iPad update

I've been using my iPad for a little bit over a month now, and I am really pleased.  It certainly is a luxury item; no defined need that it meets, but it's a lot of fun.  Plus it is so lightweight to carry around, it can easily substitute for a laptop when you don't need to do any serious typing or editing (which means I can use it a bit for work, but not that much).

My favorite uses so far are watching recorded tv shows or movies, reading books (very good for that; so far I alternate between the Amazon Kindle and the Barnes&Noble Nook apps), checking my email and news headlines, and playing some time-wasting games.

It's fairly hard to imagine it - you really need to play with one.  Apple has run some commercials that give you an idea of what it's like, but they are speedy:



All in all, it is a great consumer entertainment device.

Watches - No. 3

Another in my series on my watch collection.  This is a watch that Karen brought me from Tokyo:

That is Mt. Fuji in the background, and I particularly like the Japanese numbers:

I thought this watch was particularly unusual because the face is so busy, but I don't find it distracting at all, and I very much like the images that are included.

Crazy tennis shot

Roger Federer at the U.S. Open the other day, returning a shot hit over his head by hitting it through his legs for a winner:

The amazing part of this is that he has done this before:

Astonishing.

Summer tomatoes

Take a look at these gorgeous tomatoes, delivered today as part of the Urban Farmers' project:

These came from one local backyard farm.  I've never quite seen that many colors of tomatoes.

I don't eat them, but the rest of the family is quite excited.

A better view of the Pyramid

Recently we watched the Transamerica Pyramid building disappear into the fog.  But this past weekend, the fog was not present, so the building looked much nicer.

Here's the same top view from before:

And here are two much clearer shots of the building, which is visible from many different vantage points:

It's one of my favorite buildings.

Funny signs

We saw two amusing signs while walking around SF the other day.

First, an intriguing, but somewhat odd, food combination:

And second - not sure what to make of this effort to entice you inside this bar:

"Where - good friends & girls meet."   Hmm.

Odd pricing

Years ago I remember seeing an Arby's roast beef restaurant offering a special on their namesake sandwich - 5 for $5.00.  The only problem was that the regular price for 1 was $.99.

I spotted this pricing issue recently at the honey stand at a local farmer's market:

Not quite the same problem as Arby's, but what are they thinking here?

The honey straw are colorful, though.