Vox

Musings, rants, rambling, general nonsense

Reading *Is* Fundamental

I recently contributed to the Amici Book Drive (via Amazon Wish List, couldn’t be simpler & they still need some books, hint hint) which got me thinking about other ways to get children reading more. And adults, when you get right down to it. I have posted before about how much I love my Kindle, […]

Virtual Readality

I haven’t written about my Kindle lately, but feel an update is in order as I have found another complaint. Not all books translate into Kindle format. I knew there would be certain genres that would not make the leap to eInk; e.g. the scrapbooking and other craft titles I enjoy would be a big […]

To Quiz or Not To Quiz

I am going to violate Facebook etiquette (or not, depending on who you read) by commenting on a Facebook etiquette post. I’ve seen it posted on two friends walls, so it must be striking a chord with them. Trouble is, the things he says are so annoying really aren’t that bad – or are avoidable, […]

Hi Ho, Hi Ho, It’s Off To Fry’s I Go

Mom’s old laptop decided to give up the ghost this month, as well. I think it was older than my old desktop, and that’s 7 or 8 years. That is a good long life for a computer, especially one that gets hauled on various vacations every year. So, back to Fry’s to buy a third […]

Read All About It

One of the fun options with the Kindle 2 is the ability to subscribe to various periodicals which are delivered wirelessly to your unit. Genius, in most cases.* I was really looking forward to the newspaper delivery, and was happy to hear our local rag was one of the many Kindle ready dailies – even […]

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