Kidding. You can still ask questions. I probably won't have an answer though.
Here's a question for y'all. I turn thirty in two hours and ten minutes. How should I celebrate?
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on May 05, 2011, 02:59:41 AM
Kidding. You can still ask questions. I probably won't have an answer though.
Here's a question for y'all. I turn thirty in two hours and ten minutes. How should I celebrate?
Doesn't give much time for you to order the half-dozen male strippers...
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on May 05, 2011, 02:59:41 AM
Kidding. You can still ask questions. I probably won't have an answer though.
Here's a question for y'all. I turn thirty in two hours and ten minutes. How should I celebrate?
Stopping time for twenty years or so. Or at least turn off aging.
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on May 05, 2011, 02:59:41 AM
Kidding. You can still ask questions. I probably won't have an answer though.
Here's a question for y'all. I turn thirty in two hours and ten minutes. How should I celebrate?
Buy a truss.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
Celebrate by adopting thirty cats and converting your wardrobe to nothing but bath robes and hair rolls.
Quote from: Luna on May 05, 2011, 03:00:32 AM
Doesn't give much time for you to order the half-dozen male strippers...
I don't have the budget for that, anyway. And the only guy I know who would strip for free is a furry.
Quote from: Doktor Phox on May 05, 2011, 03:20:03 AM
Stopping time for twenty years or so. Or at least turn off aging.
Bah. Aging-smaging. I don't look a day over 18.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on May 05, 2011, 03:20:38 AM
Buy a truss.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
Can you use an Ace bandage for that? Thanks!
Quote from: Sigmatic on May 05, 2011, 03:21:05 AM
Celebrate by adopting thirty cats and converting your wardrobe to nothing but bath robes and hair rolls.
I have two pairs of spring/summer pants, two pairs of fall/summer pants, a pair of shoes, and some shirts. Add socks, skivvies, and a hoodie and that is my entire wardrobe aside from work uniforms.
Do they make hair rollers for people with hair down past their ass that WON'T spring apart and take out someone's eye?
ETA: Edited to fix Space/Tiem.
(http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y153/Meiintas/wtf.jpg)
Hey! Bending space/time is MY domain! GIT OFFA MAH DAMN LAWN! :argh!:
Sorry, shit! :P
http://www.avert.org/aids-history-86.htm
AIDS was 'discovered' the same year I was born, about a month after my birth, apparently.
Coincidence? I THINK NOT!
It totally explains my holy name. Sort of.
:lulz:
Lit marathon, not drinking margarita and putting the raep to signifigant other.
Wear a hat at a jaunty angle and refuse to acknowledge it.
Respond to all birthday wishes with a high pitched wail fallowed by a beep.
Take up a new vice that you'll regret for the next thirty years.
Write a letter to local and state reps, demanding that they give you back the last thirty years. Provide pie charts, politicians love pie charts.
Quote from: Payne on May 05, 2011, 06:31:17 AM
Lit marathon, not drinking margarita and putting the raep to signifigant other.
Wear a hat at a jaunty angle and refuse to acknowledge it.
Respond to all birthday wishes with a high pitched wail fallowed by a beep.
Take up a new vice that you'll regret for the next thirty years.
Write a letter to local and state reps, demanding that they give you back the last thirty years. Provide pie charts, politicians love pie charts.
My vice is reading science-fiction/fantasy. Maybe I'll take up 'paranormal romance' as well. O.o I'll sure as hell regret that. :P
THANK YOU FOR YOUR GUIDANCE, OH HOLY MESSIAH!!
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on May 05, 2011, 06:38:50 AM
My vice is reading science-fiction/fantasy.
You know, that's probably worse for you than drinking and drugs.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! :lulz:
Quote from: Rip City Hustle on May 05, 2011, 02:55:06 PM
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on May 05, 2011, 06:38:50 AM
My vice is reading science-fiction/fantasy.
You know, that's probably worse for you than drinking and drugs.
Oh come on. A little dragons-and-telepathic-cats never hurt anyone . . . >.>
Quote from: Khara on May 05, 2011, 03:06:11 PM
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! :lulz:
THANK YOU!! :D
ETA: beep!
