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Tablets, a second look.

My early thoughts on tablets have changed, and here's how.
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I just reread my post called "what's the point of tablets?" where I basically said tablet computers are stupid and are just wanna be laptops, and while that is true to an extent, it was half a year ago back when tablets were relatively new and uses were unpolished. I feel I bashed this emerging tech to much and should give it a second chance. There was also heavy emphasis on merging ipad and tablet and some things I got wrong, mainly naively believing apple would ever support flash on a portable device and thinking hp touch pad was the only OS with flash. Apple may now think "maybe flash is a good idea" with Steve gone, but I'm not holding my breath. I also learned that Android, the other common tablet OS does flash.

What remains constant.

• I still hate the ipad like all apple crap. Ipad sells with the blind following of apple and I have seen and demoed far superior tablets.
• I don't foresee myself buying a tablet anytime soon, because I still prefer my laptop. My laptop can just do way more than a tablet. I have some new found issues with tablets that make my laptop superior but I'll get to that.
• While it is better now, there is still an air of "ipad=tablet" and "non-ipad=what are you thinking?" but with the fire and what not, I can tell there's pubic knowledge that all ipads are tablets but not all tablets are ipads.
• Apps are still inferior to programs, but then again these aren't designed to run autocad.
• Still can see these being great for business presentations and educational settings.

Originally I mentioned that an ipad is an itouch you can't fit in your pocket and a macbook that has no ports and no laptop. While that remains true with the ipad, unless you want to buy some blue-tooth keyboard add on that, knowing apple, will probably jack the total cost up to over the price of a laptop, it isn't true of all tablets in general. I saw someone with an hp slate, which has standard usb ports, runs windows 7 in full, and in addition to touch screen works with an hp wireless mouse and/or wireless keyboard with no attachments. While I'm not fully knowledgeable on hp wireless add ons, I can't imagine that they'd set you back a whole lot. Plus with the usb and windows 7, I can't perceived a problem when connecting a wired keyboard and/or mouse through one of the usb ports. There was also a stand that from what I heard came with the tablet. That right there is a good move. Toshiba also has a tablet that has usb, hdmi out, standard SD card slot, and probably something I'm forgetting. This is good, I like expansion ports and such, because I use them all the time. I know there are other tablets that have docking ports that add expansion or keyboard functionality, but can't name any off hand.

There was also the bulk factor that I mentioned earlier, but that was more of a comparison to smart phones and handheld gaming. That was before I realized how easy it is to transport my laptop which takes up more space than probably the largest of tablets. I may not be able to fit an ipad in my pocket, but I probably could a nook or fire, because I love cargo pockets. But then again, why would I? This thing isn't my durable phone or handheld gaming console, it's far more fragile. If I were to have a tablet, I would probably put it in the laptop section of my back pack or in my shoulder bag.

Before I mentioned that I can only see tablets being useful in a business presentation or education scenario, and while that use is still a great use for them, there are other great uses. Tablets could really easily replace the clipboard, and in many industries probably did. I also read that American Airlines, or some air travel company, has replaced all the pilots charts and books with 2 ipads saving tones in fuel and easy access. I don't know if the ipad is actually an ipad or a tablet wrongly being called an ipad, but me personally I would prefer a specialized tablet, and I would say this even if it was say, a galaxy tab. While unprofessional and maybe not important, but personally I would fly calmer knowing that the pilot is using a specialized tablet only capable of reading charts and the like, because I don't want the temptation of angry birds to be present.

Before I think my mindset might have been that "people would actually replace a computer with this? Pa-lease." Now instead of a computer replacement, I see this tech being used in a much more understandable way, coexisting. I have heard of so many devices using tablets as input devices for controlling, or to have something interact with them. Sure I can see them having merit on their own, but the coexisting really works for it. They also aren't to be seen as being able to do all a computer/laptop can do, like how the DS isn't expected to do all the wii can do. I don't know of a better example, but tablets are easier to carry with one hand than a laptop.

Another previous killer was the price/ability ratio between laptops and tablets. Back when I wrote "what's the point of tablets," most tablets on the market were either the same price or more expensive than a laptop, and didn't have all the ports and such I could get with a laptop. If they were cheaper, it wasn't enough to give up ports and a keyboard for. Now many tablets have come down in price, or were released cheap like the fire and nook. Ipad still ridiculous, but that's apple. I'm not saying that I consider it a good investment, but it's definitely more reasonable now, especially with fire and nook.

