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Comment on Re-kindling the flames by Vega

Vega — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:47:41 +0000

Heheh, I was an astonished “NEVER!! Physical books all the way!!” convert to eReader too. =D Although in my case, it was the Barnes & Noble NOOK Simple Touch, which I adore. Lesson learnt: never say never!

My story of conversion is very similar to yours. The tipping point for me was the realization that my personal library has always tended towards collector’s editions, large formats, and graphic novels and illustrated books anyway, and the eReader is perfect for all those books that I want to own, but don’t care to have a cover for. (And having recently moved house at the time too — I think even the most die-hard paper-book-lover will eventually get tired of dragging a whole library behind her every time she moves!)

Another great boon of the eReader: I can read samples before I decide to borrow the (physical) book from the library, and all those free books on Project Gutenberg et al are suddenly opened up to me. I’ve been reading a lot of public domain books lately and discovering wonderful obscure authors, as a result!

Isn’t it good to know that we can enjoy the eReader next to our physical books. Yes, I was actually worried about that initially, but well, you get used to a new standard! ;)

Comment on Yet another blunder (A TeamLava rant) by Angela

Angela — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 03:13:24 +0000

Wag na hehe. Mahihirapan ka lang rin mag stock up tsk tsk. Hehe.

Comment on Yet another blunder (A TeamLava rant) by Ate

Ate — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 03:11:31 +0000

Hehe! Just because I like your font. :p

Seriously, I think someone should send them reviews like this para alam nila that it’s not JUST a complaint but a serious evaluation.

Anyway, I’ve installed the game pero haven’t gotten around to playing it. Hehe! Maybe buti na that I don’t at all? :p

Comment on Re-kindling the flames by Angela

Angela — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 06:51:32 +0000

Hehe I like the font too! :P

Comment on Re-kindling the flames by Ate

Ate — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 04:37:30 +0000

Very good review! Hehe! I am sharing this post over facebook to some friends I have been trying to sell the merits of having a kindle to. :p

I.LOVE.MY.KINDLE!
And I love the guy who gave it to me even more! <3 ;p

(BTW, I like this font. Haha!)

Comment on Re-kindling the flames by Angela

Angela — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 01:10:41 +0000

Haha! Especially if you’re used to touchscreen gadgets, at first it did feel weird that nothing was happening! Although I’ve read around that some people get annoyed with the touchscreen on the Touch, it’s easy to get lost, accidentally change pages, etc. Maybe they need to improve on the touch technology for a bit first.

Comment on Re-kindling the flames by Tina

Tina — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 21:37:02 +0000

LOL. Everything you wrote here was exactly the reason why I got a Kindle (I have a Kindle 2) in 2010. :D I love it, and I feel like I can read more in that sometimes. Hee. But yes, I still love paper books, and I have an ebook and paper book version of the ones I love. :)

Oh, and everyone’s fallen for the touch screen thing on the Kindle. Whenever some friends see my Kindle for the first time, the first thing they do is touch the screen to make it move. :))

Comment on What’s in my bag by Re-kindling the flames « Whimsical.Nu

Re-kindling the flames « Whimsical.Nu — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 02:09:46 +0000

[...] not read at all. I was mourning the lack of time, but also quite unwilling to add 300-400g to my everyday bag for a book I may or may not have any downtime to read that day, and disliked ending up with books [...]

Comment on A long arduous journey through the postal service’s underbelly by Angela

Angela — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 05:58:29 +0000

Yes, it doesn’t feel like a new development–they should have planned for this. I saw that they extended delivery hours–19th or 14th, I don’t recall exactly. I think the biggest thing here, really, is the shoddy customer service. Getting your package late is bad enough, but their customer service just made it a lot worse.

Comment on A long arduous journey through the postal service’s underbelly by anne

anne — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 03:19:58 +0000

WOW, that whole thing is RIDICULOUS! I’m really sorry you had to go through this. I found myself getting angrier and angrier with each paragraph. Everyone knows that the holidays can get really busy, but it’s also the holidays where they can truly showcase how great their system is. I feel like this isn’t a new development. Yes, it gets very busy during the holidays, so deploy more employees to handle the post. If you need to hire seasonal people, then do so. You’d think they’d have this all figured out by now x_x