If you own an iPad and haven’t downloaded FlipBoard yet, what the heck are you waiting for?!?! Seriously, this is one of the first apps that I felt truly took advantage of the large real estate that the iPad brought. I’ve written about this one before and I’m going to do it again.
And no, this isn’t all sunshine and freaking rainbows.
The reason that I’m writing this is that recently FlipBoard raised another round of funding with a 200 million dollar valuation.
UPDATED: Check out the comments for where the bug really lies.
I have checked the “Always Trust” checkbox on this window EVERY time I have launched this app. Yet, it really doesn’t think I trust it. Thanks Microsoft!
Sometimes its just nice to get something new.
The big boss and I had been talking for a while about getting a new computer for home. The last one we purchased was a white MacBook Core Duo (2GHz with 1GB of RAM) The ram has been maxed out at 2GB a few years ago and I beat the hell out of that thing. Its been through major development projects over its 4 year lifespan.
I’ve learned over the years that there is a timespan of hours that if my sleep falls into that range, I’m going to be a complete waste the next day. That range, 4-6 hours. If I get more or less sleep than 4-6 hours, I’m good to go. But for some reason that range is the death of me.
Last night due to a server maintenance that went south, I got 5 hours.
So, here in good old Iowa, we have had the shift as with many other states that went from blue to red. A new, well really old actually, Republican Governor and part of our congress.
Now, all of these people pretty much ran on 2 issues. Jobs and the economy. So far, here are the priorities that they have put first:
When you guys lose your seats at the next election, try not to be too shocked.