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on May 05, 2011, 06:43:38 PM
Quote from: Rip City Hustle on May 05, 2011, 02:55:06 PM
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on May 05, 2011, 06:38:50 AM
My vice is reading science-fiction/fantasy.
You know, that's probably worse for you than drinking and drugs.
Oh come on. A little dragons-and-telepathic-cats never hurt anyone . . . >.>
NOT EVEN ONCE.
Happy Birthday!
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on May 05, 2011, 06:43:38 PM
Oh come on. A little dragons-and-telepathic-cats never hurt anyone . . . >.>
The first mention I read of telepathic cats gets the book bounced off the wall and into the box headed for the used bookstore.
It is one of the staples of REALLY SHITTY SCIENCE FICTION. Not the GOOD kind of shitty (Plan 9 From Outer Space, etc), but the same catagory as
Twilight.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on May 05, 2011, 06:45:54 PM
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on May 05, 2011, 06:43:38 PM
Oh come on. A little dragons-and-telepathic-cats never hurt anyone . . . >.>
The first mention I read of telepathic cats gets the book bounced off the wall and into the box headed for the used bookstore.
It is one of the staples of REALLY SHITTY SCIENCE FICTION. Not the GOOD kind of shitty (Plan 9 From Outer Space, etc), but the same catagory as Twilight.
As long as the Cheshire Cat gets a bye.
The real problem comes when you mix drugs and alcohol with science-fiction/fantasy. For more information go here (http://forums.sjgames.com)
Quote from: Charley Brown on May 05, 2011, 06:47:06 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on May 05, 2011, 06:45:54 PM
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on May 05, 2011, 06:43:38 PM
Oh come on. A little dragons-and-telepathic-cats never hurt anyone . . . >.>
The first mention I read of telepathic cats gets the book bounced off the wall and into the box headed for the used bookstore.
It is one of the staples of REALLY SHITTY SCIENCE FICTION. Not the GOOD kind of shitty (Plan 9 From Outer Space, etc), but the same catagory as Twilight.
As long as the Cheshire Cat gets a bye.
That's totally different.
Quote from: Charley Brown on May 05, 2011, 06:47:06 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on May 05, 2011, 06:45:54 PM
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on May 05, 2011, 06:43:38 PM
Oh come on. A little dragons-and-telepathic-cats never hurt anyone . . . >.>
The first mention I read of telepathic cats gets the book bounced off the wall and into the box headed for the used bookstore.
It is one of the staples of REALLY SHITTY SCIENCE FICTION. Not the GOOD kind of shitty (Plan 9 From Outer Space, etc), but the same catagory as Twilight.
As long as the Cheshire Cat gets a bye.
The Cheshire Cat was not, as I recall, telepathic.
Quote from: Luna on May 05, 2011, 06:48:41 PM
Quote from: Charley Brown on May 05, 2011, 06:47:06 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on May 05, 2011, 06:45:54 PM
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on May 05, 2011, 06:43:38 PM
Oh come on. A little dragons-and-telepathic-cats never hurt anyone . . . >.>
The first mention I read of telepathic cats gets the book bounced off the wall and into the box headed for the used bookstore.
It is one of the staples of REALLY SHITTY SCIENCE FICTION. Not the GOOD kind of shitty (Plan 9 From Outer Space, etc), but the same catagory as Twilight.
As long as the Cheshire Cat gets a bye.
The Cheshire Cat was not, as I recall, telepathic.
Nope. Just ripped to the tits on LSD.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on May 05, 2011, 06:49:53 PM
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Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on May 05, 2011, 06:45:54 PM
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on May 05, 2011, 06:43:38 PM
Oh come on. A little dragons-and-telepathic-cats never hurt anyone . . . >.>
The first mention I read of telepathic cats gets the book bounced off the wall and into the box headed for the used bookstore.
It is one of the staples of REALLY SHITTY SCIENCE FICTION. Not the GOOD kind of shitty (Plan 9 From Outer Space, etc), but the same catagory as Twilight.
