i checked to make sure that at least the series I'm reading now is available for the iPad, and it is. So are a few other books on my reading list.
Sent from my iPhone On Apr 12, 2010, at 4:09 PM, "Dustin Puryear" <dpury...@puryear- it.com> wrote: > 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 _______________________________________________ General mailing list [email protected] http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net
