 Image lifted from Engadget. |
To followup my eBook rant, it looks like the Sony Reader is close to what I want. It docs via USB, and has the ability to read PDFs; that’s good. Unfortunately, it doesn’t have search capability: that’s bad. (Details filtered through Engadget.)
So. Lets see.
- Just starting job.
- Big student loans.
- Mindstorms NXT
- Sony Reader
This set of things doesn’t add up.
I’m wiling to give the Reader a try; the ability to take 20, 30 articles downloaded from the ACM Digital Library or the IEEE Computer Society Digital Library, walk outside with the Reader and my lab notebook, and spend a few hours reading sounds really appealing. In fact, I could walk all the way from my office down to Ye Old Beverlie, and read and take notes while imbibing Spitfire. Outside. In the beer garden. On a lovely, summer day in Kent.
Sorry, Ralph…
Mindstorms NXT… Reader… Mindstorms NXT… which do you choose? I guess I’ll have to find a way to finance both. Carrie, if you’re reading this… start skipping meals. 