As long as the Cheshire Cat gets a bye.
The Cheshire Cat was not, as I recall, telepathic.
Nope. Just ripped to the tits on LSD.
:spittake:
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on May 05, 2011, 06:49:53 PM
Quote from: Luna on May 05, 2011, 06:48:41 PM
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Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on May 05, 2011, 06:45:54 PM
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on May 05, 2011, 06:43:38 PM
Oh come on. A little dragons-and-telepathic-cats never hurt anyone . . . >.>
The first mention I read of telepathic cats gets the book bounced off the wall and into the box headed for the used bookstore.
It is one of the staples of REALLY SHITTY SCIENCE FICTION. Not the GOOD kind of shitty (Plan 9 From Outer Space, etc), but the same catagory as Twilight.
As long as the Cheshire Cat gets a bye.
The Cheshire Cat was not, as I recall, telepathic.
Nope. Just ripped to the tits on LSD.
Terri challenges this with Opium, since the cat was smoking a huka.
Quote from: Charley Brown on May 05, 2011, 06:45:47 PM
Happy Birthday!
THANK YOU!
(beep)
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on May 05, 2011, 06:45:54 PM
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on May 05, 2011, 06:43:38 PM
Oh come on. A little dragons-and-telepathic-cats never hurt anyone . . . >.>
The first mention I read of telepathic cats gets the book bounced off the wall and into the box headed for the used bookstore.
It is one of the staples of REALLY SHITTY SCIENCE FICTION. Not the GOOD kind of shitty (Plan 9 From Outer Space, etc), but the same catagory as Twilight.
I thought Twilight was written as a comedy/parody and . . . I thought it was awesome, in the lulz sense. I watched the movies with the same mindset and they were awesome, too. Then someone told me that the chick was -serious-. Bedroom-stalker-Edward was her idea of romantic, true love . . . O.o And being vapid and wishy-washy and klutzy - yet having every boy lust after you - was somehow to be admired?
But yeah. I still like the Honor Harrington series, despite the tree-cat story arc going haywire. Mercedes Lackey had several short stories about telepathic cats in space as well, but they never got published in a big way - just in a short-story compilation dealie . . . they weren't too great.
Come to think of it, telepathic cats was sort of a common trend for awhile, wasn't it?
Paranormal romance is still worse.
Quote from: Charley Brown on May 05, 2011, 06:56:06 PM
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Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on May 05, 2011, 06:45:54 PM
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on May 05, 2011, 06:43:38 PM
Oh come on. A little dragons-and-telepathic-cats never hurt anyone . . . >.>
The first mention I read of telepathic cats gets the book bounced off the wall and into the box headed for the used bookstore.
It is one of the staples of REALLY SHITTY SCIENCE FICTION. Not the GOOD kind of shitty (Plan 9 From Outer Space, etc), but the same catagory as Twilight.
As long as the Cheshire Cat gets a bye.
The Cheshire Cat was not, as I recall, telepathic.
Nope. Just ripped to the tits on LSD.
Terri challenges this with Opium, since the cat was smoking a huka.
That was the caterpillar.
Quote from: Charley Brown on May 05, 2011, 06:56:06 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on May 05, 2011, 06:49:53 PM
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Quote from: Charley Brown on May 05, 2011, 06:47:06 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on May 05, 2011, 06:45:54 PM
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on May 05, 2011, 06:43:38 PM
Oh come on. A little dragons-and-telepathic-cats never hurt anyone . . . >.>
The first mention I read of telepathic cats gets the book bounced off the wall and into the box headed for the used bookstore.
It is one of the staples of REALLY SHITTY SCIENCE FICTION. Not the GOOD kind of shitty (Plan 9 From Outer Space, etc), but the same catagory as Twilight.
As long as the Cheshire Cat gets a bye.
The Cheshire Cat was not, as I recall, telepathic.
Nope. Just ripped to the tits on LSD.
Terri challenges this with Opium, since the cat was smoking a huka.
That was . . . Roger beat me. But maybe the caterpillar shared?
