I've seen the Sony e-readers and the Amazon Kindle. Both had great features that I really liked, but neither one really struck a chord with me. When B&N announced the Nook, I was immediately taken by the possibilities. Thanks to some foot dragging on my part, I ended up on the Feb 1st delivery date batch and got mine a little early, so I've had about a week to play with mine. Here are my thoughts on the Nook, it's strengths, weaknesses, and thoughts for improvement.

In Short: I like it enough to keep it, despite the iPad coming out next month in March.

So close to buying the Nexus One... but not close enough, as both features I wanted and the cost keeps me away. Also, looking forward to the upcoming Apple iSlate annoncement... if it happens.

After spending a couple of weeks messing around with various discount wireless routers, bridges, and in some cases, boxes of junk, I finally crack the old wallet open a bit wider and find that my time and my family is worth spending a little more money and a lot less time, trying to solve the pains and woes that manufacturers have left for us consumers. For those who don't want to read the whole bit: Bravo Apple, you created a real gem with the Airport Extreme. I highly recommend it to anyone who wants a headache free wireless network setup.

I was reading through the various online sites I tend to frequent, one of which is Luminous Landscape. I greatly enjoy the rich colors of the presented photography as well as the words of wisdom from those who committed themselves to their photographic career, and all of the knowledge and experience that comes with such a commitment.

All I can say is... everything just hurts. Motivation and inspiration is basically bottomed out, and I am behaving much like my two cats: laying around curled up, occasionally getting up to snack on something, and returning to the aforementioned reclined position. It is not a very interesting activity loop.

TinEye, a great image searching tool that helped me locate the original for an image! I look at using TinEye for checking for copyright violations and for finding inspiration and similar works.

Once again, I've moved; physically and electronically! From one city to another... and from one publishing platform to another! Fun! I'm still with Linode for hosting, and for the physical move, I used the awesome moving company, All Reasons Moving.