I have not posted for a very long time. I’m thinking about closing this blog.
Mother of those who place their hope in Solidarity, pray for us.
Mother of those who are deceived, pray for us.
Mother of those who are betrayed, pray for us.
Mother of those who are arrested in the night, pray for us.
Mother of those who are imprisoned, pray for us.
Mother of those who suffer from the cold, pray for us.
Mother of those who have been frightened, pray for us.
Mother of those who were subjected to interrogations, pray for us.
Mother of those innocents who have been condemned, pray for us.
Mother of those who speak the truth, pray for us.
Mother of those who cannot be corrupted, pray for us.
Mother of those who resist, pray for us.
Mother of orphans, pray for us.
Mother of those who have been molested because they wore your image, pray for us.
Mother of those who are forced to sign declarations contrary to their conscience, pray for us.
Mother of mothers who weep, pray for us.
Mother of fathers who have been so deeply saddened, pray for us.
Mother of suffering Poland, pray for us.
Mother of always faithful Poland, pray for us.
We beg you, O mother in whom resides the hope of millions of people, grant us to live in liberty and in truth, in fidelity to you and to your Son. Amen.
Blessed Jerzy Popiełuszko pray for us.
The iPad is the best toy I ever had. I'm calling it a toy because it doesn't solve any real problems. It simply exists. It's a perfect little all purpose gadget. It does a bit of everything which makes it great for people with a very short attention span (like me). The browsing on it is great. The reading is also surprisingly good. The games are fun and it's great for watching movies and listening to music. Overall it's a fun all purpose toy.
I currently have four e-reader applications installed. The iPad as an ebook reader does very well. iBooks app is beautiful and I can't wait for paid content to be available on it in Canada. For now I'm reading on the Kindle app where as my wife is reading on the Kobo app.
The browser is great. The pages load super fast compared with my iPod touch. I haven't had any issues with the lack of flash support. Browsing on the iPad is a pleasure. I didn't do much browsing on the iPod touch mainly because it was way to slow. Now I feel that the world wide web is now open to me from the comfort of my bed.
I haven't tried much gaming on the device yet mainly because the prices for games are a bit prohibitive at the moment. The games I did try worked great. Having a big screen helps a lot with the touched based games. I didn't enjoy racing games on the iPod touch but the iPad makes racing fun again. Platformers and strategy games also benefit greatly from more screen real estate.
Another great thing about ipad is the incredible battery life. It's incredible that after hours of surfing the web, watching videos and playing games the battery never once dipped to below 80%.
What makes this toy so great is the amount of possibilities you can have with it. The apps are great and continue to improve. I am still waiting for the perfect RSS reader app but hopefully soon the Reeder app will be released and my iPad will be complete.
Below I'm listing what I think are absolute essentials for the iPad.
Naturally my iPad would not be complete without Catholic apps. Here I'm listing few that I use daily and I think every "Catholic iPad" should have.
- 5. Star Trek
- 4. Inglorious Basterds
- 3. District 9
- 2. Moon
- 1. Up
Beautiful church in my home town Iwonicz, Poland.