I'm sorry. But the first few books don't have so much crazy telepathic cat stuff in them so I was hooked before I knew what happened. :(
Also, I am going out and about to do stuff. LIKE LEAVE THE HOUSE WILLINGLY. And maybe hit the book store. And get food. Or something.
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on May 05, 2011, 07:16:26 PM
I'm sorry. But the first few books don't have so much crazy telepathic cat stuff in them so I was hooked before I knew what happened. :(
This is why I bounce books at the VERY FIRST MENTION of that shit. There are dents on my bedroom wall, opposite from the bed, caused entirely by the impact of books that don't meet my standards.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on May 05, 2011, 07:17:55 PM
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on May 05, 2011, 07:16:26 PM
I'm sorry. But the first few books don't have so much crazy telepathic cat stuff in them so I was hooked before I knew what happened. :(
This is why I bounce books at the VERY FIRST MENTION of that shit. There are dents on my bedroom wall, opposite from the bed, caused entirely by the impact of books that don't meet my standards.
Note to self, do NOT let Roger touch my Kindle. Evar.
There's stuff on there that'd make hair spontaneously shoot out of his scalp to a length of six inches, JUST so it could curl into corkscrews before being tearing itself out by the roots.
:lulz: Great mental image.
Quote from: Luna on May 05, 2011, 07:20:23 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on May 05, 2011, 07:17:55 PM
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on May 05, 2011, 07:16:26 PM
I'm sorry. But the first few books don't have so much crazy telepathic cat stuff in them so I was hooked before I knew what happened. :(
This is why I bounce books at the VERY FIRST MENTION of that shit. There are dents on my bedroom wall, opposite from the bed, caused entirely by the impact of books that don't meet my standards.
Note to self, do NOT let Roger touch my Kindle. Evar.
There's stuff on there that'd make hair spontaneously shoot out of his scalp to a length of six inches, JUST so it could curl into corkscrews before being tearing itself out by the roots.
Kindles are the work of the devil, anyway.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on May 05, 2011, 07:23:04 PM
Quote from: Luna on May 05, 2011, 07:20:23 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on May 05, 2011, 07:17:55 PM
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on May 05, 2011, 07:16:26 PM
I'm sorry. But the first few books don't have so much crazy telepathic cat stuff in them so I was hooked before I knew what happened. :(
This is why I bounce books at the VERY FIRST MENTION of that shit. There are dents on my bedroom wall, opposite from the bed, caused entirely by the impact of books that don't meet my standards.
Note to self, do NOT let Roger touch my Kindle. Evar.
There's stuff on there that'd make hair spontaneously shoot out of his scalp to a length of six inches, JUST so it could curl into corkscrews before being tearing itself out by the roots.
Kindles are the work of the devil, anyway.
I do not care whose work they are. They will pry my Kindle out of my cold, dead hands (at least until somebody comes up with something that works better, I have a few suggestions for the numbnuts at Amazon for the next upgrade).
Packing for Pennsic for two weeks is MUCH simplified. I used to haul a good half-dozen books with me... and usually wound up buying another one or two, there. Now, toss in the Kindle, and I'm good to go. Hell, the battery will last that long if the weather's good (and I'm reading less), maybe charge it ONCE if it's a rainy, sit in the tent and be anti-social kinda War.
Quote from: Sigmatic on May 05, 2011, 07:22:18 PM
:lulz: Great mental image.
Great Gods, that would be an incredible sight to see!
Quote from: Luna on May 05, 2011, 07:26:12 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on May 05, 2011, 07:23:04 PM
Quote from: Luna on May 05, 2011, 07:20:23 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on May 05, 2011, 07:17:55 PM
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on May 05, 2011, 07:16:26 PM
I'm sorry. But the first few books don't have so much crazy telepathic cat stuff in them so I was hooked before I knew what happened. :(
This is why I bounce books at the VERY FIRST MENTION of that shit. There are dents on my bedroom wall, opposite from the bed, caused entirely by the impact of books that don't meet my standards.
Note to self, do NOT let Roger touch my Kindle. Evar.
