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Should the kid have an iPad or one of the alternatives?
Posted by Greg Laden on September 12, 2012 I love the iPad, but it is not really suitable for young kids, because it requires an adult perspective on life to operate it correctly. For example, for a two year old, there is nothing more fun than figuring out how to make all the little icons dance, and once you do that, there is…
Publishing with Apple’s iBook Author
Posted by Greg Laden on August 7, 2012 I am making a couple of iBooks. I’ve already produced three of them, but you can’t see them because they were experimental and they have been mercifully deleted. I found three or four problems (mainly with my own design and understanding) that I’ll tell you a little about below. There are things to consider when…
The Sun is Exploding!
Posted by Greg Laden on June 3, 2012 
Well, it is always exploding. But I just heard that “A big coronal hole is turning directly towards the Earth. Solar wind flowing from the opening should reach our planet on June 5-7, possibly sparking geomagnetic storms” and maybe the aurora will be visible over a larger area. I heard that from the iPad app…