Touch screens as they currently are, are a big thing that keeps me from getting a tablet. Before I didn't have enough experience with tablets to know the true hell that static electricity/electrolyte whatever touch screens are for someone with nails. I keep my nails long for practical reasons. I can do many daily tasks easier with long nails than short, but nails are a hindrance with the standard touch technology with touchscreens where they read electricity from the skin your fingers, which is why touchscreens don't work with gloves. Most of the time when I type I find myself typing with my nails, and that wouldn't be a problem if the touchscreens were pressure activated like the ds, but they aren't. I find myself having to rather awkwardly touching when I try to use tablets or smart phones, and sometimes those touches don't even register. This is just me, I know most people like their nails short and the electric thing prevents false reads with things hitting it or they're more durable, but it just doesn't work with my nails.

I still think tablets aren't wholly worth it, but I see they have potential and aren't all Itampons. Well this has been Pokematic signing off and bu-bye.

Pokematic, the cure for love review.

Midwest premier of this play, how will it turn out?

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I just saw the cure for love as put on by the theatre department here at college. After the last play I saw here, this time I was going to do some research. Like any modern person, I typed the play name into bing, because bing pays me, and went from there. I was able to find this British movie, but I had doubts as to an adaptation because it was made in 1949 and the story didn't seem like it would translate well to a play. When I get to the theatre, and there's a bit of a story in me getting there, I find out that this is the premier and was written my a friend of the director. So this is a new experience. Right now I would like to point out that while this show does focus rather heavily on sex, unlike the god awful Rocky Horror, this was actually done in a rather tasteful manner. I'll get to that after some story.

Walking in blind, it took me a second to really catch onto what is happening. It takes place in a french chateaux and, like most entertainment I see involving french, it's all about affairs. There's the main guy who the story kind of runs around, his mom and her lover, his wife, his best friend, his cousin, and a prostitute that he falls in love with. This is really the prostitute's story, he's more of a plot device. The guy is sick with an illness of the heart, love. His wife is not really "doing it" for him, he then sees this prostitute, and then falls in love with her and then has love sickness. His best friend,  mom and her lover decide that it would possibly help if his prostitute lover will see him, because he's a mental wreck. His wife is OK with this. Turns out the prostitute know everyone and it's a regular reunion. The rest you just have to see.

Now is a good time to talk about the humor of this play. Most of the jokes were sex related, and those that weren't were based on some rather clever word play. But unlike Rocky Horror, the sex driven humor was actually tasteful, or as tasteful as physically possible. Instead of a song about being transsexual and dancing around in lingerie, this sex based humor was based on clever euphemisms. Instead of the usual "I'll say penis or sex and get a big laugh because it's shock factor, deeeeeh," this actually required you to hear what was being said, quickly figure out what that euphemism meant, and no actual mention of physical acts or body parts. And then when the word "sexual" was stated, it wasn't the punch line. I guess the best way of putting it would be the "over the kids heads sex jokes you find in their cartoons." Don't believe me, watch spongebob, and if you can't stand that, try the final scene in toy story 2 and look at what Buzz does when Jessie does the amazing trick on the hot wheels car. There were a couple of instances of touchy grabby, but not to the extent that it was distasteful. It was sophisticated blue humor.

As with Blithe Spirit, this was on a stage where the audience surrounded the actors, except on one side where they had a wall with a curtain that characters would hide behind from time to time. Again, it was very interesting because unlike with conventional stage where you have to project your voice out to the audience and try as best you can to never turn your back on them, you're able to just act naturally, and with no back stage or wings to absorb your voice, no worries on where to project.

I'm not sure as to the availability to seeing this play based on it's small made status, but if given the chance, I suggest you do. It's not family friendly, but if the kid isn't mature enough for the jokes, they won't get them. It's never to distasteful like some low brow humor, because it takes a high brow to get what's being said. It's written cleverly, without relying on the blatant to be funny. Well this has been Pokematic signing off and bu-bye.

