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Book Nook
 Amy Phelps |
Not Techno SavvyThu, January 28, 2010 @ 11:50AM With the iPad coming out, I seem to keep having discussions with fellow blogger Art Smith about why I don't have some sort of ebook reader and why I'm hanging onto "dead trees." For one thing, books smell good. I can't explain it properly, but they do. But my major hang-up with those devices is that I spend too much of my life as it is on the computer due to work. I cannot spend anymore of it reading for hours on end on yet another computer screen. Art tells me these devices do something to try to simulate a paper page. And yet it's still a simulation. It's not a paper page. While I've not read a book on one of the ereaders, I have had to read pdfs of books before. And it's a chore. I would much rather read an actual book. I also cannot imagine cuddling up on the couch with my kids and reading one of their favorite picture books - on a computer screen.
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It's your internet
 Art Smith |
Apple iPad, will it be a game changer, or a niche product?Tue, February 2, 2010 @ 1:02PM Last week Apple announced what is sure to be its next big hit. The Apple iPad. Apple and I go way back. I’ve been using Apple products since the day of the Apple II in 1983. In those days I needed a special pass to use the early version of the PC in the computer lab at Ohio University. The Apple II made it easier for me to get through my senior year of college. As groundbreaking as it was, the Apple II was rendered obsolete the following year when the Macintosh was introduced during the Super Bowl. I’ve used Macs at home and at work for more than 25 years now, going through a huge range of models that include the Mac Plus, Mac II, Mac IIci, Mac 9500, Performa 550, 6116, iMac, eMac, G, G4, G5, MacBook, Powerbook — you get the idea, I’ve spent a lot of time with the company. The iPad, is different, it’s not a Mac, it’s not an iPod, or an iPhone. Many people, me included, think it may just be the start of an entirely new category of too.
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Editor's Log
 Jim Smith |
Callous behavior amazingMon, February 8, 2010 @ 8:41AM AMAZING! As city crews were trying to clear streets of snow this past weekend, some residents were foolishly and illegally clearing their driveways and sidewalks by shoveling the snow into the street. How anyone could be so foolish is completely beyond me! Don't these unthinking people realize they are just making it more difficult for motorists, including themselves, when they fill the street with their discarded snow? Don't they realize if every residents followed their nonsensical behavior, the streets never would be cleared? There is a good and reasonable reason it is illegal to shovel snow into the street, and police need to issue citations when they spot such callous behavior. We have another snow storm coming Tuesday or Wednesda.
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