Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten wrote:
>
> Julia Thompson schreef:
>
> > 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....
>
> I returned to the good ol' days feel when I want to read a bit at night. I have a
> little oil lamp (the kind with a mirror behind it) that gives enough light to let me
> read while it isn't enough to disturb anybody else asleep in the room. It is rather
> middle ages but it works for me. :o)
Wow, that sounds beautiful, actually.
I'd be wary of trying to do anything like that at present, though, the
way things are in our bedroom. Sammy sleeps in something that's flush
up against my side of the bed, and there's no place to put an oil lamp
that would be anything approximating "safe" where I could reach it from
bed; and the nightstand that we had to move to make room to set that up
is made of cardboard. :P Hence the electric lights on a power strip I
can reach from bed.
Julia