There's stuff on there that'd make hair spontaneously shoot out of his scalp to a length of six inches, JUST so it could curl into corkscrews before being tearing itself out by the roots.
Kindles are the work of the devil, anyway.
I do not care whose work they are. They will pry my Kindle out of my cold, dead hands (at least until somebody comes up with something that works better, I have a few suggestions for the numbnuts at Amazon for the next upgrade).
Packing for Pennsic for two weeks is MUCH simplified. I used to haul a good half-dozen books with me... and usually wound up buying another one or two, there. Now, toss in the Kindle, and I'm good to go. Hell, the battery will last that long if the weather's good (and I'm reading less), maybe charge it ONCE if it's a rainy, sit in the tent and be anti-social kinda War.
Books are meant to be made out of paper
1. They are meant to smell like a book, and be good & weighty and inconvenient. Otherwise, you get all spoiled and don't appreciate them. Books don't even have to be read for me to enjoy them; they merely have to exist.
1 When stone tablets aren't practical.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on May 05, 2011, 07:30:27 PM
Quote from: Luna on May 05, 2011, 07:26:12 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on May 05, 2011, 07:23:04 PM
Quote from: Luna on May 05, 2011, 07:20:23 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on May 05, 2011, 07:17:55 PM
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on May 05, 2011, 07:16:26 PM
I'm sorry. But the first few books don't have so much crazy telepathic cat stuff in them so I was hooked before I knew what happened. :(
This is why I bounce books at the VERY FIRST MENTION of that shit. There are dents on my bedroom wall, opposite from the bed, caused entirely by the impact of books that don't meet my standards.
Note to self, do NOT let Roger touch my Kindle. Evar.
There's stuff on there that'd make hair spontaneously shoot out of his scalp to a length of six inches, JUST so it could curl into corkscrews before being tearing itself out by the roots.
Kindles are the work of the devil, anyway.
I do not care whose work they are. They will pry my Kindle out of my cold, dead hands (at least until somebody comes up with something that works better, I have a few suggestions for the numbnuts at Amazon for the next upgrade).
Packing for Pennsic for two weeks is MUCH simplified. I used to haul a good half-dozen books with me... and usually wound up buying another one or two, there. Now, toss in the Kindle, and I'm good to go. Hell, the battery will last that long if the weather's good (and I'm reading less), maybe charge it ONCE if it's a rainy, sit in the tent and be anti-social kinda War.
Books are meant to be made out of paper1. They are meant to smell like a book, and be good & weighty and inconvenient. Otherwise, you get all spoiled and don't appreciate them. Books don't even have to be read for me to enjoy them; they merely have to exist.
1 When stone tablets aren't practical.
I do love paper books. And, believe me, it's killing me, I'm still moving my stuff from a house to an apartment, and am working on trying to decide WHICH books I can find room for. Having some of the ones I have had to leave behind on the Kindle make it a bit less painful. (The entire Terry Pratchett collection was done while we were together, for example. He's keeping those.)
Quote from: Luna on May 05, 2011, 07:34:17 PM
. (The entire Terry Pratchett collection was done while we were together, for example. He's keeping those.)
Oh, fuck no. That's grounds for justifiable homicide, that is.
Yup. If any jury convicted you, it was no jury of your peers, and therefore a mistrial.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on May 05, 2011, 07:49:01 PM
Quote from: Luna on May 05, 2011, 07:34:17 PM
. (The entire Terry Pratchett collection was done while we were together, for example. He's keeping those.)
Oh, fuck no. That's grounds for justifiable homicide, that is.
Quote from: Sigmatic on May 05, 2011, 07:53:46 PM
Yup. If any jury convicted you, it was no jury of your peers, and therefore a mistrial.
Thanks, guys. Trust me, if the murder went to trail, I have other stuff that'd work to get me off clean. I took all of the Jim Butcher books. If I don't have 'em yet, I'm going back for the Simon R. Greene Nightside series. The Pratchetts... We bought most of those together (some were his, originally). Filling out the series was something we did together. I'll get copies without the memories attached.
