Posted in Going Paperless, Kindle, Magazines, Newspapers on April 2, 2008 | 6 Comments »
I’m not sure how many people are interested in the topic of going paperless since it gets few hits on the stats page - but I’m enjoying exploring the idea. And I did get an email from Adam Kadleck suggesting I try out Zinio, an online magazine service. Since he works for the company he [...]
Posted in Going Paperless, Kindle, Magazines on March 24, 2008 | 5 Comments »
I’m learning a lot about myself through this simple experiment of trying to go paperless. I buy probably 100 times as many words as I actually read - and that guess might even need to go as high as a 1,000 times. After buying my Kindle I decided to only purchase Kindle reading in a [...]
Posted in Audio Books, Going Paperless, Kindle on March 11, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I’m starting to learn just what I’ve got myself into since I had the bright idea of Going Paperless. After I wrote that post I decided I’d focus on giving up newspapers and magazines and justified that the paper in books is different because books are meant to last and not be disposable. Going cold [...]
Posted in Global Warming, Going Paperless, Kindle, Magazines, Newspapers on February 26, 2008 | 2 Comments »
When my Time magazine renewal came in recently I decided not to renew. I had been paying about $29 a year and now it was $49, and I thought that too much. Then on Saturday I saw the new issue at my favorite bookstore and wanted to read it, but I passed on it thinking [...]
Posted in Computers, Fiction, Information, Inventions, Kindle, Science Fiction on February 20, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I’ve always loved science fiction but keeping up with the genre is a big damn job. I constantly worry I’m going to miss a breakthrough novel with the impact of Neuormancer or The Life of Pi or Replay just because I was wasn’t keeping up with the times.
As a young bookworm I read several [...]
Posted in Inventions, Kindle on December 15, 2007 | No Comments »
My Kindle started out as a crutch for my handicaps, but it’s becoming a cybernetic tool to supplement my brain. Necessity really is the mother of invention. The Kindle has come at just the right time to be a multipurpose tool.
I miss my epic bookworm days of youth. Most of my current reading is done [...]
Posted in Information, Kindle on November 23, 2007 | No Comments »
Amazon introduced the Kindle on Monday and I ordered one on Wednesday. It didn’t take me long to decide I wanted one even with all the bad web press. I can understand why most casual readers wouldn’t feel the need for an ebook reader, but I can’t understand why so many people are attacking the [...]
