I love technology. I come by it naturally, my dad loved technology. When tape recorders became the rage, he bought one, first; when color T.V.s came out we were the first in the neighborhood to see our soap operas in living color, and when the new humongous microwave ovens were available for the home kitchen, we watched a mug of water come to a boil in just three minutes, first.
It was sure bet when I was asked to be an “expert reviewer” for Amazon’s new writer’s award. They tempted me with a Kindle for my effort. I had to read forty (4-0) book excerpts from forty new writers and then write a 75- 300 word review of each book. To the point, I usually was down on the seventy-five word range.
Matthias and I were dreaming bout the Kindle and discovered that their newer better version, the Kindle 2, was out; we wondered if after all that reading and writing they were going to unload the Kindle 1 on all the reviewers and hoped not
Monday as I was chauffeuring, Jarrett called me to say, “It arrived, I just signed for it.” When I got home, there it was snug in it’s traveling box and unwrapping it I finally knew; they had sent me the Kindle 2! Hats went up all over the kingdom!
Matthias, so excited that it comes with a dictionary, sat reading it all the way to piano lessons, an hour away. I am not making this up, he loves reading the dictionary. On the drive, Matthias kept exclaiming how many internet bars we had, “We’ve got all five!, no, now it’s down to four…”
I am loving this thin little bit of technology. Sitting for an 1 1/2 hours at piano lessons, I was able to click, click order my all time favorite newspaper, The Wall Street Journal. Clean and neat it arrives each morning in my little Kindle.
While searching on the little wonder of technology I discovered that I could go out onto the world wide web and see Pinkpeppers.com!!
I have also downloaded for free, the entire Bible and Cook’s Illustrated Cookbook, plus aabout ten other books and at a capacity of 1,500 books, I can still download 1,490 more!
Pinkpeppers on Kindle!
yup, I love technology.
Do you have to pay for the wireless access? Does it use an air card or something? Can you surf the net just like a computer?
I can pick up wireless almost anywhere and there is no monthly fee or air card, I just turn it on and go.
You definitely earned your Kindle, Terri! Sounds like a fun thing to have around. How long does it keep a charge?
We love gadgets around here too, but I think The Kindle is one that we’ll put off purchasing for awhile – I’m getting hooked on audio books. :D
If it’s off line it can go for a week.
The Kindle is definitely a gadget and not a necessity. I do like how many books can be loaded onto the slim little thing, like for a long trip.
We love audio books too! #1 Ladies Detective Agency by Alexander McCall-Smith was a great series for family listening.
Having a Kindle2 filled with your newspapers, a variety of books, magazines would be amazing on a long airplane flight. A small library right there in your hands! I just read a blog entry from another very happy Kindle2 owner. If those good reviews keep popping up, I’ll have to put it on my wish list.