The only thing I'd want an eReader for is newspapers & magazines, so I could read them on the train without having to contort myself trying to fold the damn things without hitting my fellow passengers. But even then, the price would have to be at least cut in half.
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Jessica - Jan 27, 2008 11:04:12 am PST #4546 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
§ ita § - Jan 27, 2008 11:17:12 am PST #4547 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'd like to iPod my library. I'd like to have every book I own (or have out from the library) available to me at any time. I bore really really quickly, and even without a long bus or a train commute there are enough times per week where I find myself wanting reading material that makes me feel it would be practical for me. But it would have to be on a par with the size of a current paperback, otherwise I'm not carrying it around.
Really, when I look at it, I'm an unsolvable problem. I am two pretty distinct book customers.
§ ita § - Jan 28, 2008 3:32:11 am PST #4548 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
MacHeads. Seems like some of the commenters missed the last few moments of the trailer.
Glamcookie - Jan 28, 2008 8:10:52 am PST #4549 of 25501
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
I have Acrobat Distiller installed but I don't see the PDF option from within Word. I'm almost positive I've created a PDF in Word on this computer before... Any ideas?
Ginger - Jan 28, 2008 8:12:01 am PST #4550 of 25501
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Did you try Print?
Glamcookie - Jan 28, 2008 8:14:57 am PST #4551 of 25501
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
DOH! Thanks, Ginger. I don't do it very often from Word so I forgot and the Distiller Help ain't so Helpful!
Gris - Jan 28, 2008 9:42:11 am PST #4552 of 25501
Hey. New board.
I can read PDFs on my phone. It's not the funnest use of it ever, but if it's doable for a few pages, I expect a dedicated reader to be doable for a few more.
The problem with the normal portable PDF model for eInk is the refresh rate. Smooth scrolling is really impossible on the screen - it really only works in the context of the page-turning metaphor. They could implement something, I'm sure, but it wouldn't do it WELL.
§ ita § - Jan 28, 2008 2:08:13 pm PST #4553 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Gack. I'm adding a new member to my electronic family and I'm all unprepared. I need an ethernet hub for the living room now. Reflexively I want one that can run that dd-wrt firmware my wireless router is running, but it's not a wireless router...though I could put a wireless one in and just make the signal stronger out there...
That may be pointless, but is it feasible?
And, wow, I have to buy network cables. I've never had to buy them before. This is weird.
Ginger - Jan 29, 2008 8:13:37 am PST #4554 of 25501
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Is there any reason to keep Windows 95 and 98 boot disks? I'm tackling my long-neglected office. I'm also trying to think of some kind of Martha Stewart thing to do with a plastic drawer for floppies. It's sturdy. It has sides. CDs won't fit.
amych - Jan 29, 2008 8:31:27 am PST #4555 of 25501
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Do you still have any Windows 95/98 computers? If not, then toss 'em.