iPad2: Electric Boogaloo

Published 12:01 am Thursday, March 3, 2011

iStill want one: Steve Jobs and Apple unveiled the new iPad 2, less than a year after introducing the first iPad. The new version adds more memory, a camera for video conferencing and a thinner case.

So, for the 15 million of you stuck with an obsolete iPad, here are some suggestions for new uses for it: iDrink Coaster, iWobbly Table Stabilizer, iBird Cage Liner, iTrivet and iKindle Rest.

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It’s a precocious wine with a runny nose: Eight wineries in Walla Walla are in trouble with the state Liquor Control Board for serving wine to minors. The violations for failing to card customers were noted during compliance checks at the wineries, which typically offer tastings of wine to visitors.

Really, the wineries should have known enough to card the young visitors when they asked for crazy straws with their wine.

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Shuttle diplomacy: Seattle’s Museum of Flight is building a 40-foot glass wall within its Space Gallery, providing a climate-controlled area that it hopes will convince NASA to give it one of the retired space shuttles to put on display.

Yeah, I have a wall with a nail in it, but I don’t think that’s going to persuade the Louve to send me the “Mona Lisa.”