Posted by Jeff October 05, 2006
Keith Olbermann on Countdown does great commentary and analysis about the fiasco that is the Bush administration. Check out his videos. He moved into the commentary after this scathing criticism of Bush’s inability to protect citizens from the biological threat of- standing water.
“No voice came to me and told me to do this,” Olbermann says. “It’s simply the eruption of the need to say something. If this country was founded on anything, it’s the fight to the death to protect the right of someone to say that which you disagree with. I just think maybe I’m first in voicing skepticism of the administration that’s been irrationally muted.”
from Olbermann navigates tightrope minus a net
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Posted by Jeff October 05, 2006
I’ve been anticipating an e-ink ebook reader for much of this year. I’m fascinated by the promise of a high-quality paper-like display, containing any PDF ebooks I want to load up. My use case: get myself off the grid and its many temptations, and curl up with a good ebook. Maybe even outside!
After numerous delays, the Sony Reader is out (reviews). Enthusiasts are descending on Borders and SonyStyle stores to snap them up.
I haven’t seen one in person yet. However, according to this thread the device is too small to display PDF books without zoom and scroll. I’ll pass. PDF is not designed for reflow to small screens, unlike HTML.
Reading PDF’s is my primary usecase, so I’ll restrain myself from kneejerk early adoptor behavior and remain deskbound with a Dell 24″ monitor. The competing ebook reader, Iliad, is Linux based and sports WIFI and Ethernet. This bodes well for its future software ecosystem as a hacker playground.
I’ll try to sit out this generation of ebook readers…
ebook, Iliad, sony
