Comments | primrose: "we note our place with bookmarkers that measure what we've lost..."

primrose

"we note our place with bookmarkers that measure what we've lost..."

Mar 08, 2010 00:40

Shouldn't this be my dream come true: the ability to carry 16GB of books on my phone? To have not just a book but a whole library at my fingertips? To be able to pull out a book anywhere I have my phone? To not have to lug around a book everywhere I go and wait? To not have to buy purses based on whether they hold my current read or not (and ( Read more... )

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julia1 March 8 2010, 17:35:14 UTC

I feel the same way, at least with a screen as small as the iphone's. The only books I've read have been fluffy. I wonder if it would be differen on an actual ereader.

kogachic March 9 2010, 04:17:30 UTC

lol, i love you Abbi :)

Joss et all said it best... once_scarlet May 13 2010, 22:12:08 UTC

Ms Calendar: Honestly, what is it about them that bothers you so much?
Giles: The smell.
Ms Calendar: Computers don't smell, Rupert.
Giles: I know. Smell is the most powerful trigger to the memory there is. A certain flower or a whiff of smoke can bring up experiences long forgotten. Books smell. Musty and, and, and, and rich. The knowledge gained from a computer, is, it ... it has no texture, no context. It's there and then it's gone. If it's to last, then the getting of knowledge should be tangible, it should be, um... smelly.