In which publishers and sellers alike seem to be on the verge of losing their minds.
First off, let me just say that I’ve been reading ebooks since 1994. They’re not new. This whole ebook thing has been coming for a long, long time, and I can’t figure out why the big book publishers can’t figure [...]
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In which I review the new device!
For Christmas, I bought myself a Kindle. (It probably wasn’t particularly clever to spend nearly three hundred bucks on an unnecessary electronic device the very week I got laid off, but whatever. This may be why I never had kids. Moving on!)
The form factor is nice. It’s light, thin, [...]
In which I get a third package.
This morning I received my 2Gb RAM stick and used my trusty BMI pocket knife to install it into the Eee notebook.
Yay!
In which the notebook is here! The notebook is here!! OMFG the notebook is here!!!
UPS’s site said my Eee PC wouldn’t get here until Wednesday, but it was sitting on my desk when I got to work yesterday morning. Squee!
It’s tiny. It’s über-cute. It’s portable. It has killer battery life. It came with its own [...]
In which my financial situation gives me The Dread whenever I think about it, which is not very often. Denial ain’t just a river in Egypt.
Last night, my roommates went to see Clapton in Moline, IL so I had the whole blessed house to myself for the evening. I sat in front of the computer [...]
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In which that tiny little screwdriver comes in handy!
Once upon a time, I bought a little glasses repair kit. It came with a little magnifying glass, four tiny little extra screws, and this kick-ass little screwdriver all snug in a plastic case. I use it to tighten my glasses once in awhile, and I cleverly [...]
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In which this is all the news that’s fit to print, and it ain’t much.
We had friends over so I stayed up way too late last night, and now I’m sleepy. You’d think someone pushing 40 would have figured out how to go to bed on time, but no. I act like a little kid [...]
