Precision Coffee Instrument: Burr grinder

Unexpectedly Beautiful Rendition: PS22 Chorus Sings Ariel Pink’s “Round and Round”

Browser Tune-Up: sharkZapper Extension for Chrome

Leafy Green: Spinach

Proto-Beatboxing Moment: Jimmie Riddle & Jackie Phelps Eefing and Hambone Act

Intake Control: Lose It!

Interactive Lovefest: SXSW Interactive

Coin-Operated Curiosities: Musée Mechanique

Musical Genius: Frank Zappa

Literary Genius (Who Was Even Smarter than Everyone Thought): Vladimir Nabokov

Cartoon Re-Imagining: The Monkeys You Ordered

Hauntological Soundtrack Source: Ghost Box

Excuse to Go Back to the Future: iCADE

Whoopie Pie: Society Bakery

Tool for Reading It Later: Instapaper

Brain Cartography: MindMeister

Celestial Jukebox: Grooveshark

Way to Keep Up with the iJoneses: Mac App Store

Excuse to Buy a Bigger Hard Drive: Thousands of free Netlabel albums, curated by Phlow Magazine, Free Music Archive and Archive.org

Chance to Discover Your Inner George Martin: Propellerhead Record 1.5

Book to Read Before Seeing the Movie: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (UK Edition)

Where to Find a Book to Read Next: Project Gutenberg

Fully Customized E-Magazine: Flipboard

Device to Read All This Stuff On: iPad

Pocket-Sized Ubiquitous Capture Device: Moleskine Volant X-Small Plain Notebook

Reimagining: Sherlock

8-bit Musical Massacre: Flying Lotus – Kill Your Co-Workers

Digital Brain: OmniFocus

Unexpectedly Delicious Diet Food: Alton Brown’s Sardine-Avocado Sandwich

Cool Internet Trick: Easy Bit.ly QR Codes

Note: This will likely be my last Weekly Obsession entry until December, as I will be taking the month of November to participate in my first ever NaNoWriMo. Wish me luck!

Pocket Pen: Zebra F-301 Compact

Lust Object: The new MacBook Air

Fashion Statement: Playbutton

Musical Evolution: Sufjan Stevens – The Age of Adz

Burger Topping: ¡Jalapeños!

Mind-Eff: When does a dream become a nightmare?

Cheap-Ass Lunch: Gourmet Ramen noodles

Music Groop: Stereolab

Controversial Cartoon Show Opening: The Simpsons by Banksy

Mac App for Writers: Scrivener

Productivity Podcast: David Allen Getting Things Done Podcast

Brew: Guinness Draught

Author, Dream-Weaver, Visionary (Plus Actor): Garth Marenghi

Spice: Rosemary

Netflix Queue-Enlarger: instantwatcher.com

Vintage Adventure Novel: At the Earth’s Core by Edgar Rice Burroughs

Source for Random Asian Goodies: 99 Ranch Market

Album: Deadringer by RJD2

Concert: Field Music, 9/30/10 at The Loft, Dallas

Store-Bought Salsa: Herdez Salsa Verde

Restaurant Salsa: Chuy’s Salsa Fresca

Non-Paper-Based Mobile Reading Experience: iBooks

Online Diversion: Website Asteroids

Offline Diversion: Chess

Geographical Source for Televised Entertainment: Great Britain

Starbucks Order: Grande Caffè Americano

Publisher of Random Awesomeness: Dover Publications

Mommy Blog: Mother Is Not Concerned / LitLad (Tied)

Personal Challenge: NaNoWriMo

Free Music Download: Jim Noir – Melody Junction EP

Britcom: Green Wing

Pen: Pilot Varsity

Season: Autumn

Vintage Keyboard: Clavinet / Mellotron (Tied)

Lust Object: The Boxee Box

Wow App: Epic Citadel

Video Series: Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis

Coffee: Zabar’s Dark Espresso Roast

Dessert: Ridiculously Easy Peach Crunch Cake

Browser: Google Chrome

Bookstore: The public library

Birdcall: Mourning dove

Comic: Mouse Guard

Video Series: Put This On

Music: The Clientele – “Bookshop Casanova”

Color Scheme: Silver & orange

Paper Innovation: PocketMod

Booze: Talisker 18

1. Incredible design (as always w/ Apple). Amazing fit & finish, and a true pleasure to hold and behold. Also super-fluid, breathtakingly fast, uber-responsive feel. That new A4 chip must be magic.

2. Heavier than I expected. Hard to hold for any length of time one-handed.

3. Gets smudgy as all hell, and harder to wipe on a t-shirt sleeve than the iPhone b/c of the much larger screen.

4. The iBooks app is neat. The page curl effect actually changes based on where you drag the page (such attention to detail!).

5. The virtual keyboard is surprisingly usable, especially in landscape mode.

6. Still not sure how best to hold it. It’s too flat to be used like a laptop, but too heavy to be used like a book.

7. On a similar topic, you really need to get the Apple flip-top case, both for protection and to prop the iPad up. However, unlike most Apple stuff, it’s kinda fugly.

8. Crazy-good battery life. They weren’t lying when they claimed 10 hours! Of course, the ginormous battery is probably part of the reason why it weighs so much.

9. The apps are nicely adapted to the bigger screen, but still a little lacking. Also MIA from the iPhone: Calculator, Voice Recorder, Weather, Stocks.

10. You get the sense that the best is yet to come. It’s a touchscreen with a button, and the magic will increase as newer, better apps are developed. Lots of untapped potential here (pardon the pun).