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Excellent Day!
Jul. 17th, 2010 11:19 pmI just the most wonderful day! I got so much accomplished, and it just felt really good!
I got up about 8:00am, now, normally that would be early for me, but since I now have to get up at 6:00am for work, it felt good to sleep in.
I watched White Collar "Book of Hours" while drinking my morning coffee, then did some computer stuff (but no gaming! Well, almost none.) before leaving to run my errands. I managed to go to the credit union, have breakfast, go to the post office, go to Staples, buy gas, AND do some grocery shopping at Meijer. Also, went to Best Buy and checked out their e-readers. I think I'm going to get the Sony - it's the only one that has expansion slots, and unlike Amazon's Kindle or B&N's Nook -- it doesn't use a proprietary system for e-books. So, all is good there. Plus it accepts .pdf, .doc, and of course .rtf and .txt formats -- which means I can put fanfic on it. I'm so glad now I went to the e-book panels at Mediawest -- I don't think I ever would have thought of putting fanfic on my e-reader on my own.
The only thing that didn't get done, and it wasn't for lack of trying, was finding a white summer purse -- I tried both JC Penney's and Meijer and couldn't find anything that I liked -- at least not in white. I mean, jeezzz, how hard can it be to find a white purse with lots of pockets?
The thing is -- I've been reading stuff electronically for years (thank you fanfic net) and I've been reading various blog and fanfic sites on my Pre since I got it. But the Pre screen is pretty small, and now that e-readers are becoming more common, I think it's time to try one out. AND, I figure when it comes to electronics there are two schools of thought -- all-in-one and dedicated-to-a-single-purpose. All-in-one devices are nice in that they combine functionality, so that, in theory, you don't need multiple devices. It's the Swiss Army Knife approach. However, because they do "everything" they can't have all the features of a dedicated device. OTOH, a dedicated device can have specific features for what it was made for. But they also tend to be more expensive. E.G. a digital camera is nicer than the camera on your cell phone. But if you want the extra features -- go with the camera (e.g. the dedicated device). I currently carry my Palm Pre phone, and my Ipod in my purse everywhere. Adding an e-reader shouldn't be too bad.
But that's not all! I also went back out later (after balancing my checkbook) and had dinner (so-so) and saw "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" with Nicholas Cage. In short -- it was awesome! I really enjoyed it. Nick Cage is such a talented (and under-rated) actor. The kid was pretty good (at least he wasn't obnoxious!). He did have an incredibly nasal accent though. One for the "must buy" list though.
Take care,
--Olivia
I got up about 8:00am, now, normally that would be early for me, but since I now have to get up at 6:00am for work, it felt good to sleep in.
I watched White Collar "Book of Hours" while drinking my morning coffee, then did some computer stuff (but no gaming! Well, almost none.) before leaving to run my errands. I managed to go to the credit union, have breakfast, go to the post office, go to Staples, buy gas, AND do some grocery shopping at Meijer. Also, went to Best Buy and checked out their e-readers. I think I'm going to get the Sony - it's the only one that has expansion slots, and unlike Amazon's Kindle or B&N's Nook -- it doesn't use a proprietary system for e-books. So, all is good there. Plus it accepts .pdf, .doc, and of course .rtf and .txt formats -- which means I can put fanfic on it. I'm so glad now I went to the e-book panels at Mediawest -- I don't think I ever would have thought of putting fanfic on my e-reader on my own.
The only thing that didn't get done, and it wasn't for lack of trying, was finding a white summer purse -- I tried both JC Penney's and Meijer and couldn't find anything that I liked -- at least not in white. I mean, jeezzz, how hard can it be to find a white purse with lots of pockets?
The thing is -- I've been reading stuff electronically for years (thank you fanfic net) and I've been reading various blog and fanfic sites on my Pre since I got it. But the Pre screen is pretty small, and now that e-readers are becoming more common, I think it's time to try one out. AND, I figure when it comes to electronics there are two schools of thought -- all-in-one and dedicated-to-a-single-purpose. All-in-one devices are nice in that they combine functionality, so that, in theory, you don't need multiple devices. It's the Swiss Army Knife approach. However, because they do "everything" they can't have all the features of a dedicated device. OTOH, a dedicated device can have specific features for what it was made for. But they also tend to be more expensive. E.G. a digital camera is nicer than the camera on your cell phone. But if you want the extra features -- go with the camera (e.g. the dedicated device). I currently carry my Palm Pre phone, and my Ipod in my purse everywhere. Adding an e-reader shouldn't be too bad.
But that's not all! I also went back out later (after balancing my checkbook) and had dinner (so-so) and saw "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" with Nicholas Cage. In short -- it was awesome! I really enjoyed it. Nick Cage is such a talented (and under-rated) actor. The kid was pretty good (at least he wasn't obnoxious!). He did have an incredibly nasal accent though. One for the "must buy" list though.
Take care,
--Olivia
