Few weeks ago I blogged about e-reading and until now I am still bugged by the thought of buying a good e-book reader.
As usual, I scoured the web for mobile (e-) reading technologies. Good thing, wiki has a list. So it is time for me to visit the malls and check the items in cybergates.
Before arriving to the point of buying an e-book reader, I explored first the possibility of efficient mobile reading with the technologies I have now. I tried my laptop and I concluded that it is only good as a repository of my e-books and for home reading. Ivan (my laptop) has an Adobe Digital Edition. This software proved its worth for e-reading as long as you’re not in transit or mobile. In mobile mode, I guess E71 can already serve the purpose. I tried reading books using Adobe Reader installed in my E71 (I call her as Bisetta Dutt – or Bisetta or Bessie in short, in honor of Time Odyssey character). I encounter one problem in reading through Bessie, the screen size. The fonts of the e-book are too small and can easily strain my eyes. Zooming-in on the document gives another problem, the left and right scrolling while you are reading through the line, another eye-straining activity. These methods are not efficient for me. I need something that I can bring (which I cannot do with my laptop) and I can read well (which I cannot do using E71) through the document. So, I really need to buy an e-book reader.
By right now, I have around 60 e-books lined up to be read. Some of them will take me days to finish, others months to comprehend and much years to completely understand.
Hopefully, by the end of this year, I can buy a good e-book reader.
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Physicists are going gaga in detecting Higgs-Boson. This mysterious particle is really hard to catch.
On life, more and more biologists believe that RNA started life here on earth and not the set of DNA, RNA and proteins. Viroids can tell a lot.
In astronomy, Kepler is in the lime light. We are engaged to look for other planets beyond Sol.
Mathematics, I haven’t checked the latest developments yet in this field. I am stuck with Gregori Perelman’s case.
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Projects (based on my progress bars), I am sluggish. I am not sure what will be my net progress when I lag for months and move only for few days.
On one hand, we are close to finish our project here in the office. Hopefully we can hit it before the deadline.
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