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I Love Amazon

By Jeff | Published: 5 April 2010
The e-book wars are coming to a head, and the consumer is the victim. The new Dresden book Changes comes out tomorrow. I was originally planning on getting it for the kindle, just like all the books I read. Unfortunately, it was pulled a couple of days ago because the publish is being a dick. [...]
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A Nook Book

By Jeff | Published: 21 October 2009
I just received a newsletter from Barnes & Noble trying to drum up pre-orders for their new eBook reader, the Nook. As you can guess by the graphic above, the first thing I noticed was the fucked up line spacing in their promo shot. The shot on the left was from the newsletter I received. [...]
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Powerless ’09

By Jeff | Published: 20 June 2009
Today, I experienced a traumatizing event fit for an xkcd comic strip. A few minutes after returning from Family Video with a video game, the power goes out. This is extremely uncommon, as we are on Grand Haven’s independent grid that nearly never goes down. So, I sat in the dark for a few minutes [...]
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Lord of the Kindle 2

By Jeff | Published: 27 February 2009
For those of you that did not already know, I pre-ordered one of the new Kindle 2′s. It looks pretty sweet, and I’m eager to get it. Unfortunately the USPS has other designs. According to Amazon, the device left their facilities on February 23rd.  I was quite surprised when I saw it was shipping from [...]
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