I'm pretty sure that both my last boyfriend and my next boyfriend wish I'd get a Kindle, only the next one doesn't know it yet.
And I miss the approximately 14 books I left at Mr. Language's place. :cry:
Quote from: Luna on May 05, 2011, 07:26:12 PM
I do not care whose work they are. They will pry my Kindle out of my cold, dead hands (at least until somebody comes up with something that works better, I have a few suggestions for the numbnuts at Amazon for the next upgrade).
NOOK Color. 1000x better than Kindle.
Quote from: Rip City Hustle on May 05, 2011, 08:00:35 PM
Quote from: Luna on May 05, 2011, 07:26:12 PM
I do not care whose work they are. They will pry my Kindle out of my cold, dead hands (at least until somebody comes up with something that works better, I have a few suggestions for the numbnuts at Amazon for the next upgrade).
NOOK Color. 1000x better than Kindle.
From what I hear, the color screen has more glare in sunlight than the Kindles. (I do not know from personal experience.)
Color would be nice, but, given how often I read outside, lack of screen glare is better.
I like my original recipe nook. Is the color really so good? I've always found the e-ink screens charming despite their lack of brightness or color.
I love my original NOOK but the NOOK color has a decent enough browser that it can essentially be used as a tablet. Also graphic novels, which is the one thing that I love that my original NOOK is worthless for.
Quote from: Rip City Hustle on May 05, 2011, 08:23:23 PM
I love my original NOOK but the NOOK color has a decent enough browser that it can essentially be used as a tablet. Also graphic novels, which is the one thing that I love that my original NOOK is worthless for.
That, I AM tempted by.
What book formats does it take?
Can't remember off the top of my head. Pretty sure it's proprietary, but you can download calibre for free and use it to convert any file format to the appropriate proprietary format so that it can be loaded onto your e-reader.
Quote from: Rip City Hustle on May 05, 2011, 09:05:18 PM
Can't remember off the top of my head. Pretty sure it's proprietary, but you can download calibre for free and use it to convert any file format to the appropriate proprietary format so that it can be loaded onto your e-reader.
I already use calibre to convert stuff to .mobi for the Kindle, so, no stress, there.
How's the battery life? (I use mine CONSTANTLY, so stamina is important.)
Don't know about the color version (have played with one but don't own one myself yet), and I imagine it wouldn't be as good as the e-ink ones, but my original NOOK has fucking amazing battery life. With wi-fi disabled it's good for 10-14 days depending on how voraciously I'm reading. With wi-fi constantly on it's still good for 3 or 4 days.
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on May 05, 2011, 07:30:27 PM
Books are meant to be made out of paper1. They are meant to smell like a book, and be good & weighty and inconvenient. Otherwise, you get all spoiled and don't appreciate them. Books don't even have to be read for me to enjoy them; they merely have to exist.
1 When stone tablets aren't practical.
I agree with this. Reading is a very sensual experience for me. Books have presence.
That and I can't hold on to anything as slim as a NOOK or a Kindle for longer than a few seconds without my hands cramping and spasming.
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on May 06, 2011, 02:53:47 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on May 05, 2011, 07:30:27 PM
Books are meant to be made out of paper1. They are meant to smell like a book, and be good & weighty and inconvenient. Otherwise, you get all spoiled and don't appreciate them. Books don't even have to be read for me to enjoy them; they merely have to exist.
1 When stone tablets aren't practical.
I agree with this. Reading is a very sensual experience for me. Books have presence.
That and I can't hold on to anything as slim as a NOOK or a Kindle for longer than a few seconds without my hands cramping and spasming.
If what I'm reading can't make me forget what I'm holding, it's probably not worth reading.
Also, another beauty of a Kindle... I don't HAVE to hold it. I can set it down, work on something else with my hands, and keep reading. I get reading done while I'm working on weaving.
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on May 06, 2011, 02:53:47 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on May 05, 2011, 07:30:27 PM
Books are meant to be made out of paper1. They are meant to smell like a book, and be good & weighty and inconvenient. Otherwise, you get all spoiled and don't appreciate them. Books don't even have to be read for me to enjoy them; they merely have to exist.
