The iPad, So Far
[caption id="attachment_1765" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="In the front yard, using the iPad & SQL Monitor"][/caption] After a great deal of unseemly begging, I managed to acquire an iPad. My intentions were to make it into a internet browser, email reader, blogging, and light writing machine. Additionally, I knew there'd be some time suck from games and I could set it up as a book reader, music player, movie viewer. I had hopes of possibly doing something resembling work with it. Illusions are easily shattered. Let's start with internet browsing. It's great. Really. As long as I stay away from Flash, which, for the most part, so far, I've been able to. +1 for the iPad. Email reading, it was easy to set up an email account, and there's a Google app,…