Meander Where You May

[Lhoffman]

I don't have the 3G, but I do have a Nook Color as well as a Kindle Fire that someone gave me as a gift.   

It's fairly easy to find a wi-fi hotspot these days.   I think some airlines even have wi-fi on the plane.   If you absolutely have to have internet access at all times, you may want the 3G.

Both of these are easy to use to browse the net.   Kindle Fire is a bit easier to type things on, as it offers a list of auto-completes on common words.   The battery on the Kindle lasts a bit longer than the Nook.   

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What I really love about these devices is that you can read them in the dark.   I don't sleep very well, and turning on a light would wake the hubby.   So I just get my e-reader out, pull the covers over my head and read until I can fall asleep.  Good stuff!

[whiskeypriest]

I love my kindle.  Just a regular kindle, though, not the Fire.   I love it particularly for all the free content, including tons of classic works.

[harrie]

Thank you all for your input - looks like a Kindle could be in my future.  For the record, I do read books (even if occasionally the book is Barry Livingston's memoir); I just like the feel of an actual book.  I could probably get over that.

[barton2]

Too much into the tactile to warm up to kindlenook devices.  If they develop one that lets you leaf through pages and smells like paper and ink, I'll get in line.  The idea that they offer tons of free works isn't seductive, either, as I can't keep up with my book pile as it is.  More content is not a pressing need here.

[whiskeypriest]

Too much into the tactile to warm up to kindlenook devices.  If they develop one that lets you leaf through pages and smells like paper and ink, I'll get in line.  The idea that they offer tons of free works isn't seductive, either, as I can't keep up with my book pile as it is.  More content is not a pressing need here.

Bloody Luddite.  News flash: Sliced bread is an improvement.

[Lhoffman]

There is a definite difference in the reading experiences.  There's the thinking that people read and learn differently on electronic devices than with the more traditional materials.  

It took me a while to learn to focus.  

In general, I also prefer the tactile experience of a book.   But that said, it's hard to beat being able to reach next to your bed, pick up the nook, tent in under the comforter and simply start reading.  E-page turns under the covers are far easier than book page, and your hands and arms don't get cold like they do when you read a regular book in bed.   Burrow under the blankets, covered head to toe, and the Nook or Kindle serves as its own reading light.

[barton2]

Bloody Luddite.  News flash: Sliced bread is an improvement.

First sentence:  guilty as charged.

Second sentence, the part after the colon:  have you tried an uncut loaf of fresh bread, cutting off a slice yourself?  Moist, yeasty, wild and untamed. 

[FlyingVProd]

Many apartment complexes here in Orange County now have Starbucks coffee shops located in the complexes for the residents, along with a gym, swimming pool, jacuzzi, and club house, etc etc etc, and a few other things which should be added to make them even better complexes would be fully stocked libraries in the complexes where the residents can check out books, video stores in the complexes where the residents can rent movies, and also fully stocked wine cellars at the complexes where the residents can buy a bottle of wine to go with dinner.

Just a thought...

Salute,

Tony V.

[barton2]

http://www.theonion.com/articles/report-majority-of-americans-unprepared-for-apocal,2043/

[pugetopolis]

I’m seriously preparing for the Apocalypse. I went to Costco yesterday and stocked up on tons of Toilet Paper—a very important item for survival. It’s amazing what you can do with Toilet Paper. Cheers and good luck.

[bosox18d]

And you can make a Ganja Pipe with the TP holder and a small piece of foil or so I've heard.

[pugetopolis]

And you can make a Ganja Pipe with the TP holder and a small piece of foil or so I've heard.

That sounds pretty good to me, bosox. That way you can get high and have a decent shit at the same time.

I don't know what I'm gonna do without the Internet tho. I'll miss Mr. Utley and mad Maddy so very, very much. :-) Not.

[barton2]

TP, not just for your bunghole.

I put thicker curtains on the basement windows - that's about the extent of my preparations.  And I bought an extra dozen pingpong balls.

[vpiazza]

do the end times cometh?  i haven't really been paying attention.

i love my kindle, though i was most reluctant to even give it a try.  i can read anywhere now, with one hand.  i can put down my 'book' and not have to find a mark to hold my place, or worry if i drop it and the mark falls out.  i can read tons of free content, enlarge the font (for my increasingly sucky vision) and borrow and lend books from/to others.  i still have my books, and still buy certain books in hardcover, but i cannot get over how much easier the kindle has made things for me.  i have the basic version, and i would not recommend it for browsing, though.

[johnr60]

the browser is adequate for text if you first put your favorites thru a screen adjustment program like Skweezer.