My parents were like that too. In fact, my mom still had her manual typewriter when I left for college. Beyond that point, they suddenly got a microwave, new vhs/dvd setup, eventually a large flatscreen, two laptops and a desktop. I exclaimed about it and they just kinda laughed.

It wasn't until years later that I realized that they'd gotten all that stuff with the money that they'd saved for my college, which I'd abandoned to elope. Hee. Good on them for spending on themselves.

What sort of books are available for the Kindle? Just newly-published ones? Or are they Kindleizing older books too?

I'm reading The Eight (1980something) on Kindle now (AInotFG, because I hate the Kindle, but it's massively on hold at the library and I got two chapters into The Fire before I realized I needed to re-read The Eight or I'd be too confused.)

I've heard such terrible things about the G1's battery life that I'm willing to wait for a 2nd-gen Android phone.

Hey, speaking of the Kindle, does anyone know if you need a Kindle in order to buy books on the Kindle iPhone app?

does anyone know if you need a Kindle in order to buy books on the Kindle iPhone app?

From what I read, no. You can't use the iPhone app, though - you gotta buy books on a browser.

You can't use the iPhone app, though - you gotta buy books on a browser.

Oh right - I mainly meant, can I buy Amazon ebooks for the iPhone now that they've got the Kindle app out.

has anyone here moved their Dreamhost email accounts over to Gmail's system?

Not Dreamhost, but I'm just starting/testing out this process. It seems quite easy.

My iPhone makes me laugh and clap my hands. Other times it makes me go "Grrrrrr," but then I remember that it's shiny and pretty, and I forgive it.

Sean, you are aware that it's just a phone, right?

Sean, you are aware that it's just a phone, right?

Don't pop his bubble, dude.