Tadych.us

The quest for the iPad g2

OK, so if you check my little counter, I am now at 38% of $500 saved for my iPad purchase. Yeah! I think I am making good progress. Of course, that is if there is even a 2nd generation iPad coming out.

In case you are not keeping track (and I don’t know how you couldn’t be?), here is the latest and greatest in the iPad rumor mill of new features I care about:

• front facing camera (for FaceTime)
• rear facing camera (for augmented reality)
• sd card slot (for expandable memory)
• ‘retina display’ (current screen is 1024×768, bump up to 2048×1536)
• new apple a5 processor (More power! You’re darn right more power!)
• $599 {ugh} bottom price (up from $499, messes up my savings for the device)
• 128gb max internals (up from 64gb, but if it has sd card slot, then blah)

Many thanx to engadget for keeping track of the goodness for me!

Happy Golden Birthday Gus!

Gus turns 6 today! The first Golden Birthday in the Family. Make sure to give him a call or stop by and wish him a Happy Birthday!

Phone for Chris!

OK, tadych.us is not all about Chris, but he and his travels have been dominant in our lives lately. Anyway, we got on Skype with him last night, and he is still being himself. Which is good, mostly.

We did find out that he now has a phone and it is fully functional. While on Skype, we tested his ability to make and receive calls, and all was good. Oddly enough, there seemed to be more of a lag using the phone than there is with Skype. At least, that is odd to me.

So, you will now see a phone icon and a Skype icon in the right pane of this website, in the Chris section. Click on them to send an email to me, and I in return will send you any necessary information. You can find him (and you can find the Tadych’s as well) in Skype yourself by doing the user search, but I would be happy to help you if I can. In hopes of protecting his phone number, that will require the email to me. I will give you a starter though: The Japanese country code is 81.

Oh, and here is a bonus: Sending mail/packages to Chris costs no more (and sometimes less) than normal domestic mail/packages. His address is more-or-less a Military Post Office box, so that is awesome. The first piece of mail (that I know of) was sent priority yesterday, which states 3-5 days. I will let you know how long it actually takes.

More to come later, and as soon as I find our camera, I will get some photos out here from Christmas too!

Mail to Chris!

Chris is happily Skyping away in Japan, and you can Skype with him too! Just search for his name in Skype, and you should be able to find him. If that doesn’t work, let me know, and I can hook you up.

Also, we got his snail-mail address too, so we can send him packages and good stuff like that. It will live permanently in the right column near the clock, but also in this post:

A1C Christopher Kulke
PSC 80 BOX 20596
APO, AP 96367

He is living in on-base in a “dorm” type building. 4 stories, and he is on the fourth, with a nice view of a rotating orange radar dish out his window. It is approximately a 2 mile jaunt for him to get to work, once he starts that. He is currently going through “in-processing” which will take about three weeks.

He definitely needs some decorations in his room, so send him some pictures, letters, and packages!