1 When stone tablets aren't practical.
Holy shit I love that book smell...
Quote from: Luna on May 06, 2011, 03:18:31 AM
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on May 06, 2011, 02:53:47 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on May 05, 2011, 07:30:27 PM
Books are meant to be made out of paper1. They are meant to smell like a book, and be good & weighty and inconvenient. Otherwise, you get all spoiled and don't appreciate them. Books don't even have to be read for me to enjoy them; they merely have to exist.
1 When stone tablets aren't practical.
I agree with this. Reading is a very sensual experience for me. Books have presence.
That and I can't hold on to anything as slim as a NOOK or a Kindle for longer than a few seconds without my hands cramping and spasming.
If what I'm reading can't make me forget what I'm holding, it's probably not worth reading.
Also, another beauty of a Kindle... I don't HAVE to hold it. I can set it down, work on something else with my hands, and keep reading. I get reading done while I'm working on weaving.
Tempting. Verra tempting.
Went out and about. YAY!
Book store, Applebee's with some booze and shitty food and a waiter who apparently hates women, random warehouse of strange stuff that happened to have some yarn, the Mall of Georgia, came home got bf, hit another book store, had dinner at Romano's Macaroni Grill and colored on the table.
Fun times were had by all, though bf did the hat-wearing-at-a-jaunty-angle thing, not me.
And I had a margarita . . . and some Jack. Makes up for last year when I didn't drink anything alcoholic at all.
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Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on May 06, 2011, 02:53:47 AM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on May 05, 2011, 07:30:27 PM
Books are meant to be made out of paper1. They are meant to smell like a book, and be good & weighty and inconvenient. Otherwise, you get all spoiled and don't appreciate them. Books don't even have to be read for me to enjoy them; they merely have to exist.
1 When stone tablets aren't practical.
I agree with this. Reading is a very sensual experience for me. Books have presence.
That and I can't hold on to anything as slim as a NOOK or a Kindle for longer than a few seconds without my hands cramping and spasming.
If what I'm reading can't make me forget what I'm holding, it's probably not worth reading.
Also, another beauty of a Kindle... I don't HAVE to hold it. I can set it down, work on something else with my hands, and keep reading. I get reading done while I'm working on weaving.
Tempting. Verra tempting.
Add in the fact that I'm carrying a whole bloody library in my purse at any given moment... Over 1000 titles loaded... and Amazon.com available through wireless just about anywhere...
And, bonus... I pre-order a new release. The night before it comes out, I plug it in, turn on the wireless, go to bed... and it's there in the morning.
I only really care about the book experience when it's a book I already know I care about. I already own more books than I probably should at my age, seeing as I own no shelves.
Quote from: Sigmatic on May 06, 2011, 03:55:51 AM
I only really care about the book experience when it's a book I already know I care about. I already own more books than I probably should at my age, seeing as I own no shelves.
Eventually, if you get enough, the books become the shelves.
May I ask what the advantage of a color e-reader is? I mean, if you aren't into art books.
Quote from: Sigmatic on May 06, 2011, 03:55:51 AM
I only really care about the book experience when it's a book I already know I care about. I already own more books than I probably should at my age, seeing as I own no shelves.
Yes this. I am a person who will read a book and then give it away. I have a FUCK TON of books, but they're all books that I either love so much I had to own them, or books I plan to read. I would be OK with having most of my reading list in electronic format.
Quote from: Nigel on May 06, 2011, 06:17:24 AM
May I ask what the advantage of a color e-reader is? I mean, if you aren't into art books.
Can be used for surfing the web
a la a cheapo tablet PC, allows you to read graphic novels or anything with color illustrations, including magazines (you can subscribe to most popular titles), sunday newspaper from your hometown, etc.
Quote from: Rip City Hustle on May 06, 2011, 06:24:10 AM
Quote from: Nigel on May 06, 2011, 06:17:24 AM
May I ask what the advantage of a color e-reader is? I mean, if you aren't into art books.
