If you said, "A line from a Little Caesar's Pizza commercial in 1988, with the guy in the commercial folding the pizza box in origami-style," you get 50 bonus points. If you asked, "There's a 'P' at the front of the word 'terodactyl'?" you get an additional 20 bonus points. I had to look it up; the word spelling, not the commercial.
Stephanie and I still quote that "It's a pterodactyl!" line when folding anything. Pretty much an inside joke.
Why are we discussing this? Thanks for asking. Joan ordered me a case for the new iPad Mini. I looked at a bunch of different cases online and this one seemed light-weight and folds in a bunch of different configurations to set the iPad at different angles and orientation...
No, that is not a page from the Kama Sutra - that is instructions on this case/cover/folio (pick the description you prefer) showing the 23 different configurations/angles. I had to watch a YouTube video to try to figure them all out. Realistically, you will use 3 or 4. And some of them are the same configuration, just turned on its side.
But, next day deliver from Amazon, so I had it first thing this morning.
It is rare that you will buy a device and not need accessories for it. This case came with a "free" Apple pencil holder that attaches on the side. I have two Apple pencils for previous iPads... of course, they don't work with this one. The pencil always seems like a good idea... and then I don't use it... or it falls off the side of the iPad and I misplace it. Yeah, I probably need one for this iPad. ;-)
iPads are famous for being "intuitive." Since I had been using my old one for 14 years, I thought I would just be able to use this new one in the same way. I am so silly... the one game I play on the old one (Ten-Ten) doesn't exist in the App Store anymore. There are newer whiz-bang versions that need to be connected to the internet and flash and make noise and make you watch a commercial to continue. Bite me. I'll find a new simple game.
I listened to some new podcasts overnight. Well, they droned on while I slept. Except they would quit after each episode and I'd have to manually start the next one. "Put it on Continuous Play," you say? Yeah, that's where I had it. Apparently, there is more to it than that. I tried my Sleep ear buds with the built-in white noise and "scenes"... I picked "SeaSide"... it was wave action sounds, then some new-age annoying chimes every now and then. I will find something else that is just the background sounds. Yes, I am an old dog, and these are new tricks. I guess "simple" isn't a thing anymore.
Oh, and I discovered that "pterodactyl" isn't a thing anymore; it is now a pterosaur or a pterodon or a pterodactylus. Or, as I like to say, "One of those extinct flying dinosaur things." Simple.
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Joan quietly said, "Look at this"...
Stella and Murphy are laying beside her on the couch. I would call that a snuggle. I took a quick photo with my iPad Mini...
The camera on Joan's iPhone is better than the camera on the iPad. As expected. But each of these images show off a whole bunch of cute!
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Awwww.... So darn cute. We just got back from the vet. Duke got a mani-pedi, so the "murder mittens" are slightly less dangerous for now.
Alice uses her iPad a lot for sheet music. The magnetic cover sticks nicely to a standard metal music stand.
Both of these kitties allow Joan to clip nails. It took two of us with Rufus, and generally some kind of "device" to hold him off the floor so he couldn't get leverage.
Regarding the iPad being used for music charts: I started that a long time ago with that first iPad Mini, using a holder that clamps to my mic stand. I "upsized" to a regular iPad about 6 or 7 years ago, because it was easier to read at a glance. Not sure if this new Mini will get pulled into music duty, but it will be very handy when playing in the living room, for a song or twelve. All my old solo stuff I know by heart; I need the lyrics with the new songs I learn with the different groups.
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