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I received my iPad today and I’m quite enamored with it so far. It does a great job serving as a little machine that you can pick up around the house to look up information on the web or check an email. Its best use so far seems to be as an ebook reader; I think it will be preferable to paper for just about anything you can find digitally. I even tried reading some PDF scans of magazines and was pleased with the reading experience, though the many full pages of ads were tiresome.

I think the iPad has some nice potential as a gaming device, if the touchscreen doesn’t interfere too much with your game environment. It even might be useful for productivity applications (if you don’t need to use the keyboard too much; I’m typing up this post with the iPad just sitting on my lap but clearly a physical keyboard would work better for longer typing sessions.

Overall I’m quite pleased with the iPad; it’s already more functional than my netbook and it’s a heck of a lot easier & much more fun to use. I think well be seeing them all over the place pretty soon.

If you like epic movies… well Scott Pilgrim vs. The World might not actually be your thing. If you like movies are epics of epic epicness, you probably should watch this trailer.

Patton Oswalt, is writing a new comic set in the Firefly universe reports MTV.

There will be those of you who need a moment to sit down and absorb just how crazy, and yet, awesome, that sounds…  This post is for you. It comes out June 2nd; mark your calendars.

To everyone else reading this and scratching their head, please watch/listen to the following items immediately: Firefly, Serenity, Werewolves & Lollipops, and My Weakness is Strong.

This campaign seeks to restore the First Amendment to its original purpose: to protect people, not corporations.

I picked up the new This American Life Application for iPhone and iPod Touch this morning and I’m quite enjoying it so far (iTunes Store Link).  Ars Technica gives a good rundown of the app’s features, but, if you’re a TAL fan with an iPhone, I don’t think you could find a better way to spend 3 bucks.