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This is a short list of things I didn't think I would do with my iPad:

• Easily connect to my other computers over VNC (the iPhone had this, but it was a pain in the arse to use)
• SSH into my site and edit some PHP files
• Stream and transcode video on the fly from my laptop to the iPad, so I can watch things in bed
• Actually read long-form documents comfortably
• Chat with folks while surfing
• Type as quickly as I do on my laptop
• Edit an article-length paper

OK, I get it now. The iPad is a new class of device, one that's poised to explode. 

I picked up my ipad on Friday, after it was delivered to work (I'd changed the delivery address when I was originally scheduled to be in Montreal for its delivery date). I've been playing around with it for a few days now, and have some initial thoughts.

Mistura; 265 Davenport Road, Toronto, ON. Entrees between $32 and $56

Beef striploin carpaccio (Grana Padano Shavings, Black Truffle, Arugula, E.V. Olive Oil & Fresh Lemon Juice); galleto ripieno (Pancetta Wrapped Stuffed Boneless Cornish Hen with Brussels Sprout, Winter Vegetable Hash & Green Beans)

The Duke of York Pub, 39 Prince Arthur Avenue, Toronto; entrees between $5 and $16.

Chicken pot pie & sticky toffee.

A friend of mine (hi Amanda!) told me to go to the Duke of York pub when I put out a general call on Facebook for places to eat in Toronto, so on the list it went.  It helped that the Duke of York is virtually in the hotel's back yard, about a 2 minute walk.

Signatures, situated in the Intercontinental Toronto Yorkville. Entrees between $24 and $34;

Prix fixe ($35; $50 with 'Niagara wine tour'): roast tomato & fennel soup; red-wine basted tenderloin with smoked mash; apple pie.

Hi there, and welcome to the newest incarnation of static|red.  I'm doing things a bit differently this time around.

The blog is definitely going to still be a part of it, and I'm hoping that by revamping things I'm encouraged to write blog entries on a more frequent basis. I'd like to start writing more article-like things here as well, so that may come up as a regular site feature.