Kindle: You've got to be kidding me

Skybird · 11-21-07, 07:36 AM

I'll stick with books, and nothing is gonna make that change until I die. I just dumbed my second hightech-super-wonder-electronic-telephone with thousands of gimmicks and number storage memory RAM - and connected an old-fashioned telephone without everything again, using a small booklet to keep my numbers. Different to electrionic devices, I never need to write those numbers again when changing the telephone. Most of my kitchen devices I buy with an eye on keeping electronic out as much as possible. It is fun to handle things manually while cooking, and manual devices usually have a far greater longevity. Where I do not accept compromise is - a sharp cooking knife.

And as Neal said: no laptop, no plate-screen, no Tricorder and no Apple handy ever can compare to sit in a gemütlich corner in the evening, having a glass of wine and comfortable light and read a good book - actually holding it in your hands, smell the paper if it is old, and enjoying the sensation of feeling the thing when turning the pages.

The market goes crazy, and brings too much stuff that nobody really needs. the craving for it must be artificially created in order to get ot sold. That is crazy! Living on hype.

Becoming older seem to be the remedy for that - At the price of feeling shaken off, at times. Buying a TV was easy ten years ago. Today, it is an odyssey with lots of traps and dead ends, and much more money at stake, and probably shorter longevity. But hey, all it still is about is just a damn single TV! So why the big show?

Modern life is in desperate need for some very substantial deceleration.

11-21-07, 07:36 AM	#10
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,616 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	I'll stick with books, and nothing is gonna make that change until I die. I just dumbed my second hightech-super-wonder-electronic-telephone with thousands of gimmicks and number storage memory RAM - and connected an old-fashioned telephone without everything again, using a small booklet to keep my numbers. Different to electrionic devices, I never need to write those numbers again when changing the telephone. Most of my kitchen devices I buy with an eye on keeping electronic out as much as possible. It is fun to handle things manually while cooking, and manual devices usually have a far greater longevity. Where I do not accept compromise is - a sharp cooking knife. And as Neal said: no laptop, no plate-screen, no Tricorder and no Apple handy ever can compare to sit in a gemütlich corner in the evening, having a glass of wine and comfortable light and read a good book - actually holding it in your hands, smell the paper if it is old, and enjoying the sensation of feeling the thing when turning the pages. The market goes crazy, and brings too much stuff that nobody really needs. the craving for it must be artificially created in order to get ot sold. That is crazy! Living on hype. Becoming older seem to be the remedy for that - At the price of feeling shaken off, at times. Buying a TV was easy ten years ago. Today, it is an odyssey with lots of traps and dead ends, and much more money at stake, and probably shorter longevity. But hey, all it still is about is just a damn single TV! So why the big show? *Modern life is in desperate need for some very substantial deceleration.* __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.