When I returned home from work, my new Kindle was waiting at my door. Same with the previous Kindle: They just left it at the door, in a public walkway, where anyone could have just walked off with it without notice. Luckily no one did ( Read more... )

I finally did it. For a couple of years now, I've been thinking about replacing my iPad with a Kindle. I do very little with it other than read (and using the Kindle app, no less), and while there's nothing wrong with the pad when I use it at home, it's too big for sticking into my purse and easy carrying ( Read more... )

I've found the only way I can enjoy watching SHIELD. I watch it like I used to "watch" TV: as background noise. Don't really listen to it, don't look at the TV ( Read more... )

Though I had said I'd never buy a dead-tree version of a book again, when I was reminded that ms_manna's The Administration books had new original stories in them, I made an exception ( Read more... )

I just finished Curse of Chalion (Best Book EVER, seriously!), and I went to start the next one, Paladin of Souls, but I've been thwarted by my Kindle app. As an "ebook extra", there's a glossary of terms, characters, places, all that. That's fine and dandy, I don't need it but I can ignore it ( Read more... )

I love my iPad. It's a great e-reader and it's an awful one. One of the reasons it's great is that if you run into a word you don't know, you can just tap it and you'll get a little popup box at the bottom containing the definition as well as a link to wiki and an online dictionary in case you want more info ( Read more... )

M-51 ENGINEERS FIELD BAG may be the coolest bag I have ever owned. So many pockets! What a cool size and shape! I'm in love with it! And (key point) the iPad fits nicely inside it!

One and only (big) downside: The bag weighs five pounds empty! Even empty, it's a lot heavier than the heaviest (packed/full) bag I've ever carried for daily use, ( Read more... )

For a fun little toy, the darned pad sure does bring a lot of annoyance into my life ( Read more... )

I decided I need a wireless router. I like playing with my pad while sitting at my computer, but I feel bad using 3G minutes when I have a connection right there. (And yes, my computer can do anything the iPad can, but the pad is so much fun! I love scrolling through webpages by touching them!)

So! This router will be arriving tomorrow. (Have ( Read more... )

When Drew Carey first took over on The Price Is Right, he annoyed me. He would say "god bless you" and "bless you" to every contestant who made it up onto stage. Someone must have told him to stop, because in the second season that mostly vanished and I forgot about it ( Read more... )