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Pokematic The Artist Review

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When was the last time you saw a silent, black and white, 4:3 aspect ratio film? For most of you, the answer is probably never. When was the last silent, black and white, 4:3 aspect ratio film made? Actually you might be surprised 2011. I just saw The Artist , a silent, black and white, 4:3 aspect ratio film made in 2011. It went under my radar for the most part, and I'm a movie buff. I found out about it after watching the Grouchies, or the Oscars for those of you who can't get my jokes. Best picture you may know. Well I saw it, and while it didn't really do it for my grandpa who prefers talkies, I really liked it.

See I'm not the most buffy of silent movie buffs, nor could I name any by title, but I enjoy watching one when it's on Turner Classic Movie. They're on there every so often, and I enjoy them. Now the Artist follows the formula for silent film perfectly...Yeah perfectly. It has a musical accompaniment, aka it has music in the background so it isn't dead silence. It had it's dead silence points, but that would be like when the orchestra was changing music. No voices or actual set sound until the end and a small nightmare scene. And what really made it so, when important pieces of "dialog" were "said," there would be an old fashion dialog card that would cut the scene. The black and white, 4:3 aspect ratio, and the opening title card with the credits at the beginning like in the old days was a nice touch as well. It would have been really nice if the movie was shot on actual black and white film, but unless HD black and white film exists, this I could tell was a post conversion monochrome. Really, I know my black and white films on big screens, and even on small screens there isn't that much detail. I could be wrong, but that's just me being picky. The filming technique, whatever it was, worked for this throwback to the old days. Quick mention of the sets and costumes, amazing. It looked like the real stuff I see in history stock footage.

Now I would talk about the story, but to do that I first need to talk about the acting, which was phenomenal. To act in silence is incredibly hard. I've done some mime, and it is so much easier to talk. Aside from the dialog cards, which were few and far between, the only way for the actors to get their point across was to basically mime it. A term used in the movie was "mugging the camera," and while I don't fully know what that means, I'm sure it has something to do with the actors of the silent movies basically acting out the entire show with minimal words, and even then there was no feeling of emotion in the words aside from facial expressions. Anyways, the actors carried this amazingly. They didn't need words to tell what was going on. Everything was known by their actions. Sure their lips would move, but that didn't always include a word card, and we didn't always need it. Sometimes it would have been nice to know exactly what they said, but based on the situation, it was easy enough to know what was going on. Plus there were many scenes with just one actor in them, and unless they're like me, they aren't talking to themselves, so dialog isn't necessary. It was just amazing.

Then there was the dog. That dog, was so well trained, it was unbelievable. If there was an academy award for animals, he would get it. It knew where to be at just the right moment and do exactly what it needed to do. The best case to compare to is Lassy. If you know Lassy, think that performance but with a different breed and smaller. There were actually scenes where the dog carried the entire scene, and the humans were just the supporting actors, and not in the "air buddies" way where the dog is talking or some crap like that. The dog was acting in manners similar to a dog but would be almost human like, if that makes seance. Think Lassy is all I have to further explain.

So now finally the story, which fits quite well with the make of this film. It's about a movie actor who is a star of the silent films. He is mister silent film. Then come the talkies. He says he doesn't need sound, the people come to see me, not hear me. All the while, this up and coming actress, who got her start as an extra in one of his films, is the big thing in all the talkies. She is America's sweet heart, and the voice of film. I can't possibly go further into detail because that would spoil it.

Now this movie isn't for everyone. It will definitely not appeal to the lowest common denominators that look for sex and explosions. It won't appeal to kids who can't read or won't stand for reading in entertainment. It will confuse those who must be told what's going on. It won't appeal to people who just can't appreciate silent film. I'm not trying to be rude, but it's the truth. I'm trying to save you money. This film is amazing, but it's not for everyone. If you don't meet any of the above mentioned, you will most likely enjoy this movie, and if nothing else, appreciate it for what it's worth. And don't let the PG-13 rating deter you if you're like that. It would be PG-13 if there were such a thing back in 1929, but aside from 1 damn, a middle finger, and a near but failed suicide, this film has no objectionable content. Maybe something could be interpreted as such, but because it requires interpretation and isn't just told, it can mean many things.

Now before I sign off, I really wish that the main guys one talking line at the end was a little more satisfying. Intrigued? Well go buy it. This has been Pokematic signing off and bu-bye.