At 04:32 PM 8/19/01, you wrote:
>Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten wrote:
> >
> > Gary Nunn schreef:
> >
> > > Unless a much better user interface is created, I don't believe that
> ebooks
> > > will become as popular as printed books.
> >
> > I was thinking of star trek style reading pads. They could be
> illuminated (like
> > some watches) so that f.i. during a midnight feeding you wouldn't need
> to make
> > extra light for a bit of entertainment. I know that at least *I* would
> > appreciate something like that very much. Not that little Tom has been
> awake in
> > the middle of the night a lot. Lucky for me he values *his* night's
> rest as much
> > as I do mine. ;o)
>
>You are fortunate. :)
>
>Actually, my biggest problem is determining just when Sam is packing it
>in for the night. Once he's down, he's down for long enough for me to
>get some good sleep. (The nights we have exceptions to this, I make Dan
>take over around 2.)
>
>I don't like to read luminous text for very long, unfortunately, so I'd
>want the light source. They make book lights that don't interfere too
>badly with the person next to you. I might get one of those soon....
>
> Julia
>
>who will probably finish _The Fountains of Paradise_ tomorrow morning
Some of those work better than others: some clip on the book (too heavy in
most cases if you're reading a paperback, 'cuz the book will bend under the
weight) others hang around your neck. (And that's just a consideration for
the _reader_: you may need more experimentation to find out which one
won't disturb that 1.311 MeV beta emitter* next to you. Just a
thought: how does he feel about wearing a blindfold while you're
reading?) If you're going to use it much, you might consider getting an AC
adapter so you don't go through batteries. Though if the only available
plug is on the far side of the bed, stretching a cable across the bed might
cause other problems . . .
-----
*Harkening back to Dan's post of several weeks ago in which he pointed out
that there is enough potassium-40 in a human body that you get more
radiation from that person next to you in bed than you would visiting the
control room of a modern nuclear power plant.
--Ronn! :)
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