Little Things

Kindle, schmindle...I've got your $350 e-book reader right here

I bought this Acer notebook a few weeks ago from Woot.  It took some getting used to.  I have a 50" television, a 23" monitor, and the Acer 10+ inch screen was a bitch. The  wireless mouse didn't work for me, and I am not nimble with that touch pad mouse.  However, I finally got things squared away, so now what?  The only reason I bought it was for those times when I'm going to be in a waiting room, or some other place without a computer. [Aside: I showed it to MoSup, and she said, "Oh good.  Now you can take your sandbox with you." grrrr]  Anxious to get more utility out of it,  I got to thinking, hey, I bet there's a way to Kindleize this deal.  And, there is.  Like the guy says, you'll want to flip the screen, and that's where the  free app called EeeRotate comes in.  As far as e-books, you can buy them, or you can avail yourself of the million free classics available.  Like from Diesel e-Books.  I tried the Microsoft Reader, but there were so many restrictions I said screw it.  I settled on Adobe's Digital Editions reader, not to be confused with its PDF reader.  Will I ever actually use it?  Don't know.  For what it's worth.  You're welcome.