As I mentioned in Part I, I had "failed eye surgery" four years ago which left me basically blind in one eye. (20/25 in the other one, thank God!) The real downside is not so much losing the sight in the one eye (our brains somehow compensate for the lack of binocular vision.) as it is that I have trouble reading books.
My first solution was to buy large print books (solution courtesy of my wife). The upside of this was that I could read again without going to my 1MAc 24. The downside is the financial cost for an avid reader. Large print books cost $25-$35 each. Kind of punched a hole in my satisfaction baloon!
And then along comes technology. Two months ago I bought a Kindle 2.
Among its many features are a non refectivew screen and the ability to increase font size. I couldn't believe my eyes when I discovered I could read the Kindle 2 without my glasses on the patio with the Southern California sunshine glare. WOW!
My wife (who is also my business partner) does a lot of business travel and loves the fact that she can carry a lightweight reader with her instead of a bunch of heavy paperbacks!
As of my writing, Amazon has just announced the forthcoming model called Kindle DX which is a larger, magazine size unit. It is not availbe but you can sign up for it. It is quite pricey, $489 versue $359.
I am so pleased with the Kindle 2, I can't imagine why I would want to go to a larger unit. Especially at that price given I just bought a Kindle 2. Time will tell however. When you are hooked on "Kindle," you never know where the addiciton will lead you.
Interesting review on Forbes:
Forbes
In the meantime, we are racing through the Stephanie Plum series of novels about a female Bounty Hunter from New Jersey.
Stephannie Plum
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