Honestly, unless I'm at work I don't read tech stuff too much anymore. I used to eat it for lunch, but now I usually can't manage to force myself unless I have a related deadline that is coming up.
Hmm, can you access the O'Reilly book network thing via Kindle DX? Okay, I retract the above. That would be cool. --- Puryear IT, LLC - Baton Rouge, LA - http://www.puryear-it.com/ Active Directory Integration : Web & Enterprise Single Sign-On Identity and Access Management : Linux/UNIX technologies Download our free ebook "Best Practices for Linux and UNIX Servers" http://www.puryear-it.com/pubs/linux-unix-best-practices/ -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bret Esquivel Sent: Monday, April 12, 2010 3:10 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [brlug-general] (IN)Secure Magazine I love my Kindle DX. You can put native PDFs on it to feed your tech junkie needs. ---------------------------------------------- Bret Esquivel, MCSE, CCNA Immense Networks President 9654 Brookline Avenue | Suite 200 Baton Rouge, LA 70809 Mobile: (504) 301-7413 Office: (225) 754-9005 Fax: (225) 454-6485 IT Consulting: http://immense.net Web Development: http://design.immense.net Twitter: @immensenetworks Facebook: Fan Page Linked In: View Profile -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dustin Puryear Sent: Monday, April 12, 2010 3:04 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [brlug-general] (IN)Secure Magazine I *just* bought a Kindle last night. I looked at the iPad and it's snazzy, but damn it's expensive and I can also totally see my eyes getting tired reading from it. Unfortunately, the series I'm reading right now, "The Black Company", doesn't appear to be available for the Kindle, but I'm hoping a good number of the books I read are. We'll see... --- Puryear IT, LLC - Baton Rouge, LA - http://www.puryear-it.com/ Active Directory Integration : Web & Enterprise Single Sign-On Identity and Access Management : Linux/UNIX technologies Download our free ebook "Best Practices for Linux and UNIX Servers" http://www.puryear-it.com/pubs/linux-unix-best-practices/ -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jarred White Sent: Monday, April 12, 2010 2:05 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [brlug-general] (IN)Secure Magazine i ended up buying an ipad... Haven't done much reading on it yet because I'm in the middle of reading a book at the moment. Sent from my iPhone On Apr 12, 2010, at 3:01 PM, -ray <[email protected]> wrote: > > I bought a Nook a few weeks ago and liking it so far... yes you > can't really read a book on a backlit screen. The e-Ink makes it > feel like a real book. However I like to read at night though, so I > wish the Nook or Kindle had some little LEDs on the side of the > screen to gently illuminate the screen so you can read in the dark. > Right now I just use an old school booklight haha. > > ray > > > On Thu, 8 Apr 2010, Jarred White wrote: > >> Yeah but it does one thing REALLY well... (the kindle, have heard >> mixed stuff about the Sony reader). What I really want is to not have >> to carry 3 books around at a time. But now that ipad's out, it's kind >> of a compelling device. I don't know though... If it flops, publisher >> support for it will go to complete shit and then I still won't have a >> reader. >> >> I hear you on the eInk though. I hate reading stuff on backlit >> screens... >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Apr 7, 2010, at 5:53 PM, Karthik Poobalasubramanian <[email protected] >> > wrote: >> >>> I would love to get an ipad type device but I am going to wait until >>> eink + LCD hybrid technology, like Pixel Qi's displays(http://goo.gl/iufT >>> ), mature enough and the device is open than an ipad. Android is a >>> great platform for a tablet/pad/ebook/Everything but the kitchen >>> sink device. I tried the kindle but felt the text and interface >>> were a little bland. The sony reader touch edition was a lot better >>> than kindle but I did not want to spend $200+ for a device that does >>> only one thing. