Fred: It's the pictures in my mind that are getting me. It's like being stuck in a really bad movie with those Clockwork Orange clampy things on my eyeballs. Wesley: Why imagine? Reality's disturbing enough.
'Shells'
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Jessica - Feb 25, 2009 3:56:53 am PST #9196 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
megan walker - Feb 25, 2009 7:18:38 am PST #9197 of 25501
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Hah! The Kindle 2 arrived last night. It is certainly much thinner, although I think the screen is the same size, which was my main issue with the whole concept.
§ ita § - Feb 25, 2009 7:19:47 am PST #9198 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
How is it to hold?
NoiseDesign - Feb 25, 2009 7:22:20 am PST #9199 of 25501
Our wings are not tired
I find it pretty nice to hold. I got pair of them for Kristin and me.
megan walker - Feb 25, 2009 7:23:59 am PST #9200 of 25501
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
It's much better than the first one.
Jon B. - Feb 25, 2009 7:39:39 am PST #9201 of 25501
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
You can access Wikipedia from it? What other internetty things can it access?
tommyrot - Feb 25, 2009 7:42:40 am PST #9202 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
According to xkcd, wikitravel.
It makes sense they'd limit internetty things, because you're getting it via free G3 cellphone access.
Jessica - Feb 25, 2009 7:47:24 am PST #9203 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I thought you could access the whole internet on the Kindle, just text-only.
Jon B. - Feb 25, 2009 7:47:37 am PST #9204 of 25501
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Sorry, I was responding to Jessica's xkcd link. I was wondering if there was anything else it could connect to.
Jon B. - Feb 25, 2009 7:49:24 am PST #9205 of 25501
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
I thought you could access the whole internet on the Kindle, just text-only.
Ahh! Interesting! So you could maybe get google maps directions without the maps (for example)?