (in 1 case everyone had to go through), but opted out as I believe the government needs to be a bit more honest with the public on the safety of the devices by letting the FDA monitor them and by performing regular maintenance on them (they're used far more than any x-ray machine in a medical facility). While the officer explained the process, it was a complete waste of time.
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Video Transcoding for the iPad
When I first started syncing pictures to my iPad, I noticed that videos didn't sync. After some research, it turns out that the video/audio format used by my Canon SD960 IS, I kind of put it on the back burner and ignored it. Now that I have an iPad 2, I bought iMovie and wanted to do a little video editing this weekend. Unfortunately the only clips that I had on my iPad were taken with my iPhone 4.
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Amazing advancement in digital video
Over the last few years, the advancements we've seen in digital video absolutely amazes me. Since I recently converted all my videos to a format that can be displayed on the iPad, I've been watching a bunch of video with my son as he loves watching videos of our dog. Using AirPlay on the iPad streaming to the Apple TV, we can watch the videos on our 37" TV.