@kdfrawg The paperwhite's saving grace is a good display. The keyboard has excellent battery life.

My last two book purchases were of the dead tree variety though.

// @skematica

That's something I do out of force of habit. Anymore, for technical books, I get them through OReilly. That way I can download whatever format I want whenever I want and avoid the hassle.

// @skematica

No. Unfortunately they only do MOBI still.

// @skematica

I have a third gen one. Also a paperwhite. I liked how well made the Kobo was and how it felt in my hands. It's internals were utter crap though.
// @skematica

@skematica The Kobo glow went out of its way to make me loathe it.

The Internet is a lot like grass. Looks great until people trample through it.

I'm done with Twitter for the night.

Apparently, the ferret headed freak isn't as stupid as he looks.

@kdfrawg "The Man" wants to spam my inbox with offers of more consumer devices I'll almost never use.

"The Man" is denied.

@kdfrawg If the drought keeps up, there won't be another mowing here until spring.

For nearly a year, Cannon has bombarded me almost daily with dire warnings that my scanner remains unregistered.

Hear this and hear it well. I'm not giving in. Me and the scanner are going rogue, Cannon, and there's not a thing you can do about it.

So there.