Thanks for the info about Kindle and DRm etc, guys. I may pick up my Kindle again and see how many I can get of the books I'd like to keep but don't really want sitting on shelves for ever and aye. I have Too Many Books. Kindle might do for my books what Netflix Streaming is doing for my DVDs.

I finally pulled the trigger and just ordered the new Tivo. Mine is over 6 years old and the hard drive is so tiny. Anyone else have a Tivo Premier? Any opinions?

Ugh. Didn't realize they'd come out with a new unit in March. I just bought an XL in January :P Still, we're soooo glad to have Tivo again (we'd been on Dish Network for several years, but no Tivo= bleh).

Actually having some issues with it too. The fan has been feathering at times, which can make a hideous racket if it tries to spin up (admittedly it doesn't usually do this unless the unit is powering up). Still, if the fan isn't working right, I worry about the unit overheating. And of course, it is past the 90 day warranty. If it continues to act up, I might just try cracking the thing open myself.

Mine is over 6 years old and the hard drive is so tiny

I had no idea how tiny the hard drive on my old one was until I saw how MUCH my new one was recording as TiVo suggestions! OMG!

Zenkitty, I'm not sure if you are on a PC or Mac, but there are really good software programs for either platform that will allow you to manage your ebooks.

I use Callibre on the Mac and it is really excellent - let's me convert files, catalog them however I'd like, etc. I also move some of the files to an external hard drive because they don't need to be on my laptop all the time.

My deal with eReader books is about the convenience not the price. When possible I buy my technical and reference books in electronic form so that I can have an entire reference set on the jobsite in my laptop bag. These are books that are priced like textbooks, so it's not unusual to be paying $90 for a book even in digital form. Beyond that it's lots of pulp fiction and things that I want to read to relax. When I'm on vacation I can read at least a book a day, so it's a nightmare to carry a bunch of books with me.

I also still buy the physical books. I'm a bibliophile and like having lots of my books around me, so there are some authors I tend to buy in hardcover and probably always will.

The new Tivo is CableCarded and working great. I LOVE having access to my Netflix Instant Queue.

The old Tivo, on the other hand, is not playing nice with the cable box in the other room. It is the same cable box that had been connected to it before, but in moving it, I had to move the IR cable. And now I can't get the cable box to communicate with the Tivo no matter how I adjust the IR thingies. Too frustrated to keep futzing with it right now, but I do want to get it working eventually.

So far today I have learned that the Magsafe connector on Mac laptops, though normally quite cool (and definitely a good thing on the several occasions I've tripped on my power cord) is INCREDIBLY ANNOYING when your laptop battery is dead.

the Magsafe connector on Mac laptops [...] is INCREDIBLY ANNOYING when your laptop battery is dead.

How? Too delicate to stay in place?

Yeah. It's very easy to accidentally remove. I can't really sit on the couch and surf with it, because any significant shift has a good chance of unplugging it.

ETA: The newer Magsafe connectors are quite a bit better about this than the older ones, so I've managed to improve my situation somewhat by switching the adapter with the one that came with my newer laptop.

My original Powerbook is primarily busted because the power-cord was too hard to come out. The socket is all wrenched out of place. Battery is dead, so it's very precarious and I can't move it much.

I'm startled by how easily the Magsafe comes out, but since it's not damaging anything, it's for the best. But with a dead battery it'd drive me insane.