Can be used for surfing the web a la a cheapo tablet PC, allows you to read graphic novels or anything with color illustrations, including magazines (you can subscribe to most popular titles), sunday newspaper from your hometown, etc.
The websurfing seems most likely something I'd use... though most of the sites I care about would be just as good in black and white since for the most part all I give a shit about is text.
Do you have to pay for a web subscription or can you use any old wifi?
Any wi-fi signal (unsecured or that you have the PW to), no subscription. The browser on the B&W version is very basic and really a pain in the ass to use. For $50 extra you can get a G3 version with wi-fi AND free cellular access anywhere in the world there's a signal.
IOW, with the color version's browser, wikipedia/wikitravel, googlemaps, and craigslist, you essentially have the Hitchhiker's Guide To Earth.
I just remembered being in high school, and really wanting something that did what the HHGTTG was capable of.
And now I have a series of toys that can do stuff like that, and I consider it normal.
Woo, spine tingles. Future shocked there a little bit.
Quote from: Sigmatic on May 06, 2011, 07:58:20 AM
I just remembered being in high school, and really wanting something that did what the HHGTTG was capable of.
And now I have a series of toys that can do stuff like that, and I consider it normal.
Woo, spine tingles. Future shocked there a little bit.
I feel that way every time I whip out my phone.
At some point in the next decade I may be forced to forget the past so that I can go a single moment without reeling at the bizarre amount of technological power all over.
You know what it's like? The Dark Ages, but in reverse. There's so much information flying around, so much computational power, so much knowledge hidden amongst noise, that you can hardly see anything.
The Blindingly Bright Ages. That's what we're in.
Quote from: Rip City Hustle on May 06, 2011, 06:24:10 AM
Quote from: Nigel on May 06, 2011, 06:17:24 AM
May I ask what the advantage of a color e-reader is? I mean, if you aren't into art books.
Can be used for surfing the web a la a cheapo tablet PC, allows you to read graphic novels or anything with color illustrations, including magazines (you can subscribe to most popular titles), sunday newspaper from your hometown, etc.
Graphic novels (and comics) sound like a very important advantage.
Cheapo tablet PC is nice, but if it was that alone I'd rather have a netbook, which is basically a tablet PC that's not overpriced
and has a keyboard :) Just not completely sold on tablets over netbooks, yet.
Still, that Color Nook sounds damn sweet and I shall have to go and look into it.
Quote from: Nigel on May 06, 2011, 06:17:24 AM
May I ask what the advantage of a color e-reader is? I mean, if you aren't into art books.
I can see it for graphic novels. You can get magazines and newspaper subscriptions, give it time and some bright monkey at Marvel or DC will start publishing monthly comics for e-readers (if they haven't already; I have not researched).
Reading .pdf files, like some RPG books I have in that format.
Quote from: Sigmatic on May 06, 2011, 08:29:57 AM
At some point in the next decade I may be forced to forget the past so that I can go a single moment without reeling at the bizarre amount of technological power all over.
You know what it's like? The Dark Ages, but in reverse. There's so much information flying around, so much computational power, so much knowledge hidden amongst noise, that you can hardly see anything.
The Blindingly Bright Ages. That's what we're in.
Very well put.
Quote from: Sigmatic on May 06, 2011, 08:29:57 AM
At some point in the next decade I may be forced to forget the past so that I can go a single moment without reeling at the bizarre amount of technological power all over.
You know what it's like? The Dark Ages, but in reverse. There's so much information flying around, so much computational power, so much knowledge hidden amongst noise, that you can hardly see anything.
The Blindingly Bright Ages. That's what we're in.
Sounds like time to get some shades.
Quote from: Sigmatic on May 06, 2011, 08:29:57 AM
At some point in the next decade I may be forced to forget the past so that I can go a single moment without reeling at the bizarre amount of technological power all over.
You know what it's like? The Dark Ages, but in reverse. There's so much information flying around, so much computational power, so much knowledge hidden amongst noise, that you can hardly see anything.
The Blindingly Bright Ages. That's what we're in.
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