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Kindle’s Big Brother Is Coming

Being a technut, I love to see really cool stuff coming out. I have a PDA and it holds my books and I use it when traveling and when I am reading in any low light environment. The back lighting enables reading just about anywhere. If I didn’t already have a PDA, I am sure I would have a Kindle. Now Amazon has brought out the Kindle DX. It is way bigger and I am sure easier to read. If my 401k hadn’t turned into a 201k, I would consider buying it. As gadgets go it is a bit pricy at $489.00 but give it a couple of years and inevitably it will drop in price. Here are the specs. This is not a paid blog but if you buy one by clicking on the link below, I will get a commission. Not enough to buy a Kindle book, let alone a Kindle but every bit helps. Since I use any thing I make on my blogs or Amazon to buy more books, if you buy something from my site, you are supporting Literacy. So Support Literacy! Kindle DX: Amazon's New Addition To The Kindle Family Slim: Just over 1/3 of an inch, a...

Turkey Day Tech Thanks

12 Tech Things I am Thankful For Oh, where to start, my digital cameras allow me to take hundreds of photos of my family, get a few good ones and not cost me a fortune to do it. My email account that allows me to keep in contact with family and friends that I might feel I should call but never get around to it. My Tivo which allows me to watch what I want and when I want to watch it. My PDA which allows me to carry around the list of 3000+ books I have read so I don’t buy the same book for the third time. It also lets me carry a couple hundred family photos and 75 books I downloaded from http://www.baen.com/library/ . My computers, upon which I labor long hours, frequently over nothing of consequence but make me feel like I am being productive. My wireless headset that allows me to wander aimlessly about the house listening to U2 and Led Zepplin. My MP3 powered razor that doesn’t give me razor burn. My cell phone that allows me to make all of those incredibly important calls such as “...