09th Jul2009

San Diego Comic Con 2009 is Gonna Be A Nerdgasm

by ardith

As a gal who leans geek, I have attended San Diego Comic-Con practically every year since I was a junior in high school. Of course, back in the early 90′s, it was not the behemoth that it is now.

I will be helping out a booth at Comic-Con this year since I can’t stand not working at SDCC, but there are 2 panels I am planning on attending.

First of all, there’s the True Blood Panel on Saturday evening. Well, 5pm is not exactly dark, but the actors who play vampires and other creatures will be out.

And the other panel, I want to attend is Sunday’s Doctor Who panel.

I think having my yearly interaction with the Comic-Con geeks will give me the strength to go on another year.

I’m looking forward to it.

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09th Jul2009

eBooks and eReaders

by ardith

The Kindle 2 is now on sale on Amazon.com for about $50 less than it was before.

I have read all sorts of reviews that have touted the usefulness of it as an ebook reader. There are a couple of things that hold me back. It’s not just the money. It’s that the Kindle is expensive AND I may destroy it because I’m the klutziest goof on the planet.

While I’d love to just download books magically (that sounds SUPER awesome!), I’m deathly afraid I’d drop the thing while reading in bed, thereby destroying my lovely lovely book reader.

That being said, the whispernet thing that allows you to download books on the fly where ever you are sounds amazing.

So if the $50 discount makes the Kindle more appealing for you, then go for it. I hope you are blessed with gracefulness. Replacing a $299 eReader sounds like a sad panda day.

Category : Books
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