Kindle

[adina_atl]

I'm seriously thinking of buying a Kindle DX when they're available again. I'm not primarily buying it to read published books, but rather things like fan fiction, technical documents, and the NY Times, things that I currently read on my laptop sitting at my desk. Because I want to be able to read in bed again, not to mention outside. (I'm

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[quinn222]

I'm saving for a Kindle too but I think the DX is too big for me to handle conveniently.

[adina_atl]

I think if it were heavier it would be a problem for me, but weighing in around magazine weight I think it will be okay, since I can easily prop it one-handed. Though I wish it had left-hand page controls too. One issue that may be a problem is reading in bed without my contacts in. My focal range is not large enough to see a full page of notebook paper (I write in bed, too) without moving the page around, so I may not be able to see the full page at once. Hmm. But I really want that native PDF ability!

[quinn222]

I was disappointed the 2nd gen Kindle didn't have native pdf for probably the same reason as you, I want to read fanfic on it.

[adina_atl]

Well, that and Microsoft CRM and SQL Server documentation, which I'm seriously behind on reading. But after sitting at my desk working, sitting at my desk reading email and LJ, and sitting at my desk reading fan fiction, I just can't sit at my desk any more! I can easily wind up spending twelve hours a day sitting at my desk.

[quinn222]

That's what finally got me to buy a laptop. I was getting up at 5, having breakfast and lunch at my desk, break for dinner then 4 or 5 more hours at the desk. Crazy! Now I have my laptop ans sometimes I even just leave it all, take my camera and get out into nature for a bit.

[adina_atl]

My laptop runs so hot that I can't set it on my lap and I'm a little afraid it will overheat if I set it on my bed. So it stays on my desk. So much for truth in naming.

I noticed stumpwork in your profile interests. I've done a tiny bit of that--well, only a little needle-lace on an embroidered stole I made for a friend's ordination. But I've always wanted to try more.

[quinn222]

I bought a cooling pad for mine. It has a couple of fans in it and runs off a USB port on the computer. It helps a lot with the heat.

Stumpwork is a lot of fun to do. I like the dimensionality (is that a word?) of it. I think I have some pictures of some I've done in the heirlooms link on my LJ. oops, nevermind. I forgot I got rid of that host.

[adina_atl]

I've been looking at cooling pad and will be buying one later this week.

I've only done a little free-form embroidery, though I've done quite a bit of needlepoint. Even the needle-lace was flat. Mostly I do silk dyeing, which is also quite flat. For three-dimensional stuff, I'm mostly into geometric things like sewing laptop bags or making stained glass terrariums.

ETA: the cardinal is one of my pieces of silk.

[quinn222]

That cardinal is really lovely, the style of it is fantastic. Do you use a resist? I envy you the stained glass, that's something I've always wanted to try.

[adina_atl]

Thank you.

I used a gutta resist on that one. Right now I'm working on a project with gold acrylic fabric paint as the resist, except that I've found it leaks so I'm also using starch to slow the dye. Eventually it's going to be a bed quilt, I hope. Fifteen designs on 12-inch squares, alternating with plain-colored squares.

I learned to do stained glass when I was seventeen or so, from a craft book. It's really not the difficult to get started. You just need glass, copper foil, a cheap glass cutter from the hardware store, and a soldering iron. Or you can set the glass in concrete--this icon and my default are both stained glass stepping stones.