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Karthik Poobalasubramanian >>> Louisiana Board of Regents >>> [email protected] >>> [email protected] >>> 225-341-5855 >>> Skype: Poobal >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Apr 7, 2010, at 4:05 PM, Jarred White wrote: >>> >>>> Yes, they're easy on the eyes. I read for literally a couple of >>>> hours at a time while I'm traveling and it's just not good to read >>>> a backlit display that long. The Nook and Kindle are easy on the >>>> eyes and their battery life goes forever! >>>> >>>> On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 5:02 PM, Ryan McCain <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> I thought the same thing until I actually saw a Kindle a while >>>> back. It really feels like you are reading a book. >>>> >>>> >>>> Ryan McCain >>>> Northrop Grumman Corporation >>>> Email: [email protected] >>>> Phone: 225.505.3832 >>>> >>>> Registered Linux User #364609 >>>> >>>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] >>>> On Behalf Of Jarred White >>>> Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2010 4:02 PM >>>> >>>> >>>> To: [email protected] >>>> Subject: Re: [brlug-general] (IN)Secure Magazine >>>> >>>> >>>> Man you just hit on my biggest hangup about the iPad... I travel a >>>> lot and read a lot and I want an eBook reader, but a backlit >>>> display drives me nuts and makes my eyes hurt. >>>> >>>> On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 5:00 PM, Tim Fournet <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> I personally can't stand "digital" magazines that are basically a >>>> PDF version of a real magazine that never gets printed. If it's not >>>> on paper, and it's more than a couple pages, I won't read it. The >>>> exception is e-Books with a decent eInk reader. I'm sure the day is >>>> coming that I'll have some sort of "tablet" or "pad" that easily >>>> retrieves the publications I want so I can read them when, where, >>>> and how I want them, but it's not here yet. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 3:42 PM, Ryan McCain <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> I subscribe to this magazine but they post free content from time >>>> to timeÿÿ >>>> >>>> >>>> http://hakin9.org/ >>>> >>>> >>>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] >>>> On Behalf Of Dustin Puryear >>>> Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2010 3:31 PM >>>> >>>> >>>> To: [email protected] >>>> Subject: Re: [brlug-general] (IN)Secure Magazine >>>> >>>> >>>> Old school I guess. >>>> >>>> >>>> --- >>>> Puryear IT, LLC - Baton Rouge, LA - http://www.puryear-it.com/ >>>> Active Directory Integration : Web & Enterprise Single Sign-On >>>> Identity and Access Management : Linux/UNIX technologies >>>> >>>> Download our free ebook "Best Practices for Linux and UNIX Servers" >>>> http://www.puryear-it.com/pubs/linux-unix-best-practices/ >>>> >>>> >>>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] >>>> On Behalf Of Tim Fournet >>>> Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2010 10:44 AM >>>> To: [email protected] >>>> Subject: Re: [brlug-general] (IN)Secure Magazine >>>> >>>> >>>> PDF only? >>>> >>>> On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 9:32 AM, Dustin Puryear <[email protected] >>>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Found this by accident: >>>> >>>> >>>> http://www.net-security.org/insecuremag.php >>>> >>>> >>>> --- >>>> Puryear IT, LLC - Baton Rouge, LA - http://www.puryear-it.com/ >>>> Active Directory Integration : Web & Enterprise Single Sign-On >>>> Identity and Access Management : Linux/UNIX technologies >>>> >>>> Download our free ebook "Best Practices for Linux and UNIX Servers" >>>> http://www.puryear-it.com/pubs/linux-unix-best-practices/ >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> General mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> General mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> General mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> "The world's my oyster, a hotel room's my prison cell..." >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> General mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> "The world's my oyster, a hotel room's my prison cell..." >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> General mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> General mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >> >> _______________________________________________ >> General mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >> > > -- > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > Ray DeJean http://www.r-a-y.org > Systems Engineer Southeastern Louisiana University > IBM Certified Specialist AIX Administration, AIX Support > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net _______________________________________________ General mailing list [email protected] http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net _______________________________________________ General mailing list [email protected] http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net _______________________________________________ General mailing list [email protected] http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net _______________________________________________ General mailing list